LINTON KWESI JOHNSON – FORCES OF VICTORY LP – Nr MINT UK 1979 REGGAE DUB

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Forces Of Victory
(Island Records  1979  ILPS9566)
Matrix No’s: A1/B3 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges/corners

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Linton Kwesi Johnson (often known as LKJ), was born on 24 August 1952. He is a UK-based Jamaican-British dub poet.

Forces of Victory is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1979 on the Island Records label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Dennis Bovell (credited as Blackbeard).

Track listing

All tracks by Linton Kwesi Johnson

1. “Want Fi Goh Rave” – 4:20
2. “It Noh Funny” – 3:42
3. “Sonny’s Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)” – 3:50
4. “Independent Intavenshan” – 3:20
5. “Fite Dem Back” – 4:27
6. “Reality Poem” – 4:44
7. “Forces of Viktry” – 4:56
8. “Time Come” – 3:28

Personnel

• Linton Kwesi Johnson – vocals
• Floyd Lawson (tracks: 1, 5), Vivian Weathers (tracks: 2-4, 6-7) – bass
• Lloyd “Jah Bunny” Donaldson (tracks: 1-4, 7), Winston “Crab” Curniffe (tracks: 5-6, 8) – drums, percussion
• John Kpiaye – lead and rhythm guitar
• Julio Finn – harmonica
• Rico – trombone
• Dick Cuthell – flugelhorn
• Dennis Bovell (as “The Invisible One”), Webster Johnson – keyboards, piano
• Everald “Fari” Forrest – percussion
• Dennis Bovell, Vivian Weathers, Winston Bennett – additional voices

Technical

• Dennis “Blackbeard” Bovell, John Caffrey – engineer
• Dennis Morris – photography
• Zebulon Design – design