Dadawah

𝘼 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙣𝙮𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙞 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘿𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙝 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙖 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙-𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙬𝙚'𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙭 𝙖𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘. 𝙄𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚.

Dadawah were led by Ras Michael, guiding a traditional set up of nyabinghi (ceremonial Rasta drums), bass, guitar, brass and Piano organ in four extended excursions over sublime, psychedelic terrain in a mode that sounds uncannily like a precursor to Rhythm & Sound's 'Making History' from decades later.

As with much of the best material from the era, much of the magic was elicited and embellished in post production, with Lloyd Charmers and Federal engineer George Raymond apparently staying up all night after the session to mix the recording, imbuing the tracks with a dazed, wide-open and echoing personal space.

Keeping the standards impeccably high, the album was lovingly restored at Abbey Road and comes housed in heavy stock, hand assembled card sleeves, looking every bit the classic that it is.