Dread in a Babylon - Vinyl Spins

Vinyl Spins. Dread in a Babylon - U-Roy, 1975. I always liked to spin some U-Roy especially when I worked as a DJ playing records in the 80's.

We first came across U-Roy in the 1970's when he was pioneering the reggae DJ rapping style known as toasting which he had been doing in the late 60's. His first album was in 1970.  His first album in the US was Dread in a Babylon in 1975 which is one of my favorite all time reggae albums. I think I got it in 76 when we were exploring reggae, seeing it live and buying lots of records. There was certainly something very unique about U-Roy and that particular album.