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compilation producer Jerry Rappaport
coordinator [project assistance] Catherine Ladis
coordinator [project coordination] Matt Stringer
coordinator [project coordination] Terri Tierney
design [package design by] Rebellious Designs
executive-producer Bill Levenson
liner notes Tom Terrell
mixed by Dennis Bovell
photography by Adrian Boot
photography by Dennis Morris
photography by Island Archives
photography by Nick Knight
photography by [front cover, uncredited] Stephen Rumney
remastered by [digitally remastered by] Suha Gur
vocals Linton Kwesi Johnson
written-by [all songs written by] Linton Kwesi Johnson
Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Records Inc.
Copyright (c) Island Records Inc.
Made By PMDC, Germany
Hype sticker:
The Founding father of dub peotry
Includes 2 previously unreleased tracks and rare 12 remixes appearing on CD for the first time
314 524 575-2

Back tray insert:
524 575-2
* previously unavailable on compact disc
** previously unreleased
This compilation ℗1998 Island Records, Inc. ©1998 Island Records, Inc.

[the single asterisk refer to tracks 1-03, 1-19, 1-20 and 2-07 / the double asterisk refer to tracks 2-10 and 2-12]

Booklet:
[24 pages]

Page 16:
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 13 originally released on the album [m=106792] (ILPS 9566; released May 11, 1979)
Tracks 5, 8, 10 & 12 originally released on the album [m=121552] (ILPS 9650, released November 17, 1980)
Track 3 originally released as a 12 single (12WIP 6528; released October 1979)

Page 17:
Tracks 14, 16 & 17 originally released on the album [m=106796] (ILPS 9605; released May 7, 1980)
Tracks 19 & 20 originally released as a 12 single (12 WIP 6554; released October, 1979)
LP version, originally released on [m=106796] (ILPS 9605; released May 7, 1980)
Tracks 15 & 18 originally released on the album [m=121552] (ILPS 9650, released November 17, 1980)

[pages 16 & 17 refer to disc 1]

Page 20:
Tracks 1, 3, 4 and 6 originally released on the album [m=106796] (ILPS 9605; released May 7, 1980)
Tracks 2 & 5 originally released on the album [m=121552] (ILPS 9650, released November 17, 1980)

Page 21:
Tracks 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 & 15 originally released on the album [m=121554] (ILPS 9770, released February 27, 1984)
Track 7 originally released as a 12 single (IPR 207, released February 6, 1984)
LP version originally released on [m=121554] (ILPS 9770, released February 27, 1984)
Tracks 10 & 12 previously unreleased

[pages 20 & 21 refer to disc 2]
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Barcode: 7 31452 45752 3 (Text)
Price Code: PY 899
Label Code: LC 0407
Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
Other: 524 576-2 (CD1 catalog number)
Other: 524 577-2 (CD2 catalog number)
Pressing Plant ID: Made in Germany by PMDC (Mould text)
Matrix / Runout: 524 576-2 01 + (CD 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L002 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 01Y2 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: 507 68687 524 577-2 A (CD 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L024 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 01AR (CD 2)