U-Roy – Dread In A Babylon

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Genre:	Reggae
Style:	Toasting
Year:	1975

Tracklist

		Runaway Girl
		Chalice In The Palace
		I Can't Love Another
		Dreadlocks Dread
		The Great Psalms
		Natty Don't Fear
		African Message
		Silver Bird
		Listen To The Teacher
		Trench Town Rock

Credits (6)

Skin, Flesh And Bones Band*
Backing Band
The Soul Syndicate
Backing Band
Prince Tony
Mixed By
Errol Thompson
Mixed By, Engineer
Eric Tello
Photography By
Tony Robinson
Producer, Arranged By

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – PZ 34234	US	1975	US — 1975	Recently Edited
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – V 2048	UK	1975	UK — 1975
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	TR International – TR 73457	Jamaica	1975	Jamaica — 1975	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Promo, Stereo	Virgin – PZ 34234	US	1975	US — 1975	Recently Edited
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – VIL 12048	Italy	1975	Italy — 1975	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – V2048	Canada	1975	Canada — 1975	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	TR International – TR 73457	Jamaica	1975	Jamaica — 1975	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	TR International – TR 73457	Jamaica	1975	Jamaica — 1975	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – 34234	US	1975	US — 1975	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Promo	Virgin – V 2048	UK	1975	UK — 1975
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – 27031 XOT	Benelux	1976	Benelux — 1976	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – V2048	Canada	1976	Canada — 1976	Recently Edited
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Stereo	Virgin – 2933 730		1977	— 1977	Recently Edited
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Reggae (14) – GAE(E)100	South Africa	1977	South Africa — 1977	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. – VIR (E) 3001	South Africa	1980	South Africa — 1980	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	RPM – VIR (E) 3027	South Africa	1981	South Africa — 1981	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Reissue	Virgin – VX 1007	UK	1983	UK — 1983	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Front Line (2) – CDFL 9007	Europe	1990	Europe — 1990	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Front Line (2) – CDFLP 9007	Europe	1990	Europe — 1990	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	RPM – VNH 5005	South Africa	1990	South Africa — 1990	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Remastered, Stereo	Caroline Records – CAROL 1683-2	US	1990	US — 1990	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Front Line (2) – FLC 9007	Europe	1990	Europe — 1990	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Front Line (2) – CDFL 9007	UK & Europe	1990	UK & Europe — 1990
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Virgin – 0777 7 87040 2 7	UK & Europe	1990	UK & Europe — 1990	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Stereo	Virgin – CDFL 9007	UK & Europe	1990	UK & Europe — 1990	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue	Front Line (2) – VJ-23084	Japan	1991	Japan — 1991	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue	Front Line (2) – VJ-23084	Japan	1991	Japan — 1991	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Reissue	Virgin – 7243 5 95792 2 1	Europe	2004	Europe — 2004	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD	Virgin – QIAG-70026	Japan	2011	Japan — 2011	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue	Front Line (2) – UICY-77373	Japan	2015	Japan — 2015	Recently Edited
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue	Virgin – GET54090-LP	US	2017	US — 2017	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Reissue, Repress	Virgin – GET54090-LP	US	2017	US — 2017	New Submission
	Dread In Babylon LP, Reissue, Test Pressing	Get On Down – GET54090-LP	US	2017	US — 2017	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Virgin – 0777 7 87040 2 7	Europe		Europe	Recently Edited
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo	Virgin – 2933 730				New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Repress, Reissue	Virgin – VX 1007	UK		UK	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Reissue	Virgin – 202721				New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Reissue	State Line – TR-504	US		US	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album	Virgin – V2048	New Zealand		New Zealand	New Submission
	Dread In A Babylon LP, Album, Repress	Virgin – V2048	UK		UK	New Submission

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Reviews

Peter_Josh Apr 15, 2025
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album, Reissue) VX 1007

masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece
masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece
masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece
riverspey Apr 3, 2025
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album) TR-504

I have a blue label State Line version with Dread inna Babbylon KK mastering in the deadwax I do not see this in the listings any help?
fitzstudio Feb 18, 2021
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album) PZ 34234

The best reggae album ever produced.

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AlwaysThereTJ Jul 24, 2020
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue) GET54090-LP

Personally I'm very satisfied with this RSD 2017 reissue of U Roy's "Dread In A Babylon" from Get On Down. My copy plays through perfectly with excellent sound as far as I'm concerned and no noticeable pressing issues. The poster is surprisingly large, and just a bonus to an already fantastic and essential album. I'm glad to have a copy!
offcenter.nl Aug 23, 2019
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue) GET54090-LP

is someone in europe just selling the poster? dm me, i'd be interested.
mr_a_jones Oct 7, 2017
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue) GET54090-LP

Pressing quality is poor but it's cut loud and the defects don't overwhelm the listening pleasure in the case of my pressing. It does concern me that a lot of the copies for sale under this discogs release will be the repress which followed the RSD limited version and don't contain the poster that the RSD version had.
uwel Apr 25, 2017
Edited 8 years ago

referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue) GET54090-LP

Bad production/packing: Signs of bad handling: streakes, fingertips. Audio with some light crackles.
etaaz Jan 12, 2017
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album) TR 73457

A+ album and a (5 star) roots classic. Front cover is awesome and different from other releases - this is the original JA version. It's very rare to find both sleeve and vinyl in EX condition. Big tunes include: Runaway Girl, Chalice In The Palace, Dreadlocks Dread, The Great Psalms, and African Message. Altogether, a very enjoyable album.
bigmikeydread Nov 13, 2016
referencing Dread In A Babylon (LP, Album, Reissue) VX 1007

The very Lp that got me convinced that all Reggae did NOT sound the same! 'Nuff said!