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Rocking Time

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Rocking Time
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedJamaica Recording & Publishing Studio LTD
GenreReggae
LabelStudio One
ProducerClement Dodd
Burning Spear chronology
Studio One Presents Burning Spear
(1973)
Rocking Time
(1974)
Marcus Garvey
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Rocking Time is a reggae album by Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music) on the Studio One label.

His second album for Studio One, Rocking Time featured bass guitarist Leroy Sibbles and drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace.[3] The album was described by AllMusic as "cosmic reggae at its rawest" and "the very epitome of conscious music".[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Call On You"
  2. "Foggy Road"
  3. "Swell Headed"
  4. "Girls Like You"
  5. "Old Time Saying"
  6. "Bad To Worst"
  7. "What A Happy Day"
  8. "This Race"
  9. "Walla Walla"
  10. "Rocking Time"
  11. "Weeping And Wailing"
  12. "Mamie"

Credits

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References

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  1. ^ a b Rocking Time at AllMusic
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (1998). "Burning Spear". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. II (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 840–1. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.
  3. ^ Campbell, Howard (2014) "Rocking with Spear", Jamaica Observer, 10 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014