''Visions of Dennis Brown'' is a 1978
reggae album by
Dennis Brown.
Recording
The album was the first to come out of Brown's second stint with producer
Joe Gibbs,
with whom he would have his breakthrough international success, and the album played a major part in establishing the dominant position of both Brown and Gibbs in late 1970s reggae.
The album mixes
roots reggae themes such as economic hardship, African oppression, religion, and politics, with
lovers rock
Lovers' rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid-1970s.Larkin, Col ...
material ("Love Me Always") and a
cover version of
Ray Charles' "This Little Girl of Mine".
The album was engineered by
Errol Thompson and features veteran musicians
Bobby Ellis (trumpet),
Vin Gordon (trombone),
Herman Marquis
Herman Marquis is a Jamaican saxophone musician who has played with many reggae artists including Burning Spear. He recorded for Arthur "Duke" Reid in the 1960s and was a member of The Revolutionaries and The Upsetters in the 1970s.Barrow, Steve ...
(alto saxophone), and
Tommy McCook (tenor saxophone).
Release history
The album was originally released in 1978 on the Lightning, Laser, and Joe Gibbs labels.
It was reissued on JGML in 1980 and issued for the first time on
compact disc in 1989 by
Shanachie Records
Shanachie Records is an American, New Jersey-based record label, founded in 1975 by Richard Nevins and Dan Collins. The label is named for the Gaelic word ''seanchaí'' (anglicised as shanachie), an Irish storyteller.
It was previously distribu ...
.
It was reissued in expanded form in 2006 on the Joe Gibbs Europe label, and reissued again in 2007 on the
VP Records subsidiary 17 North Parade.
Track listing
Personnel
*Vocals: Dennis Brown
*Drums:
Sly Dunbar
Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.
Biography
Dunbar began playing at 15 in a band called ...
*Bass:
Lloyd Parks
*Guitar:
Eric Lamont
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,
Robbie Shakespeare
Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare (27 September 1953 – 8 December 2021) was a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as ...
, Lennox Gordon
*Keyboards: Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul, Errol Nelson, Harold Butler
*Alto Saxophone:
Herman Marquis
Herman Marquis is a Jamaican saxophone musician who has played with many reggae artists including Burning Spear. He recorded for Arthur "Duke" Reid in the 1960s and was a member of The Revolutionaries and The Upsetters in the 1970s.Barrow, Steve ...
*Trombone:
Vin Gordon
*Tenor Saxophone:
Tommy McCook
*Trumpet:
Bobby Ellis
*Percussion:
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson (1 August 1936 – 25 August 2014) was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.
Biog ...
*
Errol Thompson - arranger
References
External links
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1978 albums
Dennis Brown albums