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Mikey Dread - World War III flac album
  • Performer Mikey Dread
  • Title World War III
  • Date of release 1982
  • Country UK
  • Style Roots Reggae, Dub
  • Other formats XM DTS MMF VOC AIFF MP3 WMA
  • Genre Reggae
  • Size MP3 1472 mb
  • Size FLAC 1758 mb
  • Rating: 4.2
  • Votes: 570

Mikey Dread made this album around his 1980 sessions with The Clash, and tracks like "Skin Head Skank" sport the same trippy textures that he brought to Sandinista!. Deep dub mixes and distinctive croaking vocals became his trademark, but he's no slouch as a songwriter. He's doomsaying on the title song, spiritual on "Jah Jah Love (In the Morning)," and high-stepping on "The Jumping Master. The reggae-rocker "Break Down the Walls" shows some Clash influence, and he heads into outer space on the dub-heavy "Mental Slavery

BPM Profile Beyond World War III. Album starts at 165BPM, ends at 135BPM (-30), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Mikey Dread. African Anthem (The Mikey Dread Show Dubwise).

Michael George Campbell (4 June 1954 – 15 March 2008), better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was one of the most influential performers and innovators in reggae music. Born in Port Antonio, one of five children, from an early age, Campbell showed a natural aptitude for engineering and electronics. As a teenager he performed with the Safari and Sound of Music sound systems, and worked on his high school's radio station.

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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 The Jumping Master
A2 Break Down The Walls
A3 Jah Jah Love (In The Morning)
Mixed By – Bill Price
A4 Israel (12 Tribe) Stylee (Extended Play)
B1 Money Dread
B2 Mental Slavery
B3 Skin Head
B4 Losers Weepers, Finders Keepers
B5 World War III (Extended Play)

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered At – CBS Studios, London
  • Remixed At – Wessex Sound Studios
  • Mixed At – King Tubby's Studio
  • Recorded At – Channel One Recording Studio
  • Recorded At – Aquarius Studio
  • Distributed By – Rough Trade
  • Distributed By – Jet Star Records

Credits

  • Artwork By – George Lawrence
  • Backing Band – The Roots Radics
  • Backing Vocals – Earl Sixteen, Edi Fitzroy, Watty Burnett
  • Bass – Errol "Flabba" Holt
  • Drums – Lincoln "Style" Scott*
  • Engineer – Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie, Mervyn Williams
  • Engineer [Remix Assistant] – Jeremy Green
  • Engineer [Remix] – Bill Price
  • Guitar [Lead] – Noel "Sowell" Bailey*
  • Guitar [Rhythm] – Bingy Bunny, Dalton Brownie
  • Mastered By – TimTom*
  • Mixed By – M. Campbell* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B5), "Scientist" Overton Brown* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B5)
  • Organ – Anthony Nelson "Steelie"*
  • Percussion – Bongo Herman, Scully*
  • Photography – Adrian Boot
  • Piano – Gladstone Anderson
  • Producer – Michael Campbell
  • Saxophone [Alto] – Felix "Deadley" Headley*
  • Written-By, Arranged By – Michael Campbell

Notes

Side 2 the title of the 3rd track is shortened to SKIN HEAD

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: DATCLP - 006 - A EG BASSMAN STYLE! Also etched in Runout but scratched out is TNT 1.A2
  • Matrix / Runout: DATCLP - 006 - B EG tim tom cbs !Also etched in Runout but scratched out is TNT 1.B2

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
TNT1 Mikey Dread World War III ‎(LP, Album) Dread At The Controls TNT1 UK 1980
CF 006 Mikey Dread World War III ‎(2xCDr, Album, RE, Unofficial) Corn-Fed Productions CF 006 Netherlands 2003
DATC LP TNT1 Mikey Dread World War III ‎(LP, RE) Dread At The Controls DATC LP TNT1 Europe 2010
DATC LPTNT1 Mikey Dread World War III ‎(LP, Album, RE) Dread At The Controls DATC LPTNT1 US 2002
AW-25003 Mikey Dread World War III ‎(LP, Album) Trio Records AW-25003 Japan 1980