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1LP Vinyl – W-2333

Visions Of John Clarke was a little thrown together for its original release in 1979. Still, its sleeve carried a ringing endorsement from Bullwackies himself – President of the John Clarke Fan Club – and the album attracted the interest of no less than Studio 1 boss Coxsone Dodd, whose bid for distribution-rights was thwarted when the Brooklyn label Makossa quickly put in for a full licence. Out soon afterwards, the new version – entitled Rootsy Reggae – duplicated five tracks, but with markedly different mixes, fresh edits, and sometimes new instrumentation.