Alpha Blondy - Cocody Rock!!! (Costa de Marfil, 1984)

Alpha Blondy - Cocody Rock!!! (Costa de Marfil, 1984)

Michel Abishira         Drums

Aston Barrett         Bass

Carlton "Carly" Barrett Drums

Jocelyne Béroard         Vocals (Background)

Alpha Blondy         Arranger, Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals

Dennis "Blackbeard"     Bovell Mixing, Mixing Engineer

Errol Brown Engineer, Recorder

Francois Cuffy         Guitar (Rhythm)

Glen DaCosta         Horn, Saxophone

Afri Lue Eugene         Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)

Egbert Evans         Horn, Saxophone

Veronique Kone         Vocals (Background)

Eugenie Kuffler         Vocals (Background)

George Kwaku         Keyboards

Herve Le Coz         Mixing, Mixing Engineer

Hélène Lee                 Photography

Earl Lindo                 Keyboards

Annette Lowman         Vocals (Background)

Robert Lyn Synthesizer

David Madden         Trumpet

Paula Moore         Vocals (Background)

Julie Mourillon         Guitar (Rhythm)

Francis Personne         Engineer, Recorder

Christian Polloni         Guitar

Harry T. Powell         Percussion

Kamassa Seth         Bass

Earl "Chinna" Smith Guitar

Henry Tenyue         Trombone

Patrick Tenyue         Trumpet

The Wailers         Guest Artist

Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis Guitar (Rhythm)

Alpha Blondy - Cocody Rock!!! (Costa de Marfil, 1984)

Alpha Blondy - Apartheid Is Nazism (Costa de Marfil, 1985)

Alpha Blondy - Apartheid Is Nazism
(Costa de Marfil, 1985)

While it might be sacrilege in reggae circles to say that any artist could challenge Bob Marley's mastery of the genre, Alpha Blondy fires a dead-on shot literally heard around the world with Apartheid Is Nazism. Furthermore, this work proves that great reggae does not have to come from Jamaica. "Afriki" opens the album with a nod to Jamaica, but while the music is classic, offbeat reggae, there is a strong African feel here, especially in the backing vocals. On every track, the carefully arranged and smartly played music of Blondy's band, the Solar System, tickles the ears with muscular polyrhythms and a variety of stealthily intoxicating percussion. Maneuvering skillfully on top of all of this is Blondy's uniquely plaintive voice. Blondy, like many reggae stars before him, tackles political issues with a dagger wit and thundering basslines. The title track, one of only two songs sung predominantly in English, pleads for America to "break the neck of this apartheid." Like the patois in which Blondy makes his incantations, his religious message is more mixed than the standard reggae paeans to Jah Rastafari. With tracks like "Come Back Jesus" and "Jah Houphouet" on the same album, it's clear that Blondy is attempting to strike a universal theme in the same way Marley did. While Blondy's career can't measure up to Marley when taken as a whole, Apartheid Is Nazism can stand up to most Marley releases.

Artist Credit

Michel Abishira Drums

Patrick Artero Horn

Alpha Blondy Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals

Anne-Marie Constant Vocals (Background)

Nyaha Yodan Emmanuel Horn

Georges Kouakou Keyboards

Yao Mao Guitar

Paula Moore Vocals (Background)

Julie Mourillon Guitar (Rhythm)

Christian Polloni Guitar

Kamassa Seth Bass

Alpha Blondy - Apartheid Is Nazism (Costa de Marfil, 1985)

Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem (Costa de Marfil, 1986)

Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem (Costa de Marfil, 1986)

Un clásico de Alpha Blondy, con excelentes temas y un gran elenco !! Además de los hermanos Barrett y los demás integrantes de The Wailers Alpha contó con David Madden, Chinna Smith y otros cracks!!!!!!!!!!

Disfrútenlo

1 Jerusalem Blondy
2 Politiqui Blondy
3 Bloodshed in Africa Blondy
4 I Love Paris Porter
5 Kalachnikov Love
6 Travailler, C'Est Trop Dur
7 Miwa
8 Boulevard de la Mort Blondy
9 Dji Blondy

Aston Barrett:        Bass

Carlton "Carlie" Barrett:      Drums

Alpha Blondy:        Arranger, Composer, Performer, Producer, Vocals

Bubbles Cameron: Horn

Glen DeCosta:        Horn

Solgie Hamilton:    Engineer

Marcia "Pinky" Higgs:  Vocals (Background)

Pat Higgs:      Vocals (Background)

Anthony Kelly:       Engineer

Georges Kouakou: Keyboards

Earl Lindo:      Keyboards

David Madden:      Horn

Junior Marvin:       Guitar

Owen Reid     Guitar: (Rhythm)

Skully:    Percussion

Earl "Chinna" Smith:    Guitar (Rhythm)

Gary Sutherland:   Engineer

Uziah "Sticky" Thompson:   Percussion

Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem (Costa de Marfil, 1986)