Don’t Cut Off Your Dreadlocks Riddim – Unknown Label

Don’t Cut Off Your Dreadlocks produced by Bunny Striker Lee, Brad Osborne for Unknown Label in 1976

Produced by Bunny Striker Lee for an unknown label, Don’t Cut Off Your Dreadlocks gathers Linval Thompson’s 1976 roots cut around a clear Rasta message and a heavy Channel One-era sound. The title track anchors the set, with U Brown’s Joyful Dreadlocks and the dub version adding extra weight beside Thompson’s vocal. It’s one of those early Bunny Lee productions that helped define Thompson’s reputation, pairing conscious lyrics with stripped-back rhythms and a sharp, unmistakably mid-’70s Kingston feel.

Don’t Cut Off Your Dreadlocks Riddim Tracklist:

1. Dub – Don’t Cut Off Your Dreadlocks
2. Linval Thompson – Don’t Cut Off Your Dreadlocks
3. U Brown – Joyful Dreadlocks

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