Dennis Brown - Words of Wisdom - VINYL LP

Dennis Brown - Vision Of Dennis Brown [VINYL LP] date 12/17/2013

Vinyl LP repressing of this classic album originally released on the 4AD tag. Back in 1986, The Pink Opaque brought together the best of the Cocteau Twins' early works to become their first official in the US. Already a cult band on college radio, some classics like 'Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops' and 'Aikea-Guinea' were given new mixes for this , while it also featured 'Millimillenary', the first run out for incoming band member Simon Raymonde. To this day, it remains a great entry point to a wonderful band. All tracks originally recorded between 1982 and 1985. Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie appear on all recordings while Simon Raymonde and Will Heggie also appear on various tracks.

Dennis Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a subgenre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favorite singer dubbing him InchThe Crown Prince of ReggaeInch, and Brown would prove influential on future generations of reggae singers