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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

One thing I love about Rastafari is what a giant hermeneutical "Fuck You!" it it to ALL mainstream Christian denominations. Christians just can't deal with ganja smoking, natty dread sporting, poor, country Bible-thumping Biblicists telling THEM how to read their Bibles.

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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 1d

And here's the original tune, or is it? 🤷

2 very similar versions of Won't You Come Home were recorded in 1967. One by Delroy Wilson at Studio 1 and one by The Conquerors for Sonia Pottinger.

Here's Delroy's...

youtu.be/s4HKYV5Lp6E?...

#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #vinylsky #musicsky

7" of Delroy Wilson - Won't You Come Home on Studio 1 label. Originally released in 1967, this is an early 80s reissue. Produced by Coxsone Dodd.

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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering Slim Smith, Jamaica's most gifted vocalist, who died on this day in 1972 aged just 24.

The Time Has Come was one of Slim's final recordings and was released just weeks after his tragic death...

youtu.be/dT7IpKwPC2M?...

Never forgotten 🙏

#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

7" of Slim Smith - The Time Has Come on Explosion label. Released in 1972. Produced by Bunny Lee.

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 14h

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Willie Williams w/Brentford Disco Set - No One Can Stop Us
youtube.com/watch?v=-yul...

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 14h

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Bob Marley & The Wailers - Freedom Time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=44h7...

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 14h

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Augustus Pablo - Each One Dub
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ms2...

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed! Love this album, love the cover. It's one of those that non-specialist would pass over as it looks so simple.

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 3d

Agree. Rasta makes so much more sense once you visit the island. You can see it's roots, that's is just one more JA offshoot in a deeply, deeply Pentecostal culture.

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

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Horace Andy w/Sound Dimension – Happiness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izsN...

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

. . mythologically speaking, UNLIKE the failed, executed faith-healing Galilean exorcist who had no tangible EARTHLY throne/kingdom with political power and arms. Selassie didn't have to have wait 20 years after his death to get a mention, 40 years to get a bio.

Selassie I.

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

How dare you quote Rev 19:16 to me, telling me "He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: “King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”?

YET, Rasta can AT LEAST say that their god 100% walked this earth IN history and ACTUALLY sat on a Davidic throne via Solomon . .

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

Yes I.
Seen I.

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

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Max Romeo & Jah Shaka - Far-I Ship Dub
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wxc...

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

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Max Romeo w/Jah Shaka - Fari Captain of My Ship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYE...

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

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The Clarendonians - Never Be The Same
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEKG...

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 4d

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Steely Dan- Sign In Stranger (2025 Remaster)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaXg...

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks! Would post more often here but too busy on X arguing about religion, but that's just what these Christo-Fascist times are calling for.

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

Greetings, House! Must be a YouTube location thing.

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

Agree! I had the United Artists version for years and it's never failed to amaze me.

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

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The Wailing Souls - Got To Be Cool
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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

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Ernest Wilson & Freddie McGregor – Just Once In My Life (1969 Crab)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oJk...

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

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Delroy Wilson - Once Upon a Time
youtube.com/watch?v=CQHJ...

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

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Max Romeo w/Upsetter & Observer - Rasta Bandwagon
youtube.com/watch?v=Ttj2...

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DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

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Michael Rose w/Skin, Flesh & Bones – Observe Life / Version (1975)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ofx...

DonDeLion @dondelion.bsky.social · 7d

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Brentford Rockers & The Jay Tees - Forward To Jah Version
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZe...

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