JIMMY LONDON - 'DYING IN THE GHETTO' (Ian Stone's 2024 Extended & Remixed 'Kingston Dub' Version)

AWESOME REGGAE DUB TRACK HERE FROM 1979 CALLED 'DYING IN THE GHETTO' WHICH WAS RECORDED AND RELEASED BY THE LEGENDARY JAMAICAN ARTIST CALLED 'JIMMY LONDON'.THIS EPIC TUNE FEATURED ON HIS WORLDWIDE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FORTH STUDIO ALBUM CALLED 'CHILDREN CRYING IN THE GHETTO' AS AN EXTRA 12" DUB TRACK HAVING BEEN PUT OUT ORIGINALLY AHEAD OF THE L.P. RELEASE AS A STAND ALONE SINGLE ON THE 'TROJAN RECORDS' LABEL BECOMING A SMASH HIT THROUGHOUT MOST OF EUROPE HE REALLY WAS IN GREAT DEMAND SCORING MANY MINOR HIT RECORDS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.ORIGINALLY HE RECORDED WITH THE KINGSTON BASED REGGAE GROUP CALLED 'THE INSPIRATIONS' ALONG WITH 'RANSFORD WHITE'.THE REGGAE ARTIST 'JIMMY LONDON' ALSO WORKED AS PART OF THE EARLY SEVENTIES GROUP CALLED 'THE UNTOUCHABLES' AND ALSO WITH THE BRILLIANT DUB REGGAE/SKA OUTFIT CALLED 'ROCKING HORSE'.IN LATE 1972 HE WENT SOLO AND WORKED WITH SOME REAL LEGENDS ON THE JAMAICAN SCENE NAMELY THE BRILLIANT PRODUCER CALLED 'LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY' AND ALSO WITH THE LATE GREAT KINGSTON BASED PRODUCER CALLED 'JOE GIBBS'.ALTOGETHER AS A SOLO ARTIST 'JIMMY LONDON' HAS MANAGED TO FEATURE ON AN INCREDIBLE TEN SOLO L.P.'s FROM 1972 THROUGH UNTIL 2008.IF YOU WERE TO INCLUDE ALL HIS RECORDINGS REGARDING ALBUM RELEASES WITH THOSE OTHER GROUPS THEN YOU WERE TALKING MORE AROUND THE FIFETEEN ALBUM MARK.OTHER HIT SONGS RELEASED DURING THIS PERIOD INCLUDED HIS DEBUT SOLO SINGLE WHICH WAS AN INCREDIBLE COVER VERSION OF THE 'PAUL SIMON' AND 'ART GARFUNKEL' HIT CALLED 'BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER' AND THEN HE ALSO RECORDED A GREAT VERSION OF 'THE EVERLY BROTHERS' CLASSIC SONG CALLED 'TILL I KISSED YOU' TO NAME CHECK JUST TWO OF MANY SINGLES HE PUT OUT DURING HIS LONG SINGING CAREER.SO THEN HERE WE FIND THAT 'IAN STONE' HAS TAKEN HOLD OF THE BONUS ALBUM TRACK DUB VERSION OF 'DYING IN THE GHETTO' AND ADDED A FANTASTIC EXTENSION AND A FANTASTIC CLASSY REMIX TO THE TUNE TO WHILE ALSO ENHANCING THE ORIGINAL 1979 REGGAE SOUND COMPLETELY UP TO DATE FOR 2024 AUDIENCES TO DISCOVER HERE TOTAL IN HQ STEREO STANDARD.INFACT THE WHOLE SONG SOUNDS EXCELLENT HAVING BEEN REMASTERED READY FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE SOUNDING SO SHARP AND CRISP.