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A1	Dread Beat An' Blood
A2	Five Nights Of Bleeding
A3	Doun Di Road Guitar – Dennis Bovell (Matumbi)*
A4	Song Of Blood Producer – L.K. Johnson*, V. Weathers*Vocals – Vivian Weathers
B1	It Dread Inna Inglan (For George Lindo)
B2	Come Wi Goh Dung Deh
B3	Man Free (For Darcus Howe) Vocals – Lila Weathers
B4	All Wi Doin Is Defendin Guitar – John VarnomKeyboards – Desmond Craig

Credits

• Bass, Rhythm Guitar – Floydie Lawson*, Vivian Weathers
• Drums, Percussion – Jah Bunny (Matumbi)*, Winston 'Crab' Curniffe*
• Engineer, Mixed By – Dennis Blackbeard*
• Keyboards – Denis Bovell (Matumbi)*
• Mastered By – Porky
• Percussion – Everald Forrest, Linton K. Johnson*
• Producer – Linton Kwesi Johnson (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4)
• Sleeve [Design] – Julian Stapleton
• Sleeve [Drawing] – Una Howe
• Written-By – L.K. Johnson*

Notes

Side A and tracks 2 and 4 from the book "Dread Beat An' Blood", published by Bogle-L'Ouverture

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: FL 1017 A1 PORKY
• Matrix / Runout: FL 1017 B2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 1 (Variation 1) etched): FL-1017-A-2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 2 (Variation 1) etched): FL-1017-B-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FL 1017	Poet And The Roots	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(LP, Album)	Front Line	FL 1017	UK	1978
01, Heartbeat Records 01	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(LP, Album)	Heartbeat Records , Heartbeat Records	01, Heartbeat Records 01	USA & Canada	1981
CDFL 12, 7243 849921 2 5	Poet And The Roots	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Front Line , Virgin	CDFL 12, 7243 849921 2 5	Europe	2000
CAR49921	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Caroline Records, Front Line	CAR49921	US	2000
FL 1017	Poet And The Roots	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(LP, Album)	Front Line	FL 1017	UK	1978