Band Name: The Ethiopians
Music Album: Freedom Train
Album Release Date: November 2024
Music Genre: Reggae Rocksteady Ska
Record Label: Kingston Sounds
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 14 Tracks Vinyl LP
The Ethiopians are a ska, rocksteady, and reggae vocal group, founded by Leonard Dillon, Stephen Taylor (15) and Aston Morris. The group started out recording for Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd in 1966. Dillon had previously released some mento songs under the name Jack Sparrow (2). Around late 1966, Morris left the Ethiopians. Having left Dodd, the Ethiopians started recording at Dynamic Studios for the WIRL label, releasing the ska classic song "Train to Skaville", which was their first success. In 1968 they recorded the song "Everything Crash", their first big hit. The song criticised the political situation in Jamaica at the time, such as water rationing and power cuts that led to unrest; such as an incident in which 31 people were shot by police. In September 1975, Taylor was killed by a van while he was crossing a road, but Dillon continued to tour as The Ethiopian.
| A1 | Train To Skaville (Original Version) |
| A2 | Engine 54 |
| A3 | Come On Now |
| A4 | Everything Crash |
| A5 | Ethiopian National Anthem |
| A6 | Guilty Conscience |
| A7 | Hurry On |
| B1 | Reggae Hit The Town |
| B2 | Culture |
| B3 | Obeah Book |
| B4 | Love Jah |
| B5 | The Selah |
| B6 | Need Someone |
| B7 | Slave Call |
The Ethiopians - Slave Call (1977) omitting 3 Tracks "Let It Be Me", "Follow Babylon" and "Train To Skaville 1977" + 7 Early Hits (1967 - 1971)
Leonard Dillon's Ethiopians' 1977 album Slave Call album produced by Niney and originally issued in the UK on Count Shelley's old Third World label, leavened with a sprinkling of their late sixties early seventies classics such as Train To Skaville, Engine 54, Everything Crash and Reggae Hit The Town, from a variety of producers.
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