The Fittest Of The Fittest
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Track listing

All tracks composed by Winston Rodney
  1. "The Fittest of the Fittest"
  2. "Fire Man"
  3. "Bad to Worst"
  4. "Repatriation"
  5. "Old Boy Garvey"
  6. "2000 Years"
  7. "For You"
  8. "In Africa"
  9. "Vision"

Credits

  • Engineered by Errol Brown
    Errol Brown (engineer)
    -Biography:Brown is the nephew of the late Duke Reid, the pioneer of Treasure Isle recording studio. Educated at Kingston Technical High School, where he did radio and television, Brown was trained as an audio engineer at Treasure Isle studios by Byown Smith and Duke Reid.Brown recorded artist such...

  • Assistant Engineer: Chris Lewis
  • Mixed by Winston Rodney and Errol Brown
    Errol Brown (engineer)
    -Biography:Brown is the nephew of the late Duke Reid, the pioneer of Treasure Isle recording studio. Educated at Kingston Technical High School, where he did radio and television, Brown was trained as an audio engineer at Treasure Isle studios by Byown Smith and Duke Reid.Brown recorded artist such...

  • Recorded and mixed at Tuff Gong
    Tuff Gong
    Tuff Gong is a record label that was formed by the reggae group The Wailers in 1970 and named after Bob Marley's nickname, which was in turn an echo of that given to founder of the Rastafari movement, Leonard "The Gong" Howell. The first single on the label was "Run For Cover" by The Wailers...

     Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
  • Original art and design by Wicked and Wild
  • Original photography by Howard Liebowitz, M.D.
  • Original typography and inner bag design by Keith Breeded (Assorted Images) and The Printed Word

Burning Band

  • Winston Rodney - vocals, percussion
  • Bobby Ellis
    Bobby Ellis
    Bobby Ellis born 2 July 1932, is a Jamaican trumpet player. He has worked with many reggae artists including Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, and The Revolutionaries.-Biography:...

     - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Herman Marquis
    Herman Marquis
    Herman Marquis is a Jamaican saxophone musician who has played with many reggae artists including Burning Spear. He recorded for Arthur "Duke" Reid in the 1960s and was a member of The Revolutionaries and The Upsetters in the 1970s...

     - saxophone
  • Anthony Bradshaw - bass
  • Nelson Miller
    Nelson Miller
    Nelson Miller is a Jamaican drummer and record producer. Miller was born and raised in Port Antonio. Influenced by Lloyd Knibb, Carlton "Santa" Davis, and Mikey "Boo" Richards, he began playing in bands in Port Antonio as a teenager....

     - drums, percussion
  • Michael Wilson
    Michael Wilson (guitarist)
    Michael George Wilson is currently a Christian/Gospel Songwriter and Musician living in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He was formerly most known for being an intricate part of Burning Spear's comeback during the late 70s through the early 80s.-References:*Burningspear.com...

     - lead guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Devon Bradshaw - rhythm guitar, lead guitar
  • Anthony Johnson
    Anthony Johnson (musician)
    Roy Anthony Johnson , better known simply as Anthony Johnson, is a Jamaican reggae singer who was a member of the group Mystic I and is known for the 1980s hit song "Gunshot".-Biography:...

     - keyboards

Additional musicians

  • Aston "Family Man" Barrett
    Aston Barrett
    Aston Barrett , often called "Family Man" or "Fams" for short, is a Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian.-Biography:...

     - bass (track 3)
  • Tyrone "Organ D" Downie
    Tyrone Downie
    Tyrone Downie is a Jamaican keyboardist/pianist who is most known for his involvement as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. He studied at Kingston College and joined the wailers in the mid-1970s, making his recording début with the band on Rastaman Vibration, having previously been a member of...

     - keyboards (track 3)
  • Earl "Wire" Lindo
    Earl Lindo
    Earl "Wire" Lindo, b. 7 January 1953 is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is a member of The Wailers and has collaborated with numerous reggae artists including Burning Spear.-Biography:...

     - keyboards (track 3)
  • Junior Marvin
    Junior Marvin
    Junior Marvin also known as Junior Marvin-Hanson, Junior Hanson and Junior Kerr. He is a Jamaican born guitarist and singer and is best known for his association with Bob Marley and The Wailers. He started his career as Junior Marvin with the band Hanson in 1973...

     - guitar (track 3)
  • David Madden (musician) - trumpet
  • Glen Dacosta - saxophone
  • Barry Bailey - trombone
  • Calvin Cameron - trombone
  • Alvin Haughton - percussion
  • Winston Wright - piano, clavinet
  • Bobby Kalphat - organ
  • Robbie Lyn - organ
  • Peter Ashbourne - Prophet 5
    Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
    The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Sequential Circuits in San Jose, California between 1977 and 1984. The Prophet-5 was groundbreaking in that it was one of the first analog synthesizers to implement patch memory, a feature which stored user settings of every parameter...

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