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Reissue of the classic 1972 album.Recorded when Dennis was just 15 this early LP has an easy charm that spotlights Browns nascent songwriting and his trademark smooth, unhurried vocal style. The original LP included a classic Brown original, Concentration, which opened the set, as well as a bouncing cover of the Rays Silhouettes and covers of songs like Jimmy Webbs Wichita Lineman and a near definitive version of Van McCoys Let Me Down Easy, all filled out with superb and soulful backing tracks.The reissue is the entire original album with an additional seven bonus tracks consisting of some of those backing tracks with the vocals removed, some dub variations, and the intriguing Dock of the Bay by Big Youth, which features Youths restructuring of the Otis Redding hit done over the rhythm Derrick Harriott fashioned for Browns version of Silhouettes,Brown went on to work with countless producers and had many big Jamaican hits, but he was never quite as innocent sounding as he was on these tracks, and Harriotts production gives them all a timeless insularity. Dennis Brown CD is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £7.99