HARD TIMES

2011 release. Dillinger is one of the most consistently successful DJs to come out?of Jamaica, fondly remembered for his massive Cocaine in My Brain hit from the?great CB 200 album and the later-reworked Marijuana in My Brain, which gave?Dillinger crossover hits in both England and Europe. But the versatile DJ has many?more strings to his bow. Dillinger (born Lester Bullocks, 1953 Kingston,?Jamaica) began his musical venture around 1971, working as a DJ to Sound?Systems run by Prince Jackie and El Brasso. 1974 saw his first vinyl release in?the form of Freshly for producer Yabby U and in 1975 he came out with the?great Brace a Boy for the young Mr. Augustus Pablo. But his first album release?was through Coxsone Dodd's Studio One set-up, where he let Dillinger fire?some vocals over classic rocksteady rhythms. It took the form of Ready Natty?Dreadie. It was his time at Joseph Jo Jo Hookim's Channel One Studio that?produced his second album set, the timeless 1976 classic CB 200. It contained?three big singles in Plantation Heights, Cocaine in My Brain and Crank?Face. The reworked Marijuana in My Brain even became a #1 hit in Holland in?1979. This set of tunes come from his classic '70s period when Dillinger could do?no wrong. Alongside the big Cocaine and Marijuana hits, the great opening?track Love Is All I Bring sees him working over Alton Ellis' Still in Love With?You, which Itself turned into 3 Piece Suite. On Money Alone Is Not All he?works over Barry Brown's Mr. Money Man, and on Hear and Deaf he?works over Johnny Clarke's Nobodies Business. King Pharaoh Was a?Baldhead has him working Frankie Jone's Jesse Black cut. Concubine?reworks the Mighty Diamond's Mother Winney and Time So Hard sees?Dillinger telling it like it is over Ronnie Davis' original Time So Hard cut,?empathizing the points in fine style. A classic set of tunes from the master of rhyme?himself.?TRACKLISTING?01. Love Is All I Bring?02. Cocaine in My Brain?03. Time So Hard?04. Don't Want to Wait in Vain?05. Money Alone Is Not Enough?06. Some More Love?07. Hear and Deaf?08. Marijuana in My Brain?09. Bathe in a Washpan?10. King Pharaoh Was A Bald Head?11. Dub It in a Three Mile?12. I Want to Squeeze You?13. Rastafari Rule?14. Concubine?15. Mickey Mouse Crab Louse*?16. The Tuffest of the Past*?* CD Bonus Track