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"Beat Down Babylon" — Junior Byles

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"Beat Down Babylon" (1972), Junior Byles's fierce Rastafari protest record produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry, capturing the militant, change-is-coming mood of early-1970s Jamaica.

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Type: recording
Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

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Story · Well supportedThe rod, the bandwagon and the handshake

Between 1972 and 1978, reggae went to the polls and then tried to broker a peace.