Bass Culture
Bass Culture is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1980 on the Island Records label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Dennis Bovell.
The track "Reggae fi Peach" laments the death of Blair Peach, an activist who was killed in London during a clash with police officers while protesting with the Anti-Nazi League against a British National Front meeting in 1979.All tracks written by Linton Kwesi Johnson
- "Bass Culture" – 6:04
- "Street 66" – 3:43
- "Reggae fi Peach" – 3:09
- "Di Black Petty Booshwah" – 3:36
- "Inglan Is a Bitch" – 5:26
- "Loraine" – 4:08
- "Reggae Sounds" – 3:09
- "Two Sides of Silence" – 2:13
Personnel
- Linton Kwesi Johnson – vocals
- Floyd Lawson, Vivian Weathers – bass
- Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson, Winston Curniffe – drums, percussion
- John Kpiaye – guitar
- Dennis Bovell, Webster Johnson – keyboards
- Dick Cuthell, Henry "Buttons" Tenyue – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Julio Finn – harmonica
- Clinton Bailey, Everald "Fari" Forrest – percussion
- James Danton – alto saxophone
- Henry "Buttons" Tenyue – tenor saxophone
- Rico – trombone
;Technical
- Dennis Bovell – engineer, mixing
- John Caffrey, Mark Angelo Lusardi – engineer
- Dennis Morris – sleeve concept and design