Name: Strength of My Life
Brand: Israel Vibration

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RLGM16981PMI

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-06-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

848064016984

Total Cap

9999

Black LP

DIGLP10

Extended format: No

2024-06-07

3760396023294

DIGLP10CD

3760396023300

Artist

Israel Vibration

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

RAS Records

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One of the best reggae albums of the ‘80s and one of the real highlights in the Real Authentic Sound label catalogue finally gets an LP reissue! Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin, Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig, and Cecil "Skelly" Spence all contracted childhood polio, and met at a Jamaican rehab centre; in the ‘70s, they formed Israel Vibration and their first record, The Same Song, released in 1978 on the Top Ranking label, was an international smash. But by the time they released Strength of My Life in 1988, it had been seven years since they had made a record, having fled Jamaica in the intervening years to seek better health care and to escape the dancehall scene. Against all odds, Strength of My Life turned out to be a triumph, the beginning of the group’s partnership with the Roots Radics and a reaffirmation of the love the group’s members had for each other and a celebration, as the title goes, of the strength of their lives (we defy you not to be moved by the title track). That’s Augustus Pablo on melodica on “Greedy Dog” and Dwight Pinkney on guitar on “Jah Love Me,” by the way. Roots reggae royalty!

Strength of My Life

Music GB

Discover Strength of My Life by Israel Vibration on vinyl from Real Gone Music. A reggae masterpiece celebrating resilience and love. Limited edition exclusive!