Burning It Up: Australian Reggae 1979-1986

Vinyl LP (With Booklet)

Austudy Records is proud to present it’s debut release Burning It Up: Australian Reggae (1979-1986). A compilation surveying the influence of Reggae on Australia’s preoccupation with Rock, Pop and New Wave between the years of 1979-1986. This selection of 8 obscure tracks originally issued on 7” records represent some of the earliest examples of Reggae sounds in Australian recorded music.

Tracklist

  1. Nights In Shining - Surfin’ Reggae
  2. Wide Boy Youth - Busy Bleeding
  3. Delaney Venn - Prisoner (LP Version)
  4. Time Lords Inc. - Don’t Mess
  5. Lifesavers - Burning It Up
  6. Janie Conway - Temptation
  7. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons - Shape I’m In (Dub Version)
  8. The Agents - Night People