The Abyssinians are one of the sweetest vocal trios on the roots reggae scene. This is for sure the cornerstone album of the Abyssinians music library, which is really only a few truly different albums. My copy of this disc is the 1997 Heartbeat release, the original release was in 1976 on vinyl. The 1993 CD has 14 tracks, but there is another more recent release from 2007 within an additional four tracks including two extended mixes. This is one of those albums were it's tough to pick out the best tracks because the whole set is just a great production. Track #13 (Reason Time) features a haunting organ and bass line ; Track #14 (There is No End) has a great message of keeping your head up and looking forward not backward with a mysterious ambient electric guitar dancing in the background. This is truly one of the top vocal trio albums in the history of reggae and I look forward to sinking my teeth in to the extra tracks on the 2003 release.
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