180gr vinyl. After his rebellious reggae stirred up West Africa in the 1980s, the Ivorian Seydou Kon?, known as Alpha Blondy, became one of the most popular reggae artists in the world. The outstanding merit of the 1953-born singer is that he has brought Jamaican music back to Africa and thus back to its origins. But with classics such as "Afriki", "Apartheid Is Nazism" and "J?rusalem" he has also gained a voice outside the black continent. The 1986 released album "J?rusalem", which Alpha Blondy recorded with members of Bob Marley's former backing band, the Wailers, in Kingston, among them the brothers Aston and Carlton Barrett (bass and drums), Junior Murvin (lead guitar), Earl Lindo (keyboards) and the rhythm guitarists Earl "Chinna" Smith and Owen Reid. As is typical for Seydou Kon?, he also sings his songs on "J?rusalem" in different languages. That means besides English and French in his home idiom, the West African Dioula.
