Stop the War in Vietnam
1969 · Economy ECO-8 · Brixton, UK: England
- Artist
- Reco & Laurel Aitken
- Title
- Stop the War in Vietnam
- Release
- Scandal in a Brixton Market
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Economy # ECO-8
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Brixton, UK: England
- Genre
- Reggae · Ska · Reggae
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
About the artist
Confirmed: "Stop The War In Vietnam" is track B4 of the compilation "Laurel Aitken - Woppi King: The Early Reggae Years 1968-1969 Vol. 1" (1997), credited to Laurel Aitken featuring Rico Rodriguez - "Reco" being the early-career spelling of the Jamaican trombonist. Laurel Aitken (1927-2005), the "Godfather of Ska", was born in Cuba, raised in Jamaica, and based in the UK from the early 1960s. Rico Rodriguez (1934-2015) was likewise Cuban-born, raised and trained in Jamaica (Alpha Boys School), and UK-based from 1961. The original single dates from the late-1960s Jamaican/UK scene, c.1968-69.…