Radiodread [10th Anniversary Edition]

Personnel: Junior Jazz (vocals, guitar); Daddy Lion Chandell, Menny More, Tamar-Kali (vocals); Michael Goldwasser (guitar, melodica, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, organ, synthesizer, percussion); Shelton Garner, Wayne Wiggum (guitar, percussion); Zeno Pittarelli (cello); Jenny Hill (flute, saxophone); Victor Rice (melodica, percussion); Pam Fleming (trumpet, flugelhorn); Buford O'Sullivan (trombone); Jeremy Mage (piano, electric piano, glockenspiel); Elenna Canlas (piano, Clavinet, organ); Victor Axelrod (Clavinet, organ); Ivan Katz, Eddie Ocampo (drums, percussion); Ras Menelik (drums).
Audio Mixers: Michael Goldwasser; Victor Rice.
Liner Note Authors: Michael Goldwasser; Lem Oppenheimer; Eric Smith .
Recording information: Capture Sound, Brooklyn, NY; Circle House Studios, Miami, FL; Electric Lady Studios, NYC; Estudio El Rocha, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mellow Stone Studios, Queens, NY; Obstacle Course Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Studio JMage, NYC; Ultrabland Studios, NYC.
Arranger: Michael Goldwasser.
It stands to reason that rock revisionists Easy Star All-Stars would follow DUB SIDE OF THE MOON, their dub-inflected take on Pink Floyd's all-time classic DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, with a similarly styled version of Radiohead's OK COMPUTER. Both OK COMPUTER and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON were the landmark statements of sophisticated art-rock in their times, and the All-Stars bring the same respect, care, and creative imagination to RADIODREAD as they did to the Floyd project. Even better, All-Star masterminds Michael G. and Ticklah rope in some top-shelf reggae acts--Israel Vibration, Toots & the Maytals, and Horace Andy, among them--to interpret the songs from OK COMPUTER. The resulting reggae-rock creations are clever, evocative, and highly enjoyable.