Band Name: The Ethiopians
Music Album: Reggae Power
Album Release Date: April 1969
Music Genre: Reggae Ska Rocksteady
Record Label: Trojan Records
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 11 Tracks Vinyl Album LP
The Ethiopians are a ska, rocksteady, and reggae vocal group, founded by Leonard Dillon, Stephen Taylor (15) and Aston Morris. The group started out recording for Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd in 1966. Dillon had previously released some mento songs under the name Jack Sparrow (2). Around late 1966, Morris left the Ethiopians. Having left Dodd, the Ethiopians started recording at Dynamic Studios for the WIRL label, releasing the ska classic song "Train to Skaville", which was their first success. In 1968 they recorded the song "Everything Crash", their first big hit. The song criticised the political situation in Jamaica at the time, such as water rationing and power cuts that led to unrest; such as an incident in which 31 people were shot by police. In September 1975, Taylor was killed by a van while he was crossing a road, but Dillon continued to tour as The Ethiopian.
| A1 | Women Capture Man |
| A2 | Everything Crash |
| A3 | What A Fire |
| A4 | Losing You |
| A5 | Robert F Kennedy |
| A6 | Free |
| B1 | Hong Kong Flu |
| B2 | Gun Man |
| B3 | One |
| B4 | Feel The Spirit |
| B5 | Dollar Of Soul |
Different label layout from #7696086 and #9760711.
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