Handsworth Revolution is a reggae album by Steel Pulse. It is named after the Handsworth district of Birmingham, England, the band's home. Reggae is a style of music developed in Jamaica. ... Steel Pulse are a well-known roots reggae outfit. ... Handsworth is a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

The first Steel Pulse single for Island Records, Ku Klux Klan (a call for resistance against forces of racism) was released in February 1978. Five months later, their debut album was released to great critical acclaim; Handsworth Revolution, produced by Karl Pitterson, who'd previously worked with top Jamaican acts like Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh and others. The album reached ninth spot in the British LP charts in just ten days after its release and the band had arrived big-time, attracting both white and black audiences in droves and were soon to support the legendary Bob Marley & The Wailers on a European tour in June and July 1978. The twelve-date tour included sold-out concerts in Paris, Ibiza, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Oslo, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Brussels and kicked off with an outdoor festival at the New Bingley Hall in Stafford (Marley later released an album culled from some of the live shows, Babylon By Bus.) David Hinds recalls: Island Records is a record label that was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley, OM, (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) better known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, guitarist, songwriter and activist. ... Bunny Wailer, also known as Bunny Livingston, was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. ... Peter Tosh (October 9, 1944 – September 11, 1987) was a pioneer reggae musician. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist, songwriter and Rastafarian from the ghettos of Jamaica. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Flag of Eivissa Eivissa or Ibiza is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and belonging to Spain. ... Gothenburg viewed from Liseberg amusement park Gothenburg (Swedish:   Göteborg?) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ...   Stockholm? is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... Map sources for Stafford at grid reference SJ9223 Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. ... Babylon By Bus is a roots reggae-album released by Bob Marley & the Wailers in 1978. ...

"we learned a lot of discipline on that tour that rubbed off - rehearsal, execution on stage, how to tour, stability [...] that's when the doors really started to open for us. It has always been one of the most memorable moments of my career. To play as part of that package exposed Steel Pulse to audiences that literally were in awe of our message. Of course, being formally introduced through Bob Marley helped us tremendously. Playing for audiences, especially those in Paris who saw the force of Steel Pulse and the force of Bob Marley play on the same bill, enabled us to sell out shows every time since then." Steel Pulse are a well-known roots reggae outfit. ...

The band headlined their own tour in 1978, released two more singles from the album, "Prodigal Son" and "Prediction", but it came at a price, with Mykaell Riley leaving the band because of musical differences. Whilst Riley went onto success with the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra and as producer for a number of top artists and TV themes, his departure propelled Hinds into the spotlight and in an attempt to draw a stronger black audience, the group adopted the banner of the Rastafari movement. Their success also attracted the media and appearances on television included mainstream shows like Top of the Pops and Rock Goes to College, which added to their popularity. At one of their frequent 'Rock Against Racism' appearances, in Victoria Park, East London in April 1978, more than 80,000 people watched a gig that also included The Clash, Tom Robinson Band and X-Ray Spex. The track "Macka Splaff" appeared on a compilation album that year called Live at the Electric Circus, alongside offerings by The Fall, Joy Division and The Buzzcocks. Two of their tracks were also included in the film Reggae in Babylon that documented the reggae movement in the UK in 1978, alongside Aswad, Matumbi, Jimmy Lindsay and Alton Ellis. The Return of the Prodigal Son (1773) by Pompeo Batoni The Prodigal Son is one of the best known parables of Jesus. ... Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ... Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement of Jah people, is a religious movement that reveres Haile Selassie I, the former emperor of Ethiopia, as King of Kings, Lord of Lords and the Lion of Judah. ... Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC One and now licensed for local versions around the world. ... Rock Against Racism was a music festival event organized in 1978 by the Anti-Nazi League to fight the growing wave of racist attacks in the UK partially catalyzed by racist comments made by musicians David Bowie and Eric Clapton. ... The Bathing Pond in Victoria Park. ... The Clash in 1978. ... Tom Robinson began gigging in London in 1976 with a constantly shuffling lineup of musician friends backing him and by the end of the year, he had decided to put together a permanent band. ... This article is about a punk band. ... Mark E. Smith, Fall frontman (1981) The Fall are a British rock music group, formed in Manchester in 1977, and named after Albert Camuss novel. ... Joy Division was a rock music band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. ... Buzzcocks were a punk rock band, formed in Manchester, England in 1976. ... Formed by immigrants from the Caribbean in 1975, English reggae group Aswad (Black in arabic) are intriguing in that they have performed (according to critics) better music as they added more soul and R&B influences to it. ... Alton Ellis (*1944 in Jamaican musician, best known as the innovator of rocksteady music. ...