![]() The title phrase is name-checked by Joe Strummer near the outset of the 1979 song 'Jimmy Jazz' by The Clash ("Satta Massagana for Jimmy Dread".). The title track off the album 'Satta Massagana' was covered by Ethiopian dub outfit Dub Colossus in 2011 and released on Real World Records. And once again in 2007 as a deluxe edition which included four additional bonus tracks. This edition included four previously unreleased bonus tracks. It was originally recorded for Studio One in. In 1993 the album was released on compact disc for the first time by Heartbeat Records. Satta Massagana a Rastafarian hymn based on the Ethiopian Amharic language meaning Give Thanks in Amharic. ![]() The album would see numerous re-releases over the next decade, including in 1988 by Clinch and in 1989 by the Blue Moon label. A note on track-listings: the Klik & Different releases reverted to the original track listing of the limited pre-release editions which placed the title track as the final track, furthermore, the Azul edition renamed some tracks and did not include "African Race". Similarly, Clive Hunt's US-based Azul label released the album under the title Satta. The album was released in the United Kingdom on the UK Klik Chart Sounds and Different labels, as well as on Bernard Collins' own Clinch label. The following years, 19, saw the album released by three labels under the title Forward On To Zion. The first official release occurred in Jamaica in 1976 on Pentrate Label, issued by Clive Hunt and Geoffrey Chung, and shortly after in the United States on Jam Sounds. ![]() The first unofficial editions, very limited in quantity, were released by Clive Hunt in 1975. The Abyssinians debut album has had a very complex release history.
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