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Handsworth Revolution — Steel Pulse

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Handsworth Revolution, the 1978 Island Records debut album by Birmingham roots band Steel Pulse, put Britain's Black Midlands communities and Rastafari politics at the centre of UK reggae's emergence as its own scene distinct from Jamaican imports.

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Story · ProbableWhen reggae became an album format

In the mid-to-late 1970s, international labels started signing Jamaican singles artists as album acts, and a run of records built to be heard start to finish redefined what a reggae release could be.