Title: Burning Spear – Harder Than The Best
Year/Genre/City: 1979, Reggae (Compilation), Kingston, Jamaica
Matrix #: N/A
Condition: VG+

Cultural Facts:

[Name Check]: This title is typically credited to Burning Spear (Winston Rodney); if your entry says “Burning Pear,” it may be a typo.

[Day Job]: Rodney has been described as a tiler by trade who left rural St. Ann for Kingston in his early 20s, carrying Rastafari-focused songs into a hostile music industry climate.

[Marley Tip]: Accounts say Bob Marley encouraged him to approach Studio One and producer Coxsone Dodd—an early nudge that helped kickstart his recording career.