"Pressure Drop is a major account of reggae's pivotal decade, upturning notions of a period seemingly defined by glam rock, disco and punk. Reggae's story is one of triumphs, spiritual quests, feuds, betrayal, heartbreak and near misses, musical or otherwise. John Masouri brings this story to the fore through extensive research, archival photos and eyewitness accounts, as fold to him during interviews with the likes of Burning Spear, Chris Blackwell, Gregory Isaacs, Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhuru, U-Roy, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Augustus Pablo, Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Sly & Robbie, Dennis Bovell, Don Letts and members of the Specials, as well as first-hand anecdotes of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Elsewhere, the emphasis is on the era's key singles and albums, the studios, the producers, artists and musicians responsible for their success, and the clubs, sound systems, radio stations and record companies who all played a part in ensuring that reggae music was heard by audiences around the world. Fifty years later UNESCO has declared it to be an 'intangible cultural heritage of humanity'. This is the definitive account of reggae in the seventies." --