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The Abyssinians debut album has had a very complex release history. The first unofficial 
editions, very limited in quantity, were released by Clive Hunt in 1975. 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 following years, 1977 and 1978, saw the album released by three labels under the title 
Forward On To Zion. 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. Similarly, 
Clive Hunt's US-based Azul label released the album under the title Satta. A note on 
track-listings: the Klik & Different releases reverted to the original tracklisting 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. The album would see 
numerous re-releases over the next decade, including in 1988 by Clinch and in 1989 by the 
Blue Moon label. In 1993 the album was released on compact disc for the first time by 
Heartbeat Records. This edition included four previously unreleased bonus tracks. And once 
again in 2006 as a deluxe edition which included four additional bonus tracks.

Tracks 2006 Reissue
01. Declaration of Rights 3:28
02. The Good Lord 3:25
03. Forward Unto Zion 3:46
04. Know Jah Today 2:56
05. Abendigo 3:33
06. Y Mas Gan 3:49
07. Black Man's Strain 2:45
08. Satta Massagana 3:29
09. I And I 3:34
10. African Race 2:53
11. Leggo Beast 3:10
12. Peculiar Number 4:00
13. Reason Time 2:55
14. There Is No End 3:22
15. Jerusalem 2:17
16. Leggo Beast Dub 2:58
17. Abendigo (Extended Mix) 5:57
18. Poor Jason Whyte (Extended Mix) 4:18