RR 261104

J. M. W. Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons: the Palace of Westminster in flames at night, a blaze of orange and gold reflected in the Thames, with crowds on the bank and boats on the water — Plate. J. M. W. Turner, *The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834*, 1834–35. Oil on canvas. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Barry Brown

Jah Jah Fire

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Barry Brown, one of the great voices of early dancehall, who came up with Bunny Lee and left us far too soon, in 2004. “Jah Jah Fire” first came out in 1980 and was later gathered on the 1984 compilation Roots Rockers. Rasta fire is the fire that burns Babylon down: Turner stood on the Thames in 1834 and painted the seat of power going up in flames.

ACCESSION: RR 261104
ARTIST: Barry Brown
RELEASED: 1980
ALSO ON: Roots Rockers (compilation, 1984), side B, track 6
FILED: 4 November 2026

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