Capital Letters

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Rootsman
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Capital Letters

Post by Rootsman »

Hi,

Can anyone tell me about the following 2 albums by the above band.

Headline News
Vinyard

Are they good British Roots ?
Who are they in the vein of ?
Are the albums worth Purchasing ?

Thanks for your help

Respect

Dave
truthsandrights
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Post by truthsandrights »

if you like uk reggae you will love these lps instantly. both are top quality recording/ mixing as well as positive lyrics.
ahwhoseh
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Post by ahwhoseh »

Rootsman,
Very uk Roots! Tuff Sufferer style!
Like Steel Pulse and Matumbi cross
another of my top uk bands
will put chills down your spine
your in for a treat...play em LOUD!!
collieman
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Post by collieman »

one of the biggest of the biggest uk Bands for sure
collieman
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Post by collieman »

& the 2 albums are very different with not the same lead vocal but always deep roots reggae
Fabroots
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Post by Fabroots »

"Headline News" are particular, it remember me late Aswad stuff, i dont like a lot but its still an honnest album, "Vinyard" is the best and are a good+ roots album, the song "Africa bound" is killer! And the album have lot of cool songs left...(the cd version of "headline news" have 3 12" tracks bonus, "natty walk" is killer and different, i regret that they dont have more tunes as this one, their best tune to me!)
ahwhoseh
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Post by ahwhoseh »

"natty walk" is my fav too on that album 2nd would be "run run run". and the rest go down from their but judge for yourself.

vinyard is better though...crank it up on "how Far"
Jah Rumble
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Post by Jah Rumble »

Capital letters is one of the tuffest roots bands to come out of the uk in my opinion. I agree that vineyard is the better of the two albums, but i like headline news as well. They are two different styles but both are crucial in my opinion. my favorite song by the band is either the 12" UK Skanking or the song off of headline news entitled rumours.

Rumble
nacho
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Post by nacho »

Please don't hesitate to get those albums are dif. but crucial and killer uk roots reggae band
arize_rootsman
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Post by arize_rootsman »

if ur more into ska try "bread n water" there are only 4 tracks recorded on there. why ? i myself dont know
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