Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)

[seb]

I gave it a (very) short listening earlier today and it seems .... bogus ?
the dub mix doesn't sound "old school" at all imo
anyone gave it a listen and shared the same impression ?
is black arrow related in a way or another to jamaican recordings ?
and by the way, I have another question related to bogus companies, anyone knows what happened to rhino (aka crocodisc and others ...) & their famous owner Enzo Hamilton ?

[Congo Bunny]

I think black arrow is one of the hundreds of 're-release labels of Bunny Lee, if you look on Amazon there are at least 3 if not 5 labels that are all releasing the exact same albums all with really dodgy and different covers. Jackpot is one of these lables, I can't think of the other labels names. But they have all the bog standard Bunny Lee stuff and all the so called lost dubs done by Nuton, as a previous thread here alluded. I reckon your right about this release its one of those modern remixes of the original master tapes

[flashman]

While I agree with the substance of your post, Jackpot is an original Bunny Lee label from the 70's, not a recently created re-release label.
Black Arrow seems more dubious

Jackpot on RA:
http://www.roots-archives.com/label/182

[Congo Bunny]

All these guys recycle the same bunny lee releases in various different configurations with various crappy covers

There are probably more, but I'm bored of looking now

ATTACK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646537

Black Arrow

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646630

jackpot

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646692

Reggae Champs

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646721

Alexander Music Group

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646758

Culture Town

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646794

Justice

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646847

Original Jamaican Music

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?rh=n%3A771970 ... 1392646884

[jumbo]

Black Arrow was an UK label ran by Donville Davis, who is a cousin of the Heywood brothers Leroy Mafia & Dave Fluxie ( his main lable is Cousins) They stopped trading in 2012.

This album features Barry Brown tapes, overdubbed and mixed by M & F

[Congo Bunny]

Black Arrow was an UK label ran by Donville Davis, who is a cousin of the Heywood brothers Leroy Mafia & Dave Fluxie ( his main lable is Cousins) They stopped trading in 2012.

This album features Barry Brown tapes, overdubbed and mixed by M & F

that's this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Barry-Brown-Sho ... arry+brown

which I now see this is the dubs from the above with a few extra tracks added

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dub-Barry-Brown ... arry+brown

Minus the vocals I see

Interesting that Black arrow stopped trading in 2012 and yet their digital releases are still available, I wonder who Amazon pays the royalties to?

[jumbo]

Interesting that Black arrow stopped trading in 2012 and yet their digital releases are still available, I wonder who Amazon pays the royalties to?[/quote]


Sorry, I meant to say they stopped their physical distribution, because of lack of cd/vinyl sales.

[Congo Bunny]

Interesting that Black arrow stopped trading in 2012 and yet their digital releases are still available, I wonder who Amazon pays the royalties to?


Sorry, I meant to say they stopped their physical distribution, because of lack of cd/vinyl sales.

Ah, fair enough...