Tuff Gong Pressings: Repress or Original?

[vtov]

Thanks - good to know that checking label or matrix details won't be necessary. I'm a fan of the Confrontation album so the original mixes will be nice to hear. Even if not much different it's great to have the version still.

[99thfloor]

Even if not much different...

They are quite different, beyond just being different mixes, since the *Confrontation* versions have new overdubs. Maybe you already know, but The Meditations sing backup on the originals (replaced by the I-Threes on the remixes).

[Gabranth]

Some say the first 12" 45 speed were disco music in generic sleeves that just had Disco on the front, so when JA started to press them for reggae they just called them as Disco singles.
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I can see that's the way it went down.

[Lick It Back]

Werner's site very useful:

http://www.wailer.de/

[vtov]

Yes (but I forgot). In the liner notes to the Deeper Roots compilation, Ansell Cridland mentions that Bob wanted them to sing on a few more tracks. Next was Buffalo Soldier, but then the I-Threes arrived in the studio and the Meditations never got back on the mic.

Even if not much different...
They are quite different, beyond just being different mixes, since the *Confrontation* versions have new overdubs. Maybe you already know, but The Meditations sing backup on the originals (replaced by the I-Threes on the remixes).