New Lee Perry singles compilation 1974-1978

[blackarkrock]

Unfortunately Max Romeo´s Sipple Out Deh (War Ina Babylon) is NOT the original version, but the later (UK) single mix (as on Arkology etc), only shorter.

Augustus Pablo´s Vibrate On is the remixed/overdubbed version that first appeared on Island´s Scratch On The Wire in 1979.

The only track not previously available on CD is Homeguard by Mikey Dread...

[kofi333]

thats the problem with this labels....we want to hear knew stuff on cd.lots of good obscure songs around which tthey can put on cd

[Digikiller]

there are two basic problems here. one is that these labels don't have anyone working for them who knows what the people like those on this forum really want, but who are ironically the same people who these compilations are ostensibly aimed at. the second is that the major labels are not going to spend money going out there and sourcing something they don't have a master for, and doing a new license for it, etc. so you're not gonna see anything they don't already have a master for at hand and a clear license to, i.e. THE SAME OLD TRACKS. as it is they are not really even willing to search their archives for stuff they do have but haven't done anything with. it is a mystery to me even when like, in this case, one random prev-unreissued track appears. you wonder how and by what dumb luck it happened.

[Stick-a-Bush]

it is a mystery to me even when like, in this case, one random prev-unreissued track appears. you wonder how and by what dumb luck it happened.

Mikey Dread died - so they realized that they wouldn't need to pay him any royalties?

[Mick Sleeper]

Well, "boring" to those of us who already have the earlier Trojan collections (or the original vinyl), but not to new fans. Those great Trojan collections (Open The Gate, Build The Ark, Public Jestering, etc) were all poorly mastered and 20 years old now. So while I agree Trojan could have dug deeper for rarer material to satisfy the hardcore fans, I think this collection acts as a nice upgrade as well as gives us a few rare biscuits that have never been on CD before. Sadly, I think the days of really rare material being re-released are pretty much over...

[Funky Punk]

Well, "boring" to those of us who already have the earlier Trojan collections (or the original vinyl), but not to new fans. Those great Trojan collections (Open The Gate, Build The Ark, Public Jestering, etc) were all poorly mastered and 20 years old now. So while I agree Trojan could have dug deeper for rarer material to satisfy the hardcore fans, I think this collection acts as a nice upgrade as well as gives us a few rare biscuits that have never been on CD before. Sadly, I think the days of really rare material being re-released are pretty much over...

I dunno. Pressure Sounds are still putting out stuff that's never been reissued before - or were you just talking about Trojan?

[slappy1]

but there is a lot of stuff that's at least never been released on cd before..tons of 7" stuff that was recorded at the ark that commands way too much for collectors only..

[Mick Sleeper]

Well, besides Pressure Sounds... Blood and Fire is gone, Heartbeat hasn't released anything in three years, Auralux is gone, Motion is gone, Trojan continues to recycle "Tighten Up" style collections and their release schedule is a lot less than it was 5 years ago. So I think, yes, the days of really rare material being re-released are over.

I agree that there is a lot of rare material that could and should be released - but who's going to do it? Reggae fans don't want MP3s, we want vinyl and CD releases, and nobody is buying those anymore. Meanwhile, we have dozens of reggae bloggers giving music away for free (both rare material and compilations that are only a couple of years old), so - in this climate - what record company would invest in a solid collection of rare, unreleased material?

It's sad. As the man Max Romeo says, it sipple out deh!

[Geoffrey]

Speaking of Pressure Sounds...

http://www.pressure.co.uk/news/-/202/