Roots Archives Forum

Rootsman wrote:
I did too, bought virtually all of them direct from B&F. At one point they were selling them dirt cheap. Single CD titles were about £4.95 each. I think I also paid less than £10.00 for the Yabby You and Congos two disc sets and about £12.00 for the Big Youth three disc set.

Prices sure have rocketed this last few years

Sadly I missed blood and fire selling them dirt cheap, by the time I saw that they had them fo 4 quid on their website they had already gone out of business. I think the Yabby You one was my most expensive one too

Any new news about this project? Roots Archives is the only forum I visit, so I was wondering if any other source has an update....I'm never too successful when I try to navigate the VP website.

(I know they put out a "Mr. Know-It-All" 12" by Gregory Isaacs.)

Thanks

it never happened. Blood and Fire & VP wouldn't agree on the conditions, so B&F canceled the deal.

Thanks jumbo. Too bad....especially since that new old material, whatever it was, will stay out of circulation for the time being.

Was just about to say how happy i was to hear this and it was the first time i had heard about this B+F revival and im a original Bafer! from the first forum, i bought almost every one of their CDs and also got to sell almost everyone back to the store i got them from, as ya do in hard times an all that!lol but some i could never part with no matter how hard the times so i still have the best of.

Was about to say what a great thing this would have been for Roots Reggae as most of us know what an impact B+F had on reviving Roots in the UK and Europe, at least i felt like they where instrumental in bringing it back and keeping that fire burning. Maybe VP/Randy's just wanted another outlet for their huge back catalog(their is a video on vimeo i think about Randy's Lost Archives+talk worth watching if you can find it) whereas B+F always liked to pick and choose who they released. Sad to hear it never happened........

So they agreed to terms & announced their partnership, released a 12", then disagreed to terms? Strange business the Reggae business.....sad to hear this didn't work out.

The Blood and Fire catalog is second to none, in my opinion. I sorely miss them, and look forward to the day when they return or someone picks up the pieces and carries on their legacy of excellence.
I was fortunate enough to have picked up 90% of the original catalog at the time (I'm a "CD" guy) and still listen to every piece of it quite often...

grasshopper the Gregory 12" was reissued as part of World Record Store Day.

j j