Re: Collecting Reggae [are you in it for the love of the music or $$$$$$$$ ]
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:45 am
Greetings,
My love for reggae music is the strongest guide for my collection habits. I collect simply because I want to find the best reggae tracks recorded. Original pressings bear a certain quality that can never be replicated. I assume that the producers and engineers would have recorded the music a lot differently if all the modern digital tools of today were available in the 70s. I'm most interested in hearing the music in the closest form that of the producer/engineers/musicians had intended.
In response to showing off, I truly enjoy getting to introduce my bretherens to excellent Roots Reggae music. Most of my friends listen to everything but Reggae as well. I've made a few addicts out of the bunch, and they have introduced me to many albums I had not previously considered. Its a cyclical process that results in exposure to a tremendous amount of amazing music (like this forum can be at times).
For me, there's no better feeling then coming across a song that stirs something in your metaphysical self. That's why I'm always searching for more. I was talking to a friend the other day about the first time we got our hands on the Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon comp. He suggested, and I agreed, that soon after pressing play, it was almost like the sky had opened above us.. and the rest was history.
Roots,
Jah Chicken
My love for reggae music is the strongest guide for my collection habits. I collect simply because I want to find the best reggae tracks recorded. Original pressings bear a certain quality that can never be replicated. I assume that the producers and engineers would have recorded the music a lot differently if all the modern digital tools of today were available in the 70s. I'm most interested in hearing the music in the closest form that of the producer/engineers/musicians had intended.
In response to showing off, I truly enjoy getting to introduce my bretherens to excellent Roots Reggae music. Most of my friends listen to everything but Reggae as well. I've made a few addicts out of the bunch, and they have introduced me to many albums I had not previously considered. Its a cyclical process that results in exposure to a tremendous amount of amazing music (like this forum can be at times).
For me, there's no better feeling then coming across a song that stirs something in your metaphysical self. That's why I'm always searching for more. I was talking to a friend the other day about the first time we got our hands on the Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon comp. He suggested, and I agreed, that soon after pressing play, it was almost like the sky had opened above us.. and the rest was history.
Roots,
Jah Chicken