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If I had MY own label...
I would be struggling to make ends meet! Reissueing and licensing classic recordings ( not available ) from the original producers and copyright owners is hardly profitable.

...."burn it down and collect the insurance money"... uhmm, that's an idea!

I would issue more Keith Hudson compilations (there's at least 2 or 3 double CD's worth of productions etc).

More Yabby You.

Proper reissues of Dennis Brown's albums for Niney (with dubs)

Loads of Studio 1 albums that either haven't been done or been done shoddily by Studio 1 themseleves....

But I can dream.....

kevin wrote:Loads of Studio 1 albums that either haven't been done or been done shoddily by Studio 1 themseleves...

Indeed! What a pleasure it would be to see Studio 1 albums re-released with good soundquality, by Soul Jazz or Pressure Sounds for example.. Heartbeat did such a good job with "Bobby Bobbylon" - re-released as double vinyl with plenty bonus material (a shame they released cd only in the last time).

...first I would relaunch the Hungrytown label and release everything that came from there in excellent vinyl. Maybe a box-set, collecting all albums, 12"s and 7"s

Next would be all original works produced by Donovan Germain from the late 1970s/early 1980s.

And finally, a series of all dubs done by the Fatman Riddim Section.

thanks, all - some really MEGA suggestions!!
but OF COURSE this is pure fantasy!
also, in my fantasy world, ALL these master tapes are available and in good condition! haha!

Michael Prophet's Serious Reasoning. Sure it aint the original but there's a good way to pick up most of that lp/songs, check for the lp called Consciousness. I think the only song that is missing from the Serious Reasoning set is Fight It To The Top, a song that didn't do much for me in the first place. Consciousness lp has nuff bass in it too!

i would have to reissue


i-roy - the ten commandments
sugar minott - jamming in the street
sugar minott & gregory isaacs - double dose
charlie chaplin - red pond
charlie chaplin - chaplin chant

I'm with Bellyman, re-release all the old Donovan Germain productions. Especially Lee Van Cleef's Reggae Sunsplash and Cultural Roots Dub LP's.

Red Pond & Chaplin Chant issued on CD by Tamoki Wambesi both albums on 1 CD.

j j

" Fight It To The Top, a song that didn't do much for me in the first place. "

This cover of The Heptones is not amongst my favorite neither but it is the tune that revealed M. Prophet - his first hit.