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Re: Tuff Gong Pressings: Repress or Original?
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:55 pm
by 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.
Re: Tuff Gong Pressings: Repress or Original?
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:34 pm
by 99thfloor
vtov wrote: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).
Re: Tuff Gong Pressings: Repress or Original?
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:54 am
by Gabranth
vtov wrote: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.
Re: Tuff Gong Pressings: Repress or Original?
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:33 am
by Lick It Back
Werner's site very useful:
http://www.wailer.de/
Re: Tuff Gong Pressings: Repress or Original?
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:24 pm
by 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.
99thfloor wrote: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).