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Hi,

Can anyone tell me about the following 2 albums by the above band.

Headline News
Vinyard

Are they good British Roots ?
Who are they in the vein of ?
Are the albums worth Purchasing ?

Thanks for your help

Respect

Dave

if you like uk reggae you will love these lps instantly. both are top quality recording/ mixing as well as positive lyrics.

Rootsman,
Very uk Roots! Tuff Sufferer style!
Like Steel Pulse and Matumbi cross
another of my top uk bands
will put chills down your spine
your in for a treat...play em LOUD!!

one of the biggest of the biggest uk Bands for sure

& the 2 albums are very different with not the same lead vocal but always deep roots reggae

"Headline News" are particular, it remember me late Aswad stuff, i dont like a lot but its still an honnest album, "Vinyard" is the best and are a good+ roots album, the song "Africa bound" is killer! And the album have lot of cool songs left...(the cd version of "headline news" have 3 12" tracks bonus, "natty walk" is killer and different, i regret that they dont have more tunes as this one, their best tune to me!)

"natty walk" is my fav too on that album 2nd would be "run run run". and the rest go down from their but judge for yourself.

vinyard is better though...crank it up on "how Far"

Capital letters is one of the tuffest roots bands to come out of the uk in my opinion. I agree that vineyard is the better of the two albums, but i like headline news as well. They are two different styles but both are crucial in my opinion. my favorite song by the band is either the 12" UK Skanking or the song off of headline news entitled rumours.

Rumble

Please don't hesitate to get those albums are dif. but crucial and killer uk roots reggae band

if ur more into ska try "bread n water" there are only 4 tracks recorded on there. why ? i myself dont know