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Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:40 am
by seb
I gave it a (very) short listening earlier today and it seems .... bogus ?
the dub mix doesn't sound "old school" at all imo
anyone gave it a listen and shared the same impression ?
is black arrow related in a way or another to jamaican recordings ?
and by the way, I have another question related to bogus companies, anyone knows what happened to rhino (aka crocodisc and others ...) & their famous owner Enzo Hamilton ?
Re: Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:01 pm
by Congo Bunny
I think black arrow is one of the hundreds of 're-release labels of Bunny Lee, if you look on Amazon there are at least 3 if not 5 labels that are all releasing the exact same albums all with really dodgy and different covers. Jackpot is one of these lables, I can't think of the other labels names. But they have all the bog standard Bunny Lee stuff and all the so called lost dubs done by Nuton, as a previous thread here alluded. I reckon your right about this release its one of those modern remixes of the original master tapes
Re: Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:54 pm
by flashman
While I agree with the substance of your post, Jackpot is an original Bunny Lee label from the 70's, not a recently created re-release label.
Black Arrow seems more dubious
Jackpot on RA:
http://www.roots-archives.com/label/182
Re: Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:23 pm
by Congo Bunny
Re: Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:42 pm
by jumbo
Black Arrow was an UK label ran by Donville Davis, who is a cousin of the Heywood brothers Leroy Mafia & Dave Fluxie ( his main lable is Cousins) They stopped trading in 2012.
This album features Barry Brown tapes, overdubbed and mixed by M & F
Re: Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:11 pm
by Congo Bunny
jumbo wrote:Black Arrow was an UK label ran by Donville Davis, who is a cousin of the Heywood brothers Leroy Mafia & Dave Fluxie ( his main lable is Cousins) They stopped trading in 2012.
This album features Barry Brown tapes, overdubbed and mixed by M & F
that's this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Barry-Brown-Sho ... arry+brown
which I now see this is the dubs from the above with a few extra tracks added
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dub-Barry-Brown ... arry+brown
Minus the vocals I see
Interesting that Black arrow stopped trading in 2012 and yet their digital releases are still available, I wonder who Amazon pays the royalties to?
Re: Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:18 pm
by jumbo
Interesting that Black arrow stopped trading in 2012 and yet their digital releases are still available, I wonder who Amazon pays the royalties to?[/quote]
Sorry, I meant to say they stopped their physical distribution, because of lack of cd/vinyl sales.
Re: Barry Brown In Dub (Black Arrow)
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:25 pm
by Congo Bunny
jumbo wrote:Interesting that Black arrow stopped trading in 2012 and yet their digital releases are still available, I wonder who Amazon pays the royalties to?
Sorry, I meant to say they stopped their physical distribution, because of lack of cd/vinyl sales.
Ah, fair enough...