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I was wondering if this is the original 1977 cut
of the "punky reggae party" tune by bob marley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?fmt=18&v=dZFho44a9nU

I found this gem on an compilation album called "this is Reggae Music" released by Island Records in 1977.


blessings

yup! i agree it's definitely a perry cut (but i wouldn't have guessed it if u didn't mention it). either way it's a really tight version of an already tight tune!! imho it's better than the original ) thanks for the insight.

now if anyone has exact knowledge about this version please tell us

btw:

it wasn't to hard though to find the original jamming b-side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaLQ1REovBM&fmt=18

here's a picture of the cover

http://www.zshare.net/image/52520125bd8b0fb7/

flipside

http://www.zshare.net/image/52520411a8bf9b9b/

(shaky but u get the idea)


@leggo rockers

25 272 XAT Various - This Is Reggae Music Vol. 2
Tracks: Punky Reggae Party (Bob Marley & The Wailers) / Mama Say (The Heptones) / One Step Forward (Max Romeo) / Have Mercy (To Be A Lover) (George Faith) / Man In The Hills (Burning Spear) / Pomp And Pride (Toots And The Maytals) // Cokane In My Brain (Dillinger) / Dial Africa (Rico) / Sun Don't Shine (Third World) / No Sympathy (Peter Tosh) / Breakfast In Bed (Lorna Bennett) / Johnny Too Bad (The Slickers) / Dreamland (Bunny Wailer)
1977

Yes that's exactly the line up

LOL and it is indeed a perry remix!! shame on me :S
http://www.zshare.net/image/52520169be74e034/

Will have to give it a listen later, but I know of two 12 inch mixes, one released on [Tuff Gong](http://www.smokeyroom.net/images/bigup/ ... ffgong.jpg) and another one released on [Black Art](http://www.smokeyroom.net/images/bigup/ ... ckart2.jpg), both different mixes.

i found yet another art work of this LP in this youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjs8IdADlO0&fmt=18

(it says the album was released in the netherlands.)


i just want to let u know that this "rico - dial africa" song is the same one on my album. so i reckon the rest of the album must be very much identical.


the comment by @BadPsyTron says

"This is Reggae Music album.
This record was originally recorded in The Netherlands. Some rare tracks are on that album. Too bad I never found this vinyl on CD ever so far.
So, if you have it? please pm me."

though i doubt it that this particular record was actually recorded in the netherlands. and there is definetly no proof at all that this was actually a live recording, because if u listen carefully u can hear the looping of the cheering crowd. obviously that has been added later on in the studio. but that's again another topic.

Leggo, the Live cut is the one from "Babylon By Bus". That version here is the best mix Ive heard so far(there are 3 or 4 in total) but that chune is definitely, imho, one of the weakest of the king.

Guidance

THIS IS NOT different mix. Its different take. Thats all I can say.

hi guys
who knows if there is a whole recording of this rico concert.i know that rico opened for the wailers during the 1977 european leg of the wailers tour.who was the backing band behind rico
fadel

I disagree with you "Leggo Rocker". In my opinion...

1. The drum and bass aren't the same in this tune as the ones in the final mix. (As Lee Perry have said he didn't abandon the original takes of drum and bass.)

2. Just because it has some percussion with echo doesn't mean that its some black ark thing.

Still Visitor, Leggo is true, its a Black Ark recording.