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Winston Mcanuff: Electric Dread, 1986

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:39 pm
by ras_savitri
Greetings to all

Could someone give me a quick feedback on this album-

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3465#rel3358

Is it really roots as stated in the archives section or is it already digital as the year could imply.

Would be grateful for any feedback as I would be looking to order this album if it is for sure not digital-

Re: Winston Mcanuff: Electric Dread, 1986

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:32 pm
by roms77
a little digital, there are some samples somewhere on a site, can't remember where but it sounds digital and not good as the first ones (what a man a dieal with)

Re: Winston Mcanuff: Electric Dread, 1986

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:07 pm
by Dave K
Real bass, electric drums.....I wouldn't call in "digital". Digital generally implies that it's keyboard and drum machine based.

It's not my favourite WM album either roms77.

Re: Winston Mcanuff: Electric Dread, 1986

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:24 pm
by ras_savitri
Thanks, guys. This will help me make up my mind

Re: Winston Mcanuff: Electric Dread, 1986

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:35 pm
by ks.kerenski
I agree with Dave. It's electric drums but real bass (not digital like the Jammy stuff of this period). Not the best McAnuff album, but if you are real McAnuff fan is worthwile to pick up.

Sound sample of the single Won’t Give Up (last track of the album ) can be found on Ernie B:

http://www.ebreggae.com/sound1.asp?SongID=T101060T01

Not a killa in my opinion!

Re: Winston Mcanuff: Electric Dread, 1986

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:38 pm
by deehipower
I like this album

Re: Winston Mcanuff: Electric Dread, 1986

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:15 pm
by benjamin
it's a fine album, especially if you're a fan of mcanuff but clearly the electronic drum and the few synthetiser lines are a bit boring. Anyway, you can find good bass lines and an electric dread for sure.

ps : not to be compared with his first albums
ps 2 : for recent works the Nostradamus album that has just been out is really worth IMO, and not digital at all

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