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Top Ten Reggae Reissues of 2017 from VP & Greensleeves Records
TOP 10 REGGAE
REISSUES OF 2017
#10
Total Reggae Special Request
Various Artists A 2CD set rounding up 40 essential sound bwoy anthems including much in demand boom shots from Johnny Osbourne, Cocoa Tea, Sugar Minott and many more.
Whether you clash in your bedroom or clash in the arena Total Reggae: Special Request is all the DJ ammo you will need to dust any opposition.
Available in your record store & online
Stream or download:
https://VA.lnk.to/TRSpecialRequest
#9
Total Reggae Greensleeves
Various Artists A 2CD collector’s series of 40 essential reggae anthems. Celebrating Greensleeves’ 40th anniversary.
The selection ranges from Alimantado to Alborosie. From the dancehall dominance of ‘Junjo’ Lawes, King Jammy & Gussie Clarke to the outernational success of hits like “Oh Carolina”.
Available in your record store & online
Stream or download:
https://GRNSLVS.lnk.to/TotalReggae40
#8
Striker Showcase
Jackie Mittoo Striker Showcase finds Jackie Mittoo re-visiting much of his Brentford Road past for producer Bunny Lee, classic 70’s recordings that proved extremely popular in the rockers era.
This re-mastered 2CD set collects together three classic Jackie Mittoo albums (Showcase, Keyboard King & Hot Blood) and fleshes them out with extra choice cuts.
Available in your record store & online
Stream or download:
https://lnk.to/StrikerShowcase
#7
African Dub Chapter Two
Joe Gibbs & The Profesionals Classic 1977 production from “The Mighty Two” Errol Thompson & Joe Gibbs.
Featuring Joe Gibbs house band, The Professionals, featuring Tommy McCook & Dirty Harry.
This title is part of the wider celebration of classic reggae released in 1977.
This is Chapter Two of a five part series.
Available in your record store & online
Stream or download:
https://VPRecords.lnk.to/AfricanDubChapterTwo
#6
King David’s Melody
Augustus Pablo A classic Augustus Pablo collection from the golden age of Rockers.
This album contains remastered melodica masterpieces and deep dubs all built on Augustus Pablo’s signature rock solid drum and bass foundations.
The CD features 20 tracks including five dubs never before presented on CD.
Available in your record store & online
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https://lnk.to/KingDavidMelody
#5
Lamb’s Bread
Sylford Walker Sylford Walker’s heart stopping 70’s recordings for Glen Brown are rightfully regarded as holy relics of reggae.
The Lamb’s Bread album gathers up these classic sides and once again makes them available to the roots disciples.
Mixed by King Tubby at King Tubby’s, recorded at Randy’s, Channel One, Federal & Harry J’s with Jamaica’s finest musicians on board (Flabba Holt, Family Man, Carlton Barrett, Tommy McCook).
The CD remastered reissue also includes Welton Irie’s top-ranking ‘Ghettoman Corner’ set riding many of the deep roots rhythms (‘Slaving’, ‘Glen Brown at Cross Roads’, Cleanliness is Godliness’) as featured on the Sylford Walker boomshots.
Available in your record store & online
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https://lnk.to/LambsBread
#4
Good Vibes
Horace Andy Ten tough disco mixes – vocal and dub – with Horace at the peak of his late 70’s form.
Originally complied for Blood and Fire “Good Vibes’ is remastered with new artwork and updated sleeve notes by the original compiler, Steve Barrow.
“A vital purchase for any serious Andy fan”
– John Masouri: Echoes Magazine
Available in your record store & online
Stream or download:
https://17NP.lnk.to/HoraceAndyGoodVibes
#3
Africa Must Be Free
Hugh Mundell Awarded a five star review by Rolling Stone magazine on it’s original 1978 release, ‘Africa Must Be Free By 1983’ was met with great acclaim and has gone on to be one the most sought after of all roots reggae classic albums.
The dub companion mixed by Prince Jammy at King Tubby’s featured, as well as dubs from the vocal album, a searing cut to ‘Great Tribulation’, entitled ‘Western Kingston Style’ along with ‘Sufferer Dub’ a version to Pablo’s ‘Sufferer’s Choice’.
Re-mastered and re-sequenced ‘showcase style’ the album is a fitting testament to two titans of reggae that were taken from us far too soon.
Available in your record store & online
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https://GRNSLVS.lnk.to/AfricaMustBeFree
#2
Two Sevens Clash 40th Anniversary Edition
Culture 40th anniversary edition of the classic ‘Two Sevens Clash’ album now expanded to
2 CD or 3 LP set including 12” disco mixes, DJ cuts and dubs.
‘Two Sevens Clash’ from Culture was the must-have reggae accessory for any self-respecting music fan back in that long hot summer of ‘77. Loaded up with hit anthems like “See Them A Come”, “I Am Not Ashamed”, “Natty Dread Taking Over” and the prophetic title track.
“One of the 50 coolest records ever made” – Rolling Stone
Available in your record store & online
Stream or download:
https://17NP.lnk.to/2-7s
#1
Heart of the Congos 40th Anniversary Edition
Congos This deluxe 3CD edition is the first to feature the now almost impossible to find, original mix of the album, unavailable since producer Lee Perry withdrew the set in 1977.
Also included, together with the more well-known mix, are dubs, disco mixes, seven and twelve inch versions and ‘Don’t Blame It On I’ an overlooked previously unreleased track unearthed, too late to include on the Blood & Fire release, by Steve Barrow and David Katz in 1997.
20 years after the release of Blood & Fire’s outstanding but now deleted ‘Heart Of The Congos’ reissue, VP /17 North Parade released this now definitive 2017 remastered 3CD edition put together with both respect and gratitude to that illustrious antecedent
Available in your record store & online
Stream or download:
https://17NP.lnk.to/HeartCongos
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Leading immersive and digital performance innovators ZU-UK will be asking audiences to swipe right and join them in Theatre Royal Stratford East’s restaurant Gerry’s Kitchen for an experiential dating experience. Using binaural sound, participants will be guided by a voice in their ears to ask each other questions, offer answers, and consider the dos and don’ts of what we say, and what we would like to say, to each other on a date. What are we really thinking when we meet for the first time? How much are we prepared to confess? And are the questions we ask each other the questions that will help us find love?
Part interactive performance, part dating agency, Binaural Dinner Date invites individuals looking for love, or existing couples who simply want a very different dating experience. Following two performances at Watermans Arts Centre, Theatre Royal Stratford East’s Gerry’s Kitchen restaurant will be transformed into a lush romantic setting, complete with disco floor and mirror ball, to explore the failure of verbal language. Taking place at nine tables simultaneously, a voice in the ear of every participant guides them through a ‘perfect’ date. Two participants per table are hosted by a waiter/facilitator/DJ and interactively mixed binaural audio with suggestions and comments on dating ‘rules’, as well as games pushing social expectations and ‘acceptable’ table talk topics.
Jorge Lopes Ramos, ZU-UK’s Co-Artistic Director said, “ZU-UK’s artistic work has never shied away from engaging with urgent, problematic and at times depressing aspects of the contemporary human condition. This is a time to question mainstream narratives and to consider our role in shaping communities and relationships between strangers. Dating seemed like a contemporary human ritual worth exploring!”
Binuaural Dinner Date is the first instalment in ten-part series Decalogy of Loneliness. After ZU’s award-winning Hotel Medea (2009-2012) and the interactive technology exhibition Humble Market (2012-2014), the company has been developing ten artworks as part of the project. The company has been working with Canadian research institute TAG (Technoculture, Arts and Games) since 2015 using game-design to deepen ZU’s work with immersive, participatory and interactive performance. Over the next three years, ZU will develop the remaining parts of the Decalogy, always focusing on the relationship between strangers in public and private spaces. In 2017, the company will also be presenting two digital artworks using public phones, #RioFoneHack and How Mad Are You?, and a binaural prototype, Small Data Mining.
Formerly known as Zecora Ura and Para Active, ZU-UK is an established award winning independent theatre and digital arts company based in East London and Rio de Janeiro since 2001. Driven by an artistic partnership between Jorge Lopes Ramos and Persis Jadé Maravala, ZU-UK creates interactive experiences using games, performance and technology. They can happen anywhere including on your phone, in your house, on a stage, in a shopping mall or a field. As a British company that has successfully maintained a satellite base in Brazil for over a decade, ZU-UK has a strong track record of collaborating across cultures and artistic disciplines, delivering ambitious innovation with depth and integrity. Their previous events have explored new forms of collaboration between academics, activists and artists, ‘Dramaturgy of Participation’, discussing best practice for immersive events, ‘What Makes the Perfect LAB?’, sharing their first prototype version of a wearable tech and game design, and their ‘Artistic Leadership Talk Series’, which was part of their Masters Programme run with University of East London. In 2015 the company also opened GAS Station in Stratford, a new space dedicated to projects, ideas and conversations that live somewhere in the intersection between Games, Live Performance and Technology.
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Suitable for ages: 16+
Company Information
Written and Directed by Persis Jadé Maravala
Creative team
Antonella Nonnis, Deborah Pearson, Jorge Lopes Ramos, Rebecca Stewart, Ross Flight, Will Dickie, Therese Ramstedt
Cast
Persis Jadé Maravala, Will Dickie
Listings information
Previews: Watermans Arts Centre 40 High St, Brentford TW8 0DS
11 & 12 Nov, times and prices TBC
www.watermans.org.uk
Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, London E15 1BN
Thurs – Sun 16 Nov – 3 Dec, 5.45pm, 7pm, 8.15pm & 9.30pm
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