Haven’t done much DIGGING recently, so was extremely pleased to pull 2 of these on a recent DIG at a local record shop (note: none of which are 90s tech-house)
Found a copy of the Don Letts edition of Late Night Tales. Double album of reggae/dub versions of various tracks, from Bill Withers to Joy Division. Highly recommended…! Top tip from @JonathanE
Prince Fatty - Black Rabbit. Fantastic version of the Jefferson Airplane classic. This got my wife skanking round the kitchen. True story…
The Revolutionaries - Kunta Kinte. First heard this on the Lovers Rock episode of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe. This had a similarly enlivening effect on my wife as the Prince Fatty track (above)
Was really pleased to pick up a copy of this cosmic double-header by Love International. As comped by Jazzanova and…er… lots of other people. Been after a copy of this for a-a-a-a-a-ages.
I confess to the worst case of moldy oldie figgyitis ever.
Bob Marley’s new CD edition of Catch A Fire, of which I have at least three other earlier issues. But not with the live tracks and the “Jamaican rarities.” Although maybe I do.
The bloody Beatles “Red” and “Blue” compilation reissues - on CD, not vinyl. Already have the vinyl from bitd plus the earlier CDs, but I’m too curious about the supposedly new mixes - gonna A/B those things viciously, and I always thought the CDs were stingy in their tracks so the added songs sucked me right in. Of course I have them elsewhere, but I’m also a lazy sod.
And the 25th Anniversary edition of Dub Syndicate’s Fear Of A Green Planet. Expanded, blah blah, blah - and I’ve never been all that happy with the original vinyl or the US CD release. Sprang for the 2LP + CD package. And, you know, sometimes a bit of Dub Syndicate and Adrian Sherwood is the only music that will cut through the crap.
Still, overall, it’s a disease. And I’ve been ill with a more physical problem for the last month, so this is a celebration. Even though I have to wait some time to actually have them in my little paws.
If I had any money left, I’d buy Roberto Fonseca’s La Gran Diversion, but it’s expensive in the US - and there’s competition for the moolah from some older dub and ska that I’ve seen around.
This is the best thing I’ve bought in a good while. I’ve checked out this guy’s other stuff and it’s nowhere near as good as this, so it might be a fluke.
A very ego-centric post here, but I did a mix of a track by Nona Hendryx and you can buy it now. Nile Rogers co-wrote it, it was pretty amazing to get to sit down in the studio and “play along” with Nile while making the new production.
also ended up getting this from discogs. sounds more like a Don Carlos track than a LocoDice track to me, takes a while to get going but when it does its a pretty smooth ride
I bought this reissue a little while ago but keep coming back to it - a really fine house/techno album by Takayuki Shiraishi which uses simple elements very well
(note: none of which are 90s tech-house)
