Browse by Artist: KING KONG

Artist:	KING KONG
Title:	He Was A Friend/Try Not I
Label:	DIGIKILLER
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DKR 006EP

"High quality US pressing. One of the baddest double-sided late '80s digital twelve-inches from one of our favorite singers, now back on road! King Kong self-produced and released this disco in the UK, with 'He Was a Friend' also coming out on seven-inch in JA on the Jah All Mighty label. 'He Was a Friend' is an awesome, far-east tinged riddim, the lyrics a tribute to the late great Tenor Saw, a spar and friend of King Kong. 'Try Not I' is pure sound killing style, over a spare but heavy and menacing riddim."

Artist:	KING KONG
Title:	Buncha Beans
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	DC 324CD

"The legend has returned. King Kong lives again! It was at the dawn of the century we last heard from Kong, when The Big Bang streaked across skies with its cautionary tale of interplanetary space travel and breeding. Five years have passed since that time -- but time has no meaning to Ethan Buckler, the mad genius behind the funky veil of King Kong. His deceptively-simple-but-actually-quite-layered observational dance tunes don't come easy -- and Kong will sell no groove before its time. The musical menu for the new songs is a little different from the Kongs of lore. This means, more rockin' sounds, less funky sounds on Buncha Beans. Maybe even more grown up than previous incarnations of King Kong -- well, a little more grown up, anyway. Say eighth grade as compared to kindergarten."

Artist:	KING KONG
Title:	He Was A Friend/Try Not I
Label:	DUG OUT (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	DO KK3-EP

This record follows on from the string of mid-'80s hits for Firehouse, Jammy's, Ujama and co, for which Dennis Thomas aka King Kong is most celebrated. Originally released in 1988 as a tribute to his friend Tenor Saw, killed that year in suspicious circumstances, it came as a 12" on Thomas' own Concious Music label, and as a 7" (without "Try Not I") on Jah All Mighty in New York. This is the great dancehall singer at his most powerful. Both vocals come with dubs, and the rhythm is driving, hard and sombre, with nervous, grubbing synths, ringing claps, and a lethal bass-line. Dug Out is devoted to reggae reissues, run by Mark Ainley and Mark Ernestus. Restoration done at Abbey Road Studio, mastering at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

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