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Artist:
HUDSON, KEITH
Title:
Playing It Cool & Playing It Right
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.50
Catalog #:
BRJT 009CD
This is the first release on Basic Channel's reggae reissue imprint, Basic Replay, founded by
Moritz Von Oswald
and
Mark Ernestus
.
Keith Hudson
-- as is
Lloyd 'Bullwackie' Barnes
, his collaborator here -- was a one-off innovator with impeccably classical lineage: his first studio recording involved former
Skatalites
; his earliest releases provided solid-gold hits for
Ken Boothe
("Old Fashioned Way," 1967),
John Holt
,
Delroy Wilson
,
U-Roy
and the rest.
Playing It Cool & Playing It Right
was released in 1981 on NYC's Joint International label. It was originally intended that one of Hudson's teenage sons would voice the dubs: in the event the
Love Joys
,
Wayne Jarrett
, and most inimitably Hudson himself featured at the microphone. Like Wackies, Hudson was a Studio One devotee -- "
I used to hold
Don Drummond
's trombone for him so I can be in the studio
," he once recalled -- and the album follows
Coxsone Dodd
's strategy of overdubbing signature rhythms. The Studio One sides were aimed at the dancefloor; Hudson's reworks of tracks like "Melody Maker" are more psychological. Here deep
Barrett Brothers
rhythms are remixed deeper with reverb, filters and other distortion, pitched down, everything; and overlaid with new recordings, often heavily treated, of guitar, percussion, keyboard, voice.
Playing It Cool & Playing It Right
is legendary, strange, utterly compelling music.
Artist:
HUDSON, KEITH
Title:
Playing It Cool & Playing It Right
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.50
Catalog #:
BRJT 009LP
LP version.
Artist:
BEES, ANDREW
Title:
Militant
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRAB 001EP
The
Black Uhuru
singer storms through Rome on this tearaway digi-roots cut from 1993. Expert dubbing of an irresistible bubbler's B-line, seething electronics and fluent truths and rights. Comes with the version and two more songs, "Things A Gwaan" and "Life In The Ghetto."
Artist:
HUDSON, KEITH
Title:
Flesh Of My Skin Blood Of My Blood
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
BRAT 1005CD
2004 release, restocked. Originally released in 1974 on Mamba,
Flesh Of My Skin Blood Of My Blood
is the most hallowed of all those reggae albums which remain unavailable, and
Keith Hudson
's key achievement in a career launched when, as a fourteen-year-old, he recorded members of
The Skatalites
on his "Shades Of Hudson" rhythm. After a series of solid-gold productions for
Ken Boothe
,
Delroy Wilson
,
John Holt
,
U-Roy
and the rest, this album projects Hudson's removal from Jamaica to London and New York studios and transatlantic audiences, and inaugurates a sequence of albums -- classics like
Pick A Dub
,
Brand
,
Playing It Cool, Playing It Right
-- which show his troubled experimentalism better suited to the LP than the cardinal 7" reggae format. Anchored here by
Santa Davis
and
George Fullwood
from the
Soul Syndicate
-- alongside musicians like
Augustus Pablo
,
Count Ossie
and
Leroy Sibbles
-- Hudson's mood is tormented and dazed, as on titles like "Darkest Night," "My Nocturne" and "Testing My Faith," where he struggles for Black senses of commitment --political, existential, religious -- at its breaking point. Magnificently and deadly serious, hauntingly unique, unmissable and unforgettable.
Artist:
HUDSON, KEITH
Title:
Flesh Of My Skin Blood Of My Blood
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
LP
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
BRAT 1005LP
LP version.
Artist:
TURNER/PROFESSOR GRIZZLY, CHUCK
Title:
Trying To Conquer I
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRCR 001EP
A rampaging bull of a
Dave Kelly
digital rhythm, originally released on Crat Production in 1989, faced down brilliantly by these two Jammys stalwarts,
Chuck Turner
and
Professor Grizzly
. Another death in the arena from Basic Replay.
Artist:
COURTNEY MELODY
Title:
Black Liberation
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRCR 002EP
Another vicious, militant bad-bull from the Crat label out of Brooklyn, revived by Basic Replay. Emerging from the Stereo One sound,
Courtney Melody
ruled the dancehall -- with hits for
Tubby
, Jazzbo and Jammys and co. -- and, like the rhythm, is devastatingly focused. Two songs, both with dub versions, naturally; and top-notch remastering as always by Basic Replay.
Artist:
ACKIE/CHESSE ROOTS
Title:
Call Me Rambo/Rambo Gun Salute
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRHW 003EP
This was recorded in 1986 and originally released on the Heavyweight label (an offshoot of the Heavyweight soundsystem, based in the Wood Green and Tottenham areas of north London), featuring
Chester Roots
at the controls and his nephew
Ackie
at the microphone. Raw and ballistic British dancehall.
Artist:
LEVI, IJAHMAN
Title:
I Am A Levi
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRIJL 001EP
Surely this is music-making of any kind at its most inspired. Recorded in 1975 in London's Gooseberry Studios by
Dennis Harris
,
Ijahman Levi
-- aka
Trevor Sutherland
-- remembers his unscripted performance "pouring out from inside." Maybe the short spell he'd just spent in jail has to do with it. This is the original, way superior version of a song later recut for his Island debut
Hail I Hymn Chapter 1
. The dub, too, is breathtakingly powerful -- a Shaka special.
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
Nothing Never Done Before The Time
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRIN 001EP
Here it is, satisfying the special request of
Jah Shaka
amongst others --
White Mice
's all-time dancehall smasher, sounding better than ever, over vocal and dub. And sensationally included is a stripped-down, moody, dubwise and analog-style interpretation, with its version -- both never before released and another Basic Replay exclusive.
Artist:
MITTOO, JACKIE
Title:
Ayatollah
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRJM 001EP
Ayatollah
is an apocalyptic record, full of dread -- dubwise and deep from the first chords of
Jackie Mittoo
's interstellar keys, over classic Wackies-style steppers drum and bass -- with a dream-like atmosphere in which pain and suffering are swirled together with devotional mystery and redemption. Originally released on the Nefertiti label in the early eighties when Jackie Mittoo was between New York and Toronto. The B-side here is another essential, extended version of that rhythm -- dancefloor murder. Such a killer.
Artist:
VA
Title:
King Culture Presents: Cuss Cuss
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRKC 001EP
Six murderous outings for
Lloyd "Cuss Cuss" Robinson
's immortal rhythm on this showcase EP collecting singles produced by
King Culture
in Toronto and Kingston, Jamaica, during 1980-81.
Rod Taylor
was voiced in JA;
Barry Brown
between both cities.
Stamma Rank
was mic man for the JA sound "Taurus": this was his recording debut. Mixing was done at Tubby's, assisted by his apprentices
Professor
and
Puggy
(an expert with the Delta 4 machine tape-delay). These versions tore up dancehalls at the time.
Artist:
ISAACS/KEN BOOTHE, GREGORY
Title:
Dealing/Memories
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BROB 001EP
Double-barreled digital onslaughts from producer
Niney The Observer
-- the "Dealing" rhythm is aka "Power-Saw," not for nothing -- and both vocalists are inspired:
Gregory Isaacs
sounds especially dazed, like he's been dealt;
Ken Boothe
-- the greatest soul singer in reggae -- is searing. The "Memories" version is a Basic Replay exclusive created by Niney.
Artist:
PRINCE JAZZBO
Title:
Replay
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRUJ 001EP
Four riveting, deeply grooving digital-dub productions for his own Ujama label by the great deejay
Prince Jazzbo
-- widely celebrated for such toasts as "Imperial I," "Mr Harry Skank" and "Natty Passing Through Rome" for the likes of
Coxsone Dodd
,
Glen Brown
and
Lee Perry
. From the late '80s, sides like these announced a new era in reggae. "Replay Version" sets the mood here -- malevolent, sick and paranoid, but haunting, and funky like a train, with cruelly brilliant effects; really a stunning piece of music.
Artist:
TENASTELIN
Title:
Burial Tonight/Commercial Bwoy
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
BRVS 001EP
Recorded in 1990-91 by
Blacka
,
Keety
and
Tena
at the Vibes studio in London, and originally released on Blacka's Vibes label. This is a soundsystem record -- played in the day by sound systems like
Abashanti
,
Entebbe
,
Jah Warrior
, and on the radio by
Nick Manasseh
. "Commercial Bwoy" is straight to the head of those systems, having success at the time introducing R&B into a less rootical reggae selection, while "Burial Tonight" is chilled and austere.
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
White Mice
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 001CD
2006 release, restocked. Born in 1970, in Montego Bay, Jamaica,
Allan Crichton
aka
White Mice
is a graduate of three sound systems --
Sugar Minott
's
Youthman Promotion
,
Jammy
's
Hi Power
, and his hometown
Ticka Muzik
. His first break came at the Sunsplash festival in 1985, when he and
Little Kirk
were called on stage to perform with
Tenor Saw
. Recording at
King Jammy
's and Channel One studios, with
Junior Delgado
at the controls, over the next few years Mice let off a series of records amongst the very deadliest of digital reggae -- nearly all on his brother
Blemo
's Intelitec imprint, out of Miami. This release collects cuts from White Mice's 1988 Intelitec album
True Love
as well as other never before reissued digital reggae classics.
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
It's A Shame
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
7"
Price:
$7.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 001EP
This is the first installment in Basic Replay's reissue series of 7" singles by digital reggae heavy weight
White Mice
. This features a vocal and dub version of "It's A Shame."
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
White Mice
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
LP
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 001LP
LP version.
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
White Mice Versions
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 002CD
2006 release, restocked. Essential instrumental dub versions of the tracks on BRWM 001CD. "More deadly digital reggae."
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
Youths Of Today
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
7"
Price:
$7.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 002EP
This is the second installment in Basic Replay's reissue series of 7" singles by digital reggae heavy weight
White Mice
. This features a vocal and dub version of "Youths Of Today," originally released on the Incredible Music label.
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
White Mice Versions
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
LP
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 002LP
LP version.
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
Try A Thing
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
7"
Price:
$7.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 003EP
This is the third installment in Basic Replay's reissue series of 7" singles by digital reggae heavy weight
White Mice
. This features a vocal and dub version of "Try A Thing."
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
Tallawah
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
7"
Price:
$7.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 004EP
This is the fourth and final installment in Basic Replay's reissue series of 7" singles by digital reggae heavy weight
White Mice
. This features a vocal and dub version of "Tallawah," originally released on the Buffalo label.
Artist:
WHITE MICE
Title:
It's A Shame/Try A Thing/Youths Of Today/Tallawah
Label:
BASIC REPLAY (GERMANY)
Format:
4x7"
Price:
$20.00
Catalog #:
BRWM 007EP
Basic Replay presents a limited release collecting all four installments in the White Mice 7" reissue series, housed in a stamped white paper bag. Features the vocal and dub versions of "It's A Shame," "Youths Of Today," "Try A Thing" and "Tallawah."
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