African Brothers Want Some Freedom Sugar Minott Tony Tuff RARE Jamaican Reggae

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African Brothers - 2002 Compilation LP - on Easy Star Records - ES-1009v

** HEAR AUDIO CLIPS FROM EVERY TRACK BELOW!***

Compilation of early African Brothers singles recorded circa 1970-1978
Plays NM with virtually no surface noise!  Rare tracks originally released as singles!

Great album for someone who doesn't want to spend 100s of $$$ to collect the original 45s!

Lead and Harmony Vocals: Sugar Minott, Tony Tuff, Derrick Howard (Harmony and Lead Vocals) / Drums: Santa Davis, Sly Dunbar, Carlton Barrett, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Max Edwards / Bass: Fully Fullwood, Robbie Shakespeare, Lloyd Parks, Leroy Sibbles, Aston Barrett, Mike Williams / Guitar: Earl "Chinna" Smith, Tony Chin, Hux Brown, Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont, Dwight Pinkney / Keyboards: Keith Sterling, Earl "Wya" Lindo, Robbie Lynn / Horns: Roland ALphonso, Tommy McCook, Vin Gordon, Baba Brooks / Flute: Tommy McCook / Percussion: Count Ossie, Bongo Herman / All songs written by W. Morris, L. Minott, D. Howard.

Digital Editing: Erik Gunderson /  Mastering: Paul Shields at VP Record Mastering (Jamaica, NY)  / Art Design & Concept: Eric Smith, Lem Oppenheimer & Retsu Takahashi / Artwork: Retsu Takahashi / Produced by the African Brothers / Additional production: Rupie Edwards, Micron Music at Channel One, Harry J's / Executive Producers: Michael Goldwasser, Lem Oppenheimer, Eric Smith, Remy Gerstein / Exclusively Distributed by Ernie B's Reggae Distribution / Manufactured by Easy Star Records, New York, NY / This LP (c) 2002. Printed in the United States of America

From back cover: "Due to the rare nature of these recordings, they have been digintally remastered to achieve the highest sound quality possible.  In some cases, we have opted to preserve the integrity of the music at the risk of leaving in some extraneous noise".   In this seller's opinion, this is not really an "audiophile" record.  Some choices made during mastering resulted in distortion, perhaps unavoidable due to poor quality source material, low-budget original recordings, etc.  Please note that the distortion is inherent in the record, and is not the result of damage to the product!  Listen to the audio clips below!


SIDE 1                                         SIDE 2

Lead Us Father                                              Just Can't Please
Torturing                                                        Righteous Kingdom
Torturing Dub                                                Party Night
Mystery of Nature     Body and soul              A Still Tongue
Want Some Freedom                                      A Still Dub
Practice What You Preach                             Youths of Today
Things And Time                                            King Son
                                                                       Lead Us Dub
                                                

Condition of Cover:   EXC-    -  Overall very presentable condition,
                                                    minor general wear, signs of handling.
                                                    Spine, seams, and opening edge are all solid.
                                                    
Condition of Side 1:   EXC+  -  Only the lightest non-sounding marks.
                                                    Plays loud and clear with virtually no background noise.

Condition of Side 2:   EXC-     - A few light dull scuffs (non-sounding) are visible.
                                                    Plays loud and clear with virtually no background noise.


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Audio clips are unedited.  No noise reduction, click removal or EQ has been applied.  What you hear comes directly from the 'tape out' of
my 1950s tube amp into my computer's audio interface.    Stereo tracks are played on one of Audio Technica's higher-end consumer cartridges
with an eliptical stylus tracking at 1.7g.  While this sort of cartridge represents what this disc sounds like on the typical mid-fi home audio system
your results may vary depending on your turntable, cartridge, and stylus.  
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