ETHIOPIANS reggae power SIR J.J. OG ROCKSTEADY REGGAE LP holy grail
  £   250
  $   298

 


£ 250 Sold For
Oct 15, 2014 Sold Date
Oct 13, 2014 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

"REGGAE POWER" ORIG Sir J.J. JAMAICAN LP Ethiopians Roy Shirley ULTRA RARE

Side One:

  1. The Ethiopians - Everything Crash
  2. The Ethiopians - What a Fire
  3. Roy Shirley - Dancing Reggae
  4. The Ethiopians - Losing You
  5. The Kingston Tops - Robert F. Kennedy

Side Two:

  1. The Ethiopians - Hong Kong Flu
  2. Roy Shirley - Life
  3. The Ethiopians - Gun Man
  4. The Ethiopians - Feel the Spirit
  5. Roy Shirley - Your Smile
  6. The Kingston Tops - Dollar of  Soul

This auction is for an ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL JAMAICAN PRESSING of THE ETHIOPIANS, ROY SHIRLEY & THE KINGSTON TOPS' "REGGAE POWER" LP from 196? on Sir J.J. Records (Cat. #0001). A true holy grail of Jamaican music and the first LP release on the seminal Sir J.J. label. 
The Ethiopians later release on Trojan (also as "Reggae Power") features their tracks on this LP but of course doesn't include Roy Shirley or The Kingston Tops as this release acted as a showcase for the J.J. label. If I listen to this again it won't be up for sale, its an amazing album and copies this nice rarely come up. 
The cover has light ring wear and slight bending to the opening corners as it has always been in OG shrinkwrap! There are NO tears to the sleeve, NO writing and NO seam splits, its rare to find a copy that has these attributes and we all know that! There is one patch of foxing under the middle of the shrink due to storage which should wipe off easily.
The label is clean with NO writing or marks and minimal spindle wear.
The Vinyl has a few light and superficial scuffs that are visible under bright light and some pressing dinks that do not affect play, it plays through with no skips or jumps and sounds great. This record hasn't been cleaned but if you look at the gloss and sheen on the photos you will see what great shape it is in! A beautiful copy, which if you had cleaned would be one of the best copies out there I have no doubt.
I am open to sensible offers, so if this is a record you need for your collection please feel free to make me an offer!! Thanks for looking and add me as a favourite seller as I have other uber rare treats coming up for sale in the next few weeks!
Buyers outside the UK please wait for an invoice before paying as shipping will have to be discussed. UK Buyers you get this registered post for absolutely FREE! 


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