ROCK STEADY BEAT TREASURE ISLES GREATEST HITS MINT
  £   85
  $   113

 


£ 85 Sold For
Mar 3, 2006 Sold Date
Feb 21, 2006 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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   ROCK STEADY BEAT..

            TREASURE ISLE'S GREATEST HITS..

                      RECORDED AT TREASURE ISLE RECORDING STUDIO...

                              TREASURE ISLE 101/2 MATRIX DR-102-1 DR-102-2

                                              A TREASURE ISLE PRODUCTION ENGINEERED BY

                           BYRON SMITH...

           HERES A VERY RARE RECORD IN FABULOUS CONDITION FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS...ONE TO BRING THE REAL VIBE AND FEEL OF THE TREASURE ISLE RECORDING STUDIO WHEN REGGAE AND SKA MUSIC WERE STILL IN THEIR INFANCY AND JAMAICANS GROOVED ON THE STREET TO HUGE SOUND SYSTEMS...AND THE FIRST JAMAICAN RECORDS AND ARTISTS WERE ARRIVING IN BRITAIN...THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE GREATEST HITS COMPILATION OBVIOUSLY...THESE ORIGINALS ARE THE SUPERB SOUND OF EARLY REGGAE...VERY HARD TO OBTAIN AT ALL...AND USUALLY IMPOSSIBLE IS SUCH SUPERB CONDITION DUE TO MOST BEING PLAYED SO MUCH ...THIS ONES A GEM..

                  THE RECORDS COVER IS STILL COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL CELOPHANE...THIS HAS BEEN OPENED AND THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED...BUT TO RATE IT ALL..I'D SAY AT LEAST EXCELLENT PLUS ALL ROUND

                  THE DISC IS IMMACULATE BOTH SIDES..WITH ONE SMALL MARK WHICH IS MINIMAL..OTHERWISE THE RECORD IS FACTORY FRESH WITH IMMACULATE LABELS NO SPINDLE WEAR...ALL THE SHEEN..

                   THE COVER IS AS YOU'D EXPECT BEING STILL IN CELOPHANE..AT LEAST EXCELLENT PLUS...ITS MADE OUT OF THE HEAVY CARD THATS TYPICAL OF JAMAICAN RECORDS OF THE PERIOD..AND HAS NOT BEEN STUBBED OR DAMAGED...THERE IS JUST THE SLIT IN THE CELOPHANE AT THE OPENING..AND THE CELOPHANE STILL ENTIRELY COVERS IT.

       SO..THIS REALLY IS A TOP EXAMPLE OF A VERY VERY HIGHLY DESIRED RECORD...NOTHING SOUNDS LIKE THESE ORIGINAL JAMAICAN CUTS..AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ALL SERIOUS COLLECTORS........THE GUTSY ROOTSY SOUND ON THESE EARLY RECORDS IS AMAZING..

          TRACKS...

                  ROCK STEADY A ELLIS...

                 YOU DONT CARE   THE TECHNIQUES...

                  ITS RAINING   3 TOPS...

                  THING YOU SAY YOU LOVE   THE JAMAICANS...

                   OH BABE  THE TECHNIQUES...

                   INEZ   TOMMY McCOOK...

                                               SIDE TWO...

                  OUT OF MANY ONE    THE TECHNIQUES...

                   CARRY GO BRING COME   JUSTIN HINDS...

                   PERFIDIA   PHILLIS DILLON...

                   DAY O    THE TECHNIQUES...

                   GIRL I HAVE GOT A DATE     A ELLIS...

                   TRAIN TO SKA-THEDRAL   T COOK...

                    THIS IS A VERY RARE CHANCE TO OBTAIN THIS RECORD..

                         AND ITS IN FABULOUS COLLECTORS CONDITION..

           WILL BE HIGHLY SOUGHT AS THESE ORIGINAL TREASURE ISLE RECORDS ARE..

                           I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THE RECORD AS I HAVE EXISTING OFFERS..SO PLEASE BID YOUR INTEREST...HOPEFULLY THIS SUPERB SCARCE DISC WILL BE SOLD HERE ON EBAY..

            PLEASE ASK FOR A SHIPPING COST ...THE PRICE QUOTED HERE IS FOR UK..

              GOOD LUCK...THIS STARTS VERY LOW..ONE OF THE RAREST MOST SOUGHT..AND TYPICALLY MISSING RECORDS FROM MOST COLLECTIONS..

                                                           




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