This one is not really a new release, having been originally released back in 2005. Nevertheless, it's new to us and worth checking out. Includes: Big Youth - Wolf In Sheep Clothing; King Tubby - Guidance Dub; Junior Byles - Pitchy Patchy; Prince Jammy - Chapter Of Money; Jackie Mittoo - Darker Shade Of Black; Prince Jammy - Dub Ites Green & Gold; Gregory Isaacs - Mr Know It All; Prince Jammy - Higher Ranking; Glen Brown - Wicked Tumbling Version; Sylford Walker - Deuteronomy; King Tubby - Dub Of Rights; The Congos - Bring The Mackaback; King Tubby - A Heavy Dub; Prince Jammy - A Stalawatt Version; King Tubby - Tubby Get Smart; Horace Andy & Prince Jammy - Mr Bassie Dub; King Tubby - King Tubby's In Fine Style; Horace Andy & Prince Jammy - Music Dub; and Yabby You & King Tubby - Rock Vibration.
A great addendum to Greg Foat's excellent Girl & Robots album – a set that's billed as a remix album, but which actually offers up much much more! The set's got less the feel of reworked material from another record, then a vibe that feels like a continuation of the great trippy jazz that Greg cooked up in the studio – almost as if the label uncovered more tapes that have the group jamming on alternate versions that sound even sweeter than the originals! Loads of keyboards, vibes, and spacey drums – and titles include "Girl & Robot With Flowers Part 5 (with Lumiarja)", "Have Spacesuit Will Travel Part 2 (Linkwood rmx)", "Clear Skies Select Stick (Vakula rmx)", "For A Breath I Tarry (Francis Dosoo's borrowed breath)", and "Girl & Robot With Flowers Part 4 (Cherrystones rmx)". (Pressed on very cool lime green vinyl!) ~ Dusty Groove
A pair of great Ennio Morricone soundtracks from the late 70s – both done for French films, with that different quality he would often bring to his non-Italian work of the time! Rene La Canne has some great light moments that come as a real surprise – playful melodies that pop out here and there alongside some of the moodier, sparer sounds that we usually expect from Morricone. Part of the tracks are in a period mood, suiting the story – but others have a bouncing whimsical feel, one that's quite different from Morricone's usual bag. The best tracks have these weird sounds – made in a way that's partly electric, but in a way that's magically puzzling to our ears! Titles include "Rene La Canne", "La Poupee", "Les Paris Stupides", "Le Jour De Gloire", "Madame Krista", and "Passeport Pour Le Plaisir". 122 Rue De Provence is the real charmer here, though – a sublime score that shows off some of Morricone's classical elements, but in ways that really come through with a great deal of warmth – that personal, evocative approach to music that makes his soundtrack scoring way different than serious music – and which also makes this soundtrack a real standout in his late 70s work! The strings are incredible – spare, but hypnotic – and isolated instrumentation on woodwinds or piano rings out in rhythmic melodies that twist and turn, repeat and dissolve – really creating as magical feel as the music moves on. Titles include "One Two Two", "Encore Loin", "Premiere Experience", "Au Deauville", and "Melodie Populaire". (Limited to 500 copies.) ~ Dusty Groove
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