VA-Harder_Shade_Of_Black-Retail_CD-2010-RKS

Various Artists - Harder Shade Of Black (Retail CD) 2010 -

Artist : Various Artists
Title : Harder Shade Of Black
Label : Pressure Sounds
Genre : Reggae
Str.date : 02/08/2010
Rip.date : 02/18/2010
Source : Retail CD
Supplier : Real Kings & Soldiers Family
Encoder : LAME
Duration : 1:01:05
Tracks : 21
Quality : 44100Hz, Joint Stereo (VBR)

Size : 76.4 Mb

Track List
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1 Gregory Isaacs - Ill Be Around 3:13
2 Augustus Pablo - One Thousand Swords 2:05
3 Augustus Pablo - Harder Shade Of Black 3:16
4 Dirty Harry And Santic All Stars - Better Shade Of 2:52
Dub
5 Roman Stewart - Peace In The Valley 2:45
6 Augustus Pablo - Columbo 3:12
7 Leonard Santic All Stars - Special Branch 3:15
8 Augustus Pablo - Pablo In Dub 3:01
9 Santic All Stars - Hell Boat 3:00
10 Horace Andy - Children Of Israel 3:07
11 Horace Andy - Problems 2:52
12 Augustus Pablo - Lovers Mood 3:14
13 Big Joe - Jah Guide 3:13
14 Santic All Stars - Palace Of Peace 2:51
15 Jah Woosh - Chalice Blaze 2:14
16 King Tubbys And Santic All Stars - One Heavy Duba 2:30
17 I Roy - Yamaha Ride 2:45
18 Santic All Stars - Mexican Rocking 2:33
19 Paul Whiteman - I Dont Want To Lose You 3:02
20 Jah Woosh - Shouldnt Say No 3:06
21 King Tubby And The Santic All Stars - Santic Meet 2:48
King Tubby

Total: 1:01:05

Notes
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Harder Shade of Black re-released Feb 2010

Album Title: Harder Shade Of Black
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 8th February 2010
Single Vinyl
Single CD

Jamaican youth producer Leonard 'Santic' Chin first arrived in the UK on the
10th of February 1974. While staying in London he compiled and released his
debut long player, built around his then current successful Jamaican seven
inch recordings, the classic 'Harder Shade Of Black' album.

Twenty one years later 'Harder Shade Of Black' was the first album to be
released on Pressure Sounds. Re-titled 'An Even Harder Shade Of Black'
Leonard's original ten tracks were augmented by a further stirring selection
of deejay, dub, instrumental and vocal releases of the same superb vintage.
Over the ensuing years 'An Even Harder Shade Of Black' has proved to be one
of the most consistently popular Pressure Sounds releases.

And now, almost thirty six years to the day after Santic first flew in from
Kingston, we are both pleased and proud to be re-presenting and re-releasing
this classic set. Totally re-mastered, with added bonus tracks, new artwork
and graphics the album comes, once again, in the sleeve that was first used
on the original Santic release. For the CD release Leonard has kindly allowed
us to use some never before seen pictures of himself and the original Santic
All Stars band; the liner notes recount, in Leonard's own words, the origins
and the ways of working that produced these timeless recordings.

'Looking back now I'm thinking, in the eighties and nineties, people would
spend these relentless hours voicing, dropping in, voicing, dropping in. And
nobody's happy! Doing that you have no soul! You're just like a mechanical
thing. When you hear sweet things and think it can be sweeter... but it's
sweet enough already! You become over technical and everybody wants to be
greater than they really can be. It doesn't really happen like that. You can
only be the best you can be...'
Leonard Chin

The vinyl LP is now an exact facsimile of the original Santic release. The
bonus tracks on the CD are 'Columbo' from Augustus Pablo, 'Special Branch',
'Hell Boat' & 'Mexican Rocking' from the Santic All Stars, 'Shouldn't Say No'
from Jah Woosh and its vocal counteraction 'I Don't Want To Lose You' from
Paul Whiteman. A classic roots album.

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Info From www.pressure.co.uk
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