Never had or even heard Punkt…
Dammit, more shopping… 
Unless… it’s in the box set? Fingers crossed.
It is in the box @steviebee. It was supposed to be their third album for Virgin (and fifth overall) but Viirgin bailed and it remained unreleased until last year. It’s very, very good.
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Couldnt play The Sound Of St Ann’s without reaching for the great man Winston Rodney, The Burning Spear.
These two are amongst his earliest recordings, absolute Spear classics and essential albums in the Studio One catalogue.
Winston Rodney had been around Studio One since the early sixties and around 1968 onwards made his first recordings as Burning Spear before linking up with producer Jack Ruby and those classic international albums like Marcus Garvey, Man In The Hills etc.
Studio one released Presenting/Burning Spear and Rocking Time in 72 & 74 respectively, absolutely sublime, Spear re recorded some of these tracks with Jack Ruby but these are the roots and foundation.
Amusingly, Studio One records are notoriously badly pressed and a bit of a minefield, its usual with even the better examples such as these for there to be a degree of fish frying in the background. So engrained in the psyche, DNA whatever, though of fans of this music that when Soul Jazz released their compilation in pristine cleaned up audio, the specialist shops like Dub Vendor (respect due) couldnt sell it, people didnt want it, it just didnt sound right without the crackle! 
Mrs Dread just rightly pointed out that therse a track on Presenting dedicated to a club in Only Fools…Down By The Riverside 
Btw The Spear has a long anticipated new album soon come
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It is!!
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We’re New Here / Gil Scott-Heron, a reimagining by Makaya McCraven.
Stands proudly alongside the parent album, in fact, it’s got its own assortment of wonders to offer.
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Listening to two new radio stations, both in 16/48 flac and good SQ, added to my system
City Radio - jazz, smooth jazz and crossover jazz (Chile)
(Nice station - sometimes slightly quirky but interesting choices).
SuperStereo 6 - pop - instrumental & orchestrations (Chile)
More details on the Radio topic - Best internet radio anyone? - #277 by Paul_C
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And of course another great artist born in the Parish of St Ann’s and to emerge from Studio One.
Along with Peter, Bunny, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Joe Higgs & The Skatalites laid the foundations and, excuse the cliche, the rest is history and a glorious one
The Wailing Wailers (Studio One)
The Best Of Bob Marley and The Wailers (Studio One)
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Well the rugby didn’t go as well as expected. So some calming whale music needed later.
In 1973, Faust collaborated with the American avant-garde composer and violinist Tony Conrad and came up with this masterpiece, Outside The Dream Syndicate.
This is the 2003 30th anniversary edition, expanded to two CDs with heaps of bonus material.
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Staying on a Studio One vibe…
Horace Andy - Skylarking (Studio One)
Similar to Horace’s Dance Hall Style album for the Wackies label I’ve previously posted this is another that doubles as an essential Horace and Studio One album. A very young Horace Andy from 1974 and it’s rather splendid!
You see a mans face, but you dont see his heart
…oh, and he has a new album soon come to, on Adrian Sherwood’s OnU Sound label, sounds promising…Midnight Rocker
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Thanks for heads up Dread, the new Horace Andy sounds promising.
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Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues - Tidal 16/44
Fine run through a set of blues numbers, great guitar work, he felt the blues.
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LP - Speakers Corner analogue reissue : )
Milt Jackson – vibes
Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone
John Lewis - piano
Barry Galbraith - guitar (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
Barney Kessel - guitar (tracks 2, 4 & 7)
Skeeter Best - guitar (tracks 6, 8 & 9)
Oscar Pettiford - double bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
Percy Heath - double bass (tracks 2, 4 & 7)
Kenny Clarke - drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
Lawrence Marable - drums (tracks 2, 4 & 7)
Ralph Burns - arranger (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
Recordings from New York City Studio,
and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. 1956
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Are you going to bag a copy of TSOSA?
?
Edit; worked it out now. Yes, if I can locate a copy
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