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What's this? (reggae related)

Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
edited August 2006 in Strut Central
Hi.Could any of you fine ladies and gentlemen help me i.d this 45?http://www.sendspace.com/file/bstmtd(side 1?)http://www.sendspace.com/file/bstmtd(side 2?)No info on the label (h20 damage).Crickets are chirping outside but I hope it won't be the same here on the board.v/rMike

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  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    Nothing?

    Do I have to post a pic of a baby-oiled ass?
    or do I have to pick a fight in order to get a response??






    -status.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Hi Mike!

    I gave it a listen, but I have no idea who it is. I would venture a guess that it's from the late 60s, as it has that rocksteady sound.

    Paging K in Canada.
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts

    Paging K in Canada.
    Hey Ross!!

    Thanks for checking it out.
    Where is K?
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    No info on the label (h20 damage).

    What does the label look like? That might offer a clue. As someone says, it's probably late 60's.

    I *think* I may know, but any other information could help.
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    No info on the label (h20 damage).

    What does the label look like? That might offer a clue. As someone says, it's probably late 60's.

    I *think* I may know, but any other information could help.
    Dingy white. I think it says 'Skaville' on the label but that's about it.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Dingy white. I think it says 'Skaville' on the label but that's about it.

    Is this it?



    A-side *might* be "Train To Skaville".
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    Dingy white. I think it says 'Skaville' on the label but that's about it.

    Is this it?



    A-side *might* be "Train To Skaville".
    Here's a crappy pic that I just took of the 45...
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Here's a crappy pic that I just took of the 45...

    The bad thing is that a lot of Jamaican records, even today, don't have matrix numbers. Even if they did, that wouldn't stop someone from pressing up counterfeit copies. If a record was hot, someone could press some extra copies and sell it at their store and cash in on the big hit record.

    Other than that, I wish I could help out more. Good song, whatever it may be.

    EDIT: There's an audio sample of "Train To Skaville", by The Ethiopians, over at CD Universe:
    http://tinyurl.com/flc6l

    If the song on the A-side is the same, then perhaps you can find out what the other song is by process of elimination.
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