RASTAFARI VOL 1 - Rare piece of vinyl my friend has

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A long time ago I posted about a record my friend found in a Camden cut out bin that was simply called "Rastafari Vol 1". It didn't appear to be a compilation, more four or five tracks and their dubs made by the same anonymous band. The band members included Levi Judah, Hughie Izzachar and a couple of others whom I forget. The cove had four Rastas doing a complicated four-way handshake on the cover.

Ilxors such as Tim Hopkins tried to help me track down more info about this record but to no avail. I managed to get the record onto mini disc where as you can imagine it got put in a box and forgot about for about two years. But due to the magic of my new soundcard, I am currently able to rip the whole thing to MP3 and am hoping to stick a few samples up here for your listening pleasure and also in the hope that we can find some more info about it.

I'm worried about doing this though as we're not really meant to YSI stuff but this is a piece of music I really think more people need to be aware of, plus the fact I can find no source of origin for the recording means we should be in the clear.

Can 12ft Lizards grant me this permission?

I also hope to scan some of the artwork for the cover.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

could it be... REGGAE ON TOP? i googled those two names and it asked me if i wanted "hughie izachaar," that seems to be a project they did together. 14 releases or something.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

oh, wait, look:

http://www.jahwarrior.com/i-hughieizachaar.html

Hughie Izachaar is a London-based singer and multi-talented musician, who can play almost every instrument, like melodica, guitar or bass. So far he has done 5 solo albums:
- Rastafari (Melody Music)
- Divine Love (Melody Music)
- African Melodica Dub (Reggae On Top)
- Praise Jah (Reggae On Top)
- Can`t Take The Pressure (Jah Warrior)

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:07 (eighteen years ago)

oooh! Maybe things have been updated since I last checked about 2 years ago.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

if you can post it i'd check it out. doesn't seem to be in print.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

ah yeh i had seen that interview. it's pretty much the only hint i could find on the web that the album exists. for a start, it didn't even have a date on the record.

My friends and I love this record so much we even learnt to replicate the handshake on the front cover. One guy was asked to DJ between a bunch of Punk/Metal bands at a friends birthday and all he did was play tracks from the LP. Surprisingly everyone in the room was dancing even though they all had black band t-shirts on. It was a magical moment.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

i'm gonna post it unless anyone has a problem with that. it'll be up within the next coupla hours.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

I AND I APPROVE

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

It's a long, long way from being in print, I think. I'll be interested to see a scan of the cover, to check whether it rings any bells, but I don't think I've ever seen a copy.

A propos of nothing really, I've been enjoying the Noel Ellis reissue, slightly odd-sounding Canadian roots. http://profile.myspace.com/noelellis

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

Here we go. It's the first time I've ever tried to record something from vinyl so I'm afraid there's a little hiss and the audio quality isn't as clear as I'd like. Still, it's nice to have these on an updtaed format and to share them with you.

If anyone can give me hints on getting rid of hiss and hum (i don't believe in getting rid of crackle) then that would be ace - I'm using Soundforge 8.0.

Listening back to these I'm wondering whether you guys'll be as enthusiastic as we were upon first discovering these or if you'll think it's dross. Only one way to find out. I particularly like "Take Back Yuh Name", "Only Jah Jah" and the soulful "Jah Jah Is The King Of Kings"

Track 01 - Alpha & Omega
http://www.sendspace.com/file/cvjs5e

Track 02 - Only Jah Jah
http://www.sendspace.com/file/k9q42u

Track 03 - Father Almighty
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jhd5o4

Track 04 - Here I Come
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nrmg7d

Track 05 - Tek Back Yuh Name
http://www.sendspace.com/file/k396vf

Track 06 - Jah Jah Is The King of Kings
http://www.sendspace.com/file/evadsj

I haven't included the dubs as they're not that interesting and I can't be bothered. But if anyone wants me to I guess I can give it a crack.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

Could it be "Rastafari Teachings Vol. 1"? It was released by the label mentioned in the article, Reggae On Top. Can't find a track listing though.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:13 (eighteen years ago)

it's definitely not called rastafari teachings.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

sorry, that was a bit short. no it's defo called Rastafari Vol 1 and I think it's credited to "various Artists". Maybe it's a compilation and some of the tracks are featured on Rastafari Teachings.

Anyone download these yet? What do you think?

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

Tracklist for Rastafari Teachings (courtesy of Ernie B's reggae):

1. Down In Bosnia
2. Bosnia Dub
3. My Life
4. Life Dub
5. Wall Of Jericho
6. Jericho Dub
7. Talk Bout The Rich
8. Rich Dub
9. Jah Love Sweeter
10. Sweeter Dub
11. San Paulo Nights
12. San Paulo Dub

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 25 January 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

did anyone check it out in the end?

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

i wanna download this when i get home

― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

i hope it's still up. i can re-upload if it's not.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:40 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/24/l_d53d4398a8620d9bf9ae9b65d22a718a.jpg

― Bob Six, Monday, 27 December 2010 23:57 (fifteen years ago)

Bit puzzled by the lack of 4 way handshake - though it seems to feature on another album cover, possibly?

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/l_5ff148744207063fb9ccc55e69268a61.jpg

― Bob Six, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 00:00 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Just saw this - Bob Six, if you're reading this, can you let me know where you found this?

― Bernard V. O'Hare (dog latin), Monday, 24 January 2011 16:45 (fourteen years ago)

Also:

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20080918/300259874814.jpg

http://www.popsike.com/RASTAFARI-VOL-1VOCALDUBLEVI-JUDAHETHIOPIAROOTSOG/300259874814.html

HERE IT IS!! VERY VERY RARE, FOREVER IN-DEMAND & EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND ORIG LP on ORIGINAL PRESS from 1995? by wicked heavyweight roots artists under the guise of VARIOUS ARTISTS called 'RASTAFARI - VOLUME ONE - VOCAL & DUB' on the very collectable & rare ORIGINAL UK PRESS on MELODY MUZIK RECORDS - (Cat No. 'MMLP 003'). LET ME STRESS THAT THIS IS NOT A RE-PRESS OR BOOTLEG - IT HAS ALL THE STAMPS NEEDED TO PROVE THIS!!! This ORIGINAL & VERY VERY RARE & COLLECTABLE LP, produced by DAWIT MENELIK TAFARI, is armed to the teeth with TWELVE absolute unmissable & top draw killer tunes on this MEGA-NEEDED LP, including the phenomenally tuff monster tune 'HERE I COME' by LEVI JUDAH, no to mention 'ONLY JAH JAH' by HUE B, as well as other essential tunes all armed with their speaker shakin' earth quakin' DUBS, & is a definate MUST HAVE!! ESSENTIAL & VERY VERY RARE PIECE OF CLASSIC HARD TO FIND TOP FLIGHT ROOTS RASTA REGGAE INNA TRUE JAH SHAKA / DUB JUDAH / IRATION STEPPERS SOUNDMAN STYLE & FASHION DESIGNED TO PUSH YOUR BASSBINS TO EARTHQUAKE LEVELS WHILST YOU LIVE UP HIGHER HEIGHTS, BAWL OUT PRAISES TO JAH RASTAFARI & SKANK THE NIGHT AWAY WITH GODLY LOVE IN YOUR HEART!!! - ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL LP - SOUND BURIAL STYLEE!!!!!! THIS IS ONE SEMINAL RECORD THAT EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE!! It is SOOO VERY HARD TO FIND BUT IT IS A SOOO ESSENTIAL PIECE OF MUSIC!! YOU NEED THIS IN YOUR COLLECTION!! ALL YOU REAL MUSIC HEADS - THIS IS DEFINATELY ONE FOR YOU!!! A SERIOUS LP FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE - BIG TIME!!!. IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS LP, THEN GET TO KNOW IT QUICK BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS!! THIS IS DEFINATELY ONE FOR THE COLLECTORS & DJ'S ALIKE!! NO RESERVE SO GET BIDDING!! Check the tracklisting.............

SIDE A - 1) DAWIT MENELIK TAFARI - ALPHA OMEGA
2) ALPHA OMEGA DUB
3) HUE B - ONLY JAH JAH
4) ONLY JAH JAH DUB
5) LEVI JUDAH - FATHER ALMIGHTY
6) FATHER ALMIGHTY DUB
SIDE B - 1) LEVI JUDAH - HERE I COME
2) HERE I COME DUB
3) HUGHIE IZACHAAR - TEK BACK YUH NAME
4) TEK BACK YUH NAME DUB
5) HUE B - JAH JAH IS THE KING OF KINGS
6) JAH JAH IS THE KING OF KINGS DUB

― Mark G, Monday, 24 January 2011 17:41 (fourteen years ago)

I really wasn't feeling this album.

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 24 January 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)

Also, i've only got 4 tracks now. If someone wants to reup, i'd like to reevaluate. Maybe the dubs will sway my opinion?

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 24 January 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)

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RASTAFARI VOL 1 - Rare piece of vinyl my friend has - it's awesome!