Demo Name: 19XX - Denise Mills Demos 7 Discs Set
Source : Low Generation Tapes
Tracks : CD 1 : 09 | CD 2 : 13 | CD 3 : 11 | CD 4 : 11 | CD 5 : 13 | CD 6 : 18 | CD 7 : 18
Duration : CD 1 : 36:41 MN | CD 2 : 61:22 MN | CD 3 : 52:36 MN | CD 4 : 52:18 MN | CD 5 : 66:31 MN | CD 6 : 67:10 MN | CD 7 : 56:12 MN
Lossless : Yes Flac
Preservation : John Dubwise
Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
Lineage :Cassette >Nakamichi DR-3> Onkyo Synthesized Quartz Tuner Amplifier R1> ZOOM H2N 16 bit WAV
For the little history, Denise Mills worked at Island Records , London , 1974
then she worked closely with Chris Blackwell, Island founder, she went to jamaica , spent times at Tuff Gong
her role was to be a liaison with artists, she was with the wailers in Zimbabwe Celebrations and much much more .
This particular set of tapes were bought by 'a reggae collector' in the years 2000's.
Denise Mills_1974 at Island Records, London
Photo by Philip Lowrey.
This material is more than rare and unsual, it's including wailers work from around 1979/1980
Note that another version exist, 7 cds with addition of cuts, demos and also a babylon by bus alternate version.
this current one here is the raw transfert , pure , with songs most likely from 1979.
Informations about the setlist : (track number - title - duration - bitrate)
Denise Mills 7 Discs Set , CD 1 :
01 - jingling keys (instrumental version) 4:39
02 - ambush in the night (take 1 , demo) 4:42
03 - could you be loved (drumbox demo) 6:18
04 - Jump nyabinghi cut 1 (demo) 3:54
05 - jump nyabinghi cut 2 (demo) 3:07
06 - jungle fever (alternative demo) 2:14
07 - one drop (demo , take 1) 4:36
08 - ride natty ride (demo , take 1) 3:45
09 - top ranking (demo, alternate version) 3:26
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Preservation John Dubwise , Chris M.
- Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
- track 01 1979 , wrote by Sangie Davis, alternate version , better quality than previously existing versions
- track 02 1979, Tuff Gong demo, take 1 , better quality than previously existing versions
- track 03 drumbox demo, take 2 , better quality than previously existing versions
- track 04 , demo , better quality than previously existing versions
- track 05 , demo take 2, was know
- track 06 , 1979 , demo, alternative , echoe on drum, , better quality than previously existing versions
- track 07 & 08 , demos, take 1
- track 09 take 1 demo 2 , better quality than previously existing versions
Denise Mills 7 Discs Set , CD 2 :
01 - livelyup yourself (solo vocals, alternate) 5:08
02 - concrete jungle (demo) 3:58
03 - no woman no cry (alternate version) 4:03
04 - them belly full (demo) 3:26
05 - bend down low (alternate 2) 3:22
06 - i know a place (alternate) 3:58
07 - keep on moving (fams mix) 7:20
08 - buffalo soldier (12"s mix) 7:33
09 - trenchtown (alternate) 3:21
10 - zion express (pre release, limited single) 3:36
11 - rastaman live up (/w the meditations) 4:23
12 - ride natty ride (maxi remix) 6:05
13 - we and dem (alternate 1) 5:09
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Preservation John Dubwise , Chris M.
- Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
Denise Mills 7 Discs Set , CD 3 :
01 - chant down babylon (alternate 2) 3:51
02 - rastaman live up (unreleased dub) 7:24
03 - i know a place (house remix, bedroom rockers radio mix) 3:52
04 - one drop (1979, long version , scat) 5:18
05 - music lesson (original vocal 1967/1968, overdubs) 6:16
06 - belly full (instrumental version, early demo) 3:00
07 - stop that train (version, jamaican release) 2:32
08 - why should i ( limited release to jamaica radios) 3:54
09 - work (1980 demo, alternate 1, slow tempo) 3:23
10 - trenchtown rock (remix, long version) 6:27
11 - i know (long version, single, may 1981) 6:39
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Preservation John Dubwise , Remastering Chris M.
- Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
- Unreleased material, no copy
Denise Mills 7 Discs Set , CD 4 :
01 - jail house (7"s ) 2:30
02 - baby we've got a date (1972 catch a fire demo) 3:19
03 - stiff necked fools (1978 demo) 3:26
04 - and i love her (7"s Coxsone) 3:05
05 - love wont be mine this way (7"s coxsone ) 3:11
06 - rat race (7"s jamaican pressing 1976, alternate version) 3:24
07 - blackman redemption (/w the meditations, tuff gong single) 4:04
08 - bass is heavy 'we are having a real good time (raw, unreleased jam 1980) 13:51
09 - rastaman live up (/w the meditations, 1979 long version , demo ) 7:00
10 - i know a place (demo) 4:01
11 - redemption song (JBC acoustic demo, rehearsal 1980) 4:27
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Preservation John Dubwise , Remastering Chris M.
- Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
- Thanks Tomaz J. for the help, corrections and input on the tracklisting
- Tracks 01,04,05 : 'And I Love Her', 'Jailhouse' , 'Love wont be mine' are studio 1 productions
- Track 01 - 'Jail House' , was released 1966, with flip 'great muga ruga' by 'the boss' , recorded end of 1965
- Track 04 - 'And I Love Her' was recorded april / may 1965 - was released with flip 'do it right' matrix : Federal Records Jamaica 60 Mfg FC 6677
- Track 04 - Written by John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney, released 1964
- Track 05 - its the original version released as jamaican 7"s , not the heartbeat one
- Track 05 - 'Love Won't Be Mine' was recorded in August 1964 , released as flip of 'put it on' 1965 wirl cs 1119-1
- Unreleased material, no copy
Denise Mills 7 Discs Set , CD 5 :
01 - come we go up jerusalem (1979 session - chant down babylon alternate) 5:49
02 - babylon system (1979 session "full take" ) 6:04
03 - one drop ( 1979 session -/ w extended band intro , alternative lyrics) 7:54
04 - africa unite (1979 or possibly late 1978 - lee scratch perry session - /w dub intro) 5:46
05 - jump nyabinghi (version 3 , early 1979 session, different take & key) 4:50
06 - she used to call me dada (version 1) 4:40
07 - she used to call me dada (version 2) 3:28
08 - she used to call me dada (version 3) 7:15
09 - soul shake up party (1979 "dada" session) 4:10
10 - babylon feel dis one (first cut ,1979 "dada" session - unreleased) 4:54
11 - babylon feel dis one (second cut , 1979 "dada" session - unreleased) 4:20
12 - work ( early 1980 cut for uprising - alternate vocals) 3:25
13 - she used to call me dada (1979 session) 3:56
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Preservation John Dubwise , Remastering Chris M.
- Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
- Unreleased material, no copy
Denise Mills 7 Discs Set , CD 6 :
01 - one love (1977, alternative take) 2:57
02 - roots (1976, alternative take) 3:45
03 - the heathen (1977 session) 2:47
04 - three little birds (1975/1976 alternative take 2:46
05 - cry to me (1975 original take) 2:44
06 - i know (1975/1976 original take no overdub) 3:28
07 - positive vibration (alternative take) 3:20
08 - roots rock reggae (1976 alternative take) 3:01
09 - war (1976 alternative take) 3:30
10 - crazy baldhead (1976 alternative take) 2:34
11 - night shift (alternative take) 2:42
12 - johnny was (alternative take, different percussions) 3:39
13 - want more (alternative take) 3:49
14 - who the cap fit (alternative take) 4:55
15 - ambush in the night (1979 early take) 4:41
16 - jingling keys instrumental dub version (1979, santa davis on drums) 4:33
17 - livelyup yourself (1973 dub alternative lyrics) 8:35
18 - soul shake up party (1979 survival sessions) 3:24
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Preservation John Dubwise , Remastering Chris M.
- Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
- Unreleased material, no copy
Denise Mills 7 Discs Set , CD 7 :
01 - rat race 6:41
02 - rebel music 5:32
03 - want more 6:36
04 - crazy baldheads 5:11
05 - running away 5:32
06 - roots rock reggae 3:59
07 - bend down low 4:07
08 - positive vibration 4:31
09 - rat race 5:26
10 - war 8:37
original track order , from the tape :
01 - rebel music
02 - want more
03 - crazy baldheads
04 - running away (1977)
05 - roots rock reggae
06 - bend down low
07 - positive vibration
08 - rat race
09 - war
10 - rat race
alternative outtakes from babylon by bus album, wich is not a single live show but a mixes of lives from 1978, 1975 1976
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Preservation John Dubwise , Remastering done by Chris M
- Original Tapes : 'a reggae collector'
- Earl Chinna Smith confirmed to Tomaz Jardim that he do have played on some cuts of babylon by bus , used on release or not he didnt knew.
- Thanks to Vincenzo C.