Demo Name: 1976 - Rastaman Vibration Deluxe Demos
Source : Vinyl / Tape / Alternate / Dubplates / Radio Broadcast, Low Gen
Tracks : 21
Lossless : Yes
Preservation : MD , DL
Back in the days, 70's to early 2000's , reggae fans used to do swap, trades because there was not a lots of releases , unlike nowdays.
These old tapes contains not solely commercially released tracks but so oftern obscures alternates even dubplates .
its not clearly the case all times but sometimes real surprises do happend.
Thanks to my good friend John Dubwise
While most of the tracks are now officially released for the large part, this one is still interesting
Tracklist :
01 - jah live (1981 Countryman Soundtrack cut edit, alternate , remastered) 4:16
02 - concrete ( Concrete (1975 , Jah Live Dub Version) , released as 7" BM 2382 Tuff Gong, and WIP 6265) 4:23
03 - johnny was (2002 unreleased alternate mix , piano , guitar mix, released officially ) 3:42
04 - roots (1977 , original mix, 7" WIP 6402 Island Records) 3:44
05 - crazy baldhead (unreleased alternate mix , 2002 RV Deluxe , released officially ) 3:07
06 - crazy baldhead dub (2012 , bob marley in dub V1, from demo tape, tuff gong/island records ) 2:37
07 - who the cap fit (1976 , alternate, 7" island records usa, IS 072) 3:26
08 - who the cap fit dub (1976, alternate, 7" island records usa, IS 072 flip side) 4:44
09 - roots rock reggae (alternate single mix) 3:00
10 - roots rock reggae ( edit, 2002 , released officially ) 3:37
11 - roots rock dub (part of the blackwell dub tape , released officially in RV Deluxe 2002 ) 3:37
12 - want more (alternate mix, 2002 , released officially ) 5:10
13 - war (alternate full lenght lyrics unreleased album mix 2002 , released officially ) 4:03
14 - rat race (dubplate) 3:27
15 - rat race version (7" Tuff Gong BM 2837 B No Horns , rare 7") 3:11
16 - rat race version 2 (7" Tuff Gong BM 2817 B) 3:08
17 - smile jamaica (1976 , slow take, 7" WIP 6376 , 2002 released officially) 3:18
18 - smile jamaica version (1976 , slow take, 7" WIP 6376 , 2002 released officially) 3:09
19 - smile jamaica dubplate (familyman , coxsone introduction) 3:04
20 - smile jamaica (fast take , 12" mix) 2:19
21 - smile jamaica dub (fast) 2:44
Additional Informations And Comments:
- Highlights being tracks 06,11,13,15,16,19
- Track 19 comes most likely from a radio broadcast
- Unusual by its shape, very good sounding