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JL 014EP
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"Jah All Mighty brings you one of the best unreleased tunes the label has had the pleasure of uncovering. 'Come Down' was made in the same sessions as Kong's massive 'He Was a Friend', and never released until now. Pure up-tempo digital fire. Some may remember that the mixdown of the version side of this tune had the bass drop out early on and never come back. This was odd and maybe even a mistake in the mix? But none the less, due to a puritanical impulse, Jah All Mighty didn't trouble it. For this second time around for this 45, thru the miracles of modern science, the bassline has been added back to ride thru the version side."
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JL 004EP
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"2024 repress, on original label. King Kong's 'Agony & Pain' has long been one of Jah Life's favorite tunes, released only on JA 7" in 1987, well-heavy in a sound killing style."
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JL 048EP
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"Previously unreleased on vinyl. Raw, loud and dubplate style, here's some more '87 digital madness, another killer rhythm from Jah Life's prolific late '80s production period seeing release for the first time. Three tuff vocal cuts from Michael Levy, King Kong and Conroy Smith, all backed with the same stripped-down version. As good a release for '80s digital diehards as we've ever had, turn it up."
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DO KK3-EP
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2017 repress. This record follows on from the string of mid-'80s hits for Firehouse, Jammy's, Ujama and co, for which Dennis Thomas aka King Kong is most celebrated. Originally released in 1988 as a tribute to his friend Tenor Saw, killed that year in suspicious circumstances, it came as a 12" on Thomas' own Concious Music label, and as a 7" (without "Try Not I") on Jah All Mighty in New York. This is the great dancehall singer at his most powerful. Both vocals come with dubs, and the rhythm is driving, hard and sombre, with nervous, grubbing synths, ringing claps, and a lethal bass-line. Dug Out is devoted to reggae reissues, run by Mark Ainley and Mark Ernestus. Restoration done at Abbey Road Studio, mastering at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.
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DC 324CD
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"The legend has returned. King Kong lives again! It was at the dawn of the century we last heard from Kong, when The Big Bang streaked across skies with its cautionary tale of interplanetary space travel and breeding. Five years have passed since that time -- but time has no meaning to Ethan Buckler, the mad genius behind the funky veil of King Kong. His deceptively-simple-but-actually-quite-layered observational dance tunes don't come easy -- and Kong will sell no groove before its time. The musical menu for the new songs is a little different from the Kongs of lore. This means, more rockin' sounds, less funky sounds on Buncha Beans. Maybe even more grown up than previous incarnations of King Kong -- well, a little more grown up, anyway. Say eighth grade as compared to kindergarten."
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