REGGAE SPECIALS – “Beatles Reggae” (RSD21 DROP 1) //Burning Sounds// (RELEASED 12TH JUNE)

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£16.99 – 1xLP

Record Store Day 2021, Drop 1 – Released 12th June

Released on 180m gram vinyl. As Beatlemanina approached its peak, Jamaican music was undergoing a transition that started with ska, and then morphed into rocksteady, before assuming its ultimate form as reggae. Inevitably these cultures collided, with artists such as the Paragons and Marcia Griffiths establishing a tradition of creating dynamic reggae covers of the Beatles’ hits that continues to this day. Issued for the first time on vinyl, ‘The Reggae Specials’ extends this lineage, as some of Britain’s black belt reggae musicians set out on a series of version excursions that include some of the Fab Four’s best loved cuts.