Out Monday May 7th – Black Roots
Black Roots
All Day AII Night (Deluxe Edition)
Bristol Archives CD/DL
Recorded for the Nubian label in 1985,
Black Roots recruited Neal Fraser, The Mad
Professor, for mix duties and the trombonist
Vin Gordon for authentic brass weight. The
result of this more professional approach
was a cleaner, punchier sound, less rootsy
than previous work – an inexplicable move,
as those earlier tunes had generated BBC
sessions and a commission for the theme
music for the TV sitcon The Front Line. lt’s
mostly conscious tunes all the way, and
so magisterial is the 12″ cut to “Pin ln The
0cean” that it’s difficult for anything to
match it, although the “Face Dub” (the flute
and trombone version to “Seeing Your Face”)
is as good as anything to be found on Mad
Prof’s Dub Me Crazy series. Black Roots are
currently working on a new album.
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