Big Bamboo Sample (reissue) vinyl

Originally intended as a UK showcase for Studio One’s deep roster, the Big Bamboo compilation was first compiled by Coxsone Dodd in 1971 for release on Junior “Ashanti” Lincoln’s Bamboo label. A strong selection, all these were first issued as 7” singles in the UK - included are The Heptones’ take on 'Suspicious Minds', Freddie McKay’s 'Sweet You Sour You', Wailing Souls’ 'Mr. Fire Coal Man', and Ken Parker’s 'Choking Kind’. Though it should’ve been recognised for the prized garland of tunes that it was at the time, the LP was shelved when Bamboo went bankrupt. Trojan thankfully rescued the release after the later launch of their Attack imprint.; and now, some five decades later, Studio One has finally brought the compilation home, reissuing it themselves with newly remixed and remastered audio and two bonus cuts: Sound Dimension’s 'Africa Yama' and an alternate version of Ken Boothe’s 'Moving Away'.