Misty In Roots - Salvation (1988) **UPGRADE**

Another album that I listened to recently on headphones was my compilation of Misty In Roots' 12" singles, and as this is one of my very favourite reggae albums that I have posted, it was a bit annoying to hear that I'd had to use scratchy 12" singles as source material for some of the tracks. I have now managed to find CD quality versions of 'Rich Man', 'Salvation', 'Wondering Wanderer' (with corrected spelling), and 'Zapatta', and I've created a much smoother transition from the latter into the dub b-side, 'Viva Zapatta'. I've also located the dub versions of 'Own Them Control Them (Version)' and 'Together', and grafted them onto the singles, so here is a much improved, and extended, version of some hard to find music from one of the UK's best ever reggae bands. 

Track listing

01 Six One Penny (single 1978)
02 Oh Wicked Man (single 1978)
03 See Them Ah Come (single 1979)
04 How Long Jah (b-side of 'See Them Ah Come')
05 Rich Man (single 1979, plus dub)
06 Salvation (b-side of 'Rich Man')
07 Zapatta, Viva Zapatta (single 1980, plus b-side)
08 Wondering Wanderer (single 1981)
09 Cry Out For Peace (b-side of 'Wondering Wanderer')

10 Own Them Control Them (Version) (single 1986, plus dub)

11 Together (single 1988, plus dub)

Post updates

I've been playing some of the older albums that I put together over the last year (what else was there to do for the past 12 months?), and I've noticed that a few of them had little things wrong with them that detracted from a complete listening experience, so I've fixed them and the corrected files can now be downloaded to upgrade the original post.

Country Mike - Country Mike's Greatest Hits
Firstly, I've finally managed to source a stereo vinyl rip of 'Country Mike's Greatest Hits', which was the cause of some controversy when I first posted it. As every copy that I found online was a mono one, I was convinced that the album must have been issued like that, but after some heated discussions in the comments, I was assured that a stereo version must exist, and it's taken this long to find it. 

Other fixes are not as drastic as that, so if you have the following albums and want an upgraded version then you can download them now. 

Amy Winehouse - Procrastination - Long Day
Elton John - Young Man's Blues - Rock Me When He's Gone
I can't actually remember what was wrong with these two, possibly dodgy fadeouts or over-long/no gaps between the tracks, but they are now fixed.

Deep Purple - Coronarias Redig
Extra track added that was somehow missed from the original post.

Cerrone - Supernatural Paradise Of Love
I wasn't happy with a couple of the edits, so have redone the whole piece.

Misty In Roots - Salvation
Dub section of 'Rich Man' volume corrected to be the same as the vocal part.

Soulseek update

I know that there are a few people who can't seem to get Soulseek to work, but hopefully most of you are now using it regularly, and finding that it works pretty well. I've had a couple of days where my searches didn't seem to bring up any of my results, so I had to reboot and that seems to have fixed it. 
If you find that your searches don't bring up any results then do bear in mind that if no-one is downloading something when I go to bed then I do turn off the laptop, so try try again in six to seven hours and see if the searches work then. If not then leave a message and I'll try the reboot to see if that fixes it.  

I have to thank Paul over at Albums That Should Exist for turning me onto Soulseek, as not only has it been an ideal solution to sharing my music without leaving links, and risking the blog being deleted again, but I've also used it to find albums that I'd been after for a while that I hadn't been able to find online. I hope that everyone who started using it when I reinstated the blog is also using it to find other music that they want to hear from other uploaders.

If you find that you have absolutely no luck in getting Soulseek to work then leave a message in the comments with your email address and I'll send direct Yandex links, and then delete the comment to keep your email private. When I've sent the first link you will have my email address for future requests. 

Misty In Roots - Salvation (1981)

Misty In Roots began life as a Southall-based British roots reggae band in the early 1970's, with their first album 'Live At The Counter Eurovision' appearing in 1979 and being a record full of Biblical Rastafarian songs. It was championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, helping to bring roots reggae to a white audience, and is regarded as one of the best live reggae albums of all time. At this early stage, the band was a collective with five lead singers and various musicians, though by the time of the second album the band had slimmed down to just three members, and along with Steel Pulse and Aswad, Misty in Roots were one of the most popular English reggae bands of the late 70's. They started out as the backing band for the late Nicky Thomas, who was one of Jamaica's most famous artists, and who had UK chart success with his 'Living In The Love Of The Common People'. By 1978 the band began to develop their own orthodox roots reggae sound, and their powerful lyrics were inspired by spiraling economic decline, a growing awareness of their African culture, and a spiritual awakening, at a time where the political situation in the U.K. was at a breaking point. Unemployment was affecting both black and white youths, and through this depression a new musical alliance was born, with young white youths turning to playing punk music, whilst at the same time identifying strongly with British reggae acts such as Misty In Roots, Steel Pulse and Aswad. Following the critical success of the live album, the band released a string of limited edition singles on their own People Unite label, such as 'Oh Wicked Man', 'See Them Ah Come', and 'Rich Man', often featuring extended takes on the 12" versions. The band’s second album 'Wise And Foolish' was released in 1982 and took on a more mellow, soulful tone, and in their determination to remain independent the band spent the next nine months in Zimbabwe and Zambia, re-discovering their roots. This resulted in their next two albums, 1983's 'Earth' and 1985's 'Musi-O-Tunya', being directly inspired by their experiences in Africa. In 1989 they signed to Kaz Records, and released the 'Forward' album to some success, but despite continuing to tour to appreciative crowds, this was to be their last record. As mentioned earlier, many of the singles they released were limited edition, non-album tracks, but as they were always the equal of anything from their long-players they cannot be ignored, and so I've collected them here, sometimes in extended form, or segued with the dub version, to highlight just why Misty In Roots are considered one of the best UK reggae bands of all time. 

Track listing

01 Six One Penny (single 1978)
02 Oh Wicked Man (single 1978)
03 See Them Ah Come (single 1979)
04 How Long Jah (b-side of 'See Them Ah Come')
05 Rich Man (single 1979, plus dub)
06 Salvation (b-side of 'Rich Man')
07 Zapatta, Viva Zapatta (single 1980, plus b-side)
08 Wandering Wanderer (single 1981)
09 Cry Out For Peace (b-side of 'Wandering Wanderer')

As this post has proved to be quite popular, here's a little bonus