- 7inch
- Digital
Nairobi Sisters
Promised Land
333
- Cat No: 333008
- Release: 2023-09-22
- updated:
A Tribe Called Quest2016年の傑作ラストアルバムでも強烈なインパクトを与えていた名曲「Whateva Will Be」でQ-Tipによりサンプリングされていた、ええ湯加減ゆるやかな摩訶不思議に妖しい魅力を放つ1975年レアグルーヴ的レゲエ・ファンク秘宝、Nairobi Sisters「Promised Land」が、Death Is Not The Endのレゲエ専科サブ・レーベル333より奇跡の7インチ正規復刻。B面DUBもドープ＆ファンキー。
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Death Is Not The End sub-label 333 turns up the gold again with this repro of the much in-demand Flames cut of Nairobi Sisters' Promised Land. Sampled by Q-Tip for "Whateva Will Be" (appearing on ATCQ's final long-player) and on a range of earlier 90s boom-bap era productions, it is not at all hard to figure out why it's a coveted record. That break is as low-slung and funky as it gets, and best showcased on the superbly stripped-back dub on the flip.
The Nairobi Sisters were singers Terrie Nairobi and Judy Mowatt (later of the I-Threes, alongside Rita Marley & Marcia Griffiths). Promised Land was originally recorded together with The Gaytones for Sonia Pottinger's Gay Feet label, with this later version cut for Winston Jones' Brooklyn-based Flames Records. It is issued here under license from producer and songwriter Jones - the original singer and composer of Stop That Train (later made world-famous by Keith & Tex's version) with his Spanishtonians in the early 1960s - who later moved from JA to NYC where he established and ran the Flames label, a core imprint in Brooklyn's reggae scene from the mid-1970s until the early 1990s. 333 has licensed a range of Flames-era productions from the now Texas-based Jones, so keep and eye out for more as it comes... but for now, jump on this before it's gone!
The Nairobi Sisters were singers Terrie Nairobi and Judy Mowatt (later of the I-Threes, alongside Rita Marley & Marcia Griffiths). Promised Land was originally recorded together with The Gaytones for Sonia Pottinger's Gay Feet label, with this later version cut for Winston Jones' Brooklyn-based Flames Records. It is issued here under license from producer and songwriter Jones - the original singer and composer of Stop That Train (later made world-famous by Keith & Tex's version) with his Spanishtonians in the early 1960s - who later moved from JA to NYC where he established and ran the Flames label, a core imprint in Brooklyn's reggae scene from the mid-1970s until the early 1990s. 333 has licensed a range of Flames-era productions from the now Texas-based Jones, so keep and eye out for more as it comes... but for now, jump on this before it's gone!
The Nairobi Sistersは、シンガーのTerrie Nairobi とJudy Mowatt（後にRita Marley & Marcia Griffithsと並ぶI-Threesのメンバー）のデュオ。「Stop That Train」(後にKeith & Texによるカバー・ヴァージョンで世界的に有名になった)のオリジナル・シンガーであり作曲家であったジャマイカからNYに移り住んだプロデューサー兼ソングライターWinston Jonesによる楽曲で、1970年代中期から1990年代初期まで彼が設立運営していたブルックリンのレゲエ・シーンの中心的レーベルであったFlames Recordsよりリリースされていた。333レーベルは、現在テキサスを拠点に活動するJonesから同レーベルからリリースされていた様々な音源のライセンスを取得しているようで、今後のリリースも非常に楽しみ。 (コンピューマ) (7inchのコメントから参照)