{"title":"Bunny Marrett","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"i-m-free","title":"I'm Free","description":"\u003cp\u003esix track vinyl. an influential figure on the bristol reggae scene since the 1970s, bunny marrett has been shamefully neglected on record with just two tracks on the a side of a 1981 shoc wave 12\" his sole output, although his compositions have fared somewhat better having been recorded and released by both black roots and delroy ogilvie. bristol archive record's release of bunny's 1986 recorded album 'i'm free' should go some way to making up for that oversight. as a bonus, bunny is accompanied by legendary bristol band the startled insects and equally legendary local jazz drummer tony orrell. bunny may be a reggae artist, but he is also a jazz lover and with first rate jazz accompaniment, the music they produced is a totally natural fusion of reggae and jazz that more than twenty five years after it was recorded still sounds totally fresh. when they collaborated with bunny the, startled insects had already made an impact with their first two records on antenna and were about to be signed by island. one of the startled insects, richard lewis, will be well known to fans of bristol archive records as legendary engineer and producer uk scientist. the remaining band members known as just the insects, would go on to a very successful career scoring music for film and television, writing for massive attack and working with several leading uk acts. the vinyl lp contains the 1986 album as it was envisioned, four vocals, the uplifting title track 'i'm free', bunny's tribute to bob marley with 'jazzy reggae' making an excellent adaptation of the wailers original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50469686444363,"sku":"351410","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/20bcf4f7-1ef7-4dc7-aa8f-cb85303185a5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727365377"},{"product_id":"i-m-free-1","title":"I'm Free","description":"\u003cp\u003ean influential figure on the bristol reggae scene since the 1970s, bunny marrett has been shamefully neglected on record with just two tracks on the a side of a 1981 shoc wave 12\" his sole output, although his compositions have fared somewhat better having been recorded and released by both black roots and delroy ogilvie. bristol archive record's release of bunny's 1986 recorded album 'i'm free' should go some way to making up for that oversight. as a bonus, bunny is accompanied by legendary bristol band the startled insects and equally legendary local jazz drummer tony orrell. bunny may be a reggae artist, but he is also a jazz lover and with first rate jazz accompaniment, the music they produced is a totally natural fusion of reggae and jazz that more than twenty five years after it was recorded still sounds totally fresh. when they collaborated with bunny the, startled insects had already made an impact with their first two records on antenna and were about to be signed by island. one of the startled insects, richard lewis, will be well known to fans of bristol archive records as legendary engineer and producer uk scientist. the remaining band members known as just the insects, would go on to a very successful career scoring music for film and television, writing for massive attack and working with several leading uk acts. the vinyl lp contains the 1986 album as it was envisioned, four vocals, the uplifting title track 'i'm free', bunny's tribute to bob marley with 'jazzy reggae' making an excellent adaptation of the wailers original. 'farm diggin' inspired by life in rural jamaica and 'natural princess' a pure love song, 'jazzy reggae' and 'farm diggin' are accompanied by their versions \/ dubs. for the cd issue bristol archive have added 'times are getting harder' and 'hard times (dub)' both tracks from bunny's shoc wave 12\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470736167243,"sku":"350709","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f6a75a99-ac82-4445-8f5f-e2cb632c89bd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727381661"},{"product_id":"times-are-getting-harder","title":"Times Are Getting Harder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor someone who had been performing since childhood in Jamaica and regularly sang with bands after relocating to the UK as well as writing several songs for other artists, Bunny Marrett was poorly served for contemporary releases. In fact his sole vinyl outing was 1980's “Times Are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGetting Harder”, a nice roots vocal with accompanying “Hard Times Dub” released on Gene Walsh's nascent Shoc Wave label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGene was still finding his feet in the music industry and still learning the balancing act between copies pressed and potential demand. For “Times Are Getting Harder” Gene kept his costs low and did the minimum pressing run. He also kept costs down with his choice of B side using his pool of local musicians including Joshua Moses to provide a brace of dub tracks, “Running Dub” and “Creation Dub” enigmatically credited to Don Gordon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike countless other excellent British reggae singles, the lack of proper distribution and promotion saw “Times Are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e Getting Harder” barely sell beyond Bristol or more specifically the St.Paul's area where Bunny was well known as a pillar of the community. It's likely that “Times Are Getting Harder” is the scarcest Bristol reggae release with copies having always being difficult to find, even in Bristol. With online sellers now asking three figure sums for the occasional copy that surfaces, a properly done reissue is long overdue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBristol Archive Records are delighted to make this classic four track slice of Bristol roots and dub readily available for the first time in forty-six years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bristol Archive","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Black","offer_id":57378406170955,"sku":"R1648-8290","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a1144297726_1x1_700.avif?v=1779198197"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/bunny-marrett.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}