{"product_id":"love-affair-3","title":"Love Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst expanded re-issue of a seminal lovers rock album. Unavailable on CD for 30 years. Includes numerous UK reggae chart hits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the latter half of the 1970s, lovers rock was in full swing, with the soulful romantically-themed reggae sub-genre attracting the attention of major record companies around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the forefront of the UK-fashioned sound was the man widely accredited as its primary creator, Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell. A musician and songwriter of considerable talent, Dennis initially made his mark on the British music scene with acclaimed reggae group Matumbi, although by the mid-1970s he had also demonstrated his abilities both behind the record decks and at the studio mixing-board, with the consistently high quality of productions attracting the attention Trojan Records, which in 1977 engaged his services, along with those of a talented young up-and- coming singer who Dennis had discovered some months earlier: Marylin Chinn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA year after signing the duo, Trojan released ‘Walk Away’, the first recording on which Chinn was credited as Marie Pierre. The single swiftly became a major seller in the UK, with its popularity confirming Dennis’s credentials as a gifted producer and establishing Marie as a leading light on the lovers rock scene. In 1979, the high regard in which both were held was re-affirmed with the release of the hugely popular Trojan long-player, \u003ci\u003eLove Affair\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, over 45 years since the release of the album – considered by many to be the finest lovers rock collection to see issue - it finally receives the deluxe treatment, with the original track-listing bolstered by the remainder of the Bovell-Pierre Trojan recordings, along with their initial collaboration, ‘Cry’, and the equally rare ‘Our Tune’, released soon after their departure from the London- based record company.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doctor Bird","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50949945950539,"sku":"2235660","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-12-08_at_08.48.00_7b833e23_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1733690701","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/love-affair-3","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}