The Three Stripe Collection 1985-1990

This is a Record Store Day 2019 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 13th April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 20th April.

Bristol Archive Record's 2012 compilation The Three Stripe Collection 1985-1990 re-released on Blue colour vinyl for RSD2019. 17 tracks selected and compiled by Rob Smith start with Walk On and Anyone the two songs that announced the arrival of Smith and Mighty and heralded the coming of "The Bristol Sound". Smith and Mighty took musical ingredients from reggae, funk, hip hop, pop, house, soul and anywhere else that inspired them, added a huge amount of talent, skill, originality, a large portion of the Bristol vibe, some primitive digital technology and turned out cutting edge, boundary crossing dance music the likes of which had never been heard before.