{"product_id":"early-b-meets-super-cat","title":"Early B Meets Super Cat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented by Acid Jazz on Roots Records, a first-time reissue of classic dancehall recorded for Jah \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas ‘Midnight Rock’ label, previously only issued as a promotional ‘white label’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMidnight Rock was home to many of the great voices of dancehall, with producer Jah Thomas at the helm, adding vocals to the high-quality rhythms recorded at Channel One studios with the legendary, de facto resident band Roots Radics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas made some of the earliest recordings for both Early B and future super star Super Cat, and as Super Cat became the hottest name on the scene, Thomas lined up a showcase album featuring a side from each artist. A small number of white labels were pressed up, but the release never got further.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide A gathered up four of Early B’s most well loved cuts including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVisit Of King Selasie, Sunday Dish, Pedestrian and Cane Man A Fe Bath. It also included a track called Set Up Yourself Right, which was never released elsewhere, but Thomas himself remembers playing well from the various sound systems he gave test cuts to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide B featured the 5 cuts that Thomas had made with Super Cat, showing him fully formed even at this formative stage in his career. Dance Inna New York has since had a second life since being sampled by Nas on Nas The Don, but every track from Way Dem A Fight Fa through Ever Ready, to Walk A Ton and on to Me Glad She Gone are a great combination between producer and vocalist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented on a striking and effective sleeve layout, evoking the records status as a lost white-label \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclassic, with stamped ‘Midnight Rock’ logos across the sleeve and labels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinally, the chance to own this elusive piece of reggae\/dancehall history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Acid Jazz","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51696504406347,"sku":"R4627-5831","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/image001_70f013a5-8323-46dc-8257-d64d51d4d085.png?v=1745488171","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/early-b-meets-super-cat","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}