Thursday 3 December 2015

Roxanne Shante - Roxanne's Revenge

Roxanne Shante - Roxanne's Revenge - Pop Art Records - 1984 

This is the original 2 track version of this release with the original unedited lyrics and original music. 

On this version Marley actually cuts up the Big Beat Break! and Roxanne Roxanne by UTFO the very record they were responding to. 

As far as I understand Shante performed this for the first time live on the radio and it was recorded on tape which was used a few days later to press the first batch of records. 

The sound quality is actually fairly good but you can tell its not a perfect studio take. Whats really interesting towards the end of the record if you listen really close you can hear the show presenter Mr Magic talking when the record starts to fade out.

 The record was then later re-recorded in the studio and the track lost its edge and most people forgot how the original sounded.


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