Essential album. There are two known pressings on ZMPL. Shadoks did a great job with one of the pressings. The other pressing has a ton of reverb all over. Here are some A/B samples. Check out the explosion or gunshot sound in the last clip around 1;05
So, if I understand there were two different pressings of the original ZMPL album ?
ReplyDeleteThe one used by SHADOCKS for their reissue isn't the one we can hear on extracts two and four ? Or they just made a great mastering job to clear that reverb ?
That's too bas there's not that shotgun sound in the repress..!
Thank's for that interesting post !
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Shadoks used 1 and 3, 2 and 4 is a different pressing/mix also on ZMPL. I think 2 & 4 is a slightly later pressing. I have at least 2 pressings of all the albums on ZMPL (The Peace, Witch, 5 Revolutions and more), and some of the albums have up to 6 pressings. This can include alternate reverbs, alternate/muted guitar or bass tracks, additional guitar or organ tracks, alternate tracks/songs, track orders or artwork/label changes etc
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ReplyDeleteOk, really interesting !
And the two PEACE pressings you have have deifferent mixe too ?
About Zambian records I read somewhere that "Lazy Bones" has sold over 7'000 copies !? Where are those records ? I've been digging in some african countries and even really smaller pressings are possible to find here and there. Zambian mucis is really hard to get: I've only found the "Toloka" 45 from WITCH...
Just descovering HARRY MWALE EXPERIENCE, Killer !
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ReplyDeleteThe Peace has 2 mixes yes.
I've been to Zambia myself and spent a lot of personal time there looking for records. I've also have a network of people buying records for me in multiple townships for over 10 years now. We have done a lot. 1000's of posters around towns, radio ads, news paper adds etc.. We've found almost every living artist, studio, label exec. Been to all the radio stations. I have been to Chris Editions and purchased the entire warehouse remains (I was offered one of Paul Ngozi's original guitars!). I have bought out TEAL dist. I have been to Zambia Music Parlour. Looked and found most of the old shop owners. I am currently restoring/transferring master tapes/reels from ZMPL for re-release. I have found unreleased tapes through finding all the bands and labels... All the old shops and distributors etc... My friend has been doing the same. The records are very hard to find now. One title for example I found the studio, all the members of the band, label owner, manager, distributor and to this day still don't have a playable copy. 10 years and I have found 1 cover and 2 skipping records for this title. Part of the reason is the huge problem of AIDS, so many people who used to own records died and the records were trashed. Another problem was population size. I think Zambia had around 8 million people when these records were being made vs 100 million in Nigeria for example. Huge difference in pressing sizes and sales. Zambia Music Parlour was a single shop, not a big company. Maybe 8 years ago you could find records easier, but the biggest problem with Zambia is the records were pressed very poorly. VG+ record can play like G or P condition from Nigeria or Ghana. This is the main problem. A guy from France opened a shop there two years ago to buy records and gave up after 3 months due to a loss. I don't even bother to travel to Zambia now, not worth the effort. It's easier for me to find Ethiopian albums these days or go to other African countries. As for 7000 copies of Lazy Bones!,it had a large pressing size, and it was one of the more successful albums in Zambia, but getting a complete (it originally came with a 4 page insert!) is almost impossible now. I am not sure I take the 7000 number at face value. Having been going through original paperwork and contracts I've come to learn some of the stories these artists have been sharing are a bit exaggerated if you know what I mean. I sometimes have a spare or two though, even Nigeria titles and sometimes Ethiopia if you have stuff to trade