Hello people,
I am spending some time alone at home, both girls are asleep, so I enjoy some reggae 7'' and digitalize some of my collection for future posts.
To match with the old school roots mood, I pulled out of the bar a very old Demerara rum from Vellier selections, rare and precious, with mysterious name : UF30E...
This is what remains of an experiment conducted when planting a special sugar cane variety at Uitvlugt on the Field (UF) on their 30 East (30E) plantation zone in 1985. They distilled the cane separately from the rest of the crop (Uitvlugt distillery was still active then) and put it to age on the spot (Guyana).
Luca Gargano from Velier bought what was left of it (3 barrels) after 30 years and bottled the precious nectar at cask strenght (60.7%).
I had the chance to buy one of the 814 bottles ever produced (with an angel's share of more than 90%, there is not much left in the barrel after all that time under the tropics...) and I am sipping some while working for you, cheers!
This is a hell of a drink, with all the nuts flavors due to long aging in wood, but plenty fire as it is not diluted. This liquid stands the test of time like no other : ripped banana, burnt sugar, precious spices explodes in your mouth and stand there for a long moment.
If you can spot one, I recommend you acquire it, you would do yourself a favor, this is a must!
To match the level of the drink, here is a superb instrumental roots 7'' I was willing to transfer to digital for a long time.
I had the chance to get it for not much $$$ as it is mislabelled.
Actually this is the great Tommy McCook doing is version of Yabby You "Jah Vengeance". This is called "Revenge" and it is one of my favorite Yabby You (aka Vivian Jackson) output as producer.
Tommy blows is saxophone in a jazzy mood, beautiful trumpet respond, the whole horns section repeats the theme with that laidback drumming paterns...Roots perfection!
To be complete, B side is a quite effective King Tubby's dub. Deep mixing skills, instruments playing hide and seek, some ghost voices (harmonies) if you listen carefully.
Reverb and Echo use demonstration from the master to render this superb dub piece, love it, can listen to it ten times in a row...
As always, click on the blue link below the labels to listen to the tune or download it.
I sincerely hope you like it as much as I do.
Peace to you all,
Ben
