{"title":"The Meditations Vinyl","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-meditations-wake-up","title":"The Meditations - Wake Up!","description":"","brand":"Makossa International Records","offers":[{"title":"1980 \/ US \/ Makossa International Records \/ VG+ \/ VG","offer_id":48271342076062,"sku":"EVP-4DCD6BE0-VGp-VG-NONE0000","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/OC00OTczLmpwZWc.jpg?v=1789421495"},{"product_id":"the-meditations-greatest-hits-1984","title":"The Meditations - Greatest Hits (1984)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1984 Canadian pressing, Shanachie SH 43015, pressed by Europadisk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShanachie gathered ten Meditations recordings on Greatest Hits in 1984, five to a side, and issued this copy for Canada as SH 43015. The discs came from Europadisk, whose EDP mark is etched into both runouts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A of this copy reads SH 43015A EDP 50C32640 4-72-0 and side B reads SH 43015B EDP 50C32640, the shared 50C32640 job number tying the two sides together. The Shanachie labels are tan, printed with the company's farmhouse drawing, and carry a 1984 copyright line. The front cover sets a photograph of the three singers sitting on grass into a plain orange field, the group name above in red and the title below in green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreatest Hits and this Shanachie LP both date from 1984. The collection draws on sessions engineered by Sylvan Morris, Lee Perry, George Raymond and Lancelot \"Maxie\" McKenzie, with rhythm sections that include Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, Errol \"Flabba\" Holt and Boris Gardiner, and Dean Fraser on horns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe album\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Greatest Hits album page holds the background to the ten recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFly Your Natty Dread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTricked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRasta Shall Conquer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoman Is Like A Shadow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStanding On The Corner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWake Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunning From Jamaica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Wey Mi Do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurn Me Loose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRam Jam Session\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Shanachie","offers":[{"title":"VG+ \/ VG+","offer_id":48310174908574,"sku":"EVP-750116B1-VGp-VGp-NONE0000","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/Ni01MDI1LmpwZWc.jpg?v=1790102050"},{"product_id":"the-meditations-tin-sardine","title":"The Meditations - Tin Sardine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUS 12-inch single on Reality Records, 45 RPM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTin Sardine appears here as a 12-inch 45 on the Reality Records label, with the vocal on side A and its version on side B. The A-side label notes that the song is taken from the album For The Good Of Man on the Rounder Records label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth labels are printed in diagonal stripes of blue, orange, pink and white beneath a large blue Reality Records logo, with the telephone number (718) 474-4649, a Made in the USA line and a small boxed R logo. The rim text reads Another Hit from the Reality Crew for your Listening Pleasure and credits the label design to Errol \"Irie\" Myrie. On side A the song is credited to writer Winston Watson, with production by the Meditations and Owen Robinson as executive producer; side B is titled Version Sardine. No catalogue number is printed on the release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor The Good Of Man was released in 1988 on Heartbeat, Rounder's reggae imprint, as HB 42, with Tin Sardine as the third track on side one at 4:39.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe album\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTin Sardine has its own album page, which covers the song as a work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTin Sardine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVersion Sardine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore from The Meditations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-no-more-friend-1983\"\u003eThe Meditations - No More Friend (1983)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-greatest-hits-1984\"\u003eThe Meditations - Greatest Hits (1984)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Reality Records","offers":[{"title":"VG+ \/ VG+","offer_id":50517647687838,"sku":"EVP-3368B98B-VGp-VGp-NONE0000","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/Mi04NjQ4LmpwZWc.jpg?v=1790118679"},{"product_id":"the-meditations-no-more-friend-1983","title":"The Meditations - No More Friend (1983)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1983 Canadian pressing, Greensleeves CGR\/GREL 52, manufactured by Shanachie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreensleeves issued No More Friend in the UK in 1983 as GREL 52. This copy is the Canadian edition, manufactured in Canada by Shanachie Records Corp., and its labels number it CGR 52 with the UK number GREL 52 in brackets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe labels are yellow with the green Greensleeves logo and give the side as A or B, stereo, at 33-1\/3 RPM. A 1983 Shanachie Records Corp. phonographic line and a 1983 Greensleeves Records Ltd. copyright line sit near the foot of each label, above rim text reading Manufactured in Canada by Shanachie Records Corp. The runouts read GREL 52 A and GREL 52 B. The jacket was fabricated and printed in Canada; its front shows three members of the group against yellow and pale blue stripes beneath the group name in green, and the back carries a history of the group. Tony McDermott designed the cover, Patrick Griffith took the photographs and Steve Angel mastered the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album and this Canadian issue both date from 1983. Linval Thompson produced it with the Roots Radics as the backing band, recording and mixing at Channel One in Kingston, where Soldgie mixed the sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe album\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe No More Friend album page has the full account of the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo More Friend\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForcing Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJack On Top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMother Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Of History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarpenter Rebuild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuss And Fight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlick Chick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalk Of The Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBig City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore from The Meditations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-greatest-hits-1984\"\u003eThe Meditations - Greatest Hits (1984)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-message-from-the-meditations-1981-makossa-m-2365-issue\"\u003eThe Meditations - Message From The Meditations (1981, Makossa M 2365 Issue)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-for-the-good-of-man-1988\"\u003eThe Meditations - For The Good Of Man (1988)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Greensleeves Records","offers":[{"title":"VG+ \/ VG+","offer_id":50517694054558,"sku":"EVP-56DF75BE-VGp-VGp-0D4D2697","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/MS0xMTg4LmpwZWc.jpg?v=1790118679"},{"product_id":"the-meditations-for-the-good-of-man-1988","title":"The Meditations - For The Good Of Man (1988)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1988 US pressing, Heartbeat Records HB 42\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the US edition of \u003cem\u003eFor The Good Of Man\u003c\/em\u003e on Heartbeat Records, catalog number HB 42, issued in 1988 with barcode 011661754218.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen songs on one LP, five to a side, under bright green Heartbeat labels printed with the label's script logo and a red heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDanny Clarke and Winston Watson recorded the album as a duo while Ansel Cridland was in Jamaica recovering from an injury. Greensleeves issued it in the UK the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMr. Vulture Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRootsman Party\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTin Sardine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWallah Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor The Good Of Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBourgeois Game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDem A Fight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMan No Better Than Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoman, Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRocking In America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore from The Meditations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-message-from-the-meditations-1981-makossa-m-2365-issue\"\u003eThe Meditations - Message From The Meditations (1981, Makossa M 2365 Issue)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-greatest-hits-1984\"\u003eThe Meditations - Greatest Hits (1984)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-no-more-friend-1983\"\u003eThe Meditations - No More Friend (1983)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Heartbeat Records","offers":[{"title":"NM \/ VG+","offer_id":67434382655646,"sku":"EVP-CB54BD4F-NM-VGp-NONE0000","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/1400x1400bb_6c152d6c-db5e-4418-8380-2cb53b21829f.jpg?v=1790992783"},{"product_id":"the-meditations-message-from-the-meditations-1981-makossa-m-2365-issue","title":"The Meditations - Message From The Meditations (1981, Makossa M 2365 Issue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1981 US pressing, Makossa M 2365\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1981 Makossa issue of \u003cem\u003eMessage From The Meditations\u003c\/em\u003e, released in the US under catalog number M 2365, five years after the album first appeared. Its lacquers were mastered at Ray Hagerty Studios in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single LP whose runouts read M-2365-A and M-2365-B. The Makossa center labels number the sides in reverse, so the A side is printed as Side 2 and the B side as Side 1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDobby Dobson produced and arranged the album and designed its artwork, with sessions at the Black Ark, Channel One and Federal studios and Lee Perry, Ernest Hookim and George Raymond engineering. The Meditations formed in late 1974 around Ansel Cridland, Danny Clarke and Winston Watson, and the album was first released in 1976 on Wild Flower in Jamaica and United Artists in the UK and US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunning From Jamaica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere Must Be A First Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTricked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo Mama Do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoman Is Like A Shadow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBabylon Trap Them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoman Piabba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanging Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRastaman Prayer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore from The Meditations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-for-the-good-of-man-1988\"\u003eThe Meditations - For The Good Of Man (1988)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-greatest-hits-1984\"\u003eThe Meditations - Greatest Hits (1984)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-meditations-no-more-friend-1983\"\u003eThe Meditations - No More Friend (1983)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Makossa","offers":[{"title":"VG+ \/ VG","offer_id":67434389143710,"sku":"EVP-A44BE1E7-VGp-VG-3F95FCA3","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/OC00MzUxLmpwZWc.jpg?v=1790992732"}],"url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/collections\/the-meditations-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}