{"product_id":"burning-spear-harder-than-the-best-1979-keel-pressing","title":"Burning Spear - Harder Than The Best (1979, Keel Pressing)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1979 US pressing, Mango MLPS 9567, pressed at Keel Mfg. Corp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1979 US Mango edition of \u003cem\u003eHarder Than The Best\u003c\/em\u003e, pressed by Keel Mfg. Corp., whose ᐉ mark is stamped in the runouts beside a stamped Sterling credit. John Dent mastered it at The Sound Clinic, and the lacquers were cut at Sterling Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe labels title several songs differently from the jacket: side A opens as The Ghost (Marcus Garvey), and the jacket's separate Black Wa-Da-Da is joined to The Invasion as one track, leaving five songs on side A against the six the jacket lists. Label matrices read MLPS-9567-A and MLPS-9567-B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set gathers Burning Spear recordings from 1975 to 1978, drawn from the Marcus Garvey, Garvey's Ghost, Man In The Hills, Dry \u0026amp; Heavy, Live and Social Living albums. Winston Rodney wrote most of it, with Phillip Fullwood credited as co-writer on several songs.\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\u003eMarcus Garvey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry \u0026amp; Heavy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrow Down Your Arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Living\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Invasion (AKA Black Wa-Da-Da)\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\u003eSlavery Days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Marcus Garvey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMan In The Hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCivilized Reggae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore from Burning Spear\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/burning-spear-reggae-greats-1985-hauppauge-pressing\"\u003eBurning Spear - Reggae Greats (1985, Hauppauge Pressing)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/burning-spear-the-fittest-of-the-fittest-1983\"\u003eBurning Spear - The Fittest Of The Fittest (1983)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/burning-spear-resistance-1985\"\u003eBurning Spear - Resistance (1985)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mango","offers":[{"title":"VG+ \/ VG+","offer_id":67434345398430,"sku":"EVP-10264D0A-VGp-VGp-B6BE0400","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/1400x1400bb_c3917b57-c70b-4fc4-b4d7-b6da7eaae0a1.jpg?v=1790992867","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/burning-spear-harder-than-the-best-1979-keel-pressing","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}