| Product Summary | | Label: Easy Star Records | | UPC: 00657481101223 | | Release Date: 5/17/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 60590728 | | Item#: MRW6HT | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 27033 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Speak To Me / Breathe (In The Air) ~ Easy Star All-Stars |  | | 2. On The Run ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 3. Time ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 4. Great Gig In The Sky, The ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 5. Money ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 6. Us And Them ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 7. Any Colour You Like ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 8. Brain Damage ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 9. Eclipse ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 10. Time Version - (bonus track) ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 11. Great Dub In The Sky ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 12. Step It Pon The Rastaman Scene ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | | 13. Any Dub You Like ~ Easy Star All-Stars | |
| Easy Star is proud to present the Easy Star All-Stars' stunning reinvention of Dark Side of the Moon, which features entirely new recordings and was over three years in the making. It boasts vocal contributions from roots/blues stalwart Corey Harris, dancehall veteran Frankie Paul, Wailers lead singer Gary "Nesta" Pine, revered harmony trio The Meditations, Brooklyn pacesetter Dr. Israel, legendary toaster Ranking Joe, and others.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Easy Star All Stars: Corey Harris, Frankie Paul, Gary "Nesta" Pine, Dr. Israel, Ranking Joe (vocals); Michael Goldwasser (guitar); Victor Axelrod (melodica, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, synthesizer, percussion); Victor Rice (electric bass, upright bass); Patrick Dougher (drums). | | Additional personnel: Jenny Hill (saxophone); Michael Wagner (trombone); Wayne Wiggum (electric bass); Eddie Ocampo, Larry McDonald (percussion); Tamar-Kali (background vocals). | | Recorded at Noise NY, Mount Vernon, New York; Mike Stand Killer Studios, Funky Slip Studios and Zion Studios Brooklyn, New York; 401 Studios and Hot Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Lem Oppenheimer. | | The pun in the title gives the album's conceit away: This is, in fact, a dub-influenced take on Pink Floyd's classic DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. But while the idea may be groan-inducing, the results are actually quite appealing. All-Star founders Michael G. and Ticklah recruit a handful of guests, including Corey Harris, the Meditations, and Frankie Paul, among others, to turn Floyd's spacey, art-rock epic into a heavy-lidded roots excursion, incorporating rap, dancehall, IDM, and jungle rhythms. The deeply ingrained familiarity of the original creates a fine palette for the All-Stars' Jamaican coloring, resulting in a surprisingly successful synthesis. |
Producer: Michael G.; Ticklah |
Engineer: Victor Axel |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/24/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 1012 | | Label : Easy Star Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00657481101223 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (3/03, pp.194-5)
- "...A spacious, magical groove that stretches over voluptuous versions of psychedelic landmarks..."Entertainment Weekly (2/28/03, p.80)
- "...Dub bass lines make this music newly mind expanding and, for the first time, sexy..." - Rating: B Uncut (8/03, p.97)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...It still sounds pretty fine as a bunch of rastas take a voluptuous dubbed-up trip around the Floyd's psychedelic masterpiece..." Dirty Linen (06-07/03, p.86)
- "...Floyd's distinctive guitar and keyboard melodies carry through the All-Stars rearrangements, but they're buttressed with deep resonant bass beats and the requisite loping rhythms..." |
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