| Product Summary | | Label: Easy Star Records | | UPC: 00657481101223 | | Release Date: 5/17/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 60590728 | | Item#: MRW6HT | 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. |
| | Artist Overview | | The accomplished reggae musicians in New York City's Easy Star All-Stars (including Victor Axelrod, aka "Ticklah," who also plays keyboards in the Afrobeat band Antibalas) have created high-concept entertainment that transcends gimmick through the sheer power of the music. Simply put, the band records and performs dub and reggae versions of popular rock albums, providing an entree into reggae for curious pop fans, and vice versa. To date they have recorded textured, compelling covers of Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and Radiohead's OK COMPUTER, and have played to capacity crowds all over the country. |
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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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