BOB MARLEY & WAILERS BUFFALO SOLDIER ULTRA-RARE ORIG'83 ISLAND 12" TEST PRESSING

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·       BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS – BUFFALO SOLDIER c/w BUFFALO DUB  – ORIGINAL 1983 ISLAND/TUFF GONG RECORDS  STEREO 12-INCH SINGLE 099883

·       *** ULTRA-RARE TEST PRESSING ***

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS (GENERIC WHITE 'SPECIALTY' PRESSING PLANT LABELS WITH HAND-WRITTEN MATRIX NUMBER, CATALOG NUMBER AND DATE OF RELEASE)

·       THE RECORD HAS A 'STERLING' STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Like most successful Jamaican groups, The Wailers recorded far more material than was released in their lifetime. Unlike most, however, the band didn't have to wait long for their music to begin flooding out of the archives. In 1983, two years after Bob Marley's death, Island dug up a pair of Jamaican only singles, and a batch of out-takes and demos which were cleaned up and completed. Thus was born the Confrontation album, and within it "Buffalo Soldier".

The number had initially been recorded with Lee Perry in early 1978, with the Meditations providing backing vocals, before release, their harmonies were replaced by Rita Marley and Junior Tucker's.

Overhead, Marley tells the history of the buffalo soldiers, Black men enlisted in the US army and sent to fight Native Americans. Bob Marley suggests they had no choice, and were forced to fight for survival. In fact, they were all volunteers, although their career choices were severely limited in this period, and enlistment brought food, clothing, a decent wage, and distance from their former lives. Joining up opened a whole new world of opportunities and possibilities... albeit at the expense of a fellow minority.

Little was known about this force in Marley's day, so he turns the buffalo soldiers into an icon of Black oppression, then empowers them as dread heroes. Nice image, but little to do with reality, however, this song inspired much interest and research into the previously ignored contribution of Black soldiers in the building of America. "Buffalo Soldier" was a huge hit both at home and in many other parts of the world, in the UK it fought its way to Number Four in the charts.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY JO-ANN GREENE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

PLEASE NOTE: THIS TEST PRESSING APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER;  THE SINGLE WILL BE SHIPPED IN A PLAIN, GENERIC [WHITE] CARDBOARD COVER. . TEST PRESSINGS ARE RARELY – IF EVER – FOUND IN CUSTOM (STOCK) COVERS.

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The record comes in a PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER : This reference pressing comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in a plain, generic, white cardboard cover (NOT SEPARATELY GRADED BUT IN A NICE CONDITION OVERALL)

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