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Originally Posted by zeppy111
Warned 
I think im still gonna give it a bash sooner or later seeing as there are only about 5 more reggae albums left in the whole town which I could buy. Sad state!
Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse, Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey, Third world - reggae greats compo, culture - nuff' said and at least 40 million variations of Bob Marley... Not exactly spoilt for choice. |
There is also a shortage of reggae music in retail stores here in the USA. My favoritie retailer used to carry a fully stocked reggae section with about 100 different artists. Now there isn't a proper reggae section but a "world" music section carrying albums only by Marley, Tosh and UB 40. Music retailers are cutting their own throats by carrying only the music that sells quicky off the shelf because they're losing guys like me who purchase a lot of offbeat and slow selling titles.
The good news is that Amazon and Rhapsody are carrying a gold mine of old and new reggae and digital titles about half the price you'd pay for a cd or vinyl version. I go crazy whenever I shop there because the albums run from $5.99 to 8.99 (US Dollars) and single downloads are only 99 cents.
I'm not sure what's available at Amazon UK or Amazon South Africa, but I do know that I can't download titles from Amazon UK because of EU copyright laws. It surprises me there is such a shortage of reggae music in Africa because Africa is one of the few places that reggae singers can still fill football stadiums for concerts.