LABEL: Rubyworks
CAT NO: ARK024LPX
BARCODE: 196006483579
Tracklisting:
1. Dive (03:32)
2. Heart-Shaped Box (03:15)
3. Very Ape (02:18)
4. Come As You Are (04:08)
5. Sliver (02:37)
6. Polly (03:51)
7. On A Plain (03:39)
8. About A Girl (03:20)
9. Son Of A Gun (03:21)
10. Lithium (04:38)
LITTLE ROY – Battle For Seattle (Remastered)
LP – Limited Edition Heavyweight Red, Green & Yellow Vinyl
(*Only 750 copies pressed in this edition. Newly remastered)
First released in 2011, and long unavailable on vinyl, Reggae veteran Little Roy’s surprising but sure-footed tribute to the songs of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana returns to plastic in a new limited-edition pressing. 750 copies worldwide, pressed on red, green and yellow heavyweight vinyl, newly remastered by Guy Davie (who cut the original master in 2011) at Electric Mastering in London.
NME – **** – No tedious intentions, no major fuck-ups, just subtle versions of classic songs that actually end up taking them somewhere new.
The Guardian – the quality and richness of the arrangements mean that even the biggest snob will crack a wry smile on hearing, say, Lithium retooled as sunlit ska.
DIY mag **** – This is an album that can be enjoyed equally by both reggae enthusiasts and die hard rock fans.
Stereoboard – This is an album that can be enjoyed equally by both reggae enthusiasts and die hard rock fans.
A collection of 10 songs recorded by Nirvana in a reggae style, the album is the brainchild of Prince Fatty, aka Mike Pelanconi and the Mutant Hi-Fi, aka Nick Coplowe, and it features the vocal talents of Little Roy, one of the great singers from Jamaican music’s classic era in the 1960s and ’70s, who cut tunes with Studio One, Matador, Prince Buster and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. Being a fan-of-old, Nirvana was the obvious choice for Prince Fatty when considering the idea of a ‘whole album cover version’. With a heavyweight figure like Little Roy on the team, Battle for Seattle was never going to be anything other than totally authentic. Recorded old-fashioned style, using tape and vintage analog equipment.
See below for tracklisting…