Nairobi Sisters - Promised Land - Nairobi Sisters - Promised Land - Artists Nairobi Sisters Style Roots Reggae, Dub Release Date 1 Jan 2023 Cat No. 333008 Format 7" Vinyl - 333 - 333 - 333 - Nairobi Sisters - Promised Land - 333 - 333 - Vinyl Record
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Nairobi Sisters - Promised Land

LABEL:   333

ARTISTS: Nairobi Sisters
RELEASE DATE: 2023-01-01
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 333008
FORMAT: 7" Vinyl
STYLE: Roots Reggae, Dub

Death Is Not The End sub-label 333 turns up the gold again with this repro of the much in-demand Flames cut of Nairobi Sisters' Promised Land. Sampled by Q-Tip for "Whateva Will Be" (appearing on ATCQ's final long-player) and on a range of earlier 90s boom-bap era productions, it is not at all hard to figure out why it's a coveted record. That break is as low-slung and funky as it gets, and best showcased on the superbly stripped-back dub on the flip. The Nairobi Sisters were singers Terrie Nairobi and Judy Mowatt (later of the I-Threes, alongside Rita Marley & Marcia Griffiths). Promised Land was originally recorded together with The Gaytones for Sonia Pottinger's Gay Feet label, with this later version cut for Winston Jones' Brooklyn-based Flames Records. It is issued here under license from producer and songwriter Jones - the original singer and composer of Stop That Train (later made world-famous by Keith & Tex's version) with his Spanishtonians in the early 1960s - who later moved from JA to NYC where he established and ran the Flames label, a core imprint in Brooklyn's reggae scene from the mid-1970s until the early 1990s. 333 has licensed a range of Flames-era productions from the now Texas-based Jones, so keep and eye out for more as it comes... but for now, jump on this before it's gone!

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