PIONEERS, The - Battle Of The Giants (reissue) - Vinyl (LP)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information The PIONEERS Battle Of The Giants (reissue)(limited numbered 180 gram audiophile orange vinyl LP) Music On Vinyl
Cat: MOVLP 2481C. Rel: 2 Sep 19
Reggae Classics/Oldies/Ska
Side 1 - Track 1. Money Day Side 1 - Track 2. Consider Me Side 1 - Track 3. Driven Back Side 1 - Track 4. Gorgeous & Marvellous Side 1 - Track 5. Samfie Man Side 1 - Track 6. Now You Are Gone Side 2 - Track 1. Battle Of The Giants Side 2 - Track 2. Slip Away Side 2 - Track 3. Cherie Cherie Side 2 - Track 4. Simmer Down Quashie Side 2 - Track 5. Twice Around The Daffodils Side 2 - Track 6. Mally Mally
The Pioneers were pivotal during the skinhead reggae period and their 1970 album Battle Of The Giants on the mighty Trojan Records is as fine as they come. At the time it was released, the band was spending lots of time in the UK and taking cues from ska, but always returned to Jamaica to record. It shows in a record that mixes driving reggae grooves with more pop leaning songs and flourishes of soul. Swaggering rhythms like "Samfie Man" sit next to love struck tunes like "Consider Me" and it's not hard to see why this outfit was one of the first to have international reggae hits in the post-rocksteady era.
