Thieves Of Fire
The Pop Group - Y [RAD 20 UK 1979 24-Bit FLAC] As you may have noticed, I shied away from a re-rip of Metal Box, choosing instead this gem for a whole new rip with the moving coil cartridge on a ProJect Classic turntable. This brings a whole new depth to my original rip from May 2014, so dump that one if you have it and indulge in this original Radar Records pressing of an important album from 1979. Instead of Manchester and its early doom-funk, let's travel to Bristol and indulge in some dub-punk. The Pop Group were around before A Certain Ratio, they worked similar seams and both have left significant legacies - both drew their inspiration from seventies black music. ACR had Martin Hannett to guide their studio chops before they mastered the studio craft for themselves, The Pop Group had Dennis Bovell, there is also some well founded suggestion that the The Pop Group had a greater influence on A Certain Ratio, than say, any of their local peers. Simon Underwood's funk bassl...