Jimmy Cliff / Various Artists – The Harder They Come: Original Soundtrack (Vinyl)
Island Records (1972 / This Pressing 1975)
$75.00
Rare Early Japanese Pressing Still In Top Condition! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics. Jimmy Cliff, The Melodians, The Slickers, Toots & The Maytals…
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Rare Early Japanese Pressing Of The Groundbreaking Roots Reggae LP. Vinyl & Cover Still In Top Condition! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Japanese, Labels Are Clean. Features Jimmy Cliff, Along With Other Reggae Stars, The Melodians, The Slickers, Toots & The Maytals, DJ Scotty & Desmond Dekker.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition Japanese pressings from the ’70s are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
You Can Get It If You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff
Draw Your Brakes – Scotty
Rivers Of Babylon – The Melodians
Many Rivers To Cross – Jimmy Cliff
Sweet And Dandy – The Maytals
The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
Side 2:
Johnny Too Bad – The Slickers
Shanty Town – Desmond Dekker
Pressure Drop – The Maytals
Sitting In Limbo – Jimmy Cliff
You Can Get It If You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
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A collection of consistently excellent early reggae songs by artists who went on to thrive with reggae's increased popularity… In 1973, when the movie The Harder They Come was released, reggae was not on the radar screen of American pop culture. The soundtrack went a ways toward changing that situation. It is a collection of consistently excellent early reggae songs by artists who went on to thrive with reggae's increased popularity, and others for whom this is the most well-known vehicle. Jimmy Cliff is both the star of the movie and the headliner on the soundtrack. He contributes three excellent songs: the hymnal "Many Rivers to Cross," "You Can Get It If You Really Want," and "The Harder They Come" (the latter two are repeated at the end of the album, but you probably wanted to hear them again anyway). Interestingly, the better production values of his songs actually seems to detract from them when compared to the rougher, but less sanitized, mixes of the other tracks. All the songs on this collection are excellent, but some truly stand out. Toots & the Maytals deliver two high-energy songs with "Sweet and Dandy" and "Pressure Drop" (covered by the Clash among others). Scotty develops a mellow, loping groove on "Stop That Train" (not the same as the Wailers' song by the same name) and the Slickers prove on "Johnny Too Bad" that you don't have to spout profanity or graphic violence to convey danger. The Harder They Come is strongly recommended both for the casual listener interested in getting a sense of reggae music and the more serious enthusiast. Collections don't come much better than this.