i have an album i bought about 15 years ago and have only seen on an auction list once in that time...a good friend and reggae collector told me a story about it when i bought it.....

its called'best of studio one vol 4' and is a canadian bootleg and was called vol4 after the 3 canadian heartbeat lps....it was obviously mastered off 7" singles as you can here the hiss on the fade out so common on a lot of studio one JA pressings despite the vinyl being in ex condition...

the story goes after coxsonne heard of it he released an lp called 'pirates choice' with remixed versions of the tunes...

anyone seen one before ?...any idea of its value ?

cheers

dean

dont think pirates choice are remixes/overdubs and not done from canadian heartbeat !

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PIRATES CHOICE

Various Artists (1981)

Studio One SO LP 0666

matrix: (i) SOLP 0666, (ii) C.S.Dodd - LP - 0666

A Prayer to Jah (Jay Tees); Jah Light (Judah Eskender); This Population (Burning Spear); Take A Ride (Al Campbell); Love Gonna Pack Up (Sugar Minott); True Experience (Prince Lincoln) // Love Is Here To Stay (Johnny Osbourne); Show And Tell (Horace Andy); This Love (Doreen Shaffer); A Fool (Alton Ellis); Love Me Forever (Carlton & The Shoes); I'll Be Around (Otis Gayle)

(i) Original issue, (ii) 2004 reissue .

PIRATES CHOICE was (reluctantly) issued by Mr Dodd in response to the bootleg of the same tracks issued by Connect Records of Toronto, Canada, as BEST OF STUDIO ONE VOL.4. It is doubtful that Dodd would have released a compilation of such strong material without being forced to do so, none of these titles being included on any other album previously. The Studio One version has a slightly different mix, without overdubs and in mono. And an excellent O'Neil Nanco sleeve to boot.