Releases from artist / Veröffentlichungen von : Joshua Moses

our second 12 inch from joshua moses is >rise up<, another strong roots outing this time from 1983 that until its inclusion on bristol reggae explosion volume 2 had remained unissued and unknown to the reggae audience. judging from the feedback we have already received, >rise up< could become as popular as >africa (is our land)< and so we have chosen to release it along with the previously unreleased accompanying dub version on the format for which it was always intended.

this double a sided release finds us in a mellow mood as we couple joshua moses >pretty girl< with sharon bengamins >mr guy<.
>mr guy< is a lovely slice of lovers rock and somewhat overlooked when released in 1980 but it has become a firm favourite with us here at bristol archive. >pretty girl< finds roots singer joshua moses showing his softer side, it was something of a hit on the original release and makes a natural pairing with sharons tune.
both tracks were originally released as singles on bristol label shoc-wave records some thirty years ago and were given their first digital release with their well deserved inclusion on >the bristol reggae explosion 1978 ¹ 1983<. >mr guy< also made it onto the limited vinyl version of the album, but running time constraints meant there was no room for >pretty girl< something we a very pleased to rectify with this vinyl release.

an double vinyl anthology, featuring 24 essential tracks from influentail british producer dennis bovell.