﻿{"id":12587,"date":"2016-05-11T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubmassive.org\/?p=12587"},"modified":"2016-05-11T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:43:14","slug":"review-heavenless-vin-gordon-the-real-rock-band-roots-garden-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/12587\/review-heavenless-vin-gordon-the-real-rock-band-roots-garden-records\/","title":{"rendered":"[Review] &#8220;Heavenless&#8221; &#8211; Vin Gordon &#038; The Real Rock Band (Roots Garden Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dubmassive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGRLP003-Heavenless-LP-Front.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12588\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12588\" src=\"http:\/\/dubmassive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGRLP003-Heavenless-LP-Front.jpg\" alt=\"RGRLP003 Heavenless LP Front\" width=\"272\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGRLP003-Heavenless-LP-Front.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGRLP003-Heavenless-LP-Front-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGRLP003-Heavenless-LP-Front-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGRLP003-Heavenless-LP-Front-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGRLP003-Heavenless-LP-Front-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a>If you love horns section in reggae, then you have to listen to this album. Especially if you like when these instruments are present not only in a repetitive manner in chorus. Roots Garden Records presents us Jamaican master, giant trombonist Vin Gordon with his great The Real Rock Band. The former is a living legend, his contribution to reggae music is amazing &#8211; The Wailers,\u00a0Skatalites, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, the Abyssinians, The Heptones, Delroy Wilson, Bob Andy and Alton Ellis are only a few names in his huge musical career, which has started in 1965. His biggest solo hits were &#8220;Real Rock&#8221; and &#8220;Heavenless&#8221; &#8211; and this fast, cheerful tune in a refreshed form we hear for the intro of this LP. Also the 4th track &#8220;Revenge&#8221; is a revisit to the classic one from 1974 &#8211; beautiful, moody roots reggae. The rest of the compositions are brand new and they are presenting from steady reggae vibes (&#8220;Minor Vibes&#8221;) to ska (&#8220;Slide Ruler&#8221;), mostly instrumental with the exception for 2 tracks with Shaka Black&#8217;s toasting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are two things, that are common for all tunes from this LP. Firstly &#8211; Vin&#8217;s beautiful, rich, extraordinary trombone parts, which we hear solo or with additional horns section. It plays key role here, spanned through the whole verses, where it tells us stories through melodies. Secondly &#8211; The Real Rock Band does it job perfectly, sensitively playing roots reggae and going dubwise in a old-school manner. The album were mixed by Nick Manasseh and sounds like it should &#8211; with a warm bass and well balance between all instrument parts. Listening to this album is a very pleasant experience!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/rootsgarden7\/sets\/heavenless-vin-gordon-the-real\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/rootsgarden7\/sets\/heavenless-vin-gordon-the-real<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsgarden.com\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.rootsgarden.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vin-gordon.com\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/vin-gordon.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Release info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Release date: 02\/05\/2016<br \/>\nFormat: Vinyl LP \/ Digital download<br \/>\nLabel: Roots Garden records<br \/>\nCatalogue no: RGRLP003:<br \/>\nProduced and mixed by: Nick Manasseh at: The Yard studios London<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tracks:<\/strong><br \/>\n1) Heavenless<br \/>\n2) Minor Vendor<br \/>\n3) Outta Jungle<br \/>\n4) Revenge<br \/>\n5) Raytown Rock<br \/>\n6) Slide Ruler<br \/>\n7) Heaven Again<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you love horns section in reggae, then you have to listen to this album. Especially if you like when these instruments are present not only in a repetitive manner in chorus. Roots Garden Records presents us Jamaican master, giant trombonist Vin Gordon with his great The Real Rock Band. The former is a livingContinue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[1474,1476,1475,1473],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubmassive.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}