Big Bamboo Sample
1974 Vinyl
Reggae
Roots Reggae

Main image
Attack
producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd
sleeve [design] Rolph Webster
Printed By Upton Printing Group
This album was meant to be released as a sampler for Bamboo (a label owned by Junior Ashanti Lincoln, who also ran Banana, Ackee and Ashanti imprints) in 1971. They had it in the final stage: fully mastered, stampers made and even the jackets printed.

It never went to mass production because the company went bankrupt, out of business. Trojan Records eventually acquired the estate of the bankrupt company and they began releasing also the music with a couple of selected titles on Attack label (including re-issues of Freddie McKay and John Holt LPs).

Attack/Trojan Records then released this never before released sampler.
Of course this album was just an ordinary compilation by 1974 and didn't have any sampler status anymore. But the covers were ready made so why not take advantage of.

There's a catalogue number (BDLPS 217) assigned to Bamboo if you peek under the Attack-stickers, but it isn't relevant to this issue and it's only visible if the sticker is removed.
Additional nb. 1. Bamboo catalogue number can be seen on record matrix.
2. This album have the vocals on one channel and rhythm on the other channel.



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