-
Vinyl EP
$20.99Read More333013
Press Release
Rare as hen's teeth digital dancehall from out of late 80s/early 90s NYC, via Cooly aka Koolindian aka Super Cat's cousin Andrew Maragh, originally released on his own Mad Indian Records - reissued here for Death Is Not The End sub-label 333.
Maragh sang in church choirs and on soundsystems in Jamaica before moving to New York in the 1980s where he quickly became involved on the underground music circuit, taking inspiration from his cousin the legendary Super Cat. "Freedom" was penned while he was incarcerated, and details the unfairness of the judicial system at that time, alongside the heartfelt need to "hustle everyday to make ends meet, whether that's picking up scrap metal or cutting lawns or voicing dubplates, whatever you do to make a dollar", says Maragh.
Having bought an Ampex tape in Manhattan, Maragh headed over to the legendary Philip Smart's HC&F studio on Long Island with the intention of laying down his lyrics on the version to Dennis Brown's "Children of Israel". After hearing the song however, Smart went ahead and built this one-away "Freedom" rhythm on the spot. The track was then carried to Count Shelly's Super Power Records where it was then pressed & distributed as the first and only release on the Mad Indian label around the turn of 1989/1990.
- 1 Freedom - Cooly 1:00
- 2 Freedom Version - Cooly 1:00
333
-
- Artist
- U-Roy
- ReleaseProduct
- The Seven Gold
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580791725
- Release Date
- April 26, 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Nairobi Sisters
- ReleaseProduct
- Promised Land
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 333008
- Release Date
- September 22, 2023
- 7″
- Download
-
- Artist
- Frankie B
- ReleaseProduct
- Pressure Me
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580798458
- Release Date
- August 18, 2023
- Download
-
- Artist
- Dessus
- ReleaseProduct
- Ghetto Children
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580801936
- Release Date
- August 4, 2023
- Download
-
- Artist
- Jasaro People
- ReleaseProduct
- Suffering
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580805187
- Release Date
- July 7, 2023
- 7″
- Download
-
- Artist
- Rupie Dan
- ReleaseProduct
- My Black Race
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580797796
- Release Date
- June 16, 2023
- Download
-
- Artist
- Prince Jazzbo
- ReleaseProduct
- Replay
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580803268
- Release Date
- May 26, 2023
- Download
-
- Artist
- Prince Jazzbo
- ReleaseProduct
- 333
- Label
- 333
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580807334
- Release Date
- May 12, 2023
- Download