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Bear The Cold by Mitch DavisPerformed, recorded, and mixed by Mitch DavisDrums engineered by Renny WilsonMastered by Bennett DobniCover photo by Lukas GlickmanLayout by Jeremy Dabrowski

‘Bra’ and ‘The Message’ are two classic funk-soul cuts from the amazing Cymande. Mastered from original tapes. Official Mr Bongo reissue. Cut loud on 7” vinyl with a picture cover sleeve.

In 1985 a wondrous album titled Hemp Is Here was created by the obscure English duo Leven Signs, composed of Pete Karkut and Maggie Turner. Since then, Hemp Is Here has proven to be a visionary recording that holds a special place in the ongoing expansion of experimental music. Through the method of tape collage, an unclassifiable recording was created that consisted of post-punk and avant-pop sounds, tribal rhythms and dub and folklore elements. The result was an unpretentious yet sonically sophisticated endeavour that subconsciously evoked the twentieth-century avant-gardist and minimalist music traditions. While maintaining a distinctly original sound, their output still contributed to local explorations and remained somewhat in line with other genre-dissolving bands from eighties England like Rimarimba, This Heat, Woo, 23 Skidoo or Eric Random and The Bedlamites.

The drummer for Brown Sugar’s anthems ‘In Love With A Dread Locks’ and ‘Black Pride’, Learoy Green’s rare and in-demand solo street soul gem from 1989 is finally available on this limited 7".Since his early recording sessions with Brown Sugar as a young teen at Eve's studio, Green's played on numerous projects either as a session player, or with his own bands including lovers' rock sextet, Natural Touch.