Tribesman - The Tribe/Finsbury Park - 12" Transparent Red Vinyl [RSD 2025] Tribesman

This product is a RECORD STORE DAY 2025 title and not available to pre-order.
Available to buy in-store from 8am on Saturday, 12/04/2025 (Record Store Day).
Remaining copies will be available to buy online from 8pm on Monday 14/04/2025.

Transparent Red colour vinyl 12' Limited edition

First time on colour vinyl, new label art, hype sticker

For Record Store Day 2025 Reggae Archive Records return to the beginning and reissue our very first release from 2012, Tribesman's 'The Tribe'/'Dub' coupled with 'Finsbury Park'/'Dub'

Originally released in 1979 originals were already very sought after when we chose it as our inaugural release and we were immensely happy to expose the tracks to a wider audience, thirteen years later and that first release has itself become an expensive collectors item with many people asking us to repress

As with our original run we've kept the sides switched from the original issue and lead with the fantastic roots reggae anthem 'The Tribe', 1979 may have been the pinnacle for UK roots reggae and 'The Tribe' is in the leading pack, in four minutes it encapsulates 400 years of history and suffering whilst tying things into the present

The addition of Maria Folkes female vocal, a rarity in roots reggae, adds a sweetness that rather than diluting the roots message makes its delivery even stronger and more effective

The band's excellent tribute to their North London home 'Finsbury Park' occupies the B side and both sides are full extended disco mixes with the vocals leading into excellent period dub mixes, a great double header, all killer and no filler on this essential reggae 12'