🚨🚨🚨Don't Change That Dub 🎛
Here it is, the B side of our latest release. A 7 inch record featuring the incredible Cornell Campbell of studio 1 and Bunny Striker Lee fame (amongst many others.
This heavyweight dub was put together by the talented @yakka.sound at his beautiful studio in Bristol. Yakka is known for his authentic sounding production and mastery of the mixing board.
This record is flying out on presale. Thank you so much to everyone who is already supporting. If you want a copy, there are some still available on our bandcamp (link in bio). This one officially releases on the 30th.
Big up to @cornerstone_horns , @j.d_oconnell and @kerrisdrums for the musicianship on this one.
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Cornell Campbell vinyl
Warning, warning! Brand new vinyl
Poor Man’s Friend Records is proud to present a brand new 7” featuring the legendary Cornell Campbell. This 45 delivers a powerful message from The Gorgon, a prolific artist whose recording career spans over 60 years. First recording for the venerable Coxone Dodd at Studio one, Mr Campbell has built a cult following with his trademark Falsetto voice. Equally adept at writing beautiful love songs as he is deep spiritual roots cuts, It's fair to say many of his works have become Iconic milestones in the evolution of the genre. In the year 2025, Cornell Campbell warns us of the pitfalls of living our life in an egotistical way, “ Just try sweeping up your backyard before you find fault with people's yard.” A searing condemnation of those that judge others based on their wealth, this mid seventies style roots production was cut by the Poor Man’s Friend Rhythm section at their studio in Bristol. The B side dub was masterfully orchestrated by label stalwart Yakka, whilst the horns were played by @cornerstone_horns
This one is super limited. Only 300 copies have been printed. It is out on the 30th of January. You can pre-order a copy now from ourselves (link in comments) or from @junorecords, @rubadubgla, @deejay.de, and many others.
Special thanks to all the PMF crew, @yakka.sound on the dub, @norsonstewart on the skit, @jodihunt on the artwork, and @Rubadubgla on the distribution.
If you are a store that would like to stock.us, please get in touch via message, and I can send you our stock list and rates.
Thank you all so much for your support in 2024, we have so much planned for 2025, so stay tuned.
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We have been a little quiet recently!
After coming back from Jamaica, we needed a little bit of time to recooperate and order a ton of new music and merch.
Keep em peeled 👀 for a brand new 7 inch and our first album.......coming soon! No hints
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Brand new Glen Ricks dubplate! Available now from our Bandcamp store (link in comments)
This one is going fast, a beautiful dynamic soul style vocal from the lead singer of the Fabulous Flames.
This clip is a teaser of both the Aside vocal, mixed in to the B side dub.
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Happy Bandcamp Friday everyone!
We have an awesome merch drop this month, kicking it off with a brand new lathe cut Dubplate.
After the popularity of our last Glen Ricks release we have decided to record and press another!
Thank You is a huge soul vocal straight from Glen’s heart, recorded on our Pave The Way riddim this one is not to be missed (30 copies only).
We have also produced a small number of cassettes, this is to celebrate our recent collaboration with @Standhighpatrol, every track is produced by us right here in Bristol and for the most part they are unreleased! Head to our Bio to listen to the mixtape which premiered on Stand High Patrols YT channel.
The last part of this merch drop is a short run of caps, you guys asked so we made it happen. These are 70’s style corduroy Trucker Caps with a large embroidered logo.
Everything is shipping after the weekend, please visit the Poor Man's Friend Bandcamp page to order.
Happy Friday everyone!
I'm glad the weekends finally began. This is just a quick video to remind you all that next Thursday, Poor Man's Friend meets @bristol_reggae_society at @cosiesbristol. We have a crazy amount of new releases and dubs to play. If you want to be the first to hear some of the crazy new projects that we have been working on, come down and hang with us on the 23rd of May.
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Happy Bandcamp Friday everybody!
The last few copies of this beautiful Tony Tuff are available through our Bandcamp (link below). Mastered @dubstudio I've been using this one as an opener in sets recently, a nice downtempo soulful roots tune from Mr Tuff (R.I.P) with a lovely old school dub with alternative horns arrangment and sax solo.
We are going to have a load of new merch and a new record hit the Bandcamp at the end of the month, we are super excited to show you all what we have been working on at Hq. The plan is to put out twelve releases this year, including an Lp. Thank you to all of you who have supported. Lots of you have been rocking with us from the very beginning! For that, we are super grateful, and we promise to do our utmost to keep bringing you creative and authentic music.
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Happy Friday, everybody!
As most of you avid reggae listeners already know, Tony Tuff sadly passed away last weekend. We unfortunately decided to put out our last recording together on the Friday just before. For obvious reasons, I decided not to promote the release over that period.
Here's a short video of me playing the tune (face in for the algorithm), the record sounds absolutely incredible! Everyone involved absolutely smashed it as always. @dubstudio did an awesome job cutting this one as always, @jodihuntts artwork looks as beautiful as ever and the musicians created the perfect backdrop for Tony's beautiful and heartfelt message.
You can grab your copy (whilst stock lasts) from our bandcamp (link in comments, and below👇) or you can shoot me a dm if you need me to hold a copy or you want to deal directly. Only 25 of these, when they are gone they're gone.
Link to buy - https://poormansfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tony-tuff-human-rights-dub
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Another Legend Gone! It was an honour and a privilege to get to work together before your journey back home.
Sunrise:April 1,1955
Sunset: April 20,2024
Rest in peace, TONY TUFF
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Tony Tuff ( born Winston Anthony Morris, April, 1955) #Kingston,#Jamaica was a #reggae singer who was a member of The African Brothers in the late 1960s before embarking on a solo career in the later end of the 1970s.
Tuff started his career in 1969 as a member of the vocal trio The African Brothers, along with Sugar Minott and Derrick "Bubbles" Howard. The African Brothers split up in the mid-1970s, and Tuff pursued other work outside music until he returned as a solo artist in the late 1970s, with the album Tony Tuff Meets Errol Schorder, split with Errol Scorcher, and self-productions including the "I'm So Glad" single on his own Winston label. He worked with YabbyYou on the Tony Tuff album in 1980 and worked with Sugar Minott again on the 1981 album Presenting Mr. Tuff, released on Minott's Black Roots label. He worked on several sound systems in the late 1970s and 1980s, including Lees Unlimited and Henry "Junjo" Lawes' Volcano system. Lawes also produced several successful singles by Tuff, including "Water Pumpee" and "Mix Me Down."He also produced his 1983 album Come Fe Mash It. He continued to be active during the 1980s but was largely absent from the music scene in the 1990s. He returned in 2000 and has recorded several albums in the new millennium, including How Long, recorded with #JahShaka. He toured Europe twice in 2002 before touring Canada and the United States.
This is our latest polyvinyl release, recorded in January of this year. Tony continued recording right up until the end, a true rootsman. He will certainly be missed.
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