Name: Action Battlefield
Brand: New Age Steppers

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ONULP3

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r17761693]

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Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl with Printed Inner Sleeve.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-03-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5060263722748

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

efa18603

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Download code: No

2009-11-30

Cargo

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

New Age Steppers

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

On U Sound

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The quickfire follow-up to the New Age Stepper’s self-titled debut, this set was also issued in 1981. A perhaps more melodic and accessible record than its predecessor, the bulk of the album is versions of tunes sourced from reggae imports of the period, featuring radical interpretations of songs by Bim Sherman, Horace Andy and B.B. Seaton.

Ari Up of the Slits takes more of a frontwoman role here, singing lead on most tracks, and bringing a lot of her own indomitable personality to bear on the material, even breaking briefly into German for her take on “Problems”! It also features the vocal debut of a very young Neneh Cherry on “My Love”. The rhythms are rock solid, laid down by the crack team of Eskimo Fox, Crucial Tony and George Oban, having honed their skills on sides by Creation Rebel and Aswad, with everything expertly dubbed through the mixing desk of Adrian Sherwood. 

Action Battlefield

Music GB