Record buying advice: African Head Charge - In Pursuit of Shashamane Land

Fair enough. I had forgotten they were truncated versions; I haven't listented to the album for a long time. And the 12" of "What's My Mission Now?" is particularly essential imo. I think "Now What?" might crush even more.

Vacuum Pumping is all time! I hope they eventually take you up on your offer.

"Mind At The End Of The Tether" is still great. I love "Is There A Way Out?" too.

A Tackhead / Fats Comet retrospective definitely seems like it would make sense.

re What's My Mission Now as i said :

https://www.discogs.com/TackHead-Power-Inc-Volume-1/master/746487

I've never seen that but then I don't buy CDs. This can't be right -

Tackhead - What's My Mission Now? (Parts 1 & 2) 7:30

Is this meant to be both sides together? Surely it should be longer.

never heard the original 12" so have no idea.
sorry.

also, as all on-u stans know, KLB is (in)famous for revising the history re Tack>>Head (apparently he owns the whole Tack>>Head thing),
so who knows exactly what the Power Inc compilations contain in relation to the original 12" versions.
however, i care not, as volumes 1 and 2 are brilliant.
the third volume is a live set intermixed with some bizarre voicemails.
most weird, but it works as the live material is insane.

Fair enough and I hope you get to hear it some day. I think it is maybe my fave Tackhead.

love that version of "Pursuit", very cool, thanks

What's this one like?

New York Breakdown, Tack>>Head Meets Melle Mel

I may have posted about this before on another On-U thread, but back in 2017 I emailed On-U through their Bandcamp page as follows:

Please - I'm begging you - put together a compilation of all the early Tackhead and Gary Clail 12" singles, B-sides and all.

1. Mind at the End of the Tether
2. Is There a Way Out
3. What's My Mission Now?
4. Now What?
5. Hard Left
6. Hard Left (Instrumental)
7. Reality
8. Life & Dreams
9. Ticking Time Bomb
10. Ticking Time Bomb Dub
11. Body to Burn
12. Half Cut for Confidence
13. Half a Gram a Shout

Thanks!

The response was:

This would be a beautiful thing. Getting all the members to agree is another matter tho - this will happen one day is all I can say at the moment.

cheers

i agree unperson, that would be a thing of perfection.

stirmonster : its a very live sounding cut, so relatively lo-fi for Tack>>Head, but hey ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSldLiiAcik

not sure why i didn't just look on youtube actually. thanks!

you should also check your email.

the new album is so much better than i expected.
adrian has released several albums in recent times that focus on vocals : LSP, Horace Andy, and Jeb
so it's great to hear new material where he can stretch things out a bit.
yeah, it's not quite as out there as some of the early AHC albums, but hey.
oh, and the coverart is off the scale.
love it.

I recently got the two AHC boxes and i’m loving them, tremendous music. Allmusic tells me that they have two albums, not included in this set that were not on-u sound. Were these made without Sherwood? Any good?

If I have both the boxes and the new album, am I missing anything of consequence?