Various Artists "WE ARE GETTING BAD - THE SOUND OF PHASE ONE" Now available http://www.motionrecords.com/ (click on shopping) $16 (postage free) (that's under £10.00) An eagerly awaited collection of some of the best material from Roy Francis' Phase One label (JA) with the addition of two previously unreleased DJ cuts. This is the first time any of these recordings have been on CD. Included are the massive 'Waiting In The Park', with which The Chantells scored one of 1977's biggest non Marley reggae hits, Steve Boswell's anthemic 'I Am Getting Bad', and the wonderful 'Help Us Jah' by The Untouchables. Also on the album are other excellent tracks from The Chantells, The Heptones, Jah Berry, Dean Fraser, U Brown and Prince Mohammed. Fiercely independent in character, and wonderfully individual in product, the Phase One record label is among the more revered imprints to surface in Jamaica during the late 1970s.Though the company's catalogue remained relatively small, what it lacked in quantity was more than made up for in quality, as the readily identifiable sound of Phase One has brought some of the most inspired platters of the roots era. The label was the brainchild of Roy Francis, the man who now runs the perpetually buzzing Mixing Lab, one of Kingston's most respected and in-demand studios. Many tracks feature those wonderfully echoing dubwise excursions that became the label's hallmark; two of the numbers that have been taken from resurrected original master tapes are gaining release for the very first time. From the toasting delights voiced in praise of sisters Faye and Jacqueline to the particular harmonic blending of the Chantells and the original style of Steve Boswell, this is roots reggae music at its best-the unique and everlasting sound of Phase One. All the best James Dutton Motion Records Ltd South West London jd@motionrecords.com ~ THE HOME OF CLASSIC DUB ~ Website: http://www.motionrecords.com FAX (+44) 20 7738 0768