Earth & Stone – Three Wise Men
Release Info
Earth & Stone – Three Wise Men
Label: Well Charge / Archive Recordings | Format: 12Inch | Street date: November, 2020
Tracklist
- Earth & Stone – Three Wise Men/Version
- The Revolutionaries – Three Wise Men Version 2
The reissue label Archive Recordings from the UK recently reissued two 12inches. False Ruler/Don’t Let The Fool You, and the one we’re talking about in this review, Three Wise Men. Both come complete in a limited edition rare ‘Channel One Super Charge’ repro outer cover. Three Wise Men beautifully uses the somewhat hectic riddim of Dennis Walks’ hit single Drifter.
Apparently, the Channel One archives contained unreleased mixes of this great song, as the versions on this 12inch differ from the original 1977 releases on the Well Charge and Channel One imprints. After the instrumental intro, culminating in echo, a piece of acapella is sung. The rest of the tune differs in that at times an echo effect is applied and the background music is omitted. The result is a slightly more exciting mix than the original.
Channel One’s house band, The Revolutionaries, provides the two solid dub versions. The first dub version is enhanced with vocal snippets and lots of echos, unlike the dub version on the B-side, which has more of an instrumental version.