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1LP Vinyl – 333LP001

Launching new DINTE sub-label 333 (focusing on reissues of rare and foundational digi, roots & soul) with a first-time vinyl reissue for the late veteran reggae artist Devon Russell's Darker Than Blue LP – limited to just 333 copies.

Put together as a tribute to the great Curtis Mayfield, the LP was first issued in 1993 but features material originally recorded as far back as 1979. The collection includes a cast of prominent players across it's 10 tracks – featuring musical contributions from Sly Dunbar, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Earl "Wire" Lindo, Dean Fraser, Bobby Ellis, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Prince Lincoln Thompson and many others – plus production & arrangement from Earl "Chinna" Smith, Sly Dunbar & King Tubby's Firehouse Crew, as well as Russell himself.