Keith Hudson ‘Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood’
October 13, 2021 | VP Records |
VP’s meticulous remaster of the original Mamba pressing of Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood includes three tracks not on that original, plus extensive liner notes from Hudson biographer Vincent Ellis, combining to make this the definitive release of an obscure reggae classic.
“I remember we got the Sgt. Pepper album in the summer of 1967, and we spent all night listening to it, me and my friends. And I remember getting the Flesh Of My Skin album in the Winter of ‘75, and seeing that cover, and seeing that sleeve for the first time, and I sat and I kept staring at it … There is a haunting, mystical quality to it, it’s definitely in a realm of its own…”
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