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Burning Spear has recorded some of the most potent music in the annals of reggae music. Now, the legendary rootsman is moving to protect that legacy with a new promotion deal with a leading distribution company...

News Source: Jamaica Observer

By Howard Campbell

Spear reportedly signed a deal with MRI/Ryko Distribution on February 26 to market the 20-set catalogue of his Burning Music company in the United States. The deal becomes active in April when four of the albums in the catalogue will be re-issued; those albums are Rasta Business, People Of The World, Resistance And Living Dub Vol 2.

The singer's latest album, Freeman, will also be re-launched this year. Freeman, which was released in early 2003, was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Reggae Album category in November last year.

Russell Gerlach, a publicist for Spear, said Spear was dissatisfied with the marketing of Freeman by the Red Dog company out of North Carolina and he chose to move to MRI/Ryko which is owned by Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, the company that put Spear on the map in the 1970s with classic albums like Marcus Garvey and Man In TheHills.

"He was dissatisfied with the previous distributor... just the overall promotion. It reached the major stores but there was no depth," Gerlach said.

Full Story: New distributor necessary