Blood & Fire

Blood and Fire was a British reggae record label specialising in reissues of 1970s dub. Steve Barrow, Bob Harding, Mick Hucknall, Elliot Rashman and Andy Dodd formed the record label in Manchester in 1993 with the objective of reissuing roots reggae, dub and DJ albums with the integrity of jazz reissues. In the process, Blood and Fire influenced the overall aesthetic of other labels issuing archival Jamaican recordings in the 1990s and beyond. 
Initial releases drew on mid-1970s Bunny Lee produced material but the label subsequently reissued material produced by Yabby You and Glen Brown along with the Lee "Scratch" Perry produced Congos set 'Heart of the Congos' and a three-CD Big Youth set 'Natty Universal Dread'. 
In 2007, news leaked out via the company's popular message board that Blood and Fire had stopped trading as an active company.
(Read more at Wikipedia.)
== Links To Peel ==
	
	
In his later years, Peel frequently returned to vintage roots reggae material from earlier decades, including many releases on the Blood & Fire label co-founded by Mick Hucknall of Simply Red, who were far from his favourite band. While the DJ always praised the quality of the label's work, he was often moved to express surprise that the singer should be involved in such a worthwhile enterprise.
In the 1995 video Rare, Precious Or Beautiful, Peel wears an ‘If Deejay Was Your Trade’ t-shirt, promoting the first album released by the UK reggae re-issue specialists. 
In autumn 2001, the same various artists LP was one of the DJ’s five “must-have” selections from the label’s first 35 releases for his Featured Label spot (later Label Of The Month) on the BBC website: 
*Congos: Heart Of The Congos 
*Impact All Stars: Forward The Bass: Dub From Randy’s 1972 – 1975 
*I-Roy: Don’t Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (1972-75) 
*Yabby U: King Tubby’s Prophesy Of Dub 
*V/A: Dreads At King Tubby’s: If Deejay was Your Trade 
All five albums were played on his shows by Peel, along with most of the label’s other releases in his lifetime, including the 3xCD Big Youth collection ‘Natty Universal Dread’ and several albums related to JP favourite King Tubby, plus re-releases of vintage material by Horace Andy, Cornell Campbell, Johnny Clarke, Gregory Isaacs, Keith Hudson, Inner Circle, Jah Stitch, Morwell Unlimited, Niney The Observer, Prince Alla, Trinity and Tappa Zukie, as well as assorted compilations.
== Compilations ==
(Plays by Peel of various artist (v/a) albums released by Blood & Fire, in order of first play. Please note that the DJ also played compilations of remixed Blood & Fire material released by the Select Cuts label (see Reggae Compilations).
	
	
(CD - If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977)) 
*18 February 1994: I Roy: War And Friction
*19 February 1994: Little Joe: Tradition Skank
*25 February 1994: Tappa Zukie: Jah Is I Guiding Star
*26 February 1994: Dr Alimantado: Chant To Jah
*11 March 1994: Dillinger: Daylight Saving Time
*18 March 1994: Jah Stitch: Greedy Girl
*26 March 1994 (BBC World Service): Prince Jazzbo: Good Memories
*02 April 1994: Prince Jazzbo: Good Memories
*02 April 1994 (BFBS): Jah Stitch: Greedy Girl
(CD - 2 Heavyweight - Another Blood And Fire Sampler) 
*25 February 1997: Jah Stitch: Ragga Muffin Style
*26 February 1997: King Tubby & Santic Allstars: Shooter Dub
*27 February 1997: Congos: The Wrong Thing (Alternative Mix)
*04 March 1997: I-Roy: Late Hour
*17 March 1997 (BFBS): King Tubby & Santic Allstars: Shooter Dub
*17 March 1997 (BBC World Service): I-Roy: Late Hour
*20 March 1997: King Tubby & Santic Allstars: Shooter Dub
(2xCD - Yabby You - Jesus Dread 1972-1977) 
*16 October 1997: Vivian Jackson & Ralph Brothers: Conquering Lion
*22 October 1997: Big Youth & Vivian Jackson: Yabba Youth
*11 November 1997: Dicky Burton: God Is Watching You
*20 November 1997: Prophets: Warn The Nation
*03 December 1997: King Tubby: Love Of Jah Version
*11 February 1998: Trinity: Gwan And Lef' Me 
*26 February 1998: Vivian Jackson & Prophets: Fire In A Kingston
(CD - Junior Byles & Friends 129 Beat St) 
*16 September 1998: Junior Byles: Know Where You're Going
*24 September 1998: Pablo Moses: One People  
(CD – X-Ray Music: A Blood & Fire Dub Directory) 
*August 1999 (FSK): Errol Thompson + Clive Chin: Extraordinary Version
*24 August 1999: Errol Thompson + Clive Chin: Extraordinary Version
*September 1999 (FSK): King Tubby: Morpheus Special
*02 September 1999: Lee Perry: A Noah Sugar Pan
*02 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Lee Perry: A Noah Sugar Pan
*05 September 1999 (BFBS): Lee Perry: Rally Dub
*09 September 1999: Scientist(2): King Tubby’s Answer
*12 September 1999 (BFBS): Karl Pitterson & Clive Chin: Shining Dub
*16 September 1999: King Tubby: Pegasus Rock
*21 September 1999: Prince Jammy: The Champion Version 
*22 September 1999: Jo Jo Hookim: Moses Dub
*26 September 1999 (BFBS): JoJo Hookim: 'Moses Dub
*30 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Jo Jo Hookim: Moses Dub
(CD - Children Of Jah - The Chantells & Friends (1977-1979)) 
*04 August 1999: Chantells & U Brown: Children Of Jah / Time To Unite
*02 September 1999: Errol Davies: Path I Have Taken
*05 September 1999 (BFBS): Errol Davis: Path I Have Taken
*16 September 1999: Lopez Walker: Trial Day
*30 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Chantells: Desperate Time
*July 2000 (FSK): Chantells: Natty Supper
(CD – Microphone Attack 1974-1978: Niney The Observer) 
*13 February 2002: Big Youth: Ride On
*27 February 2002: I-Roy: Step On The Dragon
*25 April 2002 (Radio Eins): I-Roy: Jah Come Here
(CD - Dubwise And Otherwise 2) 
*09 April 2002: Linval Thompson: Jah Jah The Conqueror
*10 April 2002: Johnny Clarke: Love Up Your Brothers And Sisters
== See Also ==
*Label Of The Month
== Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official website (via archive.org)
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Category:Compilations