I can’t tell you how excited I was to get an email from Oskar in Sweden saying that Babylon is going to get a proper DVD release in early July.
It looks like the disc will also feature Franco Rosso’s great film about Linton Kwesi Johnson: Dread Beat An Blood, and some other extras which will hopefully include some interviews etc.
Finally finally finally, people get to see a proper version of this seminal UK Soundsystem film. Maximum respect to Rarovideo for successfully navigating the legal quagmire around its release.
Check my Babylon mini-site for full background info.
Great news, that mini site is an excellent piece of work
oh SUPERB!!!
I can’t wait for this.
very looking forward to seeing this movie!
can you tell me if this is the same version as “Reggae in a Babylon”, the write up sounds similar, but the title and cover picture are different. Can’t wait to see it. thanks, Su.
It’s a totally different film, Su.
Wicked! I’ve been waiing for this for a long long time.
I put the trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nhcK_bylU
Hope Mr Rosso don’t mind.
JE, this looks a great film, but I’m finding Mel Smith slightly incongruous.
I watched this on tv when it was originally aired and loved every minute as it was a true reflection of the times back then. Where can it be purchased from?