A bit confused about when this record was released. Long story short (I wrote a post that disappeared when I was logged out).
The original issue has 1978 as year of release on label:
https://www.discogs.com/Mighty-Threes-A ... se/1659508So far, so good. Nuh confusion on yah. However on the Makasound-reissue of the album from 2003 they write in two different places (
liner notes and
back of album) that it was recorded and released in 1979. The only single from the album that has a release date on it (Sata / Rasta Business, April 7") has the release date as 1979. Could the original label just have the wrong info? Perhaps a stock label that was from the year before that they re-used? The companion dub album doesn't have any release info.
Why it is a 1978 release:
+ It says so on the original issue label.
Why it is a 1979 release:
+ Liner notes from interview with Bunny Brown
+
Only dated single from album is from 1979 – singles usually comes in tandem with the LP
+ Japanese issue is from 1979 and there's no marking on Japanese release that the material is from 1978.
I can see more reasons for the album to be from 1979 but then again the strongest argument for when it from is the sole one that points towards 1978.
Anyone that has any more info, thoughts or conclusions?