VP Records posts remastered Linval Thompson Labba Mouth featuring Sly & Robbie

VP Records posted a remastered reissue of Linval Thompson’s "Labba Mouth" to its Bandcamp page, crediting Sly & Robbie for the riddim backing and using the phrase "First time on streaming" in promotion; the assignment title for the posting notes the reissue was posted March 6 while Bandcamp’s discography entry shows "Labba Mouth — Mar 2026." The release is presented as a rare late-1980s Rub-A-Dub piece now made available on digital platforms and streaming for the first time.

The Bandcamp metadata lists full personnel and production credits: Primary Artist Linval Thompson; Bass Robbie Shakespeare; Drums Sly Dunbar; Producer George Phang; Executive Producer Christopher Chin; A&R Carter Van Pelt; Art & Design Adam Prescott; Mastering Engineer (Re-Issue) Billy Polo; and Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. among the company credits. VP’s Bandcamp page also carries label imagery tying the release to VP Records in Queens, New York, and tags the release with "dancehall jamaica reggae roots reggae Queens."

Archival and marketplace records show multiple physical variants beyond VP’s digital posting. Discogs catalogs a Power House 7" 45 RPM pressing of "Labba Mouth" with A: Labba Mouth and B: Labba Mouth (Version), lists George Phang as producer/arranger, credits mastering to Geovanni with Mastered At Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. Ltd. entries DSR 11538 and DSR 11349, and records matrix/runout inscriptions D·S·R· ASIDE-11538-RYDIM-GEOVANNI and D·S·R· BSIDE-11349-VER(GUNSHOT BUST)-GEOVANNI. Discogs also flags a "Mispress: Wrong version on B-side, it's Real Rock riddim" for at least one pressing and shows marketplace stats including Low $1.27, Median $2.97, High $5.00 and Have: 40, Want: 10.

A separate retail capture at Sondealrecords lists a 12" Power House item titled "Linval Thompson Labba Mouth – 12"" priced $14.99 (ITEM: 22835) with one unit in stock, format 12" 45 RPM, origin "Made in Jamaica," and a two-track listing pairing "Labba Mouth" with "Jah Call You." Sondeal’s listing notes grades Near Mint and includes the store notice "ITEM SHIPS IN PLAIN SLEEVE."

Spanish-language coverage picked up VP’s posting, summarizing the release as a 2026 single and noting the Linval Thompson and Sly & Robbie collaboration: "Linval Thompson ft. Sly & Robbie presenta 'Labba Mouth', un nuevo single de reggae y dancehall lanzado en 2026. El tema, producido por VP Records, refuerza la propuesta musical del artista dentro del movimiento dancehall y reggae contemporáneo, consolidando su presencia en plataformas digitales y en la escena internacional del género."

Notable discrepancies remain visible in the record: Bandcamp credits Billy Polo as Mastering Engineer for the reissue while Discogs credits Geovanni on the vinyl mastering and provides the Dynamic Sounds runout numbers; Discogs and Sondeal list different physical formats and B-sides for historical pressings while VP’s Bandcamp entry shows a March 2026 discography placement without a full visible Bandcamp tracklist in the captured metadata. For collectors, the archival Power House pressings appear in secondary markets at modest prices while VP’s posting offers a newly remastered digital presentation that VP bills as the track’s first appearance on streaming.