Like many before me (probably?), I came to love Jamaican musics through Punk/Post Punk/etc… and specifically Adrian Sherwood’s early productions on On U Sound. So I was pretty stoked to find this single since I fondly remember (and still play) the New Age Steppers version of it. Unfortunately I discovered that this was not the mid 70s vibe I was hoping it would be but instead a mid 80s(probably a 1987 release) sounding Jazzbo production. Nonetheless Horace’s vocals are still outstanding and the track has its own appeal with layered electronic percussion and other synth tones bouncing in and out around a nice driving (not too thick) synth bass line. The dub is titled “2″ since as far as I can tell I recently found another version of this same production with a different dub. You may see that in the near future for comparison sake. I recently purchased a repress of Junior Byles doing the original version of this song that I really wanted so now I can jam out to that as well.
Tags: dancehall, dub, fade away, horace andy, prince jazzbo
August 20, 2008 at 6:57 pm |
This is one of my favorite blogs on the Internet! Thank you!
Also, I’m sure you already know about it, but http://youandmeonajamboree.blogspot.com has some great classic reggae uploads.
September 7, 2008 at 10:15 pm |
Thanks so much!
I have 0 access to this music aside from these kinds of sites. It is awesome hearing the record sound again.
M