BUNCH OF 7´S FROM THE 70´S # 20 - SKA & SOUL

"LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH/MORE LOVE" (TROJAN 1971)
"You keep telling me yes/But you don't mean it/You keep telling

me no & try to lean it/You're giving me buts and maybe/You know

this will drive me crazy/Why can't you tell it like it is/Let your

yeah be yeah & your no be no, now/Let your yeah be yeah

& your no be no, now/Becuse I'm on my guard & I'm watch-

ing you from head to toe/You better let your yeah be yeah

& your no be no/You wear a plastic smileI know by you eyes/You

speak with indefinite style/You're telling me liesYou've got to face

reality/What is wrong with you and me/Why can't you free your

honesty/refrain"SUPERB ROCKSTEADY VERSION OF THE

JIMMY CLIFF-CLASSIC,"MORE LOVE" WOULDN´T BE OUT

OF PLACE ON ANY GIVEN NORTHERN SOUL ALLNIGHTER,

NO OFFBEAT AT ALL.

"AUNT DORA´S LOVE SOUL SHACK/IS THAT YOU LOVE"
(ATLANTIC RECORDS 1968)
PURE MOD SOUL FROM THE HEPCAT WHO GAVE US "SWEET

SOUL MUSIC" ON THE 1ST SIDE,FLIP IS A COOL CROONER.

"TEARS OF A CLOWN/RANKING FULL STOP" (CHRYSALIS 79)
THIS WAS THE 3RD 2 TONE-SINGLE I BOUGHT IN 79 (THE 1ST WAS

"GANGSTERS",2ND WAS "THE PRINCE"),ONE OF THE BEST SKA

SONGS EVER,OFFBEAT-VERSION OF THAT GLORIOUS SMOKEY

ROBINSON-TUNE & ON THE FLIP SOME TREMENDOUS TOASTING

BY THE ONE & ONLY RANKING ROGER.

"I LIKE BLUE BEAT/VERSIAN" (ABSURD RECORDS 80)

CAIRO`S "I LIKE BLUEBEAT" IS A CATCHY BLUEBEAT-EXTRAVAGANZA,
FLIP SIDE IS THE DUB VERSION OF THE SAME SONG.I LIKE BLUEBEAT &
I DIG ROCKSTEADY TOO.

"SOMETHING ON THE SIDE" (DJM RECORDS 1981)
DJM´S ATTEMPT TO JUMP ON THE 2 TONE-BAND-

WAGON IS A WINNER,SKINHEAD REGGAE-LEGEND

WINSON GROOVY (SPOT HIS SUEDEHEAD STYLE

ON THE PIC) HAS DEFINETELY SOMETHING BIG ON

HIS SIDE & DELIVERS SKANKING BOSS SOUND ON

THE A.FLIP SIDE IS SCRATCHED SO I LEFT IT OUT.

"I ATE THE LITTLE RED ROOSTER/RONNIE GET YOUR GUN"

(CHERRY RED RECORDS CA.1985 )

"LITTLE RED ROOSTER" IS GEE WHIZZ BLUE-EYED SOUL,ON

THE FLIP THEY SOUND LIKE NON-MARXIST REDSKINS.THERE

MUST HAVE BEEN 100S OF ANTI-REAGAN-SONGS IN THE 80`S.


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