Singers And Players - Vacuum Pumping
Ripped from a vinyl album released on On-U Sound Records (ON-U LP39) in 1988 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. The gentle voice of Bim Sherman dominates this, the final Singers And Players long player. I have mused about how wonderful Sherman's voice is during earlier posts, and the opening Run Them Away just verifies this. By the mid-late eighties reggae music had found a place in pop with a more mass appeal, it is such a pity that the new found fans of UB40, Gregory Issacs and Aswad etc were never to appreciate his voice. Sherman features on four or five of these tracks with the other vocalists going uncredited. Sherwood produces as always and gets a chance to unleash his dub chops on the instrumental Pneumatic, and a few well scattered samples and effects remind the listener that this is an On-U LP and not from the mainstream.
A1 Run Them AwayA2 Lighthouse / Dreamworld
A3 Holy Scripture
A4 To Be Free
B1 I Don't Want Aids
B2 Boom Um Baff Um
B3 Pneumatic
B4 These Eyes
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ReplyDeleteA big thank you for your work in posting all these wonderful On-U Sound Recordings. I have not replied mostly because they are not new to me. However, this is a real public service to those who have not heard them. Nearly every one is worth hearing. You should receive a blessing in the next world for bring these to people's attention. I remember African Head Charge really blowing my mind when I first heard it. I had it on Cassette and played it constantly for a long time. This drove the other lawyers and clerks about me a little crazy.
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