Here's an odd record whose existence I forgot about (or did I ever really know it - hearing it felt faintly oh so faintly familiar), a Simon Price reminder, and this was a big hit in the UK, almost Top Ten, but '87 was a year when I was out a lot, going to gigs, not watching TOTP very often so probably I missed its chart run altogether.
interestingly both Jones songwriting credits or co-credits
and songs that both in their warmth and sensuality trouble the shall we say Fisher-ian reading of GJ
then there's
but now I'm thinking about it - and for sure, foundational role / iconic status of S&R fully granted - but for some reason that '80s funki-reggae / reggaematic funk / Taxi sound doesn't do that much for me
like, I'm listening to Rhythm Killers right now and the grooves sound oddly inelastic
it feels like someone might listening to a click track
like some gating might be going on
the grooves aren't breathing
it's sort of neither one thing nor the other
yeah prefer them earlier on the whole
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Black Uhuru’s Dub Factor is really great 80s LP, have to agree on the whole though earlier is better. Not forgetting their finest hour, Kunte Kinte https://youtu.be/-lly7-Ehlzk greatest dubplate of all time? Gets my vote anyway, Jim.
yeah i did like the Dub Factor when I listened to it, which was actually quite recently, oddly - earlier this year in fact
Uhuru as a whole I have not found anything I like nearly as much as "Guess Who's Coming"
adding Kunte to the post, cheers
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