Cometh the hour, cometh the man. And that man is King Jammy.
Just as the world seems on the verge of collapsing, the great man comes riding to the rescue with a brand new album called "King Jammy's Unites The Nation With Dub". Having successfully ended the pandemic with his 2022 album "King Jammy Destroys The Virus With Dub" he will be hoping to repeat the trick with this one.
The album comes out this Friday. Vinyl copies are already available for pre-order. There's no sign of the digital version yet but no doubt it will be up on his Bandcamp page in time for Bandcamp Friday next week.
The good folks at Greensleeves very kindly sent me an advance copy in the mistaken belief that I am some sort of mover and shaker (I'm not but keep it quiet, I don't want them to find out). The first track below is a sneak preview of the new record. I have teamed it up with a couple of golden oldies.
"General Assembly Of Dub" - King Jammy
"271 Utica Dub" - King Jammy
"Timeless Dub" - King Jammy
Other uniters of nations are available.
Ah, Sunny Leslie provides the female lead here in BoM. Together with her sister Sue they were the backing singers for everyone (The Ace Kefford Stand, Dusty Springfield, Python Lee Jackson, Elton John, Cerrone, Love Affair, Lulu, Mott the Hoople, Peter Wyngarde, T. Rex, Tom Jones, David Bowie, and Joe Cocker). Plus three appearances in Eurovision - Vikki for UK 1985; with the great Joy Fleming for Germany 1975 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3hqn_X99IU - spot also Madeline Bell) and, of course, Lulu 1969 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNkiD9uYk - blink and you'll miss them)
ReplyDeleteI sure all of us, when remembering Sue & Sunny, think first of the Ace Kefford Stand rather than any of the less well known names you mention.
DeleteThey were on this as well which tops everything else:
https://youtu.be/FC4y6YDnnbQ?si=Wl3rxNUCPNpswP6P
This blog is sadly lacking in german contributions to the eurovision song contest
DeleteI suggest you tune in on Wednesday.
DeleteYes spotted Sunny Leslie but of course also Tony Burrows who was a 5 times one-hit-wonder. Here's a link to a great interview with him.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/WES2JyWMqxA
As for King Jammy I had not heard of him before, but I have now.
That Mike Heron track is great - really interested to take in all that stuff about John Cale and Sue n Sunny too. Also interested to watch Alyson's Tony Burrows interview - from 2011 so unfortunately it still has Savile in it. Was the One Show really on in 2011? Incredible. Haven't watched more than 2 minutes of it since!
ReplyDeleteListening now to that new King Jammy, excellent, thanks!
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