flashman wrote:Al Campbell claims in an interview that it wasn't him. And he seems more than willing to take credit for all kinds of things, so you got to believe him.
http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/alc ... mpbell.htm
Q: Listening to a track on Studio One like 'Take A Ride', credited to Al Campbell, it just doesn't sound like your voice at all.
A: No, it's not - that tune deh, is not really me a sing that tune deh, yunno, but me sing a version of it still, for Mr Dodd.
Q: So is that another guy in the Thrillers who took the lead on that track?
A: No, is a bredda name Alan, I think the name's Alan. And some of the names get mixed up.
Q: Right, a different Al Campbell altogether.
A: Yeah. Everybody try fe tek me name, even UB40 dem try fe tek me name too. A whole heap a man, and a nex' bredda now try fe tek the name a'ready. Yeah, beca' dem love my name, but it cyaan work. When me hear dem a tek me name me jus' come back an' sing two tune an' kill 'im.
Q: So that is definitely not your voice on 'Take A Ride' and 'Expensive Love'.
A: No, no, a no me, a no me. Yeah, an' me no waan no man a t'ink dat. But me come 'pon a flipside of 'Real Rock', 'Don't Run Away'. The original press, 1967. The first recording me do for Coxson name 'Heart For Sale'.
