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I just listened to this one again - studio 1 version - and it is absolutely not Al Campbell singing, for sure not.

Anyone disagrees?

The funniest part is Al is regularly asked to dubplate the song.... And he does it. A gentleman for sure and/or a business man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LToLdwsm ... ure=relmfu

Funny that the sound systems cant tell. Perhaps too much this & that makes them less, say, acute.

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.

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'.