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Please can you help identify these 70s/80s reggae songs ?
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:24 am
by chezpaul
Hello everyone. I wonder if you could please help with the following ?
I have been searching for two reggae songs for years:-
The first is from the mid 80s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kgva5bCAi0
and the second from the late 70s or early 80s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny2KcKP5K6E
These have been bugging me for many years and I'd love to hear them again so your help will be greatly appreciated.
Re: Please can you help identify these 70s/80s reggae songs ?
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:03 pm
by oli
The first one is Pad Anthony - See them a come (greensleeves)
Re: Please can you help identify these 70s/80s reggae songs ?
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:15 pm
by chezpaul
oli wrote:The first one is Pad Anthony - See them a come (greensleeves)
Yes!!!!!!! That's it! Thank you so much!!!!!!!
What a relief!!!!!!!! I've been searching since the internet began. You're a star!!!
Re: Please can you help identify these 70s/80s reggae songs ?
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:42 am
by Congo Bunny
The 2nd one sounds a little bit like no jestering by Carl malcolm
But I'm probably way off there as I have zero musical ear
Re: Please can you help identify these 70s/80s reggae songs ?
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:08 am
by Gabranth
Well both songs sound like they're from the same producer/studio/mixer. I'd also say same year and maybe even same album. This flute/melodica is in both tracks and the keyboard and the percussions are quite similar aren't they?
2nd Track: I've heard that riddim before I think. Maybe someone here can identify the riddim at least.
Re: Please can you help identify these 70s/80s reggae songs ?
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:04 pm
by chezpaul
Sorry about the confusion - what you hear is just me finally getting round to playing the tunes on my keyboard - good old single finger Casio chords over a couple of preset reggae rhythms! The real tracks are very unlikely to be related in any way.
We have Pad Anthony but the second one may have been a group - I remember it was sung with harmonies.
Carl Malcolm sounds close - especially the intro, but it's a few years early and I'm 99% sure the chorus of the song required has "tenement yard" in there. This has made it difficult - I've come across more than a dozen songs with that title.
Thank you everyone, for your help.
Gabranth wrote:Well both songs sound like they're from the same producer/studio/mixer. I'd also say same year and maybe even same album. This flute/melodica is in both tracks and the keyboard and the percussions are quite similar aren't they?
2nd Track: I've heard that riddim before I think. Maybe someone here can identify the riddim at least.
Re: Please can you help identify these 70s/80s reggae songs ?
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:40 pm
by Gabranth
Whao nice sounds you created there, you totally fooled me
