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Two tunes i am trying to i.d but i don't think either appear on l.p's?would say definitely 70's tunes, Both use the similar lyrics

trk 1
Calling ethiopians yeah one by one i say
only ethiopians , two by two,
you gonna answer this woy oy,
you realy gonna answer this!!!!!!!!!!!!
wiv lightning and thunder,
brimstone and fire i say!
(words to that effect?)

trk 2
these are the sounds of the ethiopians,
songs for I and every blackman.

been through all sorts of discology etc
got some ruff copies on tape but still hunting them out,if i find i'll put a link up here and hopefully that might help?

T.I.A .
peace&love

could it be the track - Ethiopians, was on V/A lp called "Jah Life Smashing Superstars(Channel One)" maybe thats one of them, i checked through all the albums i got of his and could only find one other track with ethiopians in the title and its not the one, wicked tune tho. He's done so much stuff, it's hard to keep track of his releases, i must have about 20+ albums by him!

massive thanx,
sounds most likely to be one of them!
what l.p's would you recomend on the heavyweight side of L S ,70's/early80's
respect due.
lee

I find with leroy smart that u will only find the odd good song on his albums, same as with alot of reggae artists i suppose, the best album i can reccomend is by far Mr.Smart in Dub, i think most of his best stuff came out on 7"s and not on his albums, not the albums i have anyway!
Can reccomend these:

Mr.Smart in Dub(JA Recordings)
In London Clinker (Attack)
Ballistic Affair
Dread hot in Africa

thanx for that.
found only a few refs to jahlife compilation.
do you know if it got re-issue on cd?
got a feeling this is one of the tunes deah
never seen it on7" and not to many people know these tune's, I've only heard them on mannaseh sound many years back.But i think if you heard them you would recognise. when i find the tape clips i'll pass them on for your reffernce!
p&love.

i'll keep an eye out for this tune.....