Thursday, September 6, 2018

Various Artists - Studio One Supreme: Maximum 70s & 80s Early Dancehall Sounds: Soul Jazz Records

This is an interesting compilation with some very good sounds going on, and the highlight being the Horace Andy track ''Show And Tell'', and Horace Andy actually performed at the Albert Hall in Launceston with backing from Melbourne based musicians Mista Savona in 2008. I was actually present as an 18 year old; barely old enough to get my head around Horace Andy's legacy but it was an amazing gig. He played ''Skylarking'' with much applause and the band was tight, and what sticks out from this gig was in fact it was a free event of part of Ten Days on the Island. The gig will go down in annals of Tasmanian music gigs history and is part of folklore. Basically it was the only notable reggae musician to play a concert, let alone a free concert in Launceston. As a young punk rocker this was the highlight of the year, as growing up in Launceston was boring most of the time with not much to do for creative young people. Music was an escape.

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