Boosted by summer vibes and carnival time coming its way, here is another roots missile for your enjoyment!
And yes, it's not appropriate for this time of the year, but well, on my blog it's christmas every time for music lovers ;-)
So this nice and quite rare 7'' comes from the US again.
Don't know of other records on this Hot Stuff label (except the 12'' of this same song). Backing band is the Roots Radics and after some research, Scoobey Doo (LOL) also known as Michael Powell, is the lead singer of Determination, a US reggae band from the early 80's Have a look here : http://www.discogs.com/artist/1913803-Determination-4).
He sings on A3 of Determination showcase vol. 1 (also a rare and enjoyable piece).
The lyrics are about christmas period in the ghetto, the singing is plaintive all the way, very nice organ gimmick, the riddim is tough like early 80's can be with mixing sharp as a razor.
Christmas is a time for everyone
Brothers and sisters let's all have some fun
Like dicing to downtown
in a one unseated mini bus
smoking a sensi spliff
down to variety show (?)
Christmas time, christmas time
And...
with all the pretty girls that look pon me
while me sit aside like santa claus
...
giving little presents to the likkle boys and girls
in dis ya christmas time
If anyone as the whole lyrics, please share!
There are lots of christmas related tunes in reggae, even "christmas" LP's, but this one is the very best in my humble opinion and stands alone as a great reggae tune in its own right.
As a plus, you get the wicked Christmas dub on b side!
As always, comments are welcome, so enjoy and pass the word!
Greetings,
Ben
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