Very long pause with this blog, sorry for that!
I have been travelling with my family for a time, back to my mother's land in Argentina, enjoying a superb summer in the middle of Northern winter, how nice is that?
So, back to sharing some of the boxes treasures.
Today post is a quite obscure 7" from the early 80's (1980 or 1982, not sure as you'll notice on the label the date has been corrected by hand).
Reggae is a "sufferer's" music and the tune is an illustration of that (also check the earlier fabulous Kingstonians tune "sufferer", and many, many more on that topic). It is called Suffering and it's an effort from the not very prolific (under his own name) singer Paul Freeman : 4 singles on discogs, 2 self produced on that same Sun Shine Records imprint.
It seems, according to their Wiki page, that Freeman joined the band Knowledge at some point, another sufferer classic band!
Lyrics are not very original (no food to eat, no clothe to wear, suffering down in the ghetto...) but the riddim is heavy early 80's stuff.
Slow drumming, heavy bass and nice organ ornamentation here and there makes it a perfect example of that era best riddims.
Hope you like it as I do, and if you have any information about the singer or the band performing on that session, please share your culture!
To download both sides, just cut/paste the link below the label photos in your browser and click the "download" button.
https://mfi.re/download/jyywpckb4zcoa4k/Paul_Freeman_-_Suffering_-_Sunshine_Records_7.zip
Peace to one and all,
Ben
