Mastodawn

"Don't Turn Around" is a #popularSong written by #AlbertHammond and #DianeWarren. It was originally recorded by American singer #TinaTurner and released as the #Bside to her 1986 #hitSingle "#TypicalMale". It has since been included on Turner's compilation album #TheCollectedRecordingsSixtiesToNineties (1994), as well as featuring in the Tina #musical since 2018. The song has been #covered by numerous artists, most notably by #LutherIngram in 1987, #Aswad in 1988.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoRqrVs2sac

Don't Turn Around

YouTube

Show thread

Our group declare to be true Dec 12

"Don't turn around" - Aswad

Cover of an old Tina Turner b-side, with the band's reggae edges smoothed off for mass consumption. And it worked - to a point.

Gave them name recognition and an audience for when they played their own, superior, songs. But only to a point: by the end of the year, they're once again struggling to make the top 40.

Amongst acts *in the studio today*, Aswad win Top of the Hats.

#TOTP #Aswad

Chris Bond Oct 10

Recorded #OnThisDay 47 years ago:

Aswad - Peel Session 1978

The complete session recorded by Aswad on 10 October 1978 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 18 December 1978.

Tracklist:

1. Behold (0:07)
2. Love Has Its Ways (7:16)
3. It's Not Our Wish (11:20)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2020/09/aswad-peel-session-1978.html

#Aswad #PeelSessions #OTD #Reggae

Aswad - Peel Session 1978

The blog for the uploads to the group of Vibracobra23 channels on YouTube, featuring thousands of John Peel Sessions.

50+ Music Aug 27, 2025

"Don't Turn Around" is a #popularSong written by #AlbertHammond and #DianeWarren. It was originally recorded by American singer #TinaTurner and released as the #Bside to her 1986 #hitSingle "#TypicalMale". It has since been included on Turner's compilation album #TheCollectedRecordingsSixtiesToNineties (1994), as well as featuring in the Tina #musical since 2018. The song has been #covered by numerous artists, most notably by #LutherIngram in 1987, #Aswad in 1988.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoRqrVs2sac

Don't Turn Around

YouTube

Ted Tocks Covers Aug 18, 2025

Ted Tocks Covers

Invisible Sun

Originally posted on August 18, 2021

On this day in 1977, the Sting, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland version of The Police performed live for the first time.

“There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day’s done”

#thepolice #edgeofsanity #theroyalphilharmonicorchestra #Aswad

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2021/08/18/invisible-sun-we-need-hope-when-the-day-is-done-musicislife-tedtockscovers-thepolice-edgeofsanity-theroyalphilharmonicorchestra-aswad/

Invisible Sun – We need hope when the day is done #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #ThePolice #EdgeofSanity #TheRoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra #Aswad

It was on this day in 1977 that The Police made their debut as a three-piece band. Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland played Rebecca’s in Birmingham, England. This performance followed the de…

Ted Tocks Covers

Chris Bond Aug 10, 2025

Recorded #OnThisDay 49 years ago:

Aswad - Peel Session 1976

The complete session recorded by Aswad on 10 August 1976 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 2 September 1976.

Tracklist:

1. Pressure (0:07)
2. Ethiopian Rhapsody (4:46)
3. Back To Africa (8:04)
4. Natural Progression (13:16)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016/06/aswad-peel-session-1976.html

#Aswad #PeelSessions #OTD #Reggae

Aswad - Peel Session 1976

The blog for the uploads to the group of Vibracobra23 channels on YouTube, featuring thousands of John Peel Sessions.

Cezar Jul 24, 2025

Shine, performed by the British reggae group Aswad.

https://cezar.vivaldi.net/2025/07/24/aswad-shine/

Show thread

Our group declare to be true May 30, 2025

This edition of #TOTP was made in a week when Television Centre was closed because they'd found asbestos fibres. No new studio performances could be made.

"Give a little love" - Aswad

The group show life in the south of France, as one does.

It's the follow-up to their Tina Turner cover "Don't turn around", and somewhat less well remembered.

#Aswad

Andi Chorley May 30, 2025

Aswad Review by Stephen Cook

Aswad's debut on Mango is still one of the band's strongest efforts. Nicely displaying the group's jazz-tinged, roots reggae sound, Aswad features such vocal highlights as "Can't Stand the Pressure" and "Concrete Slaveship," as well as the fine instrumental "Red Up." And while not as successful as their British peers Steel Pulse, Aswad still qualifies as one of the best roots outfits to emerge outside of Jamaica. A fitting start to the band's long and impressive run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJPGSYtOIeE&list=PLFp4uGHaMlw6mAu0PbRHwal4TystRVS6o&index=1

#aswad #rootsreggae #ukreggae #1976inmusic