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Ranking Roger, The Clash:
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time for #MusicBeforeBedtime
with this unlikely combo #TheClash featuring #RankingRoger. proof punk & reggae goes together very well #RockTheCasbah
time for #MusicBeforeBedtime
with this unlikely combo #TheClash featuring #RankingRoger. proof punk & reggae goes together very well #RockTheCasbah
The English Beat, What is Beat?, 1983 on I.R.S. Records
This is the North American version of this release (as evidenced by the โEnglishโ) which collected a number of singles, remixes, and live tracks as well as a number of tracks from the first three English Beat albums, serving as a kind of โbest ofโ in the US.
Thereโs a 2xLP version with a different cover, attributed to The Beat, which was available in Europe. Still looking for a copy of that one.
As though IRS Records could get any cooler in the early 80s. Andy Cox, David Steele, Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Dave Blockhead, Saxa, and Wesley Magoogan make up the band across the tracks, and producers include Bob Sargeant, David Peters, Mike Hedges, and The Beat.
My copyโvia Slipped Disc at a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MAโis a 1983 pressing from RCAโs Indianapolis plant, with
#1980s #1983 #AndyCox #BobSargeant #DaveBlockhead #DaveWakeling #DavidPeters #DavidSteele #IRSRecords #LowellMA #MikeHedges #MillNo5 #RankingRoger #Saxa #ska #SlippedDisc #TheEnglishBeat #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WesleyMagoogan
The English Beat, Special Beat Service, 1982 on IRS
On this release the spine uses the name โThe Beatโ but uses โThe English Beatโ on the cover and labels so as not to conflict with Paul Collinโs The Beat. This was their third LP and last under the original configuration โ theyโd show up later as The Beat featuring Ranking Roger and then The Beat starring Dave Wakeling.
Love all three of these original LPs โ this one has โI Confess,โ โSave it for Later,โ and โSpar Wid Me.โ In the UK they were on Go-Feet Records but in the US this one was on IRS
My copyโvia Slipped Disc at a record fair at Mill No. 5โis a goldisc pressing from 1982 with the original custom inner.
#1980s #1982 #AndyCox #DaveBlockhead #DaveWakeling #DavidSteele #EverettMorton #IRSRecords #LowellMA #MillNo5 #RankingRoger #Saxa #SlippedDisc #TheEnglishBeat #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WesleyMagoogan
Remembering Ranking Roger from The English Beat and General Public
(February 22, 1963-March 26, 2019)
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#TuneTuesday goes #HotHotHot, songs with "Hot" in the title.
"Bubblin' hot" - Pato Banton with Ranking Roger
Birmingham's finest toaster had been in The Beat, but drifted out of the hit parade afterwards. Then he made a big breakthrough, "Baby come back" hit number one.
"Bubblin' hot" came out a few months later, as catchy as anything. Here's the geezers promoting the tune on MTV.
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