ALPHONSO, Prince & THE FEVER - Tune Up Ska (reissue) - Vinyl (7")

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Cat: OGR 796RE. Rel: 16 Nov 20
Reggae Classics/Oldies/Ska


Side 1. Tune Up Ska Side 2. Time Is Ska Tight (Aternative take)

While this record looks and sounds vintage - like the majority of Original Gravity's output - it is in fact a revivalist, turn-of-the-60s style ska production from Welwyn Garden City's Neil Anderson. A-side 'Tune Up Ska' is particularly potent, with Anderson and his studio musicians serving up a classic ska groove (think walking bass, up-tempo rhythm and blues drums and tight horn blasts), onto which a variety of fuzzy saxophone and organ solos are layered. Clubs may not be open right now, but when they do, we can see it lighting up ska-loving crowds. Over on the flip, Anderson and company turn their attention (sorry) to Booker T & The MG's cut 'Time is Tight', reinventing it as a boisterous, horn-heavy affair featuring some superb trumpet solos.