Sly & Robbie question for the pros

cardova

Two of the coolest 80's Sly & Robbie instrumentals I have are Triplet and their take on Billie Jean. Was there ever vocal versions of either one?Triplet:Billie Jean:

oldjeezy

Pretty sure there are not. That first one is a medley. A lot of their riddims did have vocal counterparts on Taxi 7"s, but they made a few inst. LPs in that era.

I'm ok w/ these two, but I run from the room if I hear their versions of "Peter Gunn" or "The Entertainer".

Yikes.

onetet

Can't add any knowledge on these ones (paging Bassie?) but I did want to thank you for sharing the tunes.

djsoulfever

What album is that billy jean dub off of? I need to go see if I have that somewhere. Good choices.

cardova

This is what I have, i think it might be the only release.

Ayrotollah77

I got that triplet joint but I never heard their Billy Jean version..Dope,thanks.I think the album of theirs that has triplet on it also has a real nice version of Baltimore..

captainplanet

real nice version of Baltimore..

Love that tune. These two tracks are alright, but they don't really highlight what I think sly & robbie do best.

oldjeezy

Grace Jones instrumentals

Black Uhuru Dub Factor lp

and a cosign on Randy Newman's Baltimore- should have been the theme to The Wire??

Burns

BJ is on Taxi Sounds "LP" and an anniversary 12" which includes Triplet.

bassie

to be honest, I like these guys as musicians and producers for others much more than what they've done on their own records. the list of the records they appear on is bonkers - solid.

cardova

the list of the records they appear on is bonkers - solid.

very true.

coffinjoe

the list of the records they appear on is bonkers - solid.

very true.

the story of their session with James Brown is bonkers !