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Is this orginally a soul song?

buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
edited April 2008 in Strut Central
The Gaylads - If You Don't MindIts got all the makings of a stateside soul tune, but is it? I'm sure its probably some super-obvious standard by like, the Impressions or something, and just I'm too much of a little dude to know. Nice tune nonetheless.

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  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    I don't think so...it is very nice and exists in a previous and earlier form, but I can't remember the title right now. As far as I know, it is BB Seaton's song.
  • jaysusjaysus 787 Posts
    Pretty sure that's the OG LSP and the upsetters '69.

    Proper name of the track is "i wear my slanders"
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Yes! The first one is slower than this one, right? And echo-y in that distinctly Perry way?
  • alieNDNalieNDN 2,181 Posts
    wow, great tune!
  • jaysusjaysus 787 Posts
    Yes! The first one is slower than this one, right? And echo-y in that distinctly Perry way?

    Actually the Gaylads were produced by perry on these tracks with the upsetters as the backing band, maybe you are thinking of the version? Or possibly a dub came about from this.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    I think it goes like this: The first 'Slanders' version (not dub, but arrangement - lol) is the Lee Perry track and is the slower one - with vocals. The one posted up here is the later one, If You Don't Mind, and was produced by Seaton.

    I like the one posted up here.
  • jaysusjaysus 787 Posts
    You are exactly right:

    http://www.amazon.com/I-Wear-My-Slanders/dp/B000QQI55U

    This version is much better than the original, it's rare i say that!


  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts

    This version is much better than the original


    Really? I think I like that snippet of the OG I just listened to. But I'm hugely bias towards reverberated rocksteady vocals. I'll trade if anyone's got the upsetters version.
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