It's a shame ticks pretty much every box for me. I'm a sucker for any song where the lead vocalist goes all out and the notes Cameron hits in the chorus are the mutts nuts. Funnily enough I never knew it was a Stevie song growing up but it's blidingly obvious really. Undoubtedly one on my favourite uptempo soul songs of all time.
Totally off topic but the Stevie song Cameron did after he left the Spinners is a great track too.
Alton kills it, no doubt but dude, it's not outdoing the OG!
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
I've never not loved this song. It has to be said, also, that the drums (Pistol Allen? Uriel Jones?) are unfuckingreal. I love Atlantic-era Spinners to the bone, but It's A Shame is something else.
thanks to all that posted in this thread - i was on this (even though i have owned and loved the alton ellis version for years), and that has now been righted. A NM copy of the 45 is on it's way as we speak.
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yeah, as you may have guessed, I disagree with the "better-than-Atlantic" sentiment 200%, but other than that..."It's A Shame" - GREAT SONG!!
I need more reggae in my life.
b/w
I ain't mad about it.
The boss of all bosses, I own racehorses and a fortress
Corridors with Olympic torches and Mona Lisa portraits
EL OH EL
Either way it goes, Kool G, OG or Monie
Real talk.
And Pickwick - it's not like I dislike their Atlantic output ("I'll Be Around" is hard to deny) but man, "It's a Shame" is just so next level to me.
Totally off topic but the Stevie song Cameron did after he left the Spinners is a great track too.
That Alton Ellis version is blowing my mind right now.
the spinners is unfuckwithable too.
here's a real simple remix I did with the kool g years ago...
DivShare File - kool g rap - its a shame robzilla remix.mp3
DivShare File - Otis Gayle - I_ll Be Around.wav
Alton kills it, no doubt but dude, it's not outdoing the OG!
HEAR HEAR!
you must have a different Spinners "It's a Shame" 7" than me...because I totally disagree...original kills this (instrumental or vocals)...imo
so what do you think of the rest of the album?
here is the acapella in uncompressed .aiff if anyone needs it
12A - Spinners_ The - It_s A Shame.aiff - 16.75MB