... There is far more added production and professionalism to Labour Of Love. The original Jamaican reggae artists of the 1960s were usually poor and often recorded their songs on old second hand recording equipment handed on from the US. They also had very limited time available in the recording ... Read review
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Labour of Love Vol.1
UB40 are not great innovators, but they are great imitators, and, in a sense, Labour of
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Love made them the Pat Boone of reggae. Featuring a handsome and clean-cut (by reggae standards) white singer, Ali Campbell, UB40 covered Jamaican standards a...
Labour of Love Vol.1 - UB40
UB40 are not great innovators, but they are great imitators, and, in a sense, Labour of
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Love made them the Pat Boone of reggae. Featuring a handsome and clean-cut (by reggae standards) white singer, Ali Campbell, UB40 covered Jamaican standards a...
LABOUR OF LOVE VOL 1
UB40: Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell (vocals, guitar); Astro, Norman Hassan (vocals,
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percussion); Brian Travers (saxophone); Michael Virtue (keyboards); Earl Falconer (bass); James Brown (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Josh Fifer (trumpet); Jac...
Labour of Love Vol.1 - UB40
UB40 are not great innovators, but they are great imitators, and, in a sense, Labour of
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Love made them the Pat Boone of reggae. Featuring a handsome and clean-cut (by reggae standards) white singer, Ali Campbell, UB40 covered Jamaican standards and turned millions of Americans and Europeans on to another form of black music. Interestingly enough, the album's smash hit, "Red Red Wine", was a cover of a rocksteady cover of a Neil Diamond track. Being that UB40 had the pick of the reggae litter, Labour of Love is chock full of stellar material. From Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" to the Melodians' "Sweet Sensation" to Johnny Clarke's "Keep On Moving", Labour of Love still serves as an excellent reggae starter kit. -- Bill Crandall
Advantages: Excellent covers of some old reggae standrads Disadvantages: Sometimes a bit too slick
...it must have been a labour of love can be heard in the loving way the songs are crafted and every track reproduces the excellence of the original. As a lover of real reggae I do have to make one minor criticism and that is that the album is too good. There is far more added production and professionalism to Labour Of Love. The original Jamaican reggae artists of the 1960s were usually poor and often recorded their songs on old second hand recording ... ...limited time available in the recording studios so the songs were often recorded in one take and were little better than demo tracks. What they lacked in production excellence they more than made up for in the immediacy and the urgency of the presentation. So where the old originals will regularly feature bum notes and missed intros the remakes by UB40 are clean and slick.
The album opens with the Eric Donaldson song Cherry Oh Baby which UB40 released ...
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My first album Review ofLabour Of Love Vol.1 - UB40by
alleykatz
Advantages: perfection Disadvantages: none
I brought this on holiday in devon with my parents in 1984.
Part of the reason I brought it was boy I was going out with loved UB40 and it was a present for him.
When I got back from devon, he was with someone else, so I kept it.
The best decision ever made thanks David lol
Well I listened to it, and loved it.
I have since replaced my old vinyl with a newer CD.
I still listen to it now, and still love every song on it. I am not a huge reggae ... ...in love with Ali C even now although a few years older he is still cute!
Red Red Wine has to be my favourte track on here, memories of summers past.
in order of best tracks
red red wine
johnny too bad
sweet sensation (robin and ali brothers together!)
please dont make me cry
version girl
guilty
many rivers to cross
cherry oh baby
she caught the train
This album will and has stood the test of time, classic. ...
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Album Notes: UB40: Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell (vocals, guitar); Astro, Norman Hassan (vocals, percussion); Brian Travers (saxophone); Michael Virtue (keyboards); Earl Falconer (bass); James Brown (drums, percussion).
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone - ranked #98 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums Of The Eighties" survey. (November 89)
Titles on disc 1
1.: Cherry Oh Baby
2.: Keep On Moving
3.: Please Don't Make Me Cry
4.: Sweet Sensation
5.: Johnny Too Bad
6.: Red Red Wine (12" version)
7.: Guilty
8.: She Caught The Train
9.: Version Girl
10.: Many Rivers To Cross
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