Glad youre enjoying...yeah, any dance tape can be varying in sound quality... i actually thought that wasnt bad haha...ive got some for the determined listener that are seriously hard to hear....
Bobby Melody, who introduces this clash, sang a song call 'Master' that I just loved back in the day. Silver used laugh at me, as I just played it over and over. I first met Bobby Melody, at our house, getting ready to play at I think, the Richmond. The London based members of the sound always had two or three carloads of people interested about Brighton as we had started to get a name. I thought Bobby Melody was just some bloke coming to the dance. Sitting with him for about an hour smoking, when in comes Silva, and says, so, youve finally met Bobby Melody...I was stunned...had no idea...He told me his name was Bobby, but didnt tell me his surname, and thats what I like about reggae people, just a humble regular man with no pretention.
Sadly, he passed away just over a year ago due to cancer. R.I.P Bobby.
Agree entirely Dave about reggae people being regular people. I once saw Macka B at a gig and after his set he just came down into the audience and was just stepping with everyone else. Also remember seeing Ranking Miss P in amongst everyone at the bridge park complex in Harrow Rd at a marathon roots session that was my first experience of seeing The Abyssinians live. Happy days.
Its true famlyman, met enough reggae stars and superstars even, and they were just very normal..apart from scratch perry of course who crossed that thin line between genius and lulu in my opinion haha