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[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1489148702' post='3254744']
UB40 technically covered a reggae version by Tony Tribe, Jack.
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Thanks for the heads up, Sir.

I went and checked it out: Mr Tribe's version is a little gem and beats the bollocks off the UB40 version.

[media]http://youtu.be/PNgzk0TvJJI[/media]

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Neil Diamond wrote this in 1967......

[color=#252525][font=sans-serif]The song was covered by several artists shortly after Diamond's recording was released. In 1968 the Dutch singer [/font][/color][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tetteroo"]Peter Tetteroo[/url][color=#252525][font=sans-serif] (from the band [/font][/color][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tee_Set"]Tee Set[/url][color=#252525][font=sans-serif]) had a hit with a cover of the song in The Netherlands. Tony Tribe covered the song in 1969 in a reggae-influenced style. Fourteen years later, [/font][/color][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UB40"]UB40[/url][color=#252525][font=sans-serif] recorded it in 1983 in a lighter reggae style;[/font][/color]

[color=#252525][font=sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#252525][font=sans-serif] :)[/font][/color]

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[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1489148854' post='3254748']
Never a UK hit, until the dreadful UB40 version (itself a cover of a cover by Tony Tribe) in 1983.
Great song though.





* Beaten to it ^^^^^^ :)
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Never been a huge fan of UB40, but their version isn't that bad, is it?

There was a bit of resentment towards them for taking old ska/rocksteady tunes and making them into hits, but they made quite a difference to the original artists... Lord Creator for example being homeless on the streets of Kingston when he got his royalty cheque from UB40 and being brought out of poverty...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvDZ8U-7A1A[/media]

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[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1489165997' post='3254928']


Thanks for the heads up, Sir.

I went and checked it out: Mr Tribe's version is a little gem and beats the bollocks off the UB40 version.

[media]http://youtu.be/PNgzk0TvJJI[/media]
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Not heard that before. WHY HAS NOONE SHOWN ME THIS BEFORE. OH, THE WASTED YEARS! What a great version.

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[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1489193034' post='3255172']
There was a bit of resentment towards them for taking old ska/rocksteady tunes and making them into hits, but they made quite a difference to the original artists... Lord Creator for example being homeless on the streets of Kingston when he got his royalty cheque from UB40 and being brought out of poverty...
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Good point well made.

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