After the viral Taylor Smith TikTok, this is an obvious choice. However, it’s not ‘Soul Vine (70 Billion People)’ from ‘Plasticity’, but the original source of the famous sample, ‘Yashar’, in its first incarnation off ‘2 x 45’. We used to cane this album, as well as get caned while caning it that the tracks are indelibly branded on my cerebral cortex. This, the original version is much rawer than the more discotek friendly one with the high pitched backing vocals, and feels like a logical evolution of what was on ‘Red Mecca’ the previous album. Anyway, it’s brilliant and maybe time to give it another shot at stardom. The world wasn’t ready in 1982, but it might be now.
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