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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

1967 ska classic: the pyramids (symarip) - "train tour to rainbow city" (information, lyrics, sound file, comments).

"By the time I started playing pop music with the Equals, I had been experimenting with different ethnic forms for a while," Grant recalls. "One of them was ska -- most people don't know that I made the first successful British ska record, 'Train Tour to Rainbow City,' which went to number 31 [on the British pop charts] in 1966. I was the first to add strings to reggae music, also in 1966. The great Prince Buster copied two of my songs -- he tried to steal them, but the law stopped him and he eventually gave me credit -- 'Train Tour to Rainbow City,' which he called 'Train Toward the Girls Town,' and 'Rough Rider,' which was covered by the English Beat. And they credited Buster for it!"

4 comments:

Phoenix City - Ah, ROLAND ALPHONSO tell me about that. Rather than Alright, so for tell me about that. And (nitpicking) it only stops here on Sunday rather than "in". One of my favourite records along with 1000 Tons of Megaton by said Roland Alphonso - check it out.

Hello, Colin. Thanks for those corrections. And thanks for hipping me to Roland Alphonso. "Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso a.k.a. "The Chief Musician" (12 January 1931 – 20 November 1998)[1] was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Alphonso -snip- His record "1000 Tons of Megaton" was much too short! Thanks again!!

First hearing the vinyl single in 1967 at about or just after the Roland Alphonso reference -i always thought someone in the background said "can i have your fares please?" 53 years later i still hear it like that !

Thanks for your comment, Anonymous. I had just happened upon The Pyramids (Symarip)'s "Train Tour To Rainbow City" when I wrote this post. I can hear why it's a classic Reggae song.

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Train Tour To Rainbow City/John Chewey

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T itle: Train Tour To Rainbow City/John Chewey

Artiste : The Pyramids

Label : Prseident

Catalogue Number : PT 161

Year : 1967

Genre:   Rocksteady

Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM

Condition : VG+

Sleeve Condition: Generic

Country : UK

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