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Wellington Part One

This may not be the most wordiest update. My attempts at contributing to this blog are pretty funny cause i'm a dummy on a computer and have little patience for them. One day with time and effort i'll make these look pretty, get sizing right, add tags/labels and all the extras. but for now just look and listen.

Don't often browse the 45s, but Slow Boat in Wellington had em sorted real good which made for an easy look. I have a list in my head and two of these songs were on it, the other was just a bonus.

Stevie Wonder - Hey Love

 



("ahuh ahuh ahuh, I can't be your lovverrrrrrr")

Young-Holt Unlimited  - Soulful Strut

Monk Montgomery - Bump De Bump (Bonus!)

Welcome to Cosmic YOUniversity

Imagine my excitement when I came across the 12" of The Crown by Gary Byrd and the GB Experience at Real Groovy . They had me at 10 minutes and 35 seconds (in my world size does matter and apparently this was one of the longest tracks to ever chart in the UK) and closed the deal with produced by Stevie Wonder. Why have I never heard this 1983 rap classic before?

Opening lyric:

People of the world wherever you be

Welcome to Cosmic YOUniversity

Where life is the journey and love is the trip

The Study of them will make you hip

The B-side is instrumental only and is pretty beaten up. I like to think this is because a DJ pushed it to the limit rather than it was used as a frisbee. The sales person at RG was shocked by the condition and said he wouldn't play it on his equipment. Clearly I have no respect for my needle.

I can imagine Theo or Vanessa Huxtable sitting in on Gary Byrd's class.

For your listening pleasure (Stevie jumps in around 5:15)...

Gary Bird and GB Experience - The Crown