*Top *Of *The *Pops* 70s*-#35. Dave and Ansell Collins - Double Barrel

[7BOETA7]

MAGNIFICA MELODIA DE LOS AÑOS 70's DE LA EPOCA EN QUE ESTUDIABA EN EL INSTITUTO JUVENTUD EL BACHILLERATO. QUE TIEMPOS TAN "AMAGNIFICOS" ESOS......

[Promoagent]

An improvised version but still a great number from this band along with Monkey Spanner I remember buying those records and freaking out to them back in the 70s, the days when they made proper reggae tunes

[dogwarbossanova]

Weird how there is another drum track overdubbed over the original here. He's doing live vocals over the original instrumental track - plus those extra drums.

[circletravellertexas]

Top Class. Can't keep still with this beat. Happy memories, good times.

[Karpis59]

God, why can't I go back to the 70s?

[Mikclaw1]

why dress those other two guys as natives !!!! FFS

[terreneserene]

Damn this sounds so frickin' good!

[aidenconnolly1]

BROUGHT UP ON S.K.A MUSIC.

 A RUDBOY

[1990Apolo]

jejejeje clásico clásico clásico CLÁSICO!!!!!!!!!

[GordonKeeble100]

The Top rank, Dale End Birmingham, circa 1969, best ever for Ska. In fact there was a record out called "Up town Top Rankin' , by ,I think, Althea and Donna, but memory is a bit hazy.

[bullion1954]

Fairground music from the early 70s. What memories

[BackToTheBlues]

This always seemed to be the music they played on the Chairoplanes at the fair, I still think of it as the Chairplanes Music!

[johnindorset]

Fan-bloody-tastic! Live singing, the best!

[SteffanLlwyd]

Words fail.  This is some type of brillant that's not been classified.

[ronald2394]

Check out ......Stephenie McKay .....Take me over. If you like these guys you will like that.

[GERMANOPHILE]

my intro to Reggae! loved it so much....still great!

[loaxin]

top quality tune

[sticklemiss]

First record I ever bought when I was 9 years old. I knew my music!!!

[TxTFamGuy1]

???? I see only one keyboard player on stage but I can clearly hear both a piano and an organ. I call shenanigans, they are lip syncing this song!

[mobicor]

@TxTFamGuy1 most TOTP (Top of the Pops were lip-synched... in this case they also changed the lyrics to make it more 'acceptable' for TV

[Mindermaniac]

@TxTFamGuy1 I had this single - they are not really lip-syncing because the lead singer is live - I can tell because there is way less echo than the single and some of the phrasing and wording is different than the single. I think you're right about the other musicians - they are moving along to the track but aren't live - they did this a lot on top 30/40 TV shows in the 60's and early 70"s... A backing track without vocals - the fore-runner to karaoke it would seem...

[EvenThisNameTaken]

@Mindermaniac

I think artists generally recorded special versions of their songs to mime to on TOTP.

[Mindermaniac]

@EvenThisNameTaken I don't think they would record "special versions" of their songs at all, as that would be too expensive to do for the sake of one TV show appearance. This particular track is the exact same instrumental track as the single without the vocals. They would make a mix from the original master tapes without the lead vocals to sing along with live on the TV show.

[EvenThisNameTaken]

@Mindermaniac

This is just something I heard once - I don't know if it's true. Although I do have an audio recording of The Police's TOTP performance of Message In A Bottle which looked as if it was mimed and is quite different to the single - better imo.

[endracismguy]

COOOLLL

[LONGBEACHPUNKROCK]

"Do the SKINHEAD Moonstomp!!!!"

[bozboorer]

great different version!

[ltlieu61]

i remember this song from back in the day,,,,,,,So Cal style in the 70s..........it still kicks a..

[f3ckwit]

OMG - fabulous

[funkg]

Used to dance in my cot to this one never knew it got to number one in the UK, doubt if a reggae song will ever get to number one again in Britain like they used to.

[asd36f]

I discovered this song about 10 years ago on a 70's compilation album - it is one of my all time favourites from the early 70's!

[isobella50]

oh yeah

[wild14me]

At 1:25 the drummer forgets to do the drum roll while miming and tries to fill in fast.

[pinballKing012]

20 Dynamic hits volume 2. track 1. of Australian pressing around 1972

[JAYTALITY]

he is having a good time

[richyrichafc]

The Skins are still here :) with great Reggae Do's all over the Uk

[MUNKMMVIX]

Bring back the skins!!

[lovecara1]

Great song remember this when I was very young.My aunt Jean was into all this music.God bless you Auntie Jean for getting to hear and love a wide range of music ,and I will always be grateful to you.. Love you xxxxx

[StudioTwoReggae]

damn they would only let him sing and not even let the band actually play haha

[07dowlingj]

i love this type of music cant get enough reaches into your soul and brings yooh out happy and dancing im gladd england was a part of this craze and im carrying it on SKINHEAD SKINHEAD!!

[JanW666]

Top Rank, Reading............the best memories ever!!!!  xxxxx

[garybrownfie]

I have been trying to find this song on YouTube a long time. Couldn't remember the name but finally tracked it down. This was on WLS Chicago a lot when I was dating my future wife in the spring of '71. Was driving down the highway listening to it and weaving a bit from the tune. State trooper pulled me over but let me go.

[thecitizens]

brilliant



[KingRizlaa]

...great. I grow up watching fucking Steps and N*Sync on TOTP. Thanks a lot you corporate bastards.

[minutegongcoughs]

This was Spring '71.

[FTWEVERYONE]

I STILL have the 45. DYNAMITE!

[chisacat]

what a fuckin top groove - no words to describe how cool this is .

classic

[dickshire]

For Lou whome I love

[havarotti]

Right on...Bernie Mac on vocals....just jerkin'...Dave Barker...thanx 4 posting!!!

[RickstaRIIx]

Thanks for uploading

[terimacs]

Ha ha loved it !! Number one the day I was born !!

[trojan697]

tune!!!! skinhead reggae!!!!!!

hit in mexico

[Teaser0424]

Bwoy! one of the first reggae rappers together with U Roy, Big Youth and others. Big up Reggae music of all times. Thanks for posting Dave & Ansil Collins on Top of the Pops.

[Teaser0424]

@Teaser0424

Bringing back memories of the 70's fashion, waistcoat suits, hot pants and floppy hats.

[YCSMusic]

Dave Barker, together with Ansel Collins = MAGIC!!

Back to the old schooldays!!

[rhinoreps]

That bass line still rattles windows to this day. I love it, neighbors hate it....bring it all back! Pure classic, grew up on this stuff in Camberwell, London!

[odonna17]

Saw Tony Hadley playing this on The One Show last night, still sounds as great as ever, it should be re-released ASAP -great memories of my first love too !

Donna

[pzgdr]

one drop classic...no other tune bring yard style music fi england as much as dis yah one..

[allthereds]

who could not comment on this record? any one looking at my history will know where im going after 6 plays my 16teen year old son is telling all his mates about it like he just discovered for hisself

[pzgdr]

respek fi di yout'..

[Spiderwebsider]

First record I ever bought, aged 10. I think it cost a whole week's paper-round money.

Utterly brilliant.

[joruffin20]

This brings back memories of a wedding in London. OMG ! What fond memories of my youth as a British/American child, the best of both worlds.

[allthereds]

all my youth comes screaming back to me with a waltzer beat yeah yeah

[Elysiandreams87]

Juicy bass stabs and the off-beat chords on the organ, you just can't beat ska music!

[mthai66]

@Elysiandreams87 LOL this is Skinhead Reggay

[MattCarlDesign]

@mthai66 considering it has the Offbeat rhythm there really isn't much that divides Ska, Rocksteady, and Skinhead Reggae. Some may say it is a faster or slower pace but I find these labels get used interchangeably so much to describe the same music. If a song similar to this came out in 1965 it would be labeled as "Ska".

[mthai66]

@MattCarlDesign This is the most ignorant thing I've heard all day. Just because all three beats are related does not make the styles of music the same. Soul, Funk and Disco share a similar relationship, and are quite distinct. Just because you have trouble distinguishing apples from oranges does not mean they are the same thing. Some of us are "grocers" by trade, and comments like yours sound ignorant and ridiculous. Ska is Ska, Rocksteady is Rocksteady and Reggae is Reggae.

[MattCarlDesign]

@mthai66 Don't take my word for it. Listen to some very early slower versions of MIllie Small, Monty Morris, Chuck & Darby, etc... All this music came out in the early 60's and was/is labeled SKA. Of course there is a difference between these 3 music genres but so much of it (case in point "Double Barrel") blurred over in between each other and I believe the label that has been slapped on some of these tunes has more to do with the year it was released than the actual musical content.

[JuceeeUpNorf]

Mecca memories flooding back! Woohoo pity we awere too young to realise the utter brilliance of this ! Iconic.

[1975MADNESS]

Best "you tube" video i've seen. thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!

[scaasi]

Doesn't get much cooler than this...one mean one drop too!

Classic!

[allthereds]

only 13 comments on a sound of our generation?

[MultiBUSFAHRER]

Great Video!

[richardreeve53]

Saw Dave Barker still performing this song and others at Coast to Coast North London last Saturday - Awesome.

[ClemenzaKimble]

You could say that what he is doing is proto rap.

[allthereds]

waltzer music scream if you want to go fasster

[ruymxsx7]

que guay que marcha que llevan estos

[suckmychuddies]

I am the magnificent

I'm backed by the shack of a soul boss

most turnin' stormin'

sound of soul...

[selecta0]

Great - Great - Great posting

music yet again from my youth -

Classic Anthem of reggae

Enjoy

[allthereds]

is that man friday in the grass skirt?how did he let himself be talked into that outfit?

[noxinsox1]

Is that Jackie Mittoo on keyboard?

[dragoncalf]

No it's Ansil Collins

[EagerBoy59]

The greatest instrumental (all right, quasi-instrumental!) of all time.

[Martin63]

rare as hell video - love this! A classic

[Anaris10]

Heard this as a kid,never knew the right name or artist...Thanks!