weapon of peace - misty rhodes (fontana)

weapon of peace were one of those early 80's bands feted by the nme and sounds
as the next hope for multi cultural british music.
coming through graduate music just like ub40 but offering a far wider stroke
of the roots reggae brush.
this cut is from the "if" 12" on fontana and boasts the mighty dennis bovell at the controls..

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[punkjazznow]

thack65 said "Brilliant! I thought I was the only person to have heard of W.O.P. There self titled debut in 1981 was one of the first albums I bought with my own money, but is one of my all time favourites. It was produced by Bob Lamb who worked on UB40's Sighning Off . They had a lovely sound but possibly suffered commercially by not being reggae enough for the hardcore market, but not pop enough for the UB40 market. Any chance of uploading 'If' ?"

[punkjazznow]

many many apologies thack65.. ill definately post the other side up.. :)

[johnnyh01uk]

helped them on and off stage twice at Warwick Uni around 1980, fantastic band went down a storm and one of the best bunch of guys to meet, good to hear them again

[forestgumpaed]

thank you for that,much appreciated.

[forestgumpaed]

i love there track jah love any chance of posting it....i totally agree with your write up, spot on.

[GerrybobDillon]

@Xfile1460 Any more details on the gig in Wolverhampton, neever seen the band live, bit I still have a perfect copy of the 1st album on vinyl- still brilliant after all these years!!!Cheers

[forestgumpaed]

your like me punkjazz now i love weopon of peace and i too would love to hear the sweet sond of if,class band.

[vern63]

@forestgumpaed

Me too - been looking for that track on here for far too long.

[Julieclayton1]

saw them at Guildford Uni 1980. They should have done more!

[forestgumpaed]

they deserved better recognition , simply awesome .

[jonesboy179]

could any1 give me names of albums weapons of peace made the group were from wolverhampton thanks

[blippilot]

Jah Love was the first WOP track I heard in 1982..... underated band man.