ai matthews great talent good bloke also song written and produced by my old mate pierre tubbs a great uk soul producer thanks for this post love and peace j vincent edwards
Have a drink for me, he's an old friend of my dad's, I met him once in his kitchen at 17 (though he lived in the house my mum lived in when I was born). Legend indeed! (played Benny Green's father in Grange Hill too :) and a few remember him from Coast to Coast an old Lenny Henry drama.
@MrJelkoury yep, al was a big star in britain a tthe time. he was brotans first black dj and he brought some great soul funk to britain. ten years later, he started bit part acting in the 80's and was in superman 3 and then he auditioned and got hte part in Aliens. What a funkier groovier time though
An excellent song and vocal from Al spoiled only by the terminally dreadful TOTP orchestra backing him. Backing vocals weren't too hot neither. The TOTP orchestra just couldn't 'do' Motown/Philly Soul/Disco in the 70s
@OtherTwin Ass-kicking charttopper by the very talented Al Matthews!
Thanks for the upload, Rainbow!
diuga1 1 month ago
ai matthews great talent good bloke also song written and produced by my old mate pierre tubbs a great uk soul producer thanks for this post love and peace j vincent edwards
OtherTwin 4 months ago
I can remember buying this some years ago :)
A great song!!
soulsupremeful 5 months ago
@nickjamesedgington
Have a drink for me, he's an old friend of my dad's, I met him once in his kitchen at 17 (though he lived in the house my mum lived in when I was born). Legend indeed! (played Benny Green's father in Grange Hill too :) and a few remember him from Coast to Coast an old Lenny Henry drama.
Tell him Matthew says hello (son of Roger).
mystmatt 6 months ago
@MrJelkoury yep, al was a big star in britain a tthe time. he was brotans first black dj and he brought some great soul funk to britain. ten years later, he started bit part acting in the 80's and was in superman 3 and then he auditioned and got hte part in Aliens. What a funkier groovier time though
22centman36 7 months ago
@giftednumber10 I forgot how awful they were, you're right.
sewitt60 8 months ago
@nickjamesedgington That's brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
sewitt60 8 months ago
@MrJelkoury it was ten years before he did aliens , a funkier groovier more stoned time.
22centman36 8 months ago
all hes missing is his fat cigar
spector4pro 9 months ago
An excellent song and vocal from Al spoiled only by the terminally dreadful TOTP orchestra backing him. Backing vocals weren't too hot neither. The TOTP orchestra just couldn't 'do' Motown/Philly Soul/Disco in the 70s
giftednumber10 10 months ago