The Tamlins - Baltimore

THE TAMLINS, consisting of Carlton Smith, Derrick Lara and Junior Moore, started out as a nightclub act in 1970 and by 1972 had won the "Most Outstanding Group" award in Jamaica.

Baltimore held the NO.1 spot in Jamaica for twelve weeks. Indisputably, it was judged the "Number One Record of the Year" in Jamaica on JBC's "Top 100" for 1980.

The group also won the "Best Group Award" from JBC, Radio Jamaica and the Daily News that same year.

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• tamlins
• baltimore
• reggae
• browningbbw

[MrYes2day]

I was singing "Born to roam aint it hard just to live " to this tune for so so many years. It was only after researchingTony Reble's Fire. that i found out.

[browningbbw]

@MrYes2day looool. yes we've all had our own personal versions of lyrics. Just like African Brothers Torturing, for years I thought it was stuttering!

[dntneed2kno]

Saw the Tamlins live in Oceans Nightclub,(North London) a couple of years ago now. When they sang this live I could have cried this song came about when I had just started secondary school and I heard it at our school disco (as it was back in the day) brought back memories. Bad rhythm tune. When I got home I had to go and root in my brothers's record boxes of course with their permission. Lucky they had a copy as I heard it was hard to get after a time. Courtney's version wicked!

[browningbbw]

Yep, Oceans in Hackney. Another venue down the drain! Love the Tamlins.

[pussyclawte]

I use to listen to this song as a child (in Jamaica) and wonder what Baltimore was like. Now i'm stationed 30 minutes away.

[browningbbw]

And did it meet your expectations?

[ncbloom]

its randy newman's song originally

[daroyalgeneral]

this song is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo timeless, & keeps on getting better every time I&I hear it. CLASSIC!!

[NEFARIOUS781]

Bodymore, murderland

[JahbounI]

Thanks, Didn't knew from where Star Trail (like the Blender cut "The Man" on World Corrupton LP) was re-using dis riddim until now.

Interesting to see Derrick Lara (aka Derek Lara?) & Jr Moore in the background vocals of the World Corruption too

[daroyalgeneral]

wat a tune kule & deadly & is so, so, bad!! mek de vibes just mellow I-yah!!

[triniblackheart]

NUFF RESPECT TO NINA SIMONE FOR REAL....BAD TUNE. THIS IS WHEN MUSIC WAS MUSIC. DO YOU BEG TO DIFFER?..........OF COURSE NOT................

[triniblackheart]

One of the sickest covers ever....remember riding with my dad in his sky blue buick in Brooklyn in the early eighties, blasting this tune............BIG TUNE THIS STAR, FOR REAL..............THAT BASSLINE HAS HAUNTED ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE....SERIOUS TALK GUYS..........ROCKERS TO RASS LOL................

[empressrockstress]

OMG!!! The memories!!!!!!! Always good memories when i hear this riddim of the old folkes dancin and vybin n playin dominoes while us yung kinds sitn watch. Jah kno. Good times good times:-)

[daroyalgeneral]

love this tune soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!

[Gunnercv]

sweet memories!

[antmot]

my family used to blast this song when i was young! still love it!