I've never listened to these three reggae versions of "Take Five" back to back, so you're stuck with them. The first of the three is Val Bennett's "The Russians Are Coming", which is just a cover renamed, a scrappy attempt to skirt publishing royalties. Yeah, you know, fooled everybody. The next, also by Bennett, was found with the title "Blow Mr. Hornsman Part 2". My guess is that it's a version B-side. Whatever. It's a little more out there. The third is attributed to King Tubby even though he doesn't play a damn instrument. This is about where I start thinking about what a huge mess record keeping must have been in the sixties and seventies Jamaican music biz. With a shitload of independent labels, a bunch of studios, musicians often on multiple labels, repeatedly used riddims, versions, dubs, and DJ versions, many with different names. Shit, who could keep up with all of that?
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Listen:Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming mp3 at Aurgasm
Val Bennett - Blow Mr. Hornsman Pt 2 mp3 at Beware of the Blog
King Tubby - Take Five mp3 (streaming) at YouTube
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (streaming) at YouTube
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