Jump Uptight, by Zorro Five

Jump Uptight

by Zorro Five

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Oynque Heard this song on the bandcamp weekly and love it. Great summertime listening!
If I ever had a day to day soundtrack for my life, I'd love for this music to be part of it (even though I am nowhere near that cool.). Favorite track: Reggae Meadowlands.

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Underground Mod Obscurity from South Africa
• South African take on the London Beat scene, mixing British beat, R&B, reggae and funk
• “Reggae Shh!” and “Reggae Meadowlands” - both issued on 45 in the UK and Italy - became huge underground hits on the Mod scene.
• Zorro Five were top-flight session musicians whose once-off inspiration won them the 1971 South African Recording Industry award for “Best Beat Group”
• Zane Cronje (organ, keyboards) was a prolific composer, Johnny Fourie (guitar) was later called out by John McLoughlin as “one of the greatest guitar players of our epoque”.
• First international release as 180 heavyweight black vinyl

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	1.	Jump Up Turn Around 02:48
	2.	Reggae Meadowlands 02:36
	3.	Red Turnip 02:28
	4.	Good Books 02:45
	5.	Elizabethan Reggae 02:28
	6.	Plastic Iron 02:19
	7.	The Exit Song 02:45
	8.	Rebel Rouser 03:46
	9.	First There is a Mountain 02:54
	10.	Molelo 03:04
	11.	Barcarolle 02:27
	12.	Reggae Shhh! 02:58

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Zorro Five were a South African studio band comprising Johnny Boshoff (bass), Archie van der Ploeg (guitar), Tony Moore (drums), Johnny Fourie (guitar) and Zane Cronje (keyboard and organ). They won the “Best Beat Group” at the 1971 South African Recording Industry Award for the album Jump Uptight. The single Reggae Shhh! b/w Reggae Meadowlands was an underground hit in the UK and Italy.

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released June 22, 2020

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