In London a Jamaican four-piece was in the process of setting the place alight with their sprinting, but here in the North an eight-piece outfit were about to do the same with ones of Jamaica's more older exports - reggae....

It was a packed house at the Brudenell and the crowd was buzzing long before show time for 'locals' Scritti Politti. ...

"This is a sad song," said Rennie Sparks by way of introduction.  "It's so sad we thought perhaps we shouldn't put it on an album - but people seem to like it." ...