BRITISH REGGAE! - The BEAT and Musical Youth - Voodoo Wagon

BRITISH REGGAE! 

Photo the legendary Chester Simpson

THE BEAT

and 

Musical Youth

THE SOURCE

Tracklisting excluding advert breaks:

01.  The Beat - I Confess

02. The Beat - Jeanette

03. The Beat - Tears Of A Clown

04. The Beat - Save It For Later

10. The Beat - The End Of The Party 

15. The Beat - Twist and Crawl

16. The Beat - Ranking Full Stop

17  The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

01. Musical Youth - Instrumental

02. Musical Youth - Children of Zion

03. Musical Youth - Mirror Mirror

04. Musical Youth - Young Generation

05. Musical Youth - Youth Of Today

06. Musical Youth - Love Me

07. Musical Youth - School Girl

08. Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

09. Musical Youth - Never Gonna Give You  Up

The 'English' Beat known solely as The Beat in the UK here play a seven track gig

Musical Youth were a one hit wonder really though accomplished in their own right eventually 'Pass The Dutch' was their only real chart showing. Give them a go you might be surprised

draftervoi over at Voodoo Wagon says:

English Beat recorded at the Boston Opera House, Boston, MA on November 19, 1982.
Musical Youth recorded at the Ritz, New York City, New York, on April 10, 1983.

Live shows by Musical Youth are rare; there's nothing up at Guitars 101.  There are two songs on this that may be unreleased: tracks 23 "Instrumental" and 33 "Love Me."  I was unable to match them up with any released songs.  If one of our Beloved Audience knows more, please leave a comment.

I tracked down the date of the Musical Youth show by using Newspapers.com. and I've included a .jpg of the article  I also found a "Getty Image" of David Johansen with Musical Youth backstage at the Ritz on April 10, 1983, which provides a second source for the date.  

A longer version of the English Beat show is available for download (for a small fee) at Wolfgang's Concert Vault.

Two of the Budweiser commercials are by Joe Jackson and A Flock of Seagulls..  The first Bud commercial (Track 2) sounds like....someone.  I can't place it, but I think it's some early 80s pop rock group....does anyone recognize it?

This is the first time Frank Cody shows up as an announcer.  His WIKI says he's ""Smooth Jazz's Leading Alchemist" and "The Father of Smooth Jazz.

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The BEAT! - Musical Youth - The Source NBC 83-18 Boston '83 and NYC '84 - Voodoo Wagon

Check out the links to The Beat and Rankin Roger who we have mentioned before . . . . . .