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Artist: Ansel Collins
Author: Winston Riley/Ansel Collins
Label: Romax
Year: 1974
Jamaican instrumental inspired by Billy Wilder's 1953 film, set in a German WW II prisoner of war camp. Producer Riley and pianist Collins found early European success with Double Barrel and Monkey Spanner. Still, with this enduring riddim, both men made their fortunes.
Covers:
Big Youth [riddim in All Nations Bow]
Augustus Pablo [in Coconut Oil]
General Echo [in Arleen; n°1 Jamaica]
Horace Andy [in Love Is The Light]
Barrington Levy [in Sunday School]
Sister Nancy [throughout her biggest hit Bam Bam (also for Techniques), which also got sampled a lot: by Lauryn Hill in Lost Ones ('98), by Kanye West in Famous ('16) and by Jay-Z feat. Damian Marley in Bam ('17); there had been a Bam Bam by Toots & The Maytals ('66) but Sister Nancy drowned Toots' melody in the Stalag overdub]
Tenor Saw [in Ring The Alarm; dance hall classic generating covers by the dozen; also featured on Island's definitive reggae box Story Of Jamaican Music]
Sugar Minott [in Everybody Got To Know]
Shabba Ranks [in Roots & Culture]
Too Short [in Blowjob Betty]
St. Germain [in La Goutte D'Or]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Belgium