Best compilation CD of the year: "One Heart" (A Specialized Tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers)

The January edition of Record Collector features a great review by Shane Baldwin of "One Heart" the fascinating 4 CD tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers...

"This terrific series, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust and The National Foundation For Youth Music has produced various artist tribute albums to The Specials, The Beat, Madness and The Clash – first-rate compilations with a dazzling array of artists contributing new tracks to the project. Spread over a mammoth four discs, this tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers, contains many tracks that stick satisfactorily to the blueprint laid down by the originals, like The Skatalites ft. Doreen Shaffer’s Nice Time, One Love Orchestra’s take on Jamming, Steel City Rhythm’s Could You Be Loved and Annabella Lwin’s Cheer Up.

King Hammond’s Kinky Reggae is suitably slinky, while Black Symbol’s strident Get Up Stand Up is an effectively modern version, as is Rude Boy George’s souped-up, nippy, Iron Lion Zion. The Spammed boast an improbable line-up of Neil Innes, Horace Panter, Micko Westmoreland, Rat Scabies and Kevin Eldon, who delivers a heartfelt vocal on I Shot The Sherriff.

The Funadicts’ Lively Up Yourself is delightfully bright ‘n’ breezy, and The Uplifters deliver a bouncy, infectious Pour Down Your Sunshine. And we close, surprisingly, with Pelenna Valley Male Voice Choir’s lusty, rousing, Three Little Birds. Fabulous!" ****

Visit http://www.specializedproject.co.uk/ for details of how to buy. For just £15.99 (plus £2.72 UK postage) you'll receive over 60 tracks from over 70 artists.

Spammed fans should click on this link to see the promo for I Shot The Sherriff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wwP4aQm_ds

In 2017 The Spammed will appear on the next Specialized compilation which is a tribute to Paul, Rick and Bruce a.k.a The Jam.