You had a dream of a promised land. People of all nations walking hand in hand But they're not ready to accept That dream situation, yet.

Fuckin' excellent live versions.. but me do wish Mr. Cambell was on de mic! Sorry, guys! One Big Love <3

Love this!! https://soundcloud.com/the-truth-will-out/sets/2016-pre-album-release-tracks

Ali's voice is the Spark that creates the fire! Without his voice? Just embers that cannot rekindle the fire.... Sorry!

The only ub40 that's  sounds getting better and better.....BIG LOVE!

UB 40

Eddy Grant ,  Do You Feel My Love - With a Twist - nebottoben

BIG MOUNTAIN -  "BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY"-  ( R&B REMIX ) 

AVAILBLE FOR DOWNLOAD WORLDWIDE ON  iTunes for only 99 cents.

Baby I Love Your Way [R&B Remix]

Lionel Richie - Easy (reggae version by Reggaesta)

Midnight Rider (Full Version) by UB40,
From the album "getting over the storm" released 02.09.2013.

Getting Over The Storm

Midnight Rider

Tyler / King by UB40,
From the album "Signing Off" released 06.09.1980

This version was recorded at the Hare and Hounds where UB40 played their first gig. Sung by Duncan Campbell at the 30th anniversary show, It was this show that kicked off their Signing Off tour in 2010. 



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Burden of Shame by UB40,
From the album "Signing Off" released 06.09.1980

This version was recorded at the Hare and Hounds where UB40 played their first gig. Sung by Duncan Campbell at the 30th anniversary show, It was this show that kicked off their Signing Off tour in 2010.

BURDEN OF SHAME

Ziggy Marley- Tomorrow People ( MLS REMIX )

Labour Of Love

Cherry Oh Baby

Live in Birmingham

Homely Girl

Now That We Found Love

Now That We Found Love (RuN RiOT Remix)

UB40 - Red Red Wine  (''12''Inch Extended Wicked Remix)(1988)

The other side to food for thought, the double a side first single from 1980.

King (2010 Digital Remaster)

Homely Girl UB40's "Labour of Love" Version, of the Chi-Lites classic original. 

Once Around an original by UB40. 
From the album "Twenty Four Seven" released 2008.

Once Around

In 2005, we released our comeback album 'Legal Now'. Only available through our website, you can now get a taste of all these songs here on Soundcloud.

08 Pretty Woman feat. Pato Banton

 The story of UB40, and how this group of young friends from Birmingham transcended their working-class origins to become the world’s most successful reggae band is not the stuff of fairytales as might be imagined. The group’s led a charmed life in many respects it’s true, but it’s been a long haul since the days they’d meet up in the bars and clubs around Moseley, and some of them had to scrape by on less than £8 a week unemployment benefit. The choice was simple if you’d left school early. You could either work in one of the local factories, like Robin Campbell did, or scuffle along aimlessly whilst waiting for something else to happen.

By the summer of 1978, something else did happen, and the nucleus of UB40 began rehearsing in a local basement. Robin’s younger brother Ali, Earl Falconer, Brian Travers and James Brown all knew each other from Moseley School of Art, whilst Norman Hassan had been a friend of Ali’s since school. Initially, they thought of themselves as a "jazz-dub-reggae" band, but by the time Robin was persuaded to join and they’d recruited Michael Virtue and Astro – who’d learnt his craft with Birmingham sound-system Duke Alloy – the group had already aligned themselves to left-wing political ideals and forged their own identity, separate from the many punk and Two Tone outfits around at that time. The group had nailed their colours to the mast by naming themselves after an unemployment benefit form. Their political convictions hadn’t been gleaned second hand either, but cemented in place whilst attending marches protesting against the National Front, or rallies organised by Rock Against Racism.

By the time Chrissie Hynde invited them to tour with the Pretenders during the summer of 1980 and their debut single "King b/w Food For Thought" had sailed into the UK Top 5, all the essential elements of UB40 were already in place. Their line-up will remain unchanged for almost thirty years, and they will continue playing a mix of original material and inspired choice of reggae covers in a style that’s instantly accessible with its bright melodies and sweeping horn arrangements – one that’s allied to a formidable rhythm section, capable of holding its own with anything from Jamaica.

UB40’s first album was released the following September, on Graduate Records. Their deal allowed them more creative freedom than if they had signed with a major label. The cover artwork memorably duplicated an unemployment benefit card, with the title "Signing Off" rubber-stamped in red, but it was the music that quickly worked its way into the affections of a young, mainly student crowd with its knowing lyrics, solid reggae rhythms and dubby, instrumental passages, offset by warm horn solos and Jamaican style scatting. There was nothing else like it at the time. As a multi-cultural band from Birmingham, UB40 weren’t drawn into trying to sound "authentic," and there was considerably more depth to their music than that of many punk and 2Tone bands. "I’m a British subject, not proud of it, whilst I carry the burden of shame," they sang on one of the tracks. Accepting the truth of their own situation amidst a sea of other reggae songs proclaiming black heritage gave us a valuable insight into where UB40 were coming from. They were unafraid to stand up and be counted, and British audiences instinctively loved them for it. "Signing Off" duly went to No. 2 in the UK and stayed on the nation’s album charts for 72 weeks.

On September 2nd, 2013, UB40 released their latest album ‘Getting Over The Storm’ on Universal/Virgin Records.

TYLER / KING Live

UB40 Official

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