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hightype
31st October 2015, 06:54 AM
Here's a reggae/disco song from 1984 (or maybe 1983)... from a 1984 set by DJ Ricardo (Ibiza, Club KU - Test Pressing #355)

I have attached a 2 minute clip; the line "let me know when the guns are down" was sampled in 'Techno Grooves - Sympathy For House' (R&S Records 1990; RS90 030) ... (indicating that the song has an accapella section or separate track)

Lyrics:



I spoke to you in a whisper
Told you that your words were untrue

Let me know when the sun's gone down
Morning birds won't make a sound
Let me know when the guns are down
Don't you leave me on the ground

[Make me the counting?] of the guns in the distance
We'll stop once we picked up all the stones we've thrown away

And I can find a million people
From all the countries of the world
[You got to show the very little]
You can find the [same] between them all

I stretch out across the river
Finding stones [that] fall away
You spoke to me in a whisper
Don't you push no pebbles away

Ah, [make me the counting?] of the guns in the distance
We'll stop once we picked up all the stones we've thrown away
You better let me know when your guns are down, let me know when the sun's gone down
And don't you leave me on the ground [caught up?]

Any help would be appreciated - thanks! :wave:

hightype
9th November 2015, 10:34 PM
Again, I have identified most of the tracks in the mix, except for this one... as with all mixes, I like some tracks while others aren't really my cup of tea, however I found this mix overall quite nice to listen to in this cold weather.
Tracklist sketch (without capitals and mix/version titles):

00:00 - talk talk - such a shame
08:10 - i-level - in the river (--- edit: thanks to BzERK for the ID!!!)
12:48 - yellowman - dub me strong [strong mi strong]
14:43 - moja nya - rise up
18:36 - yanguru - a-o (no bungalow)
22:09 - howard jones - what is love?
25:15 - loz netto - you are rhythm
28:36 - break machine - break dance party
32:57 - break machine - street dance
37:52 - tullio de piscopo - stop bajon
41:19 - mike francis - survivor
46:40 - gary low - la colegiala
53:30 - tony esposito - kalimba de luna
56:51 - imagination - state of love
60:04 - kajagoogoo - turn your back on me

It can be downloaded at:
355 / DJ Ricardo / Ku / 1984 / Test Pressing (http://testpressing.org/2014/06/355-dj-ricardo-ku-1984/)

BzERK
17th November 2015, 10:14 PM
I Level - In The River

https://youtu.be/V4eoYMmcV1k

hightype
20th November 2015, 11:41 AM
Yep, that's it!!! Amazing find!!! :thumbsup: :cool: