Ain't No Rockin'
Black Britain - Obvious [DIX 30 UK 1987 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Once the darlings of the British music press (especially the NME) long before they released anything, Black Britain seemed to be around for a while before getting snapped up by Virgin Records and subsequently offloaded onto the Ten Records sub-label. Following a successful tour with Public Image Limited, their excellent debut single, Ain't No Rockin' (In A Police State) struck a funky chord against the political situation in the UK at the time, long before the UK admitted the shame of Windrush . The band developed under the guidance of Paul Weller & Mick Talbot, however the single suffered from a lack of radio play and the group struggled to follow up on its hard hitting electro-funk sound & its themes. Like many other potential talents from this era in British music, the mistake of getting in three different producers involved in this, their only album, would prove costly. From their original...