Hi,
I've just come across this site and this is my first posting to the forum.
I am desperately trying to find a reggae track that I have been looking for now for about 20 or so years.
It was possibly released (if at all) between approximately 1988 - 1991.
I heard it years ago on the sadly defunct Leeds pirate reggae radio station RCR and taped it. Sadly I no longer have the tape either and it's becoming a distant memory.
The track was an upbeat reggae number (not dub) with quite a steady bubblin' beat to it and the initial vocals were something like:
"See that man....standing on the corner..."
then I think the lyrics: "gotta wife 'n kids..." were also in there somewhere (though I could be wrong). The vocals definitely had some harmony to them.
At the end of the track, the DJ actually said "That was by the mighty, Mighty Diamonds...", which obviously led me to believe that it was indeed The Mighty Diamonds who sang it, BUT...after years of searching for the track, I can't find anyone who knows anything about it.
I do have many Mighty Diamonds tracks and it could well be a track that I have overlooked by not knowing the proper title. I just thought it may be called 'Standing On The Corner" but it doesn't seem to exist.
I have checked the Discogs (website) database for Mighty Diamonds releases and am still at a loss.
It's definitely NOT the track 'Idlers Corner" that they released with Gregory Isaacs.
I know there isn't a great deal of info to work with here but if anyone has any info whatsoever about this track then I would be eternally grateful. After searching all these years, it's driving me mad.
Many thanks in advance:
Skinno