David Reid
David Reid
      
  
  
  
RCA ADI NY FFA7264 1654 24 JAN*
ALSG WOR
EWIGZWORCESTER MA
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NEWS DESK
M.I.D.E.M. NEWS
PALAIS DES FESTIVALS
CANNES (FRANCE)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(CANNES, FRANCE) GIL MARKLE, AMERICAN RECORD PRODUCER IN
ATTENDANCE AT M.I.D.E.M., HAS DENIED THAT THERE ARE ANY POLITICAL
MOTIVES OR INSINUATIONS BEHIND THE TUNE "THIRD WORLD BLUES," A
RECENT RELEASE BY DAVID REID ON THE LONG VIEW LABEL.
"YOU CAN ALWAYS READ SOMETHING INTO ANYTHING," MARKLE RECENTLY SAID
IN PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD. "BUT THIS BUSINESS IS NONSENSE. I MEAN, THAT
'THIRD WORLD BLUES' IS SOME SORT OF TONGUE-IN-CHEEK PROPAGANDA IN SERVICE
OF THE WEST. I DON'T KNOW WHO THOUGHT THAT UP, BUT HE SHOULD HAVE HIS
HEAD EXAMINED."
RECENT AIRPLAY OF THE TUNE IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS HAD RESULTED IN
SPECULATION BY FUN-LOVING DJS THAT THIS IS AN 'APARTHEID NOVELTY SINGLE'
DESIGNED TO TAUNT AND DEMORALIZE THIRD WORLD POPULATIONS FROM ACROSS
HOSTILE WESTERN BORDERS.
"NONSENSE," MARKLE INSISTS. "DAVID REID IS A POP ACT. 'THIRD WORLD BLUES'
IS A POP TUNE. THE THEME JUST HAPPENS TO BE TOPICAL AND TROPICAL AT THE
SAME TIME. I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO CITIZENS OF THE THIRD WORLD WHO LOVE
THE SONG."
WENDY THURSTON
S. E. MUSIC, INC.
TLX: 920328 ALSG-WOR
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RCVD FFA7264 TKU
Third World Blues
Too Scared to Dance
"True Believer"
David Reid. Performed on the Long View Sound Stage. Video tape by Boston TV
stations CH4, CH5 and Ch7, and by Bill Markle. Edited using 3/4" Sony U-matic
tape machines.
1982. Streaming broadband only. Stereo.
5:05. trueb
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