The Tamlins are a
Jamaica
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reggae
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vocal group formed in the late 1960s, known for their hits such as "Baltimore", and their work with artists such as
Peter Tosh.
History
The group originally comprised Carlton Smith, Junior Moore and Winston Morgan.
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A Trip to Baltimore with the Tamlins
, '' Jamaica Observer'', 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019 They recorded in the 1970s for producers such as Ed Wallace, and worked as
backing vocalist
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s for the likes of
John Holt,
Delroy Wilson,
Pat Kelly,
Marcia Griffiths
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Born in West Kingst ...
,
Barry Biggs
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Career
Biggs worked as a recording engine ...
,
Gregory Isaacs
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, and
Dennis Brown
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.
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The Tamlins Biography
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Having released their debut
album
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, ''Black Beauty'', in 1976, they came to prominence in the late 1970s by releasing 12"
singles
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in Jamaica for
Channel One Studios
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, usually
covering earlier
rocksteady hits such as "Hard to Confess".
They worked for several years with
Peter Tosh, both on recordings an international tours, before parting ways with him in 1983.
Morgan left the group the same year, to be replaced by Derrick Lara, who had enjoyed some success as a solo artist in the early 1980s.
They went on to work with
Rita Marley
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and more recently
Julian Marley
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, with whom they collaborated on his 2019 album ''As I Am''.
They gained wider attention for their
Sly and Robbie–produced version of the
Randy Newman song "Baltimore", which gave them one of the biggest hits in Jamaica in 1979.
The
arrangement on that single was strongly influenced by that used on
Nina Simone
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's cover of the song, released the previous year.
They also recorded "Go Away Dream" for the same producers.
In 1981 they were called in by producer
Henry "Junjo" Lawes
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Born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica, Lawes began working ...
to complete the
Israel Vibration
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album ''Why You So Craven'', after the producer and the latter group fell out.
The group appeared in the 2009 documentary film ''Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae''.
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*''Black Beauty (1976), Weed Beat
*''Red Rose'' (1983), Vista Sounds
*''I'll Be Waiting'' (1987), Live & Learn
*''Love Divine'' (1988), SKD
*''No Surrender'' (1995),
*''Re-Birth'' (2010), JDF
*''Crossroads'' (2014), Zojak World Wide
;Compilations:
*''Greatest Hits'' (1980),
/Hit Bound
*''I'll Be Waiting'' (2001), Jet Star
*''The Best of the Tamlins'' (2012),