Osbert Madoo

Osbert Madoo - You Wanna Turn Me On -

Sonic Sounds - 1982

The Bionic's singer best album and self produced

as well.

Madoo took a big portion of Horace Andy

and a dash of Eek A Mouse and came up

with a vocal ready made for the dance hall.

Why he didn't make it bigger is not really a

mystery when you check the date of release

of this set - 1982.

The dance hall style had been going for

about three years when this came out. And

yet this is an album containing rhythms

made around 78.

Its a sound found on Barrington's album

'Bounty Hunter' - rockers and steppers with

lots of lead guitar which sounds like Dwight

Pinkney or Sowell Radics.

By 1982, it would have sounded very dated.

And yet its a great set. Madoo had tuned into

all what the dance hall was about - and

could also come up with an odd tune like

'Herb Tree'.

Madoo's story of his little herb tree growing

in his pot in his yard. Is a great tune!! One for

all herbal gardeners.