David Reid


        
  

 

 

 

 


RCA ADI NY FFA7264 165424 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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       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

 


 All original material copyright © Gilbert Scott Markle. All rights reserved.