Rhoda Dakar Sings The Bodysnatchers

Rhoda Dakar is to release a 10th Anniversary remaster of her 2014 recording Rhoda Dakar Sings The Bodysnatchers.

Featuring The Specials’ Lynval Golding and Horace Panter, three unreleased tracks including a re-record of Let’s Do Rocksteady with The Interrupters’ Aimee Interrupter joining Rhoda on vocals, this is a outstanding tribute to her former group, The Bodysnatchers.

It has been 45 years since the world was first introduced to all-female 2Tone trailblazers The Bodysnatchers. Despite only releasing two official 7″ singles, their influence on UK culture and music continues to inspire to this day.

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In 2014, founding Bodysnatchers’ member Rhoda Dakar revisited some of the group’s glorious tracks and recorded them with a band including Specials mates Horace Panter and Lynval Golding, festival favourites Intensified, plus members of Pama International and the Sidewalk Doctors.

Originally crowdfunded, it was picked up in 2015 by Cherry Red who released it on CD. Rhoda did a separate deal at the time to produce a very limited run of vinyl in Germany and for touring. In 2019, a 40th anniversary edition, remastered at Abbey Road, was released as she was touring America and Europe with The Selecter.

There has been no re-press until now, where Rhoda has remastered the whole album, including three additional tracks, that Sunday Best will be releasing on vinyl and digitally in September. The packaging has been completely redesigned including new album artwork, sleeve notes and vinyl colours.

The three extra tracks, include a re-record of Let’s Do Rocksteady featuring the US’s latest Ska-punk heroes The Interrupters’ Aimee Interrupter. “Firstly, it’s brilliant to see this album get a proper, all-format release!” says Rhoda. “And secondly, to feature one of the genre’s star vocalists of today feels like the torch is well and truly passed!”

Rhoda Dakar Sings The Bodysnatchers 45 Year Edition will be available on 3 Tone Vinyl and Strawberry Swirl vinyl as well as CD and digital download.

Tracklist:

Side A
Easy Life
The Ghost Of The Vox Continental
Happy Time Tune
007
Private Eye
Too Experienced

Side B
Let’s Do Rocksteady
The Loser
Mixed Feelings
Hiawatha
Ruder Than You*
Let’s Do Rocksteady ft. Aimee Interrupter*
What’s This? (Acoustic)*

*Previously unreleased

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Coinciding with this news is the announcement of a brand new, extensive UK tour throughout October. Rhoda will be on the road performing tracks from Sings The Bodysnatchers, as well as songs from her triumphant Top 10 album Version Girl:

October Tour

Fri 4 October – Brudenell, Leeds
Sat 5 October – Bodega, Nottingham
Sun 6 October – Thekla, Bristol
Thu 10 October – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
Fri 11 October – Globe, Cardiff
Thu 17 October – The Grove, Newcastle
Fri 18 October – Bungalow, Paisley
Fri 25 October – Boileroom, Guildford
Sun 3 November – The 100 Club, London

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