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Alabama 3

Real Name:
Johnny Delafons, Piers Watson Marsh, Robert Alun Spragg, Jake Black, Mark Sams, Orlando Harrison & Simon Edwards
Profile:
In the American deep south during the 1930s, two black men were hung for allegedly raping a white woman. Their case becomes a symbol for miscarriages of justice and they went down in history as the Alabama 2.

Over half a century later in South London, the son of a Welsh Mormon preacher meets the offspring of a Glaswegian trades unionist at an underground acid house party and they embark upon the mischievous miscegenation of Hank Williams, gospel and acid house.

Expanding in the mid '90s into a Brixton based collective, they called themselves Alabama 3 and continue to be one of the most joyous, righteous, provocative and inspirationally delinquent bands Britain has ever spawned.

US releases use the name A3 following legal action on behalf of Alabama.
Sites:
alabama3.co.uk, indian.co.uk/alabama3
Aliases:
Ministers At Work, The
Members:
Frank Zappatista, Jake Black, Jonny Delafons, Mountain Of Love, The, Orlando Harrison, Rob Bailey, Rob Spragg, Rock Freebase, Simon Edwards (2)
Variations:
All | Alabama 3 | A3 | Alabama3 | Larry Love | Rev. D. Wayne Love
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Discography

Releases:
I Shall Be Released (12", W/Lbl)   Strictly 4 Groovers 1993
Ain't Goin' To Goa (Maxi, Single) ◄ (17 versions)   Elemental Records ... 1996
A Message From The First Presleytarian Church Of Elvis The Divine (UK) (VHS, Promo)   Geffen Records 1997
Exile On Coldharbour Lane (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Elemental Records ... 1997
Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness (Maxi) ◄ (6 versions)   Elemental Records 1997
Woke Up This Morning (Maxi, Single) ◄ (10 versions)   Elemental Records ... 1997
Converted (Maxi) ◄ (5 versions)   Elemental Records 1998
La Peste (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Elemental Records ... 2000
Too Sick To Pray (Don't Call The Doctor) (CD, Maxi)   Elemental Records 2000
Mansion On The Hill (CD, Single)   Elemental Records 2001
Mansion On The Hill / Too Sick To Pray ◄ (2 versions)   Elemental Records 2001
Wade Into The Water (CD, Single)   Elemental Records 2001
Devil Went Down To Ibiza (12")   One Little Indian 2002
Power in the Blood ◄ (3 versions)   One Little Indian ... 2002
Last Train to Mashville Vol.2 (CD)   One Little Indian 2003
M.I.A. (12", W/Lbl)   Not On Label (Alabama 3) 2003
Reachin' (CD, Single)   One Little Indian 2003
The Last Train To Mashville Vol. 1 (CD, Album)   Not On Label 2004
Hear The Train A' Comin' (DVD, NTSC, 5.1)   One Little Indian 2005
Hello... I'm Johnny Cash (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   One Little Indian 2005
How Can I Protect You? (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   One Little Indian 2005
Outlaw (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   One Little Indian 2005
Outlaw (Remixes) (CD)   Not On Label (Alabama 3) 2005
M.O.R. (CD, Album)   One Little Indian 2007
Hits And Exit Wounds (CD, Comp)   One Little Indian 2008
Monday Don't Mean Anything (12", Single, W/Lbl)   One Little Indian 2008
A Free Sampler CD From The Stars Of The Sopranos (CD, Smplr, Comp, Promo)   One Little Indian  
Woke Up This Morning - Theme From The Sopranos (CD, Single)   Sony Music Entertainment (Australia)  
Remixes:
Johnny Cash Remixed (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Leave That Junk Alone ... Compadre 2008
Appears On:
Uneasy Listening (CD) We Don't Go to God's H... EMI Records 1998
Outpost Transmission (2xLP) Crossword, Crossword Simply Vinyl (S12) 2002
Trouble In Paradise (CD, Album) Are You Ready For Some... Cooking Vinyl 2004
Summer Sampler (CDr, Promo) No Submission Darey Products LTD 2006
The Beat Technique (CD, Comp) No Submission Koch Records 2006
Promo Only Mainstream Club: October (CD, Promo, Comp) No Submission (Extende... Promo Only 2007
Urban Astronauts EP1 - Original Mixes (File, MP3, EP) No Submission (Origina... Darey Products LTD 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Volume 15 - Technology Alert! (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh + Box) Hype Full Of Love Volume 1996
Volume 17 - Fifth Birthday Bumper Bonanza! (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Woke Up This Mornin' Volume 1996
22 Class A Tracks (2xCD, Comp) Hypo Full Of Love Release 1997
A Life Less Ordinary (Original Soundtrack) ◄ (5 versions) Peace In The Valley Polydor ... 1997
Infinite Beat Vol. 1 (CD) Woke Up This Morning (... Geffen Records 1997
Infinite Beat Volume 1 (2x12") Woke Up This Morning (... City Of Angels 1997
The Spring Collection '97 (CD) Aint Goin' To Goa (Spe... Vox Magazine 1997
Disco 2000 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Disco 2029 (I've Seen ... Bokå 1998
El Niño Pimiento (CD, Comp, Promo) Ain't Goin' To Goa Geffen Records 1998
Hot Shots (CD, Promo) Peace In The Valley Hot Press 1998
Loud & Proud. Ultimate Gay Anthems (CD, Comp) Ain't Goin' To Goa (Mo... Blast Records (5) 1998
New Voices Vol. 21 (CD, Comp, Car) Aint Goin' To Goa Rolling Stone (Germany) 1998
Underground Beats (Volume 11) (2xCD) Ain't Goin' To Goa (Ut... CD Pool 1998
Motiv8tion (The Official Motiv 8 Remix Collection) (2xCD) Ain't Goin' To Goa (Mo... Pure Music (2) 1999
The Sopranos - Music From The HBO Original Series (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Woke Up This Morning (... Play-Tone ... 1999
Deep Steppin' (2xCD) 2 Sick 2 Pray Music Is Everything 2001
Q Essential Dance (CD, Comp) Woke Up This Morning (... Q Magazine 2001
South West 9 (Original Soundtrack From The Film) (CD) Ska'd For Life Telstar 2001
The Album (2xCD, Comp) Woke Up This Morning Virgin, Virgin 2001
The Chillout Lounge 2 (2xCD, Comp) 2 Sick 2 Pray (Lacarno... Smooth Music 2001
La musique de Paris Dernière 3 (CD, Comp) Hotel California Naïve 2002
The Illmatic Collection (2xLP, Comp) Woke Up This Morning Strictly Breaks Records 2002
Playlist: Volume 9 (CD, Smplr, Comp) Power In The Blood HMV 2003
Sound Track (2xCD) Woke Up This Morning Echo 2005
The Best Of.. TV Music (CD) Woke Up This Morning Trinity Mirror 2005
Music From Glastonbury The Film (2xCD, Album) Mao Tse Tung Eyes The Glastonbury Phonographic Society 2006
The Definitive Tom Dunne Vol.01: Pet Picks 2000 - 2006 (2xCD) Woke Up This Morning Rubyworks 2006
Nocturnal (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) No Submission (Matt Da... Koch Records ... 2007
Promo Only Mainstream Club: October (CD, Promo, Comp) No Submission (Extende... Promo Only 2007
Infinite Beat Vol. 1 (2xLP) Woke Up This Morning (... Geffen Records  
One Little Indian Presents... (CD, Comp, Promo) R.E.H.A.B. One Little Indian US  
Unofficial Releases:
Untitled (12") Speed At The Sound Of ... Not On Label 1998
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Review by donnacha Mar 30, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Sweet acid house country is what they call their music themselves, one of the most original groups to emerge from the UK in a long time. Musically skilled (as evidenced by the acoustic "Last Train to Mashville Vol.2"), constantly inventive, they mix the best parts of dance music with liberal doses of country, folk, gospel and more. Toppped up with radical left-wing politics and an interest in promoting human rights, Alabama 3 are a band to check out - especially live. It's a pity, though, that most of their singles are full of remixes that miss the point of the band and, to be honest, suck.
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