旅者樂隊

旅者樂隊

December 28, 2008, 7:22 am
Filed under: Singapore

♬ a) New Year’s Greeting / 王小二拜年 b) Happy New Year / 賀新年

♬ a) Congratulations / 恭喜恭喜 b) Winter Jasmine / 迎春花

The Travellers were from Singapore. They were part of the Non-Stop Dancing Music scene that also produced The Stylers.

My first introduction to The Travellers was on the questionable compilation entitled “G. I. Funk” on the Payback Recordings label. The song was listed as “Slow Soul” (It was also included on the “Dusty Fingers Vol. 12” compilation, released by Strictly Breaks). Who ever transferred the song, did not bother to learn the real name of the song, instead only listing the track by it’s dance style. On the Non-Stop Dancing Music records, medleys of songs are group by their dance style, A Go-Go, Cha Cha, Bolero, Fox Trot, etc. But the title of the song is actually “Smiling Face, Flushing Heart”. 

I have not been able to find hardly any information about the band. I do know that they, as well as The Stylers, would occasionally back singers like Chang Siao Ying on their recordings. But other than that, there is just a few sites with their records here and there.

In 2003, Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) commissioned a six-part series documentary for television on the Singapore music scene from the 1960s to the present day, entitled Jammin’. If anyone knows how I could get a copy of that documentary (especially the first two episodes), I would greatly appreciate it.

If you any information about the band, please contact me.

Catalog number MEP-9048 on Victory Organisation of Singapore. No release date listed.

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