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Flora Adams
Fire Fire
333 - Cat No: 333026
- updated:2025-08-19
Originally released in 1975 in Brooklyn, NYC on Flames Records, this cute, ultra-rare single by Flora Adams — a member of the Nairobi Sisters and a teenager at the time — gets a limited 7-inch reissue on Death Is Not The End's reggae-dedicated line, 333!!!
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DINTE sub-label 333 hits again with another dig into the archives of Winston Jones' Flames imprint, this time coming with a searingly heartfelt and soulful vocal from Nairobi Sisters' Flora Adams recorded in mid '70s Brooklyn.
Flora Adams recorded this outstanding vocal for Winston Jones' Brooklyn based Flames label at S&S Sound Studio in Canarsie in the mid-1970s, backed by Flames' in house band. "Fire Fire" is a cover of Tina Charles' disco hit "You Set My Heart On Fire", with the then-teenage member of the Nairobi Sisters making the lyrics entirely her own through a searingly raw and heartfelt vocal. On the flip the Rough Riders solid rocksteady-influenced instrumental is injected with sharply delayed pieces of horns and vocal cuts to great effect.
Flora Adams recorded this outstanding vocal for Winston Jones' Brooklyn based Flames label at S&S Sound Studio in Canarsie in the mid-1970s, backed by Flames' in house band. "Fire Fire" is a cover of Tina Charles' disco hit "You Set My Heart On Fire", with the then-teenage member of the Nairobi Sisters making the lyrics entirely her own through a searingly raw and heartfelt vocal. On the flip the Rough Riders solid rocksteady-influenced instrumental is injected with sharply delayed pieces of horns and vocal cuts to great effect.
Built on Tina Charles' classic "You Set My Heart On Fire," Side A "Fire Fire" (sample 1) pairs Flora Adams' sultry vocals with a bright, buoyant rocksteady groove — a real gem. Side B "Dub Music" (sample 2) is a killer dubwise cut, with a laid-back performance from backing band the Rough Riders and sharp vocal drops dropped in to great effect — seriously deep stuff. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)