The ideal song for a sunny day, from another vocal trio whose harmonies shimmer and float on a melody that sticks in your head.

The three members of Israel Vibration – Apple, Wiss and Skeleton as they were fondly known – all suffered from childhood polio and first met at a rehab centre. They began singing together as buskers after Apple ran away at 14 and began living on the streets of Kingston.

Having converted to Rastafarianism in adolescence, they were overheard singing in a wooded area outside Kingston where two of them had made a ramshackle home, and given a grant from a Rasta organisation to record their debut album.

The Same Song was an early recording by producer Tommy Cowan, the band’s fragile vocals – doubtless a consequence of polio – boosted by members of Inner Circle. That catchy melody could be a clarinet or, more likely, the melodian of Augustus Pablo, who was joined in the studio by an all-star crew of Sly & Robbie, Ansel Collins and Mikey Chung.

Released in 1978, the subsequent album got a UK release by EMI on the Harvest label – home to Pink Floyd and Deep Purple – along with a dub version. Their sojourn with Cowan cannot have been a happy one – after they left him they recorded a less than complimentary song about him, titled Why You So Craven?

In the early Eighties the trio relocated to New York but, failing to find success in America, broke up and tried to launch solo careers. They subsequently reformed and continued to record and perform with Roots Radics. After a decade back together Apple left again and went solo, leaving the other two to continue performing as Israel Vibration.

In March 2020 Apple died.