Alton Ellis is my all time favourite singer. I first heard him when I was 12 years old in 1972, performing the immortal "Rock Steady"Â on The Trojan Story triple LP. It was love at first listen. This is a guy who could sing the phone book and make it sound soulful. I wanted to try and get all Alton's greatest records in one place, hence this compilation. I have included a few alternate takes so that the diehard's might still find it interesting, plus several of Alton's brilliant cover versions of Soul tracks, which he was particularly adept at. I've had to leave one or two things off as I only had access to 12"Â versions. I've also had to use the Studio One version of "Breaking Up"Â as opposed to my preferred version, the Treasure Isle one, but apart from that, this is about as perfect a showcase of Alton's genius talent as I could put together.
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Alton Ellis is my all time favourite singer. I first heard him when I was 12 years old in 1972, performing the immortal "Rock Steady"Â on The Trojan Story triple LP. It was love at first listen. This is a guy who could sing the phone book and make it sound soulful. I wanted to try and get all Alton's greatest records in one place, hence this compilation. I have included a few alternate takes so that the diehard's might still find it interesting, plus several of Alton's brilliant cover versions of Soul tracks, which he was particularly adept at. I've had to leave one or two things off as I only had access to 12"Â versions. I've also had to use the Studio One version of "Breaking Up"Â as opposed to my preferred version, the Treasure Isle one, but apart from that, this is about as perfect a showcase of Alton's genius talent as I could put together.
A FOOL
MY TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME
LIVE AND LEARN
YOU MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY
GIVE ME YOUR LOVE
WILLOW TREE
I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
ROCK STEADY
AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU
THE MESSAGE
ALL MY TEARS
CRY TOUGH
GIRL I'VE GOT A DATE
HOW CAN I
WHY BIRDS FOLLOW SPRING
SHAKE IT
REMEMBER THAT SUNDAY
THE PREACHER
TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW
WHAT DOES IT TAKE
I'M JUST A GUY
IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE
IF I HAD THE RIGHT
OOWEE BABY
IT'S ALRIGHT GIRL
BREAKING UP
TONIGHT
I'LL BE WAITING
IT'S A SHAME
MAD MAD
LET HIM TRY
IF I COULD RULE THIS WORLD