There are loads of great reggae versions of soul classics the original soul version does lend it self towards a reggae theme anyway

Here's one thats always been a fave of mine ........... bought as a new release a FEW years back ......

We're just like Williams & Watson .... two (bros) for the price of one

Can't say that this is my fave version of "Dark End of the Street" ......... the backing is just TOO amateurish ....

There has to be a better reggae version ...... no doubt Pete S will point me in the right direction.

Here's a better effort from Pat Kelly .... a Curtis Mayfield (Impressions) song .....

Can't say that this is my fave version of "Dark End of the Street" ......... the backing is just TOO amateurish ....

There has to be a better reggae version ...... no doubt Pete S will point me in the right direction.

I can't, I'm too stunned at you saying that the backing track is amateurish LOL this backing track has been used on 7 or 8 classics including the oe below, which isn't a soul record but sounds like it should be - totally fantastic track by the same artist

An earlier version of the above that again features the Techniques .......

Here's a better effort from Pat Kelly .... a Curtis Mayfield (Impressions) song .....

Ooh not for me thanks - that is an 80's remake of a 1967 stunner..

I'm too stunned at you saying that the backing track is amateurish LOL this backing track has been used on 7 or 8 classics

Afraid its way too 'tinny' for me Pete.

Beat you to the 67 version of "Queen Majesty" !!

Edited February 9, 201312 yr by Roburt

A truly FANTASTIC version

Try this, I know its a cd but it a good starting point, if like me your new to this reggae stuff

Available on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Trojan-Motor-Reggae-Various-Artists/dp/B000DXSBNW

1. You've Really Got A Hold Of Me - Harriot, Derrick 2. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) - Harriot, Derrick 3. Further You Look The Less You See - Holt, John 4. I Want A Love I Can See - Edwards, Jackie 5. Way You Do The Things You Do - Donaldson, Eric 6. Girl's Alright With Me - Harriot, Derrick 7. Since I Lost You - Techniques 8. Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Andy, Bob 9. Tracks Of My Tears - Kelly, Pat (1) 10. My Girl Has Gone (When You Were Mine) 11. Put Yourself In My Place - Lazarus, Ken 12. This Old Heart Of Mine - Wilson, Delroy 13. My Girl - Smith, Slim 14. It's Growing - Riley, Martin 15. Since I Lost My Baby - Andy, Bob 16. Don't Look Back - Brown, Busty 17. I Can't Help Myself - Wilson, Delroy

THE UNIQUES - OUT OF LOVE - TROJAN

Edited February 9, 201312 yr by Pete S

No vocals on this .... so the 'backing track' has to 'stand on its own feet' ....

THE TECHNIQUES - YOU DON'T CARE - TREASURE ISLE

ALTON ELLIS - AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU - TREASURE ISLE

Edited February 9, 201312 yr by Pete S

........... NOT SOUL AT ALL ..........

but a massive mid 60's mod club sound that I had to slip in ..........

.... its 15th April 1967 again, two in the morning & we're all at the Mojo niter in North Sheffield waiting for Geno to come on stage when Stringfellow spins this .....

Edited February 9, 201312 yr by Roburt

PRINCE BUSTER - A QUIET PLACE - BLUE BEAT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqKnq87p5UQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCtySZyxerM

I can't, I'm too stunned at you saying that the backing track is amateurish LOL this backing track has been used on 7 or 8 classics including the oe below, which isn't a soul record but sounds like it should be - totally fantastic track by the same artist

that pat kelley-how long will it take is fantastic and beautiful,how much for one of them pete ?

jason

The Four Tops version of this does nowt for me at all but this version is great .

Ken Boothe

that pat kelley-how long will it take is fantastic and beautiful,how much for one of them pete ?

jason

It's pretty easy to pick up mate, £20 for a mint one but any less, £8 to £15 really. This UK version is way better than the Jamaican mix, the Jamaican one doesn't have the strings which make the UK one so beautiful. Next one I get I'll give you it. In fact I might have one on my jukebox (though I think it's Jamaican - doh!)

I quite like this.

It's pretty easy to pick up mate, £20 for a mint one but any less, £8 to £15 really. This UK version is way better than the Jamaican mix, the Jamaican one doesn't have the strings which make the UK one so beautiful. Next one I get I'll give you it. In fact I might have one on my jukebox (though I think it's Jamaican - doh!)

cheers pete,you are a gentleman !

jason

Bitty Mclean Walk away from love

temptations I want a love i can see John Holt

People get ready Minstrels

https://youtu.be/xVRPWuQfQLA

id be here all day if i was to do a list

A very fine version of the Marlena Shaw classic. There's also another very good version by Phyllis Dillon.

can someone post up the following...check out delroy wilsons cut to tyrone davis `can i change my mind`..also the dj cut with delroy & u-roy doing their thing..cheers rich

Like this version

Pat Kelly has such a soulful voice

can someone post up the following...check out delroy wilsons cut to tyrone davis `can i change my mind`..also the dj cut with delroy & u-roy doing their thing..cheers rich

very nice

Does anyone know if there is a Reggae version of JBs Funky Drummer? Just curious!

Blake

Play this out occasionally. Far better version of our Kenny IMO.

Also drop the needle on this. Again far better than the original by the Temptations again IMO.

It's pretty easy to pick up mate, £20 for a mint one but any less, £8 to £15 really. This UK version is way better than the Jamaican mix, the Jamaican one doesn't have the strings which make the UK one so beautiful. Next one I get I'll give you it. In fact I might have one on my jukebox (though I think it's Jamaican - doh!)

Agreed Pete but have seen it in boxes at Soul nights for anything up to £50 on UK Gas.

Got a rather strange Australian copy (with added strings & things) on W&G records & rather nice it looks too.

Agreed Pete but have seen it in boxes at Soul nights for anything up to £50 on UK Gas.

Got a rather strange Australian copy (with added strings & things) on W&G records & rather nice it looks too.

Well those seller are f*ckwits and robbers mate. It sold over 50,000 copies in the UK. There will always be a copy on ebay uk reggae at any given time.

Here you go, 35 reggae and rocksteady versions of soul classics, this is one of the best podcasts I did last year

THE SOUL TOPS — GOOD THINGS — TREASURE ISLE

BITTY McLEAN — WALK AWAY FROM LOVE — PECKINGS

JOHNNY & THE ATTRACTIONS — YOUNG WINGS CAN FLY — DOCTOR BIRD

SLIM SMITH — BUILD MY WORLD AROUND YOU — UNITY

KEN BOOTHE — MOVING AWAY — STUDIO ONE

THE TECHNIQUES — QUEEN MAJESTY — TREASURE ISLE

PHYLLIS DILLON — ONE LIFE TO LIVE — TREASURE ISLE

ERROL DIXON — WHY HURT YOURSELF — JJ

THE PARAGONS — LEFT WITH A BROKEN HEART — DUKE

THE TECHNIQUES — YOU DON’T CARE — TREASURE ISLE

THE HEPTONES — SWEPT FOR YOU BABY — SURE SHOT

KEN BOOTHE — YOU LEFT THE WATER RUNNING — CALTONE

SLIM SMITH & THE UNIQUES — THAT’S THE WAY LOVE IS — TROJAN

THE SENSATIONS — BORN TO LOVE YOU — TREASURE ISLE

DENZEL DENNIS — NEVER FOUND A GIRL — OCEAN

THE SOULETTES — A DEP ON DEM — COXSONE

B.B. SEATON — THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE — TROJAN

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS — KEEP ON MOVING — UPSETTER

ALTON ELLIS — TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW - ACKEE

TYRONE EVANS — IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE — TREASURE ISLE

MARTIN RILEY — IT’S GROWING — ESCORT

PAT KELLY — LITTLE BOY BLUE — LEES

JIMMY LONDON — I’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU — EXPLOSION

PAT KELLY — DARK END OF THE STREET — JACKPOT

THE SILVERTONES — THAT’S WHEN IT HURTS — TECHNIQUES

CORNELL CAMPBELL — GIVE ME LOVE — GREEN DOOR

BOB ANDY — FEELING SOUL — FAB

AUDREY — A LOVERS CONCERTO — DOWNTOWN

DANDY — I’M YOUR PUPPET — DOWNTOWN

DELROY WILSON — PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE — HIGH NOTE

THE UNIQUES — OUT OF LOVE — TRAMP

STRANGER COLE — CRYING EVERY NIGHT — CAMEL

AUDREY — YOU’LL LOSE A GOOD THING — DOWNTOWN

JOE WHITE — I’M SO PROUD — BLUE CAT

BUSTY BROWN — I LOVE YOU MADLY - PUNCH

This is a compilation of various Jamaican versions of popular soul tunes, plus some that I included just due to the fact that they had soulful vocals.

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/reggae-soul/

Edited February 10, 201312 yr by Pete S

I have a spare of this for sale by the way

Well those seller are f*ckwits and robbers mate. It sold over 50,000 copies in the UK. There will always be a copy on ebay uk reggae at any given time.

Agreed 100% but if people are daft enough to pay it, you know the rest.

Anyway have you ever seen an Aussie copy that I mentioned?

Agreed 100% but if people are daft enough to pay it, you know the rest.

Anyway have you ever seen an Aussie copy that I mentioned?

I have seen it, though not in the flesh

Pat kelley here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pat-Kelley-How-Long-Will-It-Take-Gas-Pama-Reggae-Ska-Roots-EX-Rare-/370751770238?pt=UK_Records&hash=item5652870e7e

It'll annoy Pete but lets move forward to the 70's

......an AL GREEN clone -- now what was his 'imaginitive' name ?? ... Oh yea ..

..........AL BROWN ..............

..

OK, I'll slip back into the 60's (though it was released here in the 70's on Nu Beat) ......

ALTON ELLIS ......... "La La La Means I Love You" ...............

Edited February 10, 201312 yr by Roburt

Glad somebody posted this up ... I bought a load of LP's recently and in the batch was a reggae Lp on Dragon label with no proper cover. One track was a really decent version of walking up a one way street but no artist by the title! Would like to know who the artist is and was it released as a single?? Cue Pete Smith or some other knowleable person (Johnny Boy South??)

Phil Rains

Glad somebody posted this up ... I bought a load of LP's recently and in the batch was a reggae Lp on Dragon label with no proper cover. One track was a really decent version of walking up a one way street but no artist by the title! Would like to know who the artist is and was it released as a single?? Cue Pete Smith or some other knowleable person (Johnny Boy South??)

Phil Rains

Phil it's the first track on this thread, go back to post number one

Phil it's the first track on this thread, go back to post number one

Ta Pete ... completely missed it!!