Another in the occasional series of Jamaican covers of well known Soul and R & B tunes.  Lots on here I’ve not used before.  I have to say though, while doing this, to my great surprise the track I enjoyed the most was one I bought as 13 year old schoolboy, and at the time it was on a par with Wet Dream as being the most notorious record to own — Prince Buster’s adaption of Rainy Night In Georgia, the legendary Big Five.  Never quite understand why it was called Big Five though…anyway I hadn’t listened to it for years and it bought back a lot of memories, including that of my brother breaking my copy in half because I kicked him.  Those were the days…

 

ALTON ELLIS & DAVID ISAACS — LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU

BIG YOUTH — HIT THE ROAD JACK

BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES — SOUL SERENADE

DAVE McLAREN — LOVE IS WHAT I BRING

DAWN PENN — LONG DAYS SHORT NIGHTS

DERRICK MORGAN — IT’S ALRIGHT

DUDLEY SIBLEY — MONKEY SPEAKS HIS MIND

DENZIL DENNIS — NEVER FOUND A GIRL

DAVE BARKER — FOLLOW YOUR HEART

ALTON ELLIS — TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW

BOBBY AITKEN — SWEETS FOR MY SWEET

THE GAYLADS — MESSAGE TO MY GIRL

THE HEPTONES — SWEPT FOR YOU BABY

JOE WHITE — I’M SO PROUD

JOHN HOLT — STEALING

KEN BOOTHE — YOU LEFT THE WATER RUNNING

THE UNIQUES — GYPSY WOMAN

WINSTON GROOVEY — YOU SEND ME

TYRONE TAYLOR — JUST OUT OF REACH

THE TECHNIQUES — YOU DON’T CARE

THE HEPTONES — ONLY SIXTEEN

DERRICK MORGAN — SEVEN LETTERS

ERNEST WILSON — FREEDOM TRAIN

SOUL TOPS — GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT

THE SHADES — GO FIND YOURSELF A FOOL

RITA MARLEY — CHOOSY BEGGAR

PRINCE BUSTER — BIG FIVE

PHYLLIS DILLON — ONE LIFE TO LIVE

TYRONE EVANS — IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/more-soulful-reggae-rocksteady/

 

Look forward to listening Pete...

Look forward to listening Pete...

 

It's a good one Eddie except for that Tyrone Taylor which is terrible, except once I'd started it I had to carry on with it...rest is good