WOW!!! Get a load of this version of the 4 Tops... that intro is haunting... never heard this before, but Derrick Harriott is fast becoming my favorite Jamaican singer, next to Pat Kelly of course....

 

Edited January 16, 20169 yr by Mal C

Here's one I thought Id got of Pete 'W' Smith, until we found out he also cut the Impressions track of the same name, anybody heard of, or got this one? I still need it..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-x_NTbxJww

Among the best he did. So Impressions-ish...

 

 

This is a nice version too :  

 

He did loads of covers , check out the Trojan Motorcity Box set.

 

 

 

Great artist.  I posted Trial Of Love, which was released twice on 45, in the lowrider thread a while ago.

 

 

The man himself ...

 

 

Many of his better 45's were re-issued about 5 years ago in Japan, great quality pressings on heavyweight vinyl.

Then there's this version of Dan Penn

 

Edited January 16, 20169 yr by tsu tomatoes

Like that one, that is very nice...  here's another I really like, kinda like the writing credit there.. lol  Dawn Penn, but credited Dawn Tenn, very strange..

 

Edited January 18, 20169 yr by Mal C

On the subject of alt versions of Four Tops tunes, Ask The Lonely has been covered a few times over the years.  Here's a version by the Fabulous Plaidswhich can be usually be picked up cheaply.

 

 

Derrick also recorded a fantastic ( IMHO ) version of The Temptations "I gotta Know" changing the title to "Sitting on Top of The World"