Description
Tracklist:
A1: Can I Change My Mind
A2: Melody Life
A3: New World
A4: Shimmering Star
B1: Heartaches
B2: Buck Town Corner
B3: Turn, Turn, Turn
B4: I’m Still In Love
B5: Sugar Sugar
C1: Feel So Good
C2: My Man Is Gone
C3: Till I Kissed You
C4: Barb Wire
D1: Welcome You Back Home
D2: Sleeping Trees
D3: Friends And Lovers
D4: Secretly
D5: You’re No Good
Gatefold sleeve.
Includes download code.
This compilation: P2022 by Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio Limited, t/a Studio One under exclusive licence to Soul Jazz Records.
This compilation:
Soul Jazz Records 2022
From liner notes:
A1: 1968. First appeared on the 1990 album ‘[m=254463]’.
A2: 1968.
A3: 1978, originally a hit for [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/428943-Cass-Elliot]Mama Cass Elliot[/url] in 1970 and was covered by [a=Nina Simone] the following year.
A4: 1970, first recorded by [a=Cecile Campbell], an adaptation of [a=Miriam Makeba]’s “Ring Bell, Ring Bell” (1967)
B1: 1968.
B2: 1980, version of [a=Burning Spear]’s “Foggy Road” rhythm.
B3: 1981, written by [a=Pete Seeger] in 1959
B4: 1967, 1977 update of [a=Alton Ellis]’ “I’m/I Am Still In Love With You”.
B5: 1979, version of [a=The Heptones]’ “Fatty Fatty” / [a=Jackie Mittoo]’s “Ram Jam”.
C1: 1980, sung over [a=The Righteous Flames]’ “Lost Your Date” rhythm.
C2: 1980, based around The [a=Four Tops]’s 1966 “Just As Long As You Need Me” and first popularised in Jamaica by [a=Ken Boothe] in 1967.
C3: 1981, based on The [a=Everly Brothers]’ “(Til’) I Kissed You” from 1959.
C4: 1981, hit in 1969 for [a=Nora Dean]. Rhythm is a dubbed incarnation of 1967’s [a=Slim Smith]’s version of “You Don’t Care” (with harmonies from [a=The Gaylads]).
D1: 1965.
D2: 1999, also recorded by [a=The Saints (3)].
D3: 1966, originally by [a=Nancy Ames] (1966).
D4: 1974, originally by [a=Jimmie Rodgers (2)] (1958)
D5: 1966, first sung by [a=Dee Dee Warwick] and [a=Betty Everett] in 1963.
