VA - Playtime Reggae: 20 Pures Reggae Oldies
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| Artist ..... : Various Artists |
| Album ...... : Playtime Reggae: 20 Pures Reggae Oldies |
| Year ....... : 2005 |
| Label ...... : Hi & Fly |
| Cat.No ..... : H&F 00011 |
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| Genere ..... : Reggae |
| Tracks ..... : 20 |
| Duration ... : 59:59 min |
| Source ..... : CDDA |
| Street Date : 2005-09-26 |
| URL ........ : www.discogs.com/release/6764970 |
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| Release Size : 95.10 MB |
| Ripping Tool : EAC |
| Encoder .... : Lame 3.98.4 -V0 |
| Quality .... : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo |
| Rip Date ... : 2015-03-26 |
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| 01. Lloyd Charmers - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More 02:58 |
| 02. Donna Dawson - You Can't Buy My Love 02:39 |
| 03. Bob Andy - Life 03:43 |
| 04. Delroy Wilson - Living In A Footsteps 03:08 |
| 05. Eric "Monty" Morris & The Maples - No More Teardrops 02:13 |
| 06. B.B. Seaton - Thin Line Between Love And Hate 03:01 |
| 07. Dave Barker & The Techniques - Lonely Man 02:52 |
| 08. The Messengers - Crowded City 03:03 |
| 09. Tony Nash - Keep On Trying 02:41 |
| 10. Dizzy & The Soul Syndicates - Riot 02:59 |
| 11. Phyllis Dillon - Picture On The Wall 02:35 |
| 12. The Heptones - Meaning Of Life 03:17 |
| 13. Matumbi - Law Of The Land 02:46 |
| 14. Candy Lewis - I'll Be Free Someday 02:32 |
| 15. Slim Smith - Sitting The Park 03:20 |
| 16. Mikey Chung - Breezing 03:48 |
| 17. Rudy Mills - John Jones 03:22 |
| 18. Gladdy With Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Chances 02:34 |
| 19. Lloydie & The Lowbites - Rough Rider 02:48 |
| 20. The Deltones - I'll Take You There 03:40 |
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| Total: 59:59 |
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| Lloyd Charmers sets the pace with his cover of Barry Whites "I'm Gonna |
| Love You Just A Little Bit More". Lloyd formed The Splash label in the |
| 70s after splitting with Uniques and went to produce sophisticatedly |
| arranged reggae tracks heavily inspired by Philadelphia soul. This |
| track, from 1974, has a romantic flavour but is basically funky, |
| sonically akin to The Chosen Few. |
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| Donna Dawson follows with "You Can't Buy My Love", a great cover of |
| Dennis Brown's 1972 original. N.B. This is the reggae version produced |
| by Joe Gibbs in 1973, not the 1979 stepper-version every precaution |
| has been taken to maintain an original roots and soul flavour. |
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| Next up, introducing the monumental Bob Andy with "Life". Something of |
| a Jamaican legend Bob Andy produced many classics at Studio One: "I've |
| Got To Go Back Home", "Unchained", "Too Experienced", (the latter, |
| performed by Barrington Levy, became an international hit). He was |
| married to Marcia Griffiths, with whom he recorded "Young Gifted And |
| Black" in 1970, a superb cover of Nina Simone's original, and "Always |
| Together", (produced by Coxsone in 1979). For further listening we'd |
| recommend his album of reference "Song Book" also produced by Coxsone. |
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| The journey then continues with "Living In A Footsteps" by Delroy |
| Wilson, one of Jamaica's 'Wonder Boys', who began recording hit tracks |
| at the tender age of 11. Bunny Lee produced this sweet soulful cover |
| of Chi-Lites' 1972 original in 1974. |
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| We pick up the thread in 1969, with a 200% skinhead track, "No More |
| Teardrops", by Eric 'Monty' Morris & The Maples. This track was |
| produced by Leslie Kong, (always a good measure of quality), a man who |
| worked with amongst others, Bob Marley ("Judge Not", 1962) and Toots & |
| The Maytals ("54-46" or indeed "Do The Reggae", both recorded in 1966, |
| the latter incidentally the first ever release to use word 'reggae' in |
| the title...). |
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| The Hi & Fly penchant for pure roots continues with a cover of the |
| Persuaders' Lovers produced by Lloyd Charmers for his Splash label and |
| then "Thin Line Between Love And Hate" performed by B. B. Seaton, a |
| track taken from the album of the same name that marked the beginning |
| of his post-Gaylads solo career. |
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| Now back to 1970, the end of the rocksteady era, with a track by Dave |
| Barker & TheTechniques, an artist known for his duo with Ansel Collins |
| ("Double Barrel" #1 in the UK charts 1970) and numerous collaborations |
| with Lee Perry. This version of "Lonely Man" was produced by Winston |
| Riley, founder member of Studio Techniques' in-house band and producer |
| of Tenor Saw's legendary "Ring The Alarm", as well as 2 classic studio |
| albums by one of the islands most legendary Deejays, Lone Ranger, |
| ("Rosmarie" 1981, and "DJ Daddy" in 1984). |
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| The following is a track by The Messenger, (a group also produced by |
| Lloyd Charmers), who perform "Crowded City", a deeply soulful reggae |
| number produced by Bunny Lee. We now take a slight detour through the |
| up-tempo skinnhead reggae of Tony Nash ("Keep On Trying"), before |
| arriving at that inimitable early reggae sound characterised by a more |
| energetic rhythm section and a saturated, deep bassline, underpinning |
| the melody. John 'Dizzy' Moore (of The Ska-Talites) on trumpet, backed |
| by The Soul Syndicate then supplies us with a tasty biscuit, "Riot", |
| produced by Keith Hudson in 1970. For those who still havent got their |
| heads around the difference between 60s rocksteady and post-1968 early |
| reggae, the next track Phyllis Dillons "Picture On The Wall", produced |
| by Duke Reid for Treasure Isle, provides the perfect illustration... |
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| The Heptones. This vocal trio lead by Leroy Sibbles, originated in the |
| rocksteady era. Here they perform "Meaning Of Life", produced by Alvin |
| Ranglin and one of the biggest reggae hits between 1974 and 1976. |
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| Matumbi then turn up the heat with a cover of The Temptations' "Law Of |
| The Land" a track on which they try to recreate the spatial-soul sound |
| of Norman Whitfield, and one that, due to its beautiful production |
| values and arrangement, really sounds more like it was recorded in |
| England than Jamaica. |
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| Now it's time for a couple of roots reggae gems. Keeping it soulful, |
| Candy Lewis performs "Ill Be Free Someday", produced by Clement Bushay |
| in 1977. Then we have Mr. Slim Smith's "Sitting The Park", produced by |
| Bunny Lee in 1973, the year in which Slim died following a tragic car |
| accident. It's a reggae track with a soul arrangements and a cover of |
| Billy Stewart's original (incidentally already covered by Alton Ellis |
| with his rocksteady version produced by Coxsone in 68 or 69). |
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| A chapter in history ended with the disappearance of Slim Smith,one of |
| Jamaica's best ever vocalists. Essential listening by this artist |
| includes "Rougher Yet" (Coxsone, 1967), "Rain From The Sky" (Bunny Lee |
| 1972), "My Conversation" (Rupie Edwards 1968), and most importantly "I |
| Will Never Let Go" a.k.a. "The Answer", a version of Lone Ranger's |
| original rhythm produced by Coxsone in 1967 and covered pretty much |
| annually ever since... |
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| We continue with quitarist Micky Chung's instrumental, "Breezing" |
| (produced by Lloyd Charmers in 1974), a soulful track for the summer |
| with distinctly jazzy tendencies (think Ernest Ranglin), before |
| returning to the dancefloor with 1968's skinnhead anthem "John Jones", |
| performed by Rudy Millis and produced by Derrick Harriott. |
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| The nonchalance then returns with "Chances", a rare rocksteady instr. |
| by pianist Gladstone Anderson a.k.a. Glady, accompanied here by Lynn |
| Taitt & The Jets. This is followed by "Rough Rider", first popularised |
| by Prince Buster in 1968 before being reworked in the early reggae |
| style in 1971 by Lloyd Charmer for his album "Cencored". It is Lloyd's |
| version you'll hear on this compilation, performed under the pseudonym |
| Lloydie & The Lowbites. |
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| To end on a soulful but festive vibe a track originally by The Staples |
| Singers, "I'll Take You There", covered here by The Deltones, recorded |
| in 1972. And that's your lot! |
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| DJ Ouls |
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