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Greatest Hits - Mr Soul Of Jamaica Expanded edition
Alton Ellis
Greatest Hits - Mr Soul Of Jamaica Expanded edition
Alton Ellis
Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of one of the most popular reggae LPs ever released. Alton Ellis is one of the most influential artistes in the history of Jamaican music. During a recording career that spanned some five decades, Alton Nehemiah Ellis wrote and recorded some of the most popular and influential ska, rock steady and reggae recordings of all-time. After making his debut in 1960, the immensely talented performer swiftly established a reputation as one of Jamaica's most popular and revered artistes, recording a catalog of hit singles, most notably for Duke Reid's famed Treasure Isle Records. In 1973, a dozen of the singer-songwriter's Treasure Isle tracks were gathered on Mr. Soul Of Jamaica - a best-selling LP, which concurrently saw issue in the UK as Greatest Hits. This seminal album forms the basis of this indispensable set, which also contains the remainder of Ellis's Duke Reid-produced output from the mid-'60s onwards, with the bonus material including a host of long-lost rarities and previously unissued alternate takes!
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Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | October 11, 2019 |
EAN/UPC | 5013929274532 |
Label | DOCTOR BIRD DBCDD045 |
Genre | Reggae |
Dimensions | 125 × 141 × 10 mm · 112 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Breaking Up
- Why Birds Follow Spring
- I Can't Stop Now
- Ain't That Loving You
- You Made Me So Very Happy
- Remember That Sunday
- All My Tears
- Baby I Love You
- Chatty Chatty People
- My Willow Tree
- If I Could Rule His World
- What Does It Take Bonus Tracks
- Girl I've Got a Date (1966 Version)
- Rock Steady
- I Can't Stand It
- Cry Tough (Take 6)
- La La Means I Love You
- Don't Trouble People
- Diana
- Love Letters
- Shake It
- Black Man's Word
- Give Me Your Love
- I Love You
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2. CD
- Girl I've Got a Date (1967 Version)
- Why Did You Leave Me
- How Can I
- Dance Crasher
- Duke of Earl
- Blessings of Love
- Oh, What a Smile Can Do
- Personality
- The Preacher
- Pumping in
- Nothing Sweeter
- Breaking Up (Alternate Take)
- Something You Got
- The Same Song
- Don't Trouble People (Alternate Take)
- Honey I Love
- Don't Gamble with Love
- Remember That Sunday (Alternate Take)
- Trying to Reach My Goal
- A You're Adorable
- I'm Just a Guy
- Cry Tough (Take 5)
- You Made Me So Very Happy (Alternate Take)
- Party Time
- Girl I've Got a Date (Soul Version)