TRACKLIST
A1 Delroy Wilson– I Don't Know Why
A2 Basil Daley– Hold Me Baby
A3 Myrna Hague– Touch Me Baby
A4 John Holt & The Paragons– Darling, I Need Your Loving
B1 The Sharks (2)– How Could I Live
B2 Mad Lads*– Ten To One
B3 Jackie Mittoo– Reggae Magic
B4 Larry & Alvin– Your Love
B5 Freddy & Jenny– Too Long Will Be Too Late
C1 Alton Ellis– Let Him Try
C2 Albert Tomlinson– Don't Wait For Me
C3 Horace Andy– Got To Be Sure
C4 Carlton And His Shoes*– Never Give Your Heart Away
C5 The Heptones– Ready To Learn
D1 Bob & Marcia– Really Together
D2 Ernest Wilson– Undying Love
D3 Bob Marley & The Wailers– I'm Still Waiting
D4 Doreen Shaffer– We're All Alone
DESCRIPTION
Lovingly compiled, this album features only the finest Lovers from Jamaica’s finest label. From Blues parties in London, Birmingham, Bristol etc Lovers Rock quickly became one of the UK’s finest-ever musical movements.
Sweet harmonies, soulful reggae, love songs – the key ingredients of Lovers Rock - were all based on the revival of many of the classic Rocksteady harmony groups of the late 60s and early 70s, such as The Heptones, Carlton and The Shoes, Larry & Alvin, The Paragons, that Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd’s Studio One and rival Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label produced hit after hit with as they fought for dominance in the dancehalls of Kingston.
As well as these classic harmony groups, this album also features fine contributions from many of the reggae greats – Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Delroy Wilson – All artists who became stars at the legendary Studio One Records which Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, describes as "The University of Reggae".