Essential Artist Collection (Green Coloured Vinyl) (Coloured Vinyl 2xLP) Postcards

Essential Artist Collection (Green Coloured Vinyl) (Coloured Vinyl 2xLP) PostcardsArguably the greatest female singer in the history of Jamaican music, Marcia Griffiths first made her mark the Jamaican music scene with a number of popular singles during the late Sixties, before finding international fame in 1970 alongside her long term friend and sometime collaborator, Bob Andy. Bob and Marcias uplifting reggae version of Nina Simones inspiring song, (To Be) Young, Gifted & Black hit number 5 in the UK pop chart, with the single

I got that shit that keep your head bobbin

I had met producer Frankie Brumier when I was performing at festivals and parties and he wanted to record a girl group so we began scouting venues

Ivy's excellent solo rumble through Peter Gunn is culled from the Henry Mancini tribute album A Shot In The Dark which came out on Del-Fi subsidiary

I Love The New Sky lands somewhere between Paul McCartney's RAM and Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and certainly that recipe covers both the all-pervasive tunefulness and high quality

ironically

the band was previously known as The Five Stairsteps - famous for their hit song “O-o-h Child

American rhythm & blues fervour

Get Melted

this is considered a quintessential Evan albums as he develops his trademark style amongst the embers of Hard Bop

The Ethiopians and more - a who's who of the biggest names in reggae history

Primarily instrumental

Paul's next musical adventure