Darker Than Blue- Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980

Darker Than Blue- Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980 1. Ghetto Funk - The Boris Gardiner Happening 2. Collie Stuff - Chosen Few 3. Slipping Into Darkness - Carl Bradney 4. Is It Because I'm Black? - Ken Boothe 5. Get Involved - Freddie McGregor 6. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City - Al Brown 7. Mango Walk - In-Crowd 8. Ain't No Sunshine - Ken Boothe 9. Gypsy Woman - Milton Henry 10. Give Me Your Love - Junior Murvin 11. For The Love Of You - John Holt 12. It's A Shame - Alton Ellis 13. I'm Your Puppet - Jimmy London 14. Get Ready (12" Mix) - Delroy Wilson 15. Darker Than Blue - Lloyd Charmers 16. Why Can't We Live Together? (Extended) - Tinga Stewart 17. Baltimore - The Tamlins 18. Hotter Reggae Music - Welton Irie --------------------------------------- Amazon.com With so many hip-hop headz and funk nostalgists digging deeper into the record crates for the real thing, labels such as the U.K.'s Soul Jazz have begun packaging dancehall for the new generation. On the other hand, premier reggae historian Steve Barrow--whose career of repackaging reggae for American and British audiences includes the landmark four-CD Tougher Than Tough box set--uses Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamdown to turn the mirror around, examining Jamaican bands covering American funk. The fine selection includes covers of songs written by Americans already indelibly influenced by reggae, including Carl Bradney's cover of War's "Slipping into Darkness" and Tinga Stewart's cover of Timmy Thomas's "Why Can't We Live Together?" Others are completely Jamaicanized versions of the originals, as in the Tamlins' cover of Randy Newman's "Baltimore" and the unforgettable title track, Lloyd Charmers's dubwise rendering of Curtis Mayfield's classic. Welton Irie's "Hotter Reggae Music" borrows generous helpings of "Rapper's Delight," a case of history coming full circle. Highly recommended. --Jeff Chang

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burningrabbit (2009-10-23)

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