Sounds Of Soul chronicles and playlist (04.10.2013): Jamaica got Soul

There has always been a great connection between Afro-American popular music styles like Soul and Funk and its Jamaican equivalents Ska and Rocksteady. This is not only true for collectors who very often dig for both sets of genres but even more so in a music historical sense. There is a real treasure trove of gorgeous Jamaican cover-versions of US Soul songs, sometimes even fairly obscure ones, right from the instrumental Ska interpretations of Motown and Atlantic soul hits right to the sophisticated and soulful Rocksteady material. As much as I love and adore this music I left my fingers from it so far, partly not to elevate my already grave vinyl addiction to a new level and partly because my good friend and regular guest Max Smart is covering these genres to perfection. That’s why I always look forward to having him and his Caribbean gems in the studio and last week was no exception when we were rewarded with another outstanding selection by the man as you can see below::

DJ Burn Hard

Joe Simon/Drowning In The Sea Of Love/7″ Spring

The Three Degrees/Macaroni Man/LP Standing Up For Love/Epic

George & Gwen McCrae/Mechanical Body/LP Together/Cat

Lew Kirton/Heaven In The Afternoon/7″ Alston

Brown Sugar/The Game Is Over/7″ Capitol

Jerry Butler/Playing On You/7″ Mercury

Spice/Sweet Norma Jones/7″ Sound Gems

Cross Fire/Take Me Back/7″ Virtue

The Montclairs/I Need You More Then Ever/7″ Paula Records

Vise/Baby, I Love You/7″ Chocolate Mama Records

Chuck Stephens/Let’s Get Nasty/7″ East Coast

Barrett Strong/Surrender/7″ Capitol

Max Smart

Soul Tops – Baby I Got News

Winston Samuels – Peace of Mind

Hopeton Lewis – The Music’s Got Soul

Alva Lewis – Return Home

Slim Smith – I Need Your Loving

U-Roy & Hopeton – Tom Drunk

Rupie Edwards – Gonna Need Me Version

Alton Ellis – Back To Africa

Prince Jazzbo – School

Errol Dunkley & Buster – My Queen

Maytals  – Looking Down The Street

Baba Brookes – Skalarama

If you want to hear the show back here is the link to the Sounds Of Soul page at Eastside radio:
https://eastsidefm.org/specialist/soundsofsoul/

DJ Burn Hard