Reggae soul covers? (RR)

waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
edited October 2007 in Strut Central
They're killing it for me right now. The Soul Jazz comp is one of the strongest I've heard in awhile, for any genre. Or is there something better (and how can I get it?)
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  • check the following:

    Darker than Blue
    Reggae Hustle (soul jazz)
    My dude Sureshot's "sound boy burial status breaks" comp series

    All are excellent introductions to the reggae soul covers. A lot of this stuff has been re-issued, bootlegged and comp'd, so keep your eyes on sites like Labcabin and dusty groove.

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    My dude Sureshot's "sound boy burial status breaks" comp series

    While Sound Bwoy may be well selected, people might want to spend their money
    on comps that actually paid someone for the right to use their music...
    or not.

    Either way that bootleg ish is

  • There are a couple of those Trojan "box sets" (the ones with the cardboard sleeves) that focus on covers, much of it soul...

  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    check the following:

    Darker than Blue

  • chasechase 767 Posts
    wasnt there a mix posted up with reggae soul covers about 2 years ago?

    that shit was


  • check the following:

    Darker than Blue



    wasnt there a mix posted up with reggae soul covers about 2 years ago?

    that shit was


    i need bofe uf these in my lyfe, any chance uf an oplode :laetpasschumpt;

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts
    There are a couple of those Trojan "box sets" (the ones with the cardboard sleeves) that focus on covers, much of it soul...






  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts



  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts

    Tough call between this version and the Derrick Harriott 12. Ellis one is sweeter, but the Harriott has the extended dubbed out percussion.

    Harriott Version

  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    What else we got?

    Stop In The Name Of Love
    Only You
    Ain't No Sunshine
    Be Thankful

    I have this reggae soul mix that I've been procrastinatin' on for a while and contains none of the above, mostly originals rather than US covers. I need to get on it again.

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts
    I know I put this up over a year ago, but it's amazing.

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/434416954e3654/

  • SooksSooks 714 Posts
    I have a version of Betty Wright's Tonight is the Night by Claudette Miller and Conscious Minds that I like a lot... I'll see if I have a soundclip around.

  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    I know I put this up over a year ago, but it's amazing.

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/434416954e3654/

    Very nice.

    Since we are a dozen posts into a soulstrut genre thread, it's probably bout time to totally derail it with tenuous suggestions like lists of non soul cover reggae tracks, or even non-reggae soul covers like this Jackie Wilson Calypso.

  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    These tracks are what's UP!

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts

    These are great. Can I get artist for each song?

  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    I know I put this up over a year ago, but it's amazing.

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/434416954e3654/

    thanks. great tune.

  • SooksSooks 714 Posts
    I have a version of Betty Wright's Tonight is the Night by Claudette Miller and Conscious Minds that I like a lot... I'll see if I have a soundclip around.

    Claudette Miller and Conscious Minds - Tonight is the Night (Treasure Isle)

  • My dude Sureshot's "sound boy burial status breaks" comp series

    While Sound Bwoy may be well selected, people might want to spend their money
    on comps that actually paid someone for the right to use their music...
    or not.

    Either way that bootleg ish is

    Yo I heard haterade tastes better through a clown straw. any truth in that?


  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
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  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts

    These are great. Can I get artist for each song?

    Delroy Wilson
    Officially Lloyd Parks
    Ken Boothe
    Winston Curtis

  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    check the following:

    Darker than Blue

    So is "For the Love of You" on this comp a cover of "Living for the Love of You" by the Isleys?

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    check the following:

    Darker than Blue

    So is "For the Love of You" on this comp a cover of "Living for the Love of You" by the Isleys?

    Yup and John Holt does a damn fine version.

  • My dude Sureshot's "sound boy burial status breaks" comp series

    While Sound Bwoy may be well selected, people might want to spend their money
    on comps that actually paid someone for the right to use their music...
    or not.

    Either way that bootleg ish is

    Yo I heard haterade tastes better through a clown straw. any truth in that?


    If telling it like it is, is hating....
    Guilty as charged.
    If you get behind ripping people off that's the real son.

    I don't know what kind of baggage you have with the hommie Sh*ne but this is some bullshit. I mean, do you have any idea how hard it is to license obscure AMERICAN music, let alone Jamaican? Do you think you yourself could successfully license the majority of the records on that comp? Would it be better if those records remained unknown?

    I really doubt anyone made a boatload of cash off status breaks, as it certainly wasn't any kind of mass release... and I am sure you own a good amount of unlicensed reggae in your collection... and I am sure you're aware of the murky licensing arrangements in the Jamaican music industry... so what is your issue exactly?

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    Post deleted by cpeetz

  • a: why focus on the negative side of that shit? that comp series is loooong gone.

    b: why put somebody on blast on a board that his Frickin' friends write on?

    c: those comps are totally wicked, and to this day IMO nobody has really outdone them. if anybody has one of those disgusting bootlegs for sale please PM.


    pulllease don't try to point any fingers at me for defending a dope record series. you are coming off like a dancehall monitor.


  • stop_33stop_33 365 Posts
    soundbwoy is rad...
    super reggae & soul is rad...
    artists getting paid is rad...
    shot is rad...
    cpeetz is rad...
    seattle is rad...
    london is rad...
    LA is rad...
    jamaica is rad...
    toronto is rad...
    tokyo is rad...



    peace and love folks...
    dead this bullshit...
    sipreano

  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    At the risk of sounding greedy, if anyone can post that Isleys cover I would love that. I'm going to try to cop the vinyl in Berkeley on Tuesday, but if I can't locate it, I'm going to have to go online. I need that in my life.

  • a: why focus on the negative side of that shit? that comp series is loooong gone.

    b: why put somebody on blast on a board that his Frickin' friends write on?

    c: those comps are totally wicked, and to this day IMO nobody has really outdone them. if anybody has one of those disgusting bootlegs for sale please PM.


    pulllease don't try to point any fingers at me for defending a dope record series. you are coming off like a dancehall monitor.



    BUT DUDE! SURESHOT MADE BILLIONZ! HE CAN'T EVEN FOLD WALLETS! HIS MONEY GOT MONEY! HE'S Frickin' SCROOGE MCDUCK RIGHT NOW! TAKING FAT-ASS DIVES INTO A LAKE OF GOLD Frickin' COINS.

  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    I know I put this up over a year ago, but it's amazing.

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/434416954e3654/
    ive loved that song ever since thanks again
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