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Various Artists: Let Me Tell You Boy - Reggae Sisters (TJCCD312)

I’m afraid this isn’t as good as I expected, don’t get me wrong it contains several great tracks and is reasonable selection of rocksteady/reggae/lovers tunes.  It is soulful but when compared to the men and the male vocal groups it falls short on the soulful stakes in my view.

The highlights are Hortense Ellis’s wonderful I’m still in love, Judy Mowatt’s Mellow mood exudes, as you would expect, a Bob Marley vibe, Cynthia richards, conversation, though Poppy is one of the better covers.  Phylis dillon pretty much has the best voice on show

The best track is probably Diane Lawrence’s Hound Dog.

Tracks like Fever don’t do it for me on any level I’m afraid, neither does the frantic cover of Preacher man, and a number of the other covers though they are big in Lovers Rock circles.

Various Artists: Let Me Tell You Boy - Reggae Sisters (TJCCD312)

 

Format: CD album
Released: Apr 03 2006
Price: £12.99




Belatedly following on from the highly acclaimed Trojan Reggae Sisters box set, issued in 2003, Reggae Sisters highlights some of the greatest recordings by female artists from the sixties and seventies. Illustrated on the collection are a variety of styles, from the sweet sounds of soulful Rocksteady and Lovers Rock to hard-hitting funk, all courtesy of the greatest female artists to have made their mark on the Reggae scene since the sixties.

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Tracklisting

  Don't Stay Away - Phyllis Dillon

  The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Marcia Griffiths

  Fever - Susan Cadogan

  Foolish Fool - Cynthia Richards

  Why Did You Lie - Dawn Penn

  Silent River Runs Deep - The Gaylettes

  Perfidia - Phyllis Dillon

  Sweet Bitter Love - Marcia Griffiths

  This World - Hortense Ellis

  Hurt So Good - Susan Cadogan

  Silly Wasn't I - Sharon Forrester

  Lovinı You - Janet Kay

  Feel Like Makin' Love - Elizabeth Archer And The Equators

  Keep It Like It Is - Louisa Mark

  Can't Go Through Life - Marie Pierre

  Make It With You - Bobby Houston

  Meditation - Annetta Jackson

  Woman In The Ghetto (Woman Ghetto) - Phyllis Dillon

  Working To The Top (My Ambition) - Marcia Griffiths

  Peace Begins Within - Nora Dean

  Son Of A Preacher Man - The Gaylettes

  Let Me Tell You Boy - The Ebony Sisters

  Conversation - Cynthia Richards

  The Right Track - Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis

  Wreck A Buddy - The Soul Sisters

  Barbwire - Nora Dean