where to start?
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 8 February 2008 13:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Where is the LOVE for Gregory Isaacs?
plus Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond and many others.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
im talking uk lovers rock though...
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I do love Silly Games janet kay--"silly games" classic or dud?
― Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:25 (sixteen years ago) link
That's a great track, yeah. Her version of Loving You is quite funny for her botched attempt at the really high bit.
― chap, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i know silly games. thats super-classic. as well as lovers in general, id like to get a list of songs that were big uk chart hits, tracks like uptown top ranking etc..
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
cheap and full of goodness :
http://www.trojanrecords.com/productView.php?productID=102
― mark e, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
opps ! the track listing
― mark e, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck! i had that comp - dont know if i still do.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Great comp! My pick would be Lorna Bennett's utterly gorgeous Breakfast in Bed.
― chap, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
thing about that comp though is that it doesnt have all the uk lovers rock im after, apart from a few songs here and there i think.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not in a position to maintain you, the way that you're accustomed to, Can't take you out to fancy places, Like other fellows that I know can do, I'm only able to romance you, & make you tingle with delight, Financially, I'm a pauper, but when it comes to lovin I'm alright. Alright alright
Don't show me what you're friends are wearing, I really don't want to see, Don't tell me what your friends are buying, girl 'Cause money doesn't grow on trees. I got so many patches on my clothes, girl A hole in the bottom of shoe Financially, I'm a pauper, but when it comes to lovin I'm alright. Alright alright
You do really think I can buy you girl, or drive you in a GT car, If you're hungry, girl, I can't feed you, for my money, girl, you won't get far, tell me about the things that excite you, that makes you tingle with delight, Tell me where to hold & touch you, So you got to tell me, I'm alright. Alright alright
― Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I found a Janet Kay 7" inside the electric meter cupboard of my old flat. Fuck know what it was doing in there, and it was filthy & had bits of white paint on it, but I cleaned it up and kept it anyway.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
"Silly Games" is one of my very favorite things to which I was introduced courtesy of ILM
― jamescobo, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
John Kpiaye - "Albatross" Brown Sugar - "I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks"
― henry s, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
just when i needed you most - barbara jones one dance won't do - audrey hall good thing going - sugar minott if leaving me is easy - lloyd charmers why don't you spend the night - shirley james & danny ray
― mike t-diva, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
just don't want to be lonely - freddie mcgregor
― mike t-diva, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
the bed's too big without you - sheila hylton
― mike t-diva, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
and lorna bennett's "breakfast in bed" emphatically seconded.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Louisa mark – caught you in a lie
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link
"im talking uk lovers rock though..."
If you're restricting yourself to musicians who actually originate from the UK then you probably want to start with Aswad and Maxi Priest - at least while we're waiting for Dr. C to arrive on thread.
― Stewart Osborne, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
If you're restricting yourself to musicians who actually originate from the UK
isnt 'lovers rock' a uk genre?
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 8 February 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
The genre supposedly originated in the UK, but a substantial proportion (I would suggest the vast majority) of the musicians who were / have been associated with it (e.g. Horace Andy, Ken Boothe, Dennis Brown, John Holt, Gregory Isaacs, Freddie McGregor, Sugar Minott, Delroy Wilson) were actually Jamaican.
― Stewart Osborne, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
If you can find them the three volumes of Rewind Selecta Lovers compiled by David Rodigan are the absolute fucking touchstone for this stuff.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Volume 1:
http://www.discogs.com/release/750259
Volume 2:
http://www.discogs.com/release/584651
― Alex in SF, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
The new Greensleeves comp looks awesome too.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
this good too:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51902GNBDCL._SS500_.jpg
― henry s, Friday, 8 February 2008 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
When Tower was having their big sell-off I totally coveted that record (it was $27 or something.) By the time it got to 60% or whatever it was already gone. :(
― Alex in SF, Friday, 8 February 2008 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I was one of the ones that jumped...(5 bucks!)
― henry s, Friday, 8 February 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Grrr.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 8 February 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktL3wHg02ZQ
― am0n, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Ive been listening to Susan Cadogan's Hurts So Good a lot lately
― a waxing interest in waning (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 10:56 (nine years ago) link
Paul Sci-Fi Soul of this bailiwick made an absolutely stonking comp CD of Lovers Rock that he gave to me about 10 years ago. my favorite might be "dim the lights":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJq-Nfy5YXg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 11:02 (nine years ago) link
xpost D.A.M. I just came here to say the same thing. It's an all time classic with so many great songs and this hazy flutey Lee Perry production which I'd say ranks as one of his best. I really like 'Congratulations' and especially 'Don't Burn Your Bridges'. I've been trying to work out what the bass is doing on the latter song for some years and there's something about the harmonics on that that I can't work out.
― www.perry.como (dog latin), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 11:05 (nine years ago) link
one of the greatest names for a band ever, and one of the greatest lovers rock groups?
Carlton & His Shoes
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 11:23 (nine years ago) link
would love the tracklist for that comp if poss!
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 11:33 (nine years ago) link
it's at home - i will dig it out
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
probly some of these:http://clocktower.org/show/paul-kennedy-live-at-the-clocktower
― Paul, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
they laid it on thick with that list of specialties - I just filled out a line on a questionnaire. bet I listed so many cos looking for more work, innit?
― Paul, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
Xp dog latin -- I love Perry's production but I think it's Susan's voice that is my favorite element. So ethereal and strange.
Nice n Easy is a cover, isn't it? I'm sure I've heard it before, but I can't place it. Possibly orig a bossa nova track?
― a waxing interest in waning (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDC4jhl8e3c
I love this cover.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
I knew the Horace Andy version of Nice and Easy before the Cadogan one. I agree about the voice, it's amazing, and I like the effect that's been put on it. I love the disco ness of that record, but just in songs like Shame but the overall vibe and feeling
― monoprix & dimensions (dog latin), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Not just in songs like Shame, that should have said.
soundtrack to Paul's CD:
01. Keith Douglas - "Cool Down Amina"02. Winston Reedy - "Dim the Lights"03. Leroy Mafia - "Say You"04. Portia Morgan - "Let Me Be Your Angel"05. Carlton & His Shoes - "Carlton's Mood For Love"06. Jean Adebambo - "Paradise"07. Carlton Lewis - "Sweet Soul Rocking"08. Michael Gordon - "Magic Feeling"09. Janet Kay - "Rock The Rhythm"10. Suddenly Happiness - "15-16-17"11. Janet Kay - "Do You Love Me"12. Sandra Cross - "Can't Let You Go"13. Janet Kay - "Silly Games"14. Cool Notes - "My Tune"15. Sandra Cross - "Just Don't Care"16. Deborahe Glasgow - "Fantasy Becomes Reality"17. Peter Hunnigale - "Baby Please"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
i mean tracklisting, derr
"sweet soul rocking" is probably the song i dip back into most of those, just irresistible
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
err shit or maybe "say you" is my favorite!! no way to choose
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
nice one! was that a one-off for you? and did I write it that way? band should be 15-16-17 songname "Suddenly Happiness"
― Paul, Thursday, 4 September 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
A glorious Lovers Rock compilation on Athens of the North - mostly covers of early 80s soul tracks (Mtume, Prince, Isleys): https://aotns.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-love-of-you
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3419816833_16.jpg
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 9 May 2020 09:59 (three years ago) link
while we're at it, here's a really good Lovers Rock playlist made by a mate who very much knows these things https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7B7it87dvY4epeWBBdkGSN?si=1Dhl2MLdTjW1UCnwgO0ZSA
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 9 May 2020 10:49 (three years ago) link
that compilation is so good, AotN have been doing lots of different stuff lately and it's all been delightful
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 9 May 2020 10:59 (three years ago) link
Niiiiiice
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
Maybe this should be in the songs that sound like other songs thread but after days of wracking my brain I finally remembered what the chorus of that Susan Cadogan song upthread reminded me of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qno14G50fJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYA2FLFFl00
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 11 May 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
currently digging this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_gA1idFJTABarry Biggs • Wide Awake In A Dreamcame across it on this compilation on Spotify: Trojan Presents: Lovers Rock - 40 Romantic Reggae Classics, not sure if it’s one of the comps mentioned upthread
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 11:05 (two years ago) link
only ever heard people play the streetsoul mix of this but omg the lovers version is killing me today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h9bTIBvgqsmary rose - one step at a time (lovers mix)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 19 October 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80r4KDdujE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMzAJ1vcKbg
― bbq, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 08:43 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuObsXmtFpY
― fetter, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 09:54 (six months ago) link
Elizabeth Archer is all time. The dub is insane. i had always thought it was a Dennis Bovell mix but turns out it isn't.
This is a current big favourite. A cover of the Rose Royce classic that perfectly suits being adapted to a Reggae track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfWDxIVuN6M
― stirmonster, Sunday, 1 October 2023 23:27 (six months ago) link