Trojan Lovers Box Set (Limited Edition) (1999) (Reissued/Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Sanctuary Records Group UPC: 00060768029828 Release Date: 7/9/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60558768 Item#: MN5YN9 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Living In The Footsteps - Delroy Wilson ~ Various Artists 2. Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Marcia Griffiths ~ Various Artists 3. In Paradise - Jackie Edwards ~ Various Artists 4. Why Baby Why - Ken Boothe ~ Various Artists 5. Lips Of Wine - Dennis Brown ~ Various Artists 6. Stay A Little Bit Longer - Delano Stewart ~ Various Artists 7. Ring Of Gold - The Melodians ~ Various Artists 8. Memories By The Score - John Holt ~ Various Artists 9. Our Day Will Come - The Heptones ~ Various Artists 10. Lonely Man - Dave Barker ~ Various Artists 11. Have You Seen Her - Derrick Harriott ~ Various Artists 12. Daddy's Home - Pat Kelly & The Uniques ~ Various Artists 13. Sad News - The Ethiopians ~ Various Artists 14. I'll Be Waiting - Alton Ellis ~ Various Artists 15. Thin Line Between Love And Hate - B.B. Seaton ~ Various Artists 16. All I Have Is Love - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists 17. Love Me For A Reason - The Fab Five Inc. ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Turning Point (Where Do I Turn) - Slim Smith ~ Various Artists 2. Til I Can't Take It Anymore - David Isaacs ~ Various Artists 3. My Jamaican Girl - The Gaylands ~ Various Artists 4. I'm So Proud - Joe Smith ~ Various Artists 5. Silly Wasn't I - Sharon Forrester ~ Various Artists 6. Please Stay - Larry Marshall ~ Various Artists 7. Here I Am Baby - Al Brown ~ Various Artists 8. Riding For A Fall - Horace Andy ~ Various Artists 9. It Must Be True Love - Toots & The Maytals ~ Various Artists 10. No More Heartache - The Beltones ~ Various Artists 11. That's When It Hurts - The Silvertones ~ Various Artists 12. Tonight - Keith & Tex ~ Various Artists 13. One Woman - Bob Andy ~ Various Artists 14. Never Found A Girl - Cornell Campbell ~ Various Artists 15. Left With A Broken Heart - The Paragons ~ Various Artists 16. Fever - Susan Cadogan ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Your Eyes Are Dreaming - Jackie Edwards ~ Various Artists 2. Silhouette - Dennis Brown ~ Various Artists 3. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The - Marcia Griffiths ~ Various Artists 4. Now I Know - Ken Boothe ~ Various Artists 5. You Don't Need Me - The Melodians ~ Various Artists 6. It Hurts - Delroy Wilson ~ Various Artists 7. You Make Me Feel Brand New - Inner Circle ~ Various Artists 8. Rich In Love - Glen Adams ~ Various Artists 9. Darling Ooh - Errol Dunkley ~ Various Artists 10. Let Me Hold Your Hand - The Heptones ~ Various Artists 11. Soulful Love - Pat Kelly ~ Various Artists 12. You Will Never Find Another Love Like Mine - John Holt ~ Various Artists 13. Since I Lost My Baby - Derrick Harriott ~ Various Artists 14. Things Of The Past - Phyllis Dillon ~ Various Artists 15. Honey Child - Bob Andy ~ Various Artists 16. You'll Lose A Precious Love - The Uniques ~ Various Artists 17. Just As Long As You Need Me - Busty Brown ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info All tracks have been digitally remastered. Take note of the title Trojan Box Set: Lovers. It was carefully chosen to avoid the amorphous lovers rock tag, and thus allows Trojan to dodge the genre bullet and its chronological mid- to late-'70s straightjacket. In reality, this box is an object lesson in just how meaningless the lovers rock label is. The majority of the songs are drawn from the late '60s through the early '70s, and their reggae-light stylings, pop inflections, and relatively lush production are a strong indicator of how long "lovers rock" had been on the Jamaican scene before the British media came up with a name for it. So, Lovers it is, and Trojan rounds up romance across three CDs and 50 tracks, the perfect way to inflame a candlelit night of passion. All the emotional touchstones are brought to bear, pain and pleasure, the lovelorn and the loving, heartache and hearts joined, love is indeed a many splendored thing, and love lost is desolation. The vocal groups included are Jamaica's cr?me de la cr?me -- the Paragons, the Uniques, the Heptones, the Melodians. The singers are some of the best -- Alton Ellis, John Holt, Slim Smith, Pat Kelly, Ken Boothe, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, and so many more. By and large, the songs are equally exemplary, although there are a full clinkers, poorly conceived covers like Brown's "Silhouette" and Smith's "Turning Point (Where Do I Turn)," although there's no faulting the actual performance, just the choice of song. However, the masterpieces far outweigh the dross, with Jackie Edwards' "In Paradise," Ellis' "I'll Be Waiting," Boothe's "Now I Know," Keith & Tex's "Tonight," and B.B. Seaton's "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" just a handful of the many memorable moments found within. In a few years, many of these same artists will be churning out Euro-fied horrors smothered in strings, with only the syncopated beat a dim reminder of their roots. Lovers box stands as a monument to how sublime Jamaican pop sounded before the British stamped their imprint all over it. ~ Jo-Ann Greene   Technical Info Release Date : 07/09/2002 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 80298 Label : Sanctuary (USA) Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00060768029828    Product Image