After listening to yesterdays In My Life post I left the USB Stick running on the hi-fi. The next thing that popped up alphabetically was another Various Artists compilation namely Studio One Women 2 on Soul Jazz Records.
I'll let Juno do the heavy lifting by giving you the tracklist and the following review:
Compiling a slew of tracks that are either impossible to find or which have never been issued, the legendary Jamaican label Studio One have put together a fresh selection of all the best songs recorded by its women artists over the years. Harkening all the way back to the early '60s and through to the '80s, this boundless, romantic blossom of lovers' bass and vox charts both covering and original hits from the likes of Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley and Hortense Ellis.
No offence to Rita and Hortense but Marcia is the only one of the three to feature today with the song Melody Life The others may well make an appearance in due course when I return for trip two
This time round Marica is joined by Jamaica's First Lady of Jazz Myma Hague with New World and by Jay Tees a Jamaican duo of two Berry sisters: Janet Rose Berry and Theresa Andrea Berry. They made around half a dozen of songs for producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, late 70's and early 80's .Here they give us a song from 1980 Buck Town Corner.
Terrific stuff.
Marcia Griffiths - Melody Line
Nothing to see here for a couple of days - back shortly
Marcia is the only of these artists I was familiar with, but I particularly enjoyed the tune by the Althia & Donna-esque Jay Tees.
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