[2019-06-14] Various "Put On Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska And Rock Steady 1966-1967" 2CD set (Doctor Bird UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu May 30, 2019 10:10 pm

Description
• Over a dozen tracks new to CD
• Includes numerous Jamaican hits
• Ideal companion volume to recently issued ABC rock steady release

Between the summers of 1966 and ’68, the sound of rock steady dominated Jamaica’s musical landscape, and throughout this time few producers proved more successful or influential than the island’s premiere female music maker, Sonia Pottinger.

In recognition of her achievements, Trojan Records gathered a number of her best-known tracks in the style on “Put On Your Best Dress”, a popular long player released by the company on its Attack subsidiary in 1990.

Now, almost 30 years later, the LP has been expanded to include the very best of Ms. Pottinger’s output from the early rock steady period, thus creating a superb stand-alone collection of high quality Jamaican sounds, which also perfectly complements the recently issued “ABC Rock Steady” 2CD set.

Including a multitude of Jamaican hits plus over a dozen tracks new to CD, this superb compilation has been stunningly repackaged with brand new stylish artwork, ensuring it now looks as good as it sounds.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. What A Agony – The Conquerors
2. Gun Fever – The Valentines
3. Move Up – Linval Martin & The Vibrators
4. Play It Cool – Eric ‘Monty’ Morris
5. Pata Pata Rock Steady – Patsy Todd
6. All In One – The Valentines
7. Put On Your Best Dress – Eric ‘Monty’ Morris
8. Tell It To Me – Stranger & Patsy
9. Won’t You Come Home, Girl – The Conquerors
Bonus Tracks:
10. Don’t Want To Be Hurt – Stranger & Patsy
11. Go Back Home – The Harmonizers
12. Treat Me Right – The Conquerors
13. Certify My Love – Stranger & Patsy
14. Sensation Of Love – Joe Higgs
15. Stars Above – The Webber Sisters
16. Sweet Little Angel – The Conquerors
17. A Man Is Two-Faced – Patsy Todd
18. Be My Queen – The Harmonizers
19. Don’t Come To My House No More – Joe Higgs
20. Ring Ding ’67 – Count Lasher
21. Down The Train Line – Stranger & Pasty
22. Gay Drums – Leslie Butler & Count Ossie
23. Sock It To Me Baby – The Valentines
24. Your Photograph – Stranger & Patsy
25. Nyah Bongo – Count Ossie
26. Move Up Calypso – Al & The Vibrators

[CD2]
Bonus Tracks (Continued):
1. Stop The Violence – The Valentines
2. Stop Them – Hazel & The Jolly Boys
3. Drop The Ratchet – Stranger Cole & The Conquerors
4. Winchester Rock Steady – Leslie Butler
5. Winnie The Whip – Count Lasher
6. Musical Pressure – Al & The Vibrators
7. Give Me The Right – Stranger & Patsy
8. Deep Down – Hazel & The Jolly Boys
9. Tonight – Stranger & Patsy
10. Seven Heaven – The Fugitives
11. You Took My Love – Patsy Todd
12. Oh Ye Mahee – Stranger Cole & The Conquerors
13. Skilamy – Aston & Yen
14. Mally Sally – Stranger & Gladdy
15. If It Don’t Work Out – Joe White
16. One Love – Stranger & Gladdy
17. On That Day – The Conquerors
18. Chances – Stranger & Gladdy
19. Living Soul – Jo Jo Bennett
20. Rudies All Around – Stranger & Gladdy
21. This Is Thunder – The Dingle Brothers
22. I Held Your Hand – Patsy Todd
23. Listen To Me Baby – The Conquerors
24. We Shall Overcome – Stranger & Gladdy
25. Give Love A Try – Patsy Todd
26. Thank De Lard – The Dingle Brothers
27. Loving Love – Patsy Todd
28. Christmas Time Again – Reuben Anderson

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QLB7SR8/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07QLB7SR8/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:16 pm

Bump: Updated the description in the first post.

[2019-06-14] Various "Put On Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska And Rock Steady 1966-1967" 2CD set (Doctor Bird UK)

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