Article Details

Article ID

CD-7735

Format

Artist

Uniques

Title

Absolutely... The Uniques

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	Uniques	Run Come
2	Uniques	Watch This Sound
3	Uniques	Just a Mirage
4	Uniques	Out of Love
5	Uniques	A Yuh
6	Uniques	Speak No Evil
7	Uniques	Standing In
8	Uniques	My Conversation
9	Uniques	You'll Lose a Precious Love
10	Uniques	That's the Way (Love Is)
11	Uniques	Gypsy Woman
12	Uniques	Freedom Song
13	Uniques	Follow This Sound
14	Uniques	My Woman's Love
15	Uniques	My Lover's Prayer
16	Uniques	Cooyah
17	Uniques	What a Situation
18	Uniques	Forever
19	Uniques	I'm Going to Make You Love Me
20	Uniques	Crimson and Clover
21	Uniques	We've Only Got One Life
22	Uniques	My Rhya
23	Uniques	Love and Devotion
24	Uniques	Freedom Sound

Style(s)

Ska+Rocksteady

Label

Doctor Bird DBCD011

Country

GB - United Kingdom

Quality

m/m

Remarks

Great repackage of the classic Uniques collection, this time expanded by the inclusion of twelve Bonus Tracks. The rocksteady period which began as the ska that had ruled Jamaican sounds since the early sixties started to fade circa 1966 / 67 heralded a Golden Age for tri-part harmony groups and expressive solo vocalists. Groups such as the Gaylads, The Wailers, Heptones, Sensations and many others flourished as the frantic rhythms of ska slowed into the smoother, more melodic and soulful style of rocksteady. Among these were the Uniques, who included the voices of Lloyd Charmers aka Lloyd Tyrell, Jimmy Riley and the great Keith 'Slim' Smith. In Smith, who tragically died in 1972, the group possessed arguably the greatest voice of the era, while Charmers and Riley were no slouches either. Originally released by Trojan Records in 1968, this album, amazingly, has never been reissued in its original form before, although the group have had several compilations released over the years, sometimes credited to the Uniques, and sometimes to Slim alone, who, like his colleagues in then group, maintained a solo career recording for Bunny Lee, Prince Buster. The tracks here originally appeared as singles on Winston Lowe's Tramp label, and have been subsequently reissued by Bunny Lee over the past few decades, and are amongst the finest examples of the rocksteady form. Watch This Sound, Out Of Love, My Conversation, Gypsy Woman, all are absolute classics, with Slim Smith's voice able to describe soul as moving as anything out of the USA.

Price

EUR 12.03

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