Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs

[=Nilo82=]

Is that "Exodus" Tune by the Skatalites the same one featured as well on the "Dub Specialist- Bionic Dub"? Pretty damn sure that's a cover too, but i don't know the original...

[Stelios23K]

i was hoping for a more dynamic partitipation though ..

[dreadrecords]

ites deh
yes indeed dats dub specialist version-bionic dub studio one
the original is Exodus riddimfrom skatalites i don´t tink there are more version on dis riddim

the trojan soulful box as some god soul covers
but reggae has plenty of covers....
respect everytime
Carlos

[django]

Exodus theme was originally by Ernest Gold.

There are so many great covers,
Ken Boothe Everything I Own
Ken Boothe Moving Away (& D Brown)
Ken Boothe Ain't No Sunshine
Ken Boothe Thinking

One that's been playing here a lot recently:
Heptones : Suspicious Minds

[vanderson]

ok

[Bizzy B]

Willie Nelson does a great sitting here in limbo.

[drizzla]

Toots and the Maytals "Country Roads Take Me Home".

I actually just bought a Trojan Seventies Box Set tonight. I was dissapointed to find that it was all covers of American and UK seventies music, but some of it is actually quite good.

[redrasta]

'mellow dubmarine' covers beatles songs.

carol cools cover of diana ross's 'upside down' is a cool track, on the souljazz record 'hustle'.

i heard a reggae version of barry whites 'loves theme' but dont know who its by - can anyone here tell me?

[staas]

i was at best buy today and in the value cds section there was one(for 5 bucks) called best of reggae, that was all covers, it had toots and the maytals,lehbanchuleh,yami bolo,gregory isaacs,sugar black and others i forgot on it.

if your looking for regggae covers it's a safe gamble.

[Snoopy]

Here are some I will always feel:

TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW - Alton Ellis (totally wicked version of the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose hit)
UNEXPECTED PLACES - Hortense Ellis (PURE baaaaadness - a nifty reggae lick of Kim Carnes' tune - of which there are are also dread versions by Jose Feliciano and Barbra Streisand)
BABY I'VE BEEN MISSING YOU - Bunny Maloney (extremely popular version of The Independents' soul hit)
BREAK UP TO MAKE UP - Heptones (Leroy Sibbles doin' the do as only he can - a MASH-UP lick of the Stylistics' hit)
GHETTO CHILD - Freddie McGregor (a Studio One nugget - a wicked rinse of the Detroit Spinners' '73 smash)
I HOPE WE GET TO LOVE IN TIME - Dennis Brown (Errol T. on the case - a really nice version of the Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis - ex-5th Dimension - hit)
LET ME DOWN EASY - Derrick Harriot (HAVE MERCY! An incredible lick of the G.C. Cameron tune)
YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE - John Holt (this used to TEAR UP parties!!! Originally Lou Rawls of course)
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT - Claudette Miller (BOSS version of Betty Wright's 2-stepper)
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME - Sugar Minott (WOY! A Studio One lick of the Brook Benton smash - SHHHHHHH!)
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH - Mikey Spice (trust - this is even BETTER than Barry White's original)
MARRIAGE LICENSE - Dr. Alimantado (crackin' rockers version of The Chi-Lites number)
WE'RE ALL IN THIS THING TOGETHER - Delroy WILSON (used to go crazy for this Gussie 12" back in the day - originally by those Philly gents The O' Jays)
CAUGHT YOU IN A LIE - Louisa Mark (Robert Parker's 1966 stepper transmogrified into an original lovers rock classic from Lloydie Coxsone)
SWEET CHILD - Freddie McGregor (more Studio One magic from FM - this time covering a Johnny Mathis tune: wicked)
I MISS YOU - The Heptones (BAAAAD version of the Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes tune)
POOR SIDE OF TOWN - Dennis Brown (TOTALLY LOVE the Guv'nor's lick of the Johnny Rivers/Al Wilson smash)
I'M YOUR PUPPET - Jimmy London (another ALL-OUT ravers classic from 1975 - originally cut by James & Bobby Purify in 1966)
JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY - Marcia Griffiths (BOSS lick of The Main Ingredient classic)
LET'S MAKE A BABY - Ruddy Thomas (sweet version of the Billy Paul hit)
BREAKFAST IN BED - Lorna Bennett (striking version of the Baby Washington/Dusty Springfield tune - love Scotty'd DJ lick SKANK IN BED as well)

RISPEX!

snoopy
;o)