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List links to tunes used to create classic Jamaican versions

Here 4 classics:

1) Val Bennett's "The Russians Are Coming" are derived from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdU5sHigYQ

2) Alton Ellis' "Can I Change My mind" is a remake of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxQywIj4BkY

3) Guess who used this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0krjcpXt6yE

4) Owen Gray's "Turning Point" is another one adapted from the great Tyrone Davis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5LXTNvJ38w

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Big Willie's "College Rock" (and thus a host of other gems including L. Smart's "Ballistic Affair", C. Campbell's Mash You Down", and my favourite Jackie Mittoo's "Freak Out") derived from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJYRH7JhHW0

Afrikaan Beat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHdWGEC_P4

If you like this kind of research you should check the PAMA forum where they have a thread that's incredible with many many original sources for tracks you never would have known weren't original compositions.

This thread makes it very clear. I need to hear more 60s Soul. Incredible music you guys linked so far.

There was also a lot of information on Juha Vaahtera's ("maple") page, but I think the site is gone.