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| Original Jamaican Sound System Style: 21 R'n'B Scorchers (EMI) *GUEST REVIEW* Sound System Style contains the sort of tunes Fonz wannabes should listen to. They date from the late fifties and were imported and repressed in the home of reggae. The music is strictly R&B rather than ska, rock steady, or reggae. But these tunes were very influential on young listeners who subsequently became producers, performers and label owners. This album varies between cartoon jazz, moody spoken word ditties and heartbreaker vocals. It gives a nice overview of the sort of music that evolved from gospel and blues. There's even a sniff of good old school country on The Wow. - ragudave |
| Track Listing 1. Safronia B -- Calvin Boze 2. Monkey Speaks His Mind -- Dave Bartholomew 3. Live It Up -- Ernie Freeman 4. Let's Make a Whole Lot of Love -- Dodgers 5. I'm Gone -- Shirley & Lee 6. I'm in the Mood for Love -- Fats Domino 7. Little Bitty Pretty One -- Thurston Harris 8. Tears on My Pillow -- Little Anthony 9. Strator-Cruiser -- Joe Lutchers 10. Secretly -- Jimmie F. Rodgers 11. Someone Like You -- Faye Adams 12. It's Over -- James "Sugarboy" Crawford 13. The Vow -- Gene & Eunice 14. If You Don't Want Me Baby -- Ray Johnson 15. Blue Moon -- Lynn Hope 16. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer -- Amos Milburn 17. Waiting & Drinking -- Calvin Boze 18. One Night -- Smiley Lewis 19. Be My Quest -- Fats Domino 20. 3 x 7 = 21 -- Jewel King 21. Return to Me -- Ernie Freeman |
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