• Alton Ellis – Never Before
    • Alton Ellis – Love To Share
    • 1. Give Me Your Love
    • 2. Pain In My Heart
    • 3. Never Before
    • 4. I Love You True
    • 5. Goodnight Sweetheart
    • 6. You, I Adore
    • 7. Love To Share
    • 8. Let Him Try
    • 9. If You Love Me Still
    • 10. Moments Of Sadness

    Radiation Roots present a reissue of Alton Ellis's Love To Share, originally released in 1979. One of Jamaica's most highly-rated vocalists, Alton Ellis made an incredible contribution to the island's popular music. Blessed with a particularly emotive voice that brings shivers to the spine, whether singing original material or cover tunes, Ellis was born and raised in Trench Town, the west Kingston ghetto area that gave rise to Bob Marley and the Wailers and countless other singers. Ellis and singing partner Eddie Parkins hit big in 1961 with the ballad "Muriel" for Coxsone Dodd, and after Parkins moved to the USA, Ellis teamed briefly with John Holt, and then began fronting the Flames harmony group. He excelled in the rocksteady style, christening the genre with "Rock Steady" and "I Have Got A Date", bouncing between Studio One and Treasure Isle for a number of years. From 1971, he spent increasing period in London, but continued to record hits in Jamaica for various producers. The 1979 release Love To Share was arranged by the great Studio One keyboardist Jackie Mittoo, who co-produced the album with Junior Lincoln, founder of the London-based Bamboo label; the disc straddles the line between lover's rock and roots reggae, remaining a lesser-known classic.


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    Alton EllisToo Late To Turn Back NowGiant
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    During a recording career that spanned some five decades, Alton Nehemiah Ellis wrote and recorded some of the most popular and influential ska, rock...
      Alton EllisIf I Could Rule The WorldOnlyroots
      Highly sought after 12" from High Note records,tuff  late 70s recut of an earlier Alton Ellis rocksteady tune. Full discomix with killer dubwise and...
      • Alton Ellis – If I Could Rule The World
      • Soul Syndicate – Lava
      Alton EllisLa La Means I Love YouTreasure Isle
      Rocksteady 2 sider with the melodians on the flip. a side a cover of the delfonics soul tune
      • – La La Means I Love You

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      Junior KeatingWeekend LoverRadiation Roots
      Junior Keatting's Weekend Lover, originally released in 1980. During the late 1970s, deejay-turned-producer Jah Thomas played a key role in the emerging...
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      • – Conquering Lion
      • – Jah Wrote Me A Letter
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      • – Watch What You Do
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