| Mr Soul of Jamaica | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1964–1970 at Treasure Isle Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Rocksteady, Reggae | |||
| Label | Treasure Isle | |||
| Producer | Duke Reid | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Mr Soul of Jamaica is an album by Jamaican rocksteady singer Alton Ellis. It contains twelve tracks recorded between 1967 and 1970 at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle Recording Studios in Kingston, Jamaica and was produced by Reid[2] and released on his Treasure Isle label in 1974.[3] Although this was his only album for the label, Ellis had already been a star musician in Jamaica from the early 1960s onwards, having recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label before moving to Treasure Isle, and the album is a compilation of some of his Treasure Isle singles, although some of his biggest hits including "Rock Steady", "Girl I've Got a Date" and "Cry Tough" were left off it.[1]
In May 2013 the album was reissued as an expanded 2-CD set titled Mr Soul of Jamaica/Greatest Hits, featuring the other singles Ellis recorded for Treasure Isle with his band the Flames from 1964 onwards, plus the extended disco mixes of some of the tracks that were released on Jamaica's High Note label in the 1970s.
- ^ a b Greene, Jo-Ann. Alton Ellis – Mr Soul of Jamaica > Review at AllMusic
- ^ "Alton Ellis – Mr Soul Of Jamaica". Roots Archives. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ Rounce, Tony, Liner notes for Mr Soul of Jamaica/Greatest Hits 2013 reissue, Universal