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Alton Ellis
Get Ready For Rock Reggae Steady!
Compil. NL 1999 on Jamaican Gold label
Reggae (Reggae, Rocksteady)
Made in Portugal. 16-page booklet included. All tracks recorded 1967-1974 at the Jamaican Recording and Publishing Studios, 13 Brentford Road, Kingston, Jamaica. Photography courtesy of Aad van der Hoek.
Musicians
 | Alton Ellis voc, bvoc, 1938-2008 JM album by, written by |
 | Fez Walker , bass |
 | Lloyd Brevett b, 1931-2012 JM bass |
 | Leroy Sibbles b, voc, *1949 JM bass, backing vocals |
 | Aad van der Hoek , design concept, compiled by, song selection |
 | Fil Callendar voc, g, perc, drums |
 | Hector Williams drums |
 | John Samuels b, drums |
 | Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace dr, JM drums |
 | Lewis Daley , drums |
 | Vincent Morgan voc, bvoc, drums, piano, keyboards |
 | Eric Frater g, guitar |
 | Ernest Ranglin g, *1932 JM guitar |
 | Errol Walters g, guitar |
 | Frederick Thompson , guitar |
 | Jah Privy Clarke , guitar |
 | Ronald Campbell voc, guitar |
 | Val Whittaker , guitar |
 | Denzil Laing perc, voc, JM percussion |
 | Harry Powell perc, percussion |
 | Noel "Scully" Simms perc, cng, *1935 JM percussion, backing vocals |
 | Aubrey Adams org, p, JM piano, keyboards |
 | Bobby Kalphat key, p, *1942 JM piano, keyboards |
 | Jackie Mittoo p, org, 1948-1990 JM piano, keyboards |
| Lloyd "Beardy" Richards piano, keyboards |
 | Robbie Lyn key, piano, keyboards |
 | "Deadly" Headley Bennett sax, as, *1931 JM saxophone |
 | Cedric "Im" Brooks ts, 1943-2013 JM saxophone |
 | Roland Alphonso ts, sax, 1931-1998 JM saxophone |
 | Everald Gayle tb, trombone |
 | Vin Gordon tb, *1949 JM trombone |
 | David Madden tr, *1943 JM trumpet |
 | Johnny Moore tr, 1938-2008 JM trumpet |
Producers
| Elian Grafische Vormgeving artwork by |
| Soul Defenders backing band |
| Sound Dimension backing band |
| The New Establishment backing band |
| The Soul Vendors backing band |
| Delroy Wilson backing vocals |
| Hortense Ellis backing vocals |
| Joseph Hill backing vocals |
| Ken Boothe backing vocals |
| Owen Gray backing vocals |
| Peter Johnson backing vocals |
| Sid Bucknor engineer |
| Sylvan Morris engineer |
| Dr. Buster Dynamite liner notes |
| Clement "Coxsone" Dodd producer, engineer |
| Adrian Brakus remastered by, digital transfer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad, Mad, Mad | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 4:17 |
| 2 | Let Him Try | Alton Ellis | 2:27 | |
| 3 | A Whiter Shade Of Pale | Alton Ellis | Gary Brooker, Keith Reid | 3:08 |
| 4 | I'm Just A Guy | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 3:06 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | Alton Ellis | Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb | 3:05 |
| 6 | Ain't That Loving You | Alton Ellis | Allen A. Jones, Homer Banks | 2:56 |
| 7 | Get Ready | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 3:06 |
| 8 | Live And Learn | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 2:54 |
| 9 | Baby, Now That I've Found You | Alton Ellis | Macleod-Macaulay | 2:21 |
| 10 | Never Love Again | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 3:42 |
| 11 | Why Birds Follow Spring | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 2:57 |
| 12 | Pearl | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 2:13 |
| 13 | Tumbling Tears | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 2:21 |
| 14 | African Descendants | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 2:44 |
| 15 | Blackman's Pride | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd | 4:01 |
| 16 | People Keep Quarreling | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 2:40 |
| 17 | Working On A Groovy Thing | Alton Ellis | Neil Sedaka, Roger Atkins | 3:25 |
| 18 | Blackish White | Alton Ellis | Alton Ellis | 2:28 |
| 19 | I Don't Want To Be Right | Alton Ellis | Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson | 3:30 |
| 20 | Misty | Alton Ellis | Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke | 3:14 |
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