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John Holt
Can't Keep Us Apart

Compil. 1999 on Jamaican Gold label
Reggae (Reggae, Dub)

Made in Portugal (on back cover). Made in Belgium (on discs). Licensed from Bunny Lee. All tracks recorded 1970-1977 in Kingston, Jamaica, W.I., at Dynamic Sounds, Randy's, Harry J., King Tubby and Channel One Studios. Digital transfer from the original master tapes done at Dynamic Sounds by Aad van der Hoel, S.L.H. Studios by Adrian Brakus and Bunny Lee's Studio by Clive Jeffrey. Photo courtesy of Bunny Lee and Aad van der Hoek. According to liner notes: Track 1-1, "Sometime" (aka "Sometimes") was recorded at Randy's studio in 1970. This song was previously done by US singer Gene Thomas in 1961. Included on the "Still In Chains" album. Track 1-2, "Left with a broken heart" was also included on the "Still In Chains" album and was originally sung by the Four Tops around 1964, recorded at Dynamic Sounds in early 1971 during the same session than "My number one" (track 1-3). Tracks 1-4 to 1-8 are from the album "Holt" released in Jamaica on the Jaguar label in 1971. "Hey Jude" is a cover of The Beatles' 1968 hit. "A Man needs a woman" is a cover of James Carr's hit from 1968. "I've got to get away" (aka "Got to get away" and "A quiet place") was later covered by The Slits as "Man Next Door". "Let the wicked run away" (aka "Let the wicked fade away") appears in a slightly different version on the album "The Paragons Return" (Third World). Tracks 1-9 to 1-10 were recorded at Channel One studios in 1975. "I've got to go back home" (aka "Got to go back home") was originally a hit for Bob Andy in 1967 (Coxsone label) and Holt's version appeared on the 1976 album "Superstar" (Weedbeat) as tracks 1-9 to 1-14. "Goodnight my love (pleasant dreams)" is a song originally done by the McGuire Sisters in 1956 (and later recorded by Ben E. King, Paul Anka and Ray Peterson). "Sugar (you are mine)" is a Marvin & Johnny tune from 1954. Tracks 1-12 and 1-13 were recorded in 1976 at Randy's (rhythm tracks) and King Tubby's Studio (vocals). Track 1-13, "Bring it on home to me" was written by Sam Cooke (hit in 1962). "You must believe me", originally a 1964 hit for Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, was recorded at Channel One in 1976. Tracks 1-15 to 1-18 were recorded at Channel One in 1976. "Winter of love" was a hit for Engelbert Humperdinck in 1969. "(Let's) Kiss and say goodbye" is cover of the Manhattans' 1976 hit. Track 1-19, "Ungrateful Lady", was recorded at Channel One in 1977 (rhythm tracks) and at Randy's (vocals). The rhythm track was used previously on The Melodians' 1967 "You have caught me". Track 1-20, "You'll never find another love like mine" is re-working of american singer Lou Rawls' hit of 1976 recorded in 1976 at Channel One.

Musicians

	John Holt voc, 1947-2014 JM album by
	Bunny Lee , *1941 JM arranged by, producer
	Ansel Collins org, key, *1949 JM backing vocals, piano, organ, musician, musicians include
	Errol Nelson p, key, backing vocals, piano, organ, musician, musicians include
	Lloyd Parks b, *1948 JM backing vocals, bass, musician, musicians include
	Bryan Atkinson b, JM bass
	Earl "Bagga" Walker b, bass
	George Fullwood b, JM bass
	Robbie Shakespeare b, *1953 JM bass, musician, musical backing
	Val Douglas b, JM bass, musician
	Aad van der Hoek , liner notes, cover, front cover concept, compiled by, song selection, transferred by, digital transfer
	Carlton "Santa" Davis dr, *1953 JM drums
	Joe Isaacs dr, JM drums
	Lloyd Adams dr, JM drums, musician
	Sly Dunbar dr, *1952 JM drums, musician, musician, musicians include
	Tommy McCook ts, sax, 1927-1998 JM flute, saxophone
	Bo-Pee Bowen g, JM guitar, musician, musician, musicians include
	Carl Harvey g, b, voc, JM guitar
	Earl "Chinna" Smith g, *1955 JM guitar, musician
	Geoffrey Chung g, b, 1950-1995 JM guitar, musician
	Hux Brown g, JM guitar
	Mikey Chung g, b, *1954 JM guitar, musician
	Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan g, voc, JM guitar, musician, musicians include
	Tony Chin g, JM guitar
	Willie Lindo g, JM guitar
	Noel "Scully" Simms perc, cng, *1935 JM percussion
	Uziah "Sticky" Thompson perc, JM percussion
	Bernard "Touter" Harvey p, org, JM piano, organ
	Earl "Wire" Lindo key, *1953 JM piano, organ, musician
	Gladstone Anderson p, key, 1934-2015 JM piano, organ
	Ian Winter perc, key, piano, organ
	Jackie Mittoo p, org, 1948-1990 JM piano, organ
	Keith Sterling key, p, *1952 JM piano, organ
	Leslie Butler org, p, piano, organ
	Tyrone Downie key, bvoc, perc, *1956 JM piano, organ, musician
	Winston Wright org, 1944-1993 JM piano, organ
	"Deadly" Headley Bennett sax, as, *1931 JM saxophone
	Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall ts, JM saxophone
	Adrian Brakus , transferred by, digital transfer
	Clive Jeffrey transferred by, digital transfer
	Vin Gordon tb, *1949 JM trombone
	Bobby Ellis tr, *1932 JM trumpet
	The Revolutionaries , *1975 JM backing band, instrumental support provided by
	The Aggrovators , JM musician, musical backing

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