Greetings,
This time a special tune of one of alton Ellis his sons.
Noel Ellis born in 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica, Noel Ellis spent his
early childhood in that city’s infamous Trenchtown district. The son
of reggae-soul singer Alton Ellis, the younger Ellis turned out to
have a pretty good voice of his own, and even recorded an unreleased
song, “It Has Been a Long Time,” backed by the Gladiators, at Channel
One while he was still a teenager. Alton left Jamaica and relocated to
Toronto, and Noel eventually joined his father there, but soon after
Noel’s arrival, Alton moved on to England, where he had a significant
fan base, and Noel stayed on in Toronto with his aunt and uncle,
attending Castle Frank High School. Luckily, Toronto had a lively West
Indian population and several record shops that catered to the émigré
market, so Ellis was able to keep up on the latest 45s from Jamaica.
Toronto developed its own nascent reggae scene by the mid-’70s, much
of it based around Jerry Brown’s Summer Records.
Recognizing Ellis’ talent, Brown released Noel’s “Reach My Destiny” as
one side of a split disco 45 in 1978. The song didn’t generate much
interest, but 1979’s “Rocking Universally,” recorded at Summer with
help from Jackie Mittoo, did, even charting in Europe as a 12” single.
Four years later, in 1983, Summer released a full-length album by
Ellis, simply called Noel Ellis, which featured “Rocking Universally”
and five other solid roots reggae tracks in extended versions. The
album didn’t achieve any commercial success at the time, but has since
become somewhat of a lost cult classic.
Download
I hope you like this tune,
One love from Amsterdam
CYRIEL
This time a special tune of one of alton Ellis his sons.
Noel Ellis born in 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica, Noel Ellis spent his
early childhood in that city’s infamous Trenchtown district. The son
of reggae-soul singer Alton Ellis, the younger Ellis turned out to
have a pretty good voice of his own, and even recorded an unreleased
song, “It Has Been a Long Time,” backed by the Gladiators, at Channel
One while he was still a teenager. Alton left Jamaica and relocated to
Toronto, and Noel eventually joined his father there, but soon after
Noel’s arrival, Alton moved on to England, where he had a significant
fan base, and Noel stayed on in Toronto with his aunt and uncle,
attending Castle Frank High School. Luckily, Toronto had a lively West
Indian population and several record shops that catered to the émigré
market, so Ellis was able to keep up on the latest 45s from Jamaica.
Toronto developed its own nascent reggae scene by the mid-’70s, much
of it based around Jerry Brown’s Summer Records.
Recognizing Ellis’ talent, Brown released Noel’s “Reach My Destiny” as
one side of a split disco 45 in 1978. The song didn’t generate much
interest, but 1979’s “Rocking Universally,” recorded at Summer with
help from Jackie Mittoo, did, even charting in Europe as a 12” single.
Four years later, in 1983, Summer released a full-length album by
Ellis, simply called Noel Ellis, which featured “Rocking Universally”
and five other solid roots reggae tracks in extended versions. The
album didn’t achieve any commercial success at the time, but has since
become somewhat of a lost cult classic.
Download
I hope you like this tune,
One love from Amsterdam
CYRIEL
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such a wicked scorcher!
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