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01. PAT KELLY - It's A Good Day
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02. PAT KELLY - How Long (Will I Love You)
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03. PAT KELLY - Somebodys Baby
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04. PAT KELLY - I'm So Proud
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05. PAT KELLY - I'm In the Mood For Love
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06. PAT KELLY - Little Boy Blue
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07. PAT KELLY - Talk About Love
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08. PAT KELLY - Give Love A Try
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09. PAT KELLY - Keep On Trying
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10. PAT KELLY - What Am I To Do
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11. PAT KELLY - If It Don't Work Out
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12. PAT KELLY - Twelfth Of Never
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13. PAT KELLY - Queen Minstrel
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14. PAT KELLY - Dark End of the Street
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ARTIST
KELLY, PAT
TITLE
Jamaican Soul
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
KINGSTON SOUNDS
CATALOG #
KSLP 022LP
KSLP 022LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
12/9/2014
2024 repress.
Pat Kelly
possesses one of the great soul voices to come out of Jamaica. Influenced by the fantastic American singer
Sam Cooke
, Pat Kelly could ride over any tune that came his way and with his outstanding falsetto voice, always added a little magic to each recording. Pat Kelly (born 1949, Kingston, Jamaica) began his singing career in 1967 when he replaced
Slim Smith
as lead singer of
The Techniques
, his voice working so well with the impeccable harmonies of
Winston Riley
and
Bruce Ruffin
. Their first hit for the mighty
Duke Reid
stable was a version of
Curtis Mayfield
's tune "You'll Want Me Back" re-titled "You Don't Care," which held the #1 position in Jamaica for six weeks. Their next hit was another Curtis Mayfield cover of
The Impressions
' "Minstrel and Queen" again re-titled for the Jamaican market as "Queen Minstrel." Further hits followed with such cuts as "My Girl" and "Love is Not a Gamble" before Kelly, in 1968, decided to become a solo artist and hooked up with producer
Bunny Lee
. Bunny decided not to break the tried-and-tested formula and put Kelly on another Curtis Mayfield track, "Little Boy Blue," a style that suited his voice so well. This paid dividends and was followed with "How Long (Will I Love You)," which gave them the biggest-selling Jamaican hit of 1969. This track broke the mold in that often-used tradition where Jamaican tracks are sweetened for the foreign markets by adding string arrangements. This was reversed on this occasion, as the tune had already been released in the UK and dubbed over with strings, so it came back to the Jamaican shores and was released there. Another one of Pat Kelly's attributes was his engineering skills. Having already spent a year in America studying electronics, he put this to good use and became little-known to many as one of the chief engineers at Channel One Studios in the late 1970s and early 1980s. For this release, Kingston Sounds have focused on the fabulous singing skills of Mr. Kelly and have compiled some of his finest recording moments for your listening pleasure. The aforementioned timeless cuts of "How Long (Will I Love You)" and "Little Boy Blue" are set alongside some other killer lost classics, such as opener "It's a Good Day," "Somebody's Baby," "Give Love a Try," and "I'm in the Mood for Love." His version of "Twelfth of Never" in a rocksteady style sounds as good now as it did then. The label has also included his interpretation of the
James Carr
soul-hit "Dark End of the Street" which has Pat Kelly working over the same rhythm as "How Long," but giving it a different slant with these fresh lyrics. A fine set from one of the island's finest.
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