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Marcia Griffiths – Sweet & Nice
Marcia Griffiths
Sweet & Nice
Style: Reggae
Label: Be With Records
Catalog Number: BEWITH056LP
Released: 1974
The undisputed Queen of Reggae, Marcia Griffiths released her debut solo album in 1974 after a decade of singing professionally in Byron Lee and the Dragonaires band, recording at Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One, and writing hits with Bob Andy as Bob & Marcia. Sweet & Nice became an instant classic in Jamaica and is considered by many to be reggae at its most soulful. The album features covers of songs by Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Van McCoy, Neil Diamond, and Ewan MacColl. Favorites include the brass call-and-response of “I’d Rather Be Lonely” and the spoken soulful word of “There’s No Me Without You.” Griffiths would later go on team up with Rita Marley and Judy Mowatt to form the I-Threes and push reggae to international recognition with Bob Marley & the Wailers.
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Tracklist:
A1 Here I Am Baby
A2 Everything I Own
A3 Green Grasshopper
A4 Play Me
A5 Children At Play
B1 Sweet, Bitter Love
B2 Gypsy Man
B3 There’s No Me Without You
B4 The First Time I Saw Your Face
B5 I’d Rather Be Lonely
C1 Mark My Word
C2 The First Cut Is The Deepest
C3 Melody Life
C4 Work and Slave
C5 Working To The Top (My Ambition) (Part 1)
C6 Don’t Let Me Down
C7 Band Of Gold
D1 Put A Little Love In Your Heart
D2 I See You, My Love
D3 It’s Too Late
D4 Baby If You Don’t Love Me
D5 Love Walked In
D6 When Will I See You Again
D7 Play Me (Part 2)
Credits:
Bass – Lloyd Parks
Brass – Federal Soul Givers
Drums – Paul Williams (8)
Engineer [Mixing] – B. Davidson*, George Raymond
Guitar – Willie Lindo
Mastered By – Paul Khouri
Organ – Lloyd Charmers
Percussion – Lloyd Charmers
Photography By – Richard Khouri
Piano – Lloyd Charmers
Producer – Lloyd Charmers
Vocals – Marcia Griffiths
