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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Alton Ellis
Author: Alton Ellis
Label: Studio 1
Year: 1967
Produced by Coxsone Dodd. On his lp Sings Rock & Soul (on the 7-inch label spelled: I Am Still In Love). The riddim is all Alton Ellis' (and the Studio One houseband to boot) and that riddim inspired Trinity and Althea & Donna. Nothing gets spilled in the third world.
Covers:
Mighty Diamonds [feat. I-Roy]
Marcia Aitken [as I'm Still In Love; produced by Joe Gibbs & Errol Thompson but credited correctly to Alton Ellis]
Trinity [as Three Piece Suit And Thing; toast version on the same rhythm track]
Althea & Donna [as Uptown Top Ranking riding the same riddim and clearly familiar with the Trinity version, n°1 UK]
Mighty Two [Gibbs & Thompson; instrumental B-side as Calico Suit]
Alton Ellis [new version as I'm Still In Love With You]
Hortense Ellis [as Down Town Thing; the author's sister]
Ali & Frazier [as Uptown Top Ranking; hit UK]
U-Roy [with Sly & Robbie and Alton Ellis as I'm Still In Love]
Sean Paul feat. Sasha [following Marcia Aitken, hit UK]
Junior Jazz [as Uptown Top Ranking]
Following Althea & Donna's version credited to Althea Forrest, Donna Reid, Joe Gibbs and Errol Thompson. That's the only version later Uptown covers know. Uptown Top Ranking describes the attitude of a non-urban Jamaican while preparing for a night on the town.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)