Various Artists: Sweet Harmony: 1970s Reggae Love Songs / Various – COMPACT DISCS

Title: Sweet Harmony: 1970s Reggae Love Songs / Various
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Doctor Bird
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929287341
Genre: Reggae
Release Date: 2026-02-27
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM – IMPORT

Two CDs. Includes numerous tracks new to CD. Most tracks major reggae chart hits. Features many of Jamaica’s greatest performers. The 1970s was a truly glorious decade of reggae. While the likes of Bob Marley, Burning Spear and Culture powerfully highlighted political and social inequalities, and the message of Rasta, other artists, both in Jamaica and the UK, drew inspiration from the joys and pains of romantic love. The widespread popularity of love-themed reggae during this golden period is highlighted on this essential 2CD collection which brings together 46 of the most popular romantic reggae recordings ever to have seen issue. Included are an array of major reggae hits, their number including ‘Silly Games’, ‘Tears On My Pillow’, ‘Three Times A Lady’, and ‘The Closer I Get To You’, performed by such celebrated exponents of the lovers style as Janet Kay, Ken Boothe, Marie Pierre, Marcia Griffiths and John Holt. With numerous tracks unavailable on any format for decades, ‘Sweet Harmony’ provides lovers of romantic reggae sounds with the perfect soundtrack not just for Valentine’s Day, but for all year round.

Tracks:
1.1 Janet Kay – Silly Games
1.2 John Holt – Just the Way You Are
1.3 Marcia Griffiths – the First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
1.4 Noel Brown – I’m Stone in Love with You
1.5 Errol Dunkley – Peek-A-Boo
1.6 Jackie Robinson – Homely Girl
1.7 Lloyd Charmers – Sweet Harmony
1.8 Candy McKenzie – Breakfast in Bed
1.9 The Blues Busters – Three Times a Lady
1.10 Al Campbell – Gee Baby
1.11 Hortense Ellis – I’m Still in Love
1.12 Zap Pow – Let’s Fall in Love
1.13 Johnny Clarke – Memories By the Score
1.14 Laurel Aitken – Let’s Fall in Love Again
1.15 Jackie Edwards – Come on Girl
1.16 Susan Cadogan – Fever
1.17 Ken Boothe – My Love
1.18 The Fabulous Five Inc. – Love Me for a Reason
1.19 Honey Boy – the Most Beautiful Girl
1.20 Sister Stern – Last Date
1.21 Owen Gray – When I Need You
1.22 Greyhound – Unchained Melody
2.1 Johnny Nash – Tears on My Pillow
2.2 Ken Boothe – Ain’t No Sunshine
2.3 Marie Pierre – I Believe
2.4 John Holt – for the Love of You
2.5 Lloyd Charmers – Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More, Babe
2.6 Yvonne Sterling – If You Love Me
2.7 Noel Brown ; Hortense Ellis – You Are Everything
2.8 Shenley Duffus – I Forgot to Be a Lover
2.9 Marcia Griffiths – Play Me
2.10 Jackie Edwards – Do You Believe in Love
2.11 Honey Boy – You Are Mine
2.12 Laurel Aitken ; Eva – Baby Baby
2.13 Gregory Isaacs – All I Have Is Love
2.14 Pam Hall – About to Lose My Mind
2.15 Delroy Wilson – Somebody Has Stolen My Girl
2.16 Linval Thompson – If I Follow My Heart
2.17 Horace Andy – Goodnight My Love
2.18 B.B. Seaton – Been Such a Long Time
2.19 Hortense Ellis – My Willow Tree
2.20 Sara Lee ; the Blues Busters – the Closer I Get to You
2.21 Pat Kelly – If It Don’t Work Out
2.22 Errol Dunkley – I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry
2.23 Susan Cadogan – Nice ‘N’ Easy
2.24 Johnny Clarke – Waiting in Vain