Here's some reggae covers, three out of the five were hits by their original artists. I'm not sure how big Marlene Shaw's "California Soul" was because I never heard it when I was younger, but I've heard it enough by now that it had to have charted somewhere. Regardless, Faye and Mystic's cover is a good one. The other artists below, Ken Boothe, Dennis Brown, Horace Andy and Jimmy Riley are singers that started much earlier and capable of a much rootsier sound, but not on these. These have post-eighties written all over them, from the slick production to the syn-drums and what not. Diehards will probably curl a lip. My guess is that these were part of some sort of covers LP project. I guess what I'm saying is that these were intended, by way of covering hits, to draw non-reggae people to the chalice. We all can't start with U Roy.
Ken Boothe - You Keep Me Hanging On mp3 at Internet Archive
Faye & Mystic - California Soul mp3 at Internet Archive
Dennis Brown - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay mp3 at Internet Archive
Horace Andy - Ain't No Sunshine mp3 at Internet Archive
Jimmy Riley - Sexual Healing mp3 at Internet Archive
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