{"product_id":"various-artists-late-night-tales-present-version-excursion-selected-by-don-letts-2lp","title":"VARIOUS ARTISTS - LATE NIGHT TALES PRESENT “VERSION EXCURSION” SELECTED BY DON LETTS 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eCultural polymath - pop star, filmmaker, radio broadcaster, commentator, Grammy winner. Oh and DJ, too. Take your pick from the many coats worn by our selector, Don Letts aka The Rebel Dread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListeners of his weekly 6 Music radio show are taken on a musical safari that moves seamlessly between time, space and genre. It's not called Culture Clash Radio for nothing. So this latest bulletin from Letts HQ is merely one angle of a multifaceted personality, his take on the JA tradition of the cover version. The history of Caribbean music owes a debt to R\u0026amp;B as many of the early island releases were cover versions of US 45s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSka's breakthrough commercially, Millie Small's 'My Boy Lollipop', was originally recorded by Barbie Gaye in '50s New York. Cover versions became quite a thing in Jamaica and Don, following in that tradition, has dug deep with a selection of interesting dubbed out covers including thirteen exclusives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a diverse mix of classic and new, with legendary figures like John Holt, The Tamlins and Cornell Campbell, mixed in with British veterans Mad Professor and the irrepressible Dennis Bovell, while (relatively) young striplings Kiko Bun, Emily Capell and Prince Fatty deliver the goods, with laidback Texan groovers Khruangbin also offering an exclusive bass heavy-delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe song choices are diverse, from French dubsters' OBF's renditions of 'Sixteen Tons', the miners' paean popularised by Tennessee Ernie Ford in the 1950s, to Ash Walker's refix of Omar's 'There's Nothing Like This' and 'All I Do Is Think About You', immortalised by the ill-fated Tammi Terrell and preserved here by Quantic (the latter two both exclusives). Being a Rebel Dread compilation, there's a cover (by Wrongtom Meets The Rockers) of The Clash's 'Lost In The Supermarket' while Don's exclusive, naturally, is a rendition of Big Audio Dynamite's debut hit, 'E = MC2'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1d68rll0\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"_1d68rll1\"\u003eLP - SIDE A\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col class=\"_1d68rll2\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eGhetto Priest - Hercules (North Street West 'Late Night Tales' Dub) - Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003ePrince Fatty \u0026amp; Shniece Mcmenamin - Black Rabbit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eWrongtom Meets The Rockers - Dub In The Supermarket Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eGaudi Meets The Rebel Dread Ft. Emily Capell - E = Mc2 Exclusive Track\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eRude Boy - Superstylin' Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1d68rll0\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"_1d68rll1\"\u003eLP - SIDE B\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col class=\"_1d68rll2\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eCapitol 1212 Ft. Earl 16 - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Vocal Dub) Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eQuantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - All I Do Is Think About You (Far East Dub) Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eZoe Devlin Love Ft. Tim Hutton - Caroline No\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eJohn Holt - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Mad Professor 2021 Dub) Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eCornell Campbell - Ital City Dub Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eMatumbi - (I Can't Get Enough Of) That Reggae Stuff (Dennis Bovell Remix) Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1d68rll0\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"_1d68rll1\"\u003eLP - SIDE C\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col class=\"_1d68rll2\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eGentleman's Dub Club Ft. Kiko Bun - Use Me (Ben Mckone Dub)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eBlack Box Recorder - Uptown Top Ranking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eObf - Sixteen Tons Of Dub\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eYasushi Ide - Ain't No Sunshine (Space Dub Mix) Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1d68rll0\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"_1d68rll1\"\u003eLP - SIDE D\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col class=\"_1d68rll2\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eThe Tamlins - Baltimore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003e15 16 17 - Emotion (Dennis Bovell Remix) Exclusive Remix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eAsh Walker - There's Nothing Like This Exclusive Track\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eThe Senior Allstars - Slipping Into Darkness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eEasy Star All-Stars - Within You Without You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"_1d68rll3\"\u003eKhruangbin - Dern Kala (Khruangbin Dub Mix) Exclusive Remix\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Volcanic Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615121793324,"sku":null,"price":77.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/3947\/9852\/files\/524654-Product-0-I-638380207804849404.webp?v=1786266245","url":"https:\/\/volcanicvinyl.co.nz\/products\/various-artists-late-night-tales-present-version-excursion-selected-by-don-letts-2lp","provider":"Volcanic Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}