U-Roy - Version Galore

"Versions galore, you can hear them by the score, I could give you some more for sure," U-roy shouts out on the title track of Version Galore, and indeed he could and did, recording scores and scores of versions of classic Jamaican hits. This album gathers up a dozen of some of his earliest, all cut for Duke Reid at Treasure Isle studio between 1969 and 1970. Included is one of his chartbusters, a version of The Paragons' "Wear You to the Ball." Paragon vocalist John Holt was responsible for bringing the DJ to Treasure Isle, and U-roy repaid the singer by versioning a clutch of classic Paragons' songs, five of which appear here. Read More