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Performer: Slim Smith
Genre: Reggae
Album: Everybody Needs Love
Released: 1969
Style: Reggae
MP3 version ZIP size: 1718 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1910 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1663 mb
Rating: 4.2
Votes: 332
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Tracklist

A1 Everybody Needs Love
A2 I've Been Terrorised
A3 A Place In The Sun
A4 Never Let Me Go
A5 Slip Away
A6 Spanish Harlem
B1 Somebody To Love
B2 Stranger On The Shore
B3 Burning Desire
B4 On Broadway
B5 Zip-Pa-Di-Do-Da
B6 Too Proud To Beg

Notes

Second issue.
A PAMA Record Production.
Distributed by: Jet Star Phonographics Limited, 78 Craven Park Road, London NW10 4AE, England
Phone: 01-961 5818 Telex: 8952720

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A SIDE): PMLP 3238 A / MT
  • Matrix / Runout (B SIDE): PMLP 3238 B / MT

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ECO 9 Slim Smith Everybody Needs Love ‎(LP, Mono) Economy , Pama Records ECO 9 UK 1969
PMLP 3238 Slim Smith Everybody Needs Love ‎(LP) Pama Records PMLP 3238 UK Unknown

Dodo
Iv’e been really into “Pama” releases lately, don’t have a lot of them as they are rare and quite expensive. For those who don’t know it was started in the late 60ies by the Palmer brothers who’s main gig was “real estate”, for a moment “Pama” was very successful but they always where in the shadow of the more popular “Trojan” who released similar music.Anyways, they soon hooked up with legendary Jamaican producer “Bunny Lee” and together they released legendary singer “Slim Smith”‘s first album which i have been lucky to come across in mint condition. It’s a damn shame he had to die so young as he was probably the best singer to ever come out of Jamaica (who does not have a shortage of amazing singers). All of his output, whether solo or with his group “The Uniques” ( they where the ones doing the classic “My conversation”) is much recommended.It starts with the title track “Everybody needs love” which was a big, international hit for Slim and ia centered around an infectious organ which drives the tune. Here “Slim” tries to convince a woman that she needs his love. He’s known for his “lover in pain” image and while you can find traces of it here it’s a much more positive tune than some of his later, darker songs. I also like “There’s a place in the sun” which is about as upbeat as “Slim Smith” ever will get and very uplifting.There’s a fair amount of covers such as “Zip-Pa-Di-Do-Da“ (an old Disney movie song) and the often sung “A rose in Spanish Harlem” or “Love me tender” (which at least the cover list as “Stranger on the shore”). These could easily become boring and washed out but Slim put’s his own spin on them and with a voice like his it’s very hard for any song to fail no matter which one it is.As said Slim is known for his tortured lover persona (that most likely his mental status contributed to) but his first album is rather light and easy going with only traces of the darkness his later material would showcase. If you have not figured it yet this is very much a “lovers rock” title and has that typical late 60ies-early 70ies commercial Reggae sound. It most certainly is not for the Rastafarian revolutionary or repatriation proponent.I totally adore anything ever recorded by “Slim Smith” and this album is no exception. With that said I should perhaps mention that this is not the ideal album to discover him with as it misses many of the songs most have come to associate him with (no, it does not have “My conversation” which actually was a group effort while he was part of “The Uniques”). To my knowledge this was never re-released and is both expensive and hard to come by but well worth it if youre a fan. This will get regular spins on my stereo for many years to come.krikon at http://www.cosmichustlegroup.com