Sunday Coming
Encyclopedia
Sunday Coming is an 1970
album by Jamaican
rocksteady
singer Alton Ellis
. It was produced by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd and recorded at his Brentford Road studio. The album was originally released on Dodd's Coxsone label and subsequently reissued
on CD in 1995
on Heartbeat Records
.
1970 in music
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album by Jamaican
Jamaica
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rocksteady
Rocksteady
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor to ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals and The Paragons. The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton...
singer Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis
Alton Nehemiah Ellis, OD, was a Jamaican musician best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady music and was often referred to as the "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame.-Biography:Ellis was born in 1938 and...
. It was produced by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd and recorded at his Brentford Road studio. The album was originally released on Dodd's Coxsone label and subsequently reissued
Reissue
A reissue is the repeated issue of a published work. In common usage, it refers to an album which has been released at least once before and is released again, sometimes with alterations or additions....
on CD in 1995
1995 in music
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on Heartbeat Records
Heartbeat Records
Heartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington , Massachusetts. The label specializes in Jamaican music. Founded by reggae music enthusiasts Bill Nowlin and Duncan Brown, the label's first release was a vinyl LP reissue of Linton Kwesi Johnson's Dread Beat an' Blood...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Coxsone Dodd and Alton Ellis, except where noted- "Joy in the Morning" (Coxsone Dodd, B.B. SeatonB.B. SeatonHarris Lloyd "B.B." Seaton , also known as "Bibby" is a Jamaican reggae singer and record producer who was a member of The Gaylads, The Astronauts, Conscious Minds, and The Messengers , and who has had a long solo career which dates back to 1960.-Biography:Seaton first recorded as a solo...
, Delano Stewart) – 4:04 - "Sunday Coming" – 2:23
- "These Eyes" (Randy BachmanRandy BachmanRandolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...
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) – 2:51 - "Hurting Me" – 2:25
- "It's True" – 2:45
- "Alton's Groove" – 2:02
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) – 2:59 - "The Picture Was You" – 3:01
- "Gonna Take a Miracle" – 2:14
- "Your Heart Is Gonna Pay" – 2:58
- "Wide Awake in a Dream" (Bob CreweBob CreweBob Crewe is an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, record producer and fine artist. He is known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons...
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) – 2:49 - "You Make Me So Very HappyYou've Made Me So Very Happy"You've Made Me So Very Happy" is a song written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy, and was released first as a single in 1967 by Holloway on the Tamla label...
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, Patrice HollowayPatrice HollowayPatrice Holloway was an African-American soul and pop singer.-Career:Patrice Yvonne Holloway was born on March 23, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of three children born to Wade Holloway, Sr. and his wife, the former Johnnie Mae Fossett...
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) – 3:07 - "Reason in the Sky" – 3:03
Release History
Label | Year | Format | Catalog |
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Coxsone | 1970 | LP LP record The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
#PSOL 3423 |
Bamboo | 1971 | LP | #BDLPS 214 |
Heartbeat | 1995 | CD | #CDHB 3511 |