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Feel Like Jumping: The Best of Studio One Women
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Originally Released: 2000
Discs: 1
Label: Rounder
Item Number: UNI177222

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Feel Like Jumping: The Best of Studio One Women
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1.    Don't Worry About Me - Nana McLean
2.    Sleeping Trees - Nina Soul
3.    Feel Like Jumping - Marcia Griffiths (original version)
4.    No No No - Dawn Penn (original version)
5.    Whisper to Me - Cecile Campbell
6.    Feel So Good - Denise Darlington
7.    Try a Little Smile - Doreen Schaffer (extended mix)
8.    Leave Me in Misery - Cecile Campbell
9.    Come on Home - Webber Sisters
10.    Sea Puss and Bammie - Little Audrey
11.    Buck Town Corner - Jay Tee
12.    Consider Me - Jennifer Lara
13.    What About Me - Myrna Hague (previously unreleased)
14.    First Cut Is the Deepest, The - Norma Fraser (previously unreleased)
15.    Compared to What - Jerry Jones
16.    Secretly - Hortense Ellis
Full title: Feel Like Jumping: The Best Of Studio One Women.

Personnel: Andy Bassford (guitar).

Audio Mixer: Randy Phipps.

Recording information: Jamaica Publishing Studio, Kingston, Jamaica (11/1999-12/1999); Jamaica Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica (11/1999-12/1999); Music City, Brooklyn, NY (11/1999-12/1999).

Photographers: Doreen Schaffer; Chris Wilson.

Feel Like Jumping is a 16-song compilation of woman vocalists that have recorded at Studio One throughout its history. As is customary for reggae liner notes, information on dates is fragmentary, though actually the notes are for the most part pretty good and detailed as reggae compilations go. It seems apparent, however, that the earliest of the selections date from the late '60s, and that the bulk of the tracks span the late '60s to the early '80s, although a few of these are 1999 recordings. Further clouding the waters, some of these are extended mixes done as late as 1999, or versions with overdubs not present on the original. So, what of the music? It's decent, although not extraordinary for the most part, Studio One productions that owe more to rock-steady than to any other reggae sub-genre. Only Marcia Griffiths, and perhaps Hortense Ellis, are renowned reggae performers. Although this observation might betray the bias of American ears, it does seem as though the most outstanding material is covers of American and British soul, rock, and pop tunes, like Norma Fraser's "First Cut Is the Deepest" (originally done by Cat Stevens, but based upon the cover by P.P. Arnold), Hortense Ellis' nice rendition of the Jimmie Rodgers pop tune "Secretly" (with a bubbly organ), and Dawn Penn's moody take on Bo Diddley's "You Don't Love Me" (here retitled "No No No"). A real oddity is Jerry Jones' 1970 cover of Les McCann & Eddie Harris' fluke jazz hit "Compared to What," not only because of the unusual translation of jazz-pop to reggae, but because Jones was actually an American singer recording in Jamaica. ~ Richie Unterberger

FEEL LIKE JUMPING is a fine collection of tracks by female vocalists recording for Jamaica's legendary Studio One label in the late '60s and early to mid-'70s. The most well known name here is Marcia Griffiths, whose madly catchy title song is a gem of R&B-drenched rock steady. Other highlights include Dawn Penn's eerie, bluesy "No No No," which sounds like a Nina Simone recording of a lounge tune broadcast from Mars, Cecile Campbell's sweetly forlorn "Leave Me in Misery," and the dub-wise proto-dancehall of the Jay Tees' "Buck Town Corner."

One thing almost all the vocalists here have in common is their affinity for American soul icons such as Aretha Franklin, The Marvelettes, and Betty Everett. The production styles vary from track to track--smoother, more lush '60s pop/R&B-style sounds alternate with rawer, less polished, roots-ier efforts. For those seeking classic melodic reggae, this collection is a treasure chest waiting to be opened and a party waiting to happen.

CMJ (5/22/00, p.36) - "...Turns the long-overdue spotlight onto the many female singers who recorded for the Studio One label. Savvy listeners will note the distinct kinship this music shares with such American counterparts as the R&B and soul music divas from the '60s."


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