The Versatiles - Lu-Lu Bell 7"
SKU: HSRSS0017
Description:
The Versatiles were an exciting Jamaican reggae group, formed in
1967 by Junior Byles, also a firefighter at that time, Ben 'Louis'
Davis and Dudley Earl. Lee "Scratch" Perry, then working as
chief engineer at Joe Gibbs' studio, was scouting for talent for
Gibbs' new Amalgamated label, and spotted the group while they were
auditioning for the 1967 Festival Song Contest with "The Time Has
Come".
Perry signed the group to the label, but left Gibbs soon after.
Three superb titles ("Just Can't Win," "The Time Has Come" and
"Trust The Book" were recorded under the supervision of Lee
Perry.
When Scratch left, Gibbs employed another up-and-coming
engineer/producer by the name of Winston Holness, aka Niney the
Observer, to take control of his sessions. Niney produced a few
Versatiles songs for Gibbs' Amalgamated label (titles such as "Push
It In" and "Lu Lu Belle") which were riddled with sexually
suggestive lyrics, tame though they are by today's standard.
The Versatiles stayed with Gibbs for two years, before moving to
work with Perry. The group split up in 1970, when Byles left
the group for a successful solo career. Byles still working
as a firefighter, continued to record for Perry up to the mid
‘70s…
Format & package: 7"
Record label: Harlem Shuffle
Year of release: 2022 (reissued from
1969)
Tracks:
A Lu-Lu Bell
B Long Long Time
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