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2 CD set. The roots of Reggae lie, as we know, in the small Caribbean island of Jamaica. It's origins can be found in African Caribbean music, but because of Jamaica's close ties with the US and Europe, in particular the UK, it is hardly surprising that a great many of Reggae Music's pioneers were hugely influenced in the '50s and '60s by the emerging artists from America and the UK, especially those involved with R&B and Soul. This double CD collection of some of Jamaica's finest exponents of Reggae shows some great examples of this outside influence on Reggae music. There's John Holt, in many peoples minds Reggae's finest ever vocalist, singing Wilson Pickett's classic 'In The Midnight Hour', Devon Russell saluting Curtis Mayfield with 'Move On Up' (taken from his tribute to Curtis Mayfield album Darker Than Blue), Sugar Minott covering the Righteous Brothers 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling', UK based Anthony Johnson with a version of The Commodores' 'Just To Be Close To You'. Elvis Presley gets a look in as Jackie Edwards sings 'Are You Lonesome Tonight', Delroy Wilson sings Marvin Gaye's timeless 'What's Going On' and Dennis Brown, The Crown Prince Of Reggae even manages a cover of The Beatles' 'You Won't See Me'. Prestige. 2006