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A reluctant pop star if ever there was one, Phyllis Dillon balanced a recording career in Jamaica with a job in the U.S. working in a bank. Love Is All I Had is the most comprehensive collection of her work to date, packed to the brim with a staggering 29 cuts of vintage rocksteady and early reggae, all cut with Duke Reid for his Treasure Isle imprint. The earliest songs from Love Is All I Had date from 1967 (with the exception of Dillon's 1966 self-penned debut, "Don't Stay Away"), and exude an innocence common in the best sides from the Shirelles, Lesley Gore, and exponents of the girl group sound. Dillon's cover of Bettye Swann's "Make Me Yours" is such a song, while her original "It's Rocking Time" would help to define the rocksteady era itself. Although she will always be associated with rocksteady, Dillon recorded some great reggae as well. While her take on the Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions" and role-reversing cover of Eric Donaldson's "Cherry Oh Baby" as "Eddie Oh Baby" haven't aged too well, her pulsing cover of Marlena Shaw's "Woman of the Ghetto" remains a dancefloor classic. No matter what she's singing, though, it's hard not to fall in love with her voice, making even touristy cuts like the randy "Don't Touch Me Tomato" worth hearing.
© Wade Kergan /TiVo
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Tommy McCook, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Composer, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Phyllis Dillon, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Howard Barnes, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer - Harry Fields, Composer - Joseph Roncoroni, Composer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Irwin Levine, Composer - Bob Brass, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Phyllis Dillon, Vocals, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Phyllis Dillon, Vocals, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Alberto Dominguez Borras, Composer - Milton Leeds, Composer - Tommy McCook, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Tommy McCook, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - The Supersonics, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - Phyllis Dillon, Composer, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Bob Marley, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Felice Bryant, Composer - Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - Narciso Serradell, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer - George Symonette, Composer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Leroy Sibbles, Composer - Alton Ellis, Performance, MainArtist - Barry Llewellyn, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Earl Morgan, Composer - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Victor Young, Composer - Edward Heyman, Writer - Alton Ellis, Vocals, MainArtist - Arthur Reid, Producer - Phyllis Dillon, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Leonard Dillon, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Andrew Parker, Composer - Arthur Reid, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Hopeton Lewis, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Hopeton Lewis, MainArtist - Phyllis Dillon, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Kay Savage, Composer - Sandra Seamons, Composer - Hopeton Lewis, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Tommy McCook, Composer - Alton Ellis, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist - Phyllis Dillon, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Phyllis Dillon, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Teddy Randazzo, Composer - Victoria Pike, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Composer, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Lou Josie, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Richard Evans, Composer - Marlena Shaw, Composer - Bobby Miller, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Duke Reid, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Arthur Reid, Producer - Phyllis Dillon, Vocals, MainArtist - Freddie McLean, Composer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Eric Donaldson, Composer - Edward Lee, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Andy Badale, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Hy Weiss, Composer - John Mitchell, Composer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Robert Carr, Composer - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Stephen Stills, Composer, Writer - Phyllis Dillon, Performance, MainArtist - Arthur "Duke" Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Albumbeschreibung
A reluctant pop star if ever there was one, Phyllis Dillon balanced a recording career in Jamaica with a job in the U.S. working in a bank. Love Is All I Had is the most comprehensive collection of her work to date, packed to the brim with a staggering 29 cuts of vintage rocksteady and early reggae, all cut with Duke Reid for his Treasure Isle imprint. The earliest songs from Love Is All I Had date from 1967 (with the exception of Dillon's 1966 self-penned debut, "Don't Stay Away"), and exude an innocence common in the best sides from the Shirelles, Lesley Gore, and exponents of the girl group sound. Dillon's cover of Bettye Swann's "Make Me Yours" is such a song, while her original "It's Rocking Time" would help to define the rocksteady era itself. Although she will always be associated with rocksteady, Dillon recorded some great reggae as well. While her take on the Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions" and role-reversing cover of Eric Donaldson's "Cherry Oh Baby" as "Eddie Oh Baby" haven't aged too well, her pulsing cover of Marlena Shaw's "Woman of the Ghetto" remains a dancefloor classic. No matter what she's singing, though, it's hard not to fall in love with her voice, making even touristy cuts like the randy "Don't Touch Me Tomato" worth hearing.
© Wade Kergan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:49
- Main artists: Phyllis Dillon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Trojan Records
- Genre: Reggae
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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