Mr Soul of Jamaica is the debut album by Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n 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 Duke Reid

Duke Reid

Treasure Isle re-directs here. For the game, see Treasure Isle .Arthur "Duke" Reid, CD was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner....

 and originally released on his Treasure Isle label in 1967. Although this was his first album, Ellis had already been a star musician in Jamaica for several years by the time of its release, and some of his biggest contemporary hits – including "Rock Steady", "Girl I've Got a Date" and "Cry Tough" – were left off of it.

Track listing

1. "Breaking Up" – 3:02
2. "Why Birds Follow Spring" – 2:27
3. "I Can't Stop Now" – 3:24
4. "Ain't That Loving You" – 2:43
5. "You Make Me Happy" – 2:55
6. "Remember That Sunday" – 2:55
7. "All My Tears Come Rolling" – 2:46
8. "Baby I Love You" – 2:21
9. "Chatty Chatty" – 2:22
10. "Willow Tree" – 2:44
11. "If I Could Rule This World" – 2:29
12. "What Does It Take" – 3:19

Personnel

• Alton Ellis – vocals
• The Flames – backing vocals
• Tommy McCook & the Supersonics
  Tommy McCook
  Tommy McCook was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s.-Biography:McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in...
  
   – instrumental backing
• Duke Reid – production
• Errol Brown
  Errol Brown
  Errol Brown MBE is a singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Hot Chocolate. He has British citizenship by marriage to Ginette and they live in The Bahamas...
  
  , Carlton Hamil – engineering
  Audio engineering
  An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...