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Artist:	MARK, LOUISA
Title:	Keep It Like It Is
Label:	ROCK A SHACKA (JAPAN)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	DB 001EP

2004 release. Classic lover's rock from Britain's beloved late-'70s/early- '80s vocalist Louisa Mark. She won her first recording session with Lloyd Coxsone at just 15 years old, soon cementing herself as one of the most important lover's rock vocalists of all time. "6 Sixth Street" topped the reggae charts in 1978, and helped her to win "Artist of the Year" at the 1978 Reggae Awards in the UK, and "Keep It Like It Is" was released on the Trojan label in 1986. Marks tragically and suddenly passed away in October 2009. Also includes Jah Son's "Natty Go Dey Voluntarily," originally released on Burning Sounds.

Artist:	MARK, LOUISA
Title:	Breakout
Label:	ROCK A SHACKA (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	DBCD 012CD

2004 release. This is the only album recorded by the legendary British lover's rock diva Louisa Mark, who passed away suddenly and tragically in October of 2009. Breakout, originally released in 1981 on the Bushays label, is a masterpiece -- a release which influenced the sound of the UK lover's rock scene like no other. In addition to the original album, this CD includes an unreleased DJ-cut of "Even Though You're Gone" by Prince Jazzbo and a DJ-cut of "Keep It Like It Is" by Jah Son. It also includes debut song "All My Loving," recorded by Lloyd Coxsone when Louisa was just 15, as well as the legendary hit -- known to all Londoners -- "Caught You In A Lie." The additional Jazzbo version is a previously-unreleased track, while the Jah Son version has not been released since the original 7" come out back in the '70s. Features backing bands Aswad and In Crowd.

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