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01. Marcia Griffiths - Here I Am Baby (Come And Take Me)
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02. Marcia Griffiths - Everything I Own
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03. Marcia Griffiths - Green Grasshopper
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04. Marcia Griffiths - Play Me
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05. Marcia Griffiths - Children At Play
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06. Marcia Griffiths - Sweet Bitter Love
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07. Marcia Griffiths - Gypsy Man
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08. Marcia Griffiths - There's No Me Without You
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09. Marcia Griffiths - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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10. Marcia Griffiths - I Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
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11. Marcia Griffiths - Mark My Word
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12. Marcia Griffiths - The First Cut Is The Deepest
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13. Marcia Griffiths - Melody Life
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14. Marcia Griffiths - Work And Slave
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15. Marcia Griffiths - Working To The Top (My Ambition) (Part 1)
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16. Marcia Griffiths - Don't Let Me Down
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17. Marcia Griffiths - Band Of Gold
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18. Marcia Griffiths - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
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19. Marcia Griffiths - I See You, My Love
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20. Marcia Griffiths - It's Too Late
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21. Marcia Griffiths - Baby If You Don't Love Me
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22. Marcia Griffiths - Love Walked In
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23. Marcia Griffiths - When Will I See You Again
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24. Marcia Griffiths - Play Me (Part 2)
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ARTIST
GRIFFITHS, MARCIA
TITLE
Sweet And Nice
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
BE WITH RECORDS
CATALOG #
BEWITH 056LP
BEWITH 056LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
8/16/2019
2024 repress. Be With Records present a reissue of
Sweet And Nice
, the vital debut album from Jamaica's undisputed first lady of song
Marica Griffiths
, originally released in 1974. It's reggae at its most soulful. Slinking through a tight ten tracks of R&B and pop-sourced material, it became an instant best seller.
Sweet And Nice
has appeared over the years with a revised running order and under different titles. But the original's opening sequence of loping soul is legendary, even beyond reggae circles. These songs are now returned to how they were presented on that first Jamaican release, and under their intended album title. Be With doesn't mess with magic. Marcia's version of "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" has long been lusted after, played by genre-hopping selectors to snapping necks for decades now. It's followed by the sophisticated, rollicking wah-wah funk of "Everything I Own" and the slice of smooth lovers soul par excellence that is "Green Grasshopper" and her ace, lilting
Neil Diamond
cover "Play Me". The thundering, humid funk of "Children At Play" "
sounds uncannily like a precursor of
Massive Attack
", as FACT Mag astutely noted when they put
Sweet And Nice
at number 16 in their list of the 100 best albums of the 1970s. Otherworldly, moody, and essential. Side two keeps the fire burning. "Sweet, Bitter Love" should leave you swooning, and is also one of the album's alternate titles.
Curtis Mayfield
's already-eternal "Gypsy Man" follows, recast as proto-lovers rock. "There's No Me Without You" is elevated to canonical status by the majestic, forlorn horns of the
Federal Soul Givers
and Marcia's heartbreaking delivery. And if this doesn't get you then surely the next track will: arguably the definitive version of
Ewan MacColl
's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". "I Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" re-takes its rightful place at the end of the LP's second side... but Be With Records added an entire second record of rare material recorded around the same time as
Sweet And Nice
, much of it unavailable since it was originally released. Amongst these 14 extra tracks you'll find the exquisite late-60s singles "Melody Life" and "Mark My Word" which, along with the sumptuous reading of "Band Of Gold". All material is remastered. 140 gram vinyl.
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