When Dawn Penn recorded rocksteady track You Don’t Love Me for Studio One in 1967, she would probably have been surprised to hear that she would re-record it in 1994 in a dancehall stylee which would become a massive worldwide hit. What many people don’t know is that Penn’s ’67 recording was actually a cover of Willie Cobbs’ 1960 RnB track You Don’t Love Me – itself based on Bo Diddley’s 1955 blues number She’s Fine, She’s Mine. But what if Penn’s rocksteady version had been based on an early ska version instead? I wonder what that would sound like? Enter Original Gravity’s Neil Anderson. No, no, no – he hasn’t! He certainly has! And with the aid of the splendid Donnoya Drake it’s become a reality and every bit the banger you’d expect.
(Pre-order now/ Ships on/around 15 August on Original Gravity Records)
