Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion
| Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion - Selected by Don Letts | ||||
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| Released | 24 September 2021 | |||
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| Label | Night Time Stories | |||
| Producer | Don Letts | |||
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Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion - Selected by Don Letts is a DJ mix album curated by British DJ Don Letts for the Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 24 September 2021.[1][2] It features cover songs by reggae/dub artists such as Dennis Bovell, John Holt, Ash Walker, Cornell Campbell, Khruangbin, Mad Professor, Will Holland, Gentleman's Dub Club, and The Tamlins of music by artists from a wide range of eras and genres, such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, The Bee Gees, Kool & The Gang, The Clash, and Joy Division, among many others.[2][3]
Reception
Sam Easterbook of Buzz wrote about the album, "While it can veer into novelty, the mix is immaculate and is packed with exclusives. Bit of a shame it didn’t come out at the start of the summer really."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hercules (North Street West ‘Late Night Tales’ Dub)" | Aaron Neville | Ghetto Priest | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Black Rabbit" | Jefferson Airplane | Prince Fatty & Shniece McMenamin | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Dub In The Supermarket (Exclusive remix)" | The Clash | Wrongtom Meets The Rockers | 3:39 |
| 4. | "E = MC2 (Exclusive track)" | Big Audio Dynamite | Gaudi Meets The Rebel Dread ft. Emily Capell | 5:08 |
| 5. | "Superstylin’ (Exclusive remix)" | Groove Armada | Rude Boy | 4:39 |
| 6. | "Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Vocal Dub; exclusive remix)" | Joy Division | Capitol 1212 ft. Earl 16 | 3:46 |
| 7. | "All I Do Is Think About You (Far East Dub; exclusive remix)" | Tammi Terrell | Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno | 3:21 |
| 8. | "Caroline, No" | The Beach Boys | Zoe Devlin Love ft. Tim Hutton | 2:41 |
| 9. | "You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Mad Professor 2021 Dub; exclusive remix)" | Lou Rawls | John Holt | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Ital City Dub (Exclusive remix)" | Marvin Gaye | Cornell Campbell | 3:07 |
| 11. | "(I Can’t Get Enough Of) That Reggae Stuff (Dennis Bovell Remix; exclusive remix)" | Kool & The Gang | Matumbi | 3:53 |
| 12. | "Use Me (Ben McKone Dub)" | Bill Withers | Gentleman's Dub Club ft. Kiko Bun | 4:31 |
| 13. | "Uptown Top Ranking" | Althea and Donna | Black Box Recorder | 3:24 |
| 14. | "Sixteen Tons of Dub" | Merle Travis | OBF | 1:53 |
| 15. | "Ain't No Sunshine (Space Dub Mix; exclusive remix)" | Bill Withers | Yasushi Ide | 2:46 |
| 16. | "Baltimore" | Randy Newman | The Tamlins | 4:30 |
| 17. | "Emotion (Dennis Bovell Remix; exclusive remix)" | Samantha Sang | 15 16 17 | 4:21 |
| 18. | "There's Nothing Like This (Exclusive track)" | Omar | Ash Walker | 3:24 |
| 19. | "Slippin' into Darkness" | War | The Senior Allstars | 4:13 |
| 20. | "Within You Without You" | The Beatles | Easy Star All-Stars | 5:05 |
| 21. | "Dern Kala (Khruangbin Dub Mix)" | Khruangbin | Khruangbin | 4:09 |
References
- ^ Guttridge-Hewitt, Martin (2021-09-15). "DON LETTS TO MIX NEXT INSTALMENT OF LATE NIGHT TALES SERIES". DJ Mag. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ a b Lazlo, Rugoff (2021-08-18). "Don Letts helms latest Late Night Tales instalment, Version Excursion". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ Sterdan, Darryl (2021-09-24). "Various Artists - Late Night Tales: Version Excursion Selected By Don Letts". Tinnitist. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ Easterbook, Sam (2021-09-24). "THIS WEEK'S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED - FEATURE". Buzz. Retrieved 2021-11-06.