Marcia Griffiths - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Order Now: Trojan Records is proud to announce The Essential Artist Collection, a brand new series of artist-focused compilation albums showcasing some of the very best talent from the label’s esteemed roster. Championing their stellar catalogues, the series will highlight the most important ska and reggae tracks from the most influential artists and vocal/instrumental groups with each title available on double colour vinyl, double CD and digital formats. Arguably the greatest female singer in the history of Jamaican music, Marcia Griffiths first made her mark on the Jamaican music scene with a number of popular singles during the late Sixties, before finding international fame in 1970 alongside her long-term friend and sometime collaborator, Bob Andy. Bob & Marcia’s uplifting reggae version of Nina Simone’s inspiring song ‘(To Be) Young, Gifted & Black’ hit number 5 in the UK pop chart, with the single proving to be the first of two British chartbusters, with their exuberant interpretation of Pied Piper’ just missing out on a Top 10 placing the following year. Soon after, Marcia became a member of Bob Marley’s famed backing group, the I-Threes, while also continuing to enjoy solo success with numerous Jamaican hits for a variety of record producers throughout the remainder of the Seventies and well beyond. LP TRACKLIST LP1 SIDE 1 1. I’m Hurting Inside 2. We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Together (with Bob Andy) 3. Peaceful Woman 4. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5. Steppin’ Out of Babylon 6. I See You, My Love 7. Sweet Brown Sugar LP1 SIDE 2 1. Put a Little Love In Your Heart 2. Survival (Is the Game) 3. Pied Piper (with Bob Andy) 4. Feel Like Jumping 5. Play Me 6. Tell Me Now 7. Your Love (with Bob Andy) LP2 SIDE 1 1. Dreamland (aka My Dream Island) 2. Sweet Bitter Love 3. Melody Life 4. I Don’t Care (with Bob Andy) 5. Mark My Word 6. I Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely 7. Truly LP2 SIDE 2 1. To Be Young Gifted and Black (with Bob Andy) 2. Working to the Top (My Ambition), Pt. One 3. But I Do 4. Sugar Wooga Man 5. There’s No Me Without You 6. Don’t Ever Leave 7. You Are Mine (with Bob Andy) CD TRACKLIST CD 1 1. I’m Hurtin’ Inside 2. We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Together 3. Peaceful Woman 4. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5. Steppin’ Out of Babylon 6. I See You, My Love 7. Sweet Brown Sugar 8. Keep the Customer Satisfied 9. It’s Impossible 10. Let’s Fall In Love 11. The Way I Feel About You 12. Gypsy Man 13. Give And You Get 14. Put a Little Love In Your Heart 15. Survival (Is the Game) 16. Pied Piper 17. Feel Like Jumping 18. Play Me 19. Tell Me Now 20. Your Love 21. Why There Is No Love 22. Strange World 23. Don’t Let Me Down CD 2 1. Dreamland (aka My Dream Island) 2. Sweet Bitter Love 3. Melody Life 4. I Don’t Care 5. Mark My Word 6. I Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely 7. Truly 8. United We Stand 9. Where Were You 10. It’s A Rockin’ Good Way 11. I’ve Got to Go Back Home 12. We Want To Know aka We Know 13. Where Is the Love 14. Private Number 15. Here I Am (Come and Take Me) 16. To Be Young Gifted and Black (with Bob Andy) 17. Working to the Top (My Ambition), Pt. One 18. But I Do 19. Sugar Wooga Man 20. There’s No Me Without You 21. Don’t Ever Leave 22. You Are Mine (with Bob Andy) 23. Lonesome Feeling 24. Band of Gold #MarciaGriffiths #TrojanRecords #Reggae