Band Name: Jackie Opel
Music Album: A Love To Share (In Memory Of Jackie Opel)
Album Release Date: November 1984
Music Genre: Reggae Ska Mento
Record Label: Top Deck Records
Album Release Country: Jamaica
Music Record Type: 9 Tracks Vinyl Album LP Reissue
Legendary ska vocalist born in 1938 in Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie was discovered by Byron Lee and moved to Jamaica where he joined The Skatalites and recorded many solo tracks for labels such as Studio One, Coxsone Records and Top Deck Records.
A diverse vocalist, Jackie has recorded in many vocal styles including ska, R&B, soul, gospel, and calypso. He is also credited as inventing the musical style of spouge (a combination of ska, calypso and more traditional rock n roll and religious styles popular in the UK & US).
Opel eventually moved to Trinidad and then back to Barbados where, in 1970, he died in a car crash in his home town of Bridgetown.
| A1 | Tears From My Eyes | 2:47 |
| A2 | A Love To Share | 3:45 |
| A3 | Valley Of Green | 3:04 |
| A4 | Sometimes I Wonder | 2:54 |
| B1 | Picture Of Smoke | 3:06 |
| B2 | Every Word I Say Is True | 3:00 |
| B3 | Take Your Time | 2:49 |
| B4 | Turn To The Almighty | 2:30 |
| B5 | Ain't No Snake In The Grass | 2:13 |
originally recorded in Jamaica ca. 1965.
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