ALTON ELLIS Pumping In / Knock On Wood

ALTON ELLIS Pumping In / Knock On Wood 7" 2020

Uptempo Early Reggae / Boss Sound,. pressed on 7” vinyl for the first time. About Pumping It. Original Release Year: 1970 Sometimes mistitled Pumping In, this song original release is a bit of a mystery... As far as we can track, it was published for the first time on the 2013 compilation Alton Ellis Mr. Soul Of Jamaica on the Treasure Isle label and on two CD compilations on the Doctor Bird label and that’s it. This cracking up-tempo track from 1970 has a heavy guitar work, a killer organ, and some real gutsy vocals to boot. The sound and rhythm are quite different from Ellis's previous songs and, a sign of the time, have a distinctive Boss Reggae feel and it really rocks! Pumping In is an absolute gem that has been badly overlooked up to now. About Knock on Wood. Original Release Year: 1972 Knock on Wood, the Eddy Floyd mega-hit, has been covered several times by Alton previously, in a brilliant but rather conservative way. This version though was produced by Joe Gibbs and is totally different. It featured on 2 compilations LPs in 1969 and 1973 but was never issued on a 7" vinyl previously. In the same vein as Pumping In but slower, this killer track is a rough, tough reggae cover of the Soul anthem featuring unbelievable vocals from Alston, and a distinctly Boss Sound production from Joe Gibbs.

1 Pumping In
2 Knock On Wood

Release Date: 7 Aug 2020