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SUNDAY COMING1
Alton Ellis (1970)

Coxsone CSL 8023
matrix: FCD 3423

Sunday Coming; These Eyes; Hurting Me; It's True; Alton Groove; What Does It Take // The Picture Was You; Gonna Take A Miracle; Your Heart Is Gonna Pay; Wide Awake In A Dream; You Made Me So Happy; Reasons In The Sky

Original Jamaican issue, mono. The front cover illustration is printed on white paper that has been stuck onto a cardboard sleeve. One of the few (only) albums to credit C.S. Dodd for photo and cover design. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Alton Ellis' masterpiece. A rewarding mixture of self-penned material together with Alton's re-interpretations of US soul hits (mostly the latter). The CSL 8023 catalogue number suggests that this might have been intended for release in the UK as part of the blue Coxsone series.

SUNDAY COMING1
Alton Ellis (1971)

Bamboo BDLPS 214
matrix: BDLPS 214

Sunday Coming; These Eyes; Hurting Me; It's True; Alton Blues; What Does It Take // The Picture Was You; Gonna Take A Miracle; Your Heart Is Gonna Pay; Wide Awake In A Dream; You Made Me So Happy; Reasons In The Sky

UK reissue with stamped matrix, in unbalanced stereo (the vocal predominates in one channel). Alton Groove is retitled Alton Blues. Artwork and photos are by Horace Ove. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

SUNDAY COMING1
Alton Ellis

Coxsone PSOL 3423
matrix: FCD 3423

Sunday Coming; These Eyes; Hurting Me; It's True; Alton Groove; What Does It Take // The Picture Was You; Gonna Take A Miracle; Your Heart Is Gonna Pay; Wide Awake In A Dream; You Made Me So Happy; Reasons In The Sky

Jamaican repress of the original issue. The alternative cover design is credited to O'Neil Nanco. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

SUNDAY COMING1
Alton Ellis (1980)

Coxsone PSOL 3423
matrix: PSOL-3423 A-1

Sunday Coming; These Eyes; Hurting Me; It's True; Alton Groove; What Does It Take // The Picture Was You; Gonna Take A Miracle; Your Heart Is Gonna Pay; Wide Awake In A Dream; You Made Me So Happy; Reasons In The Sky

Jamaican/US reissue, mono. The PSOL catalogue and matrix number would suggest a Peckings involvement.

SUNDAY COMING1
Alton Ellis

Coxsone PSOL 3423
matrix: SOL 01233

Sunday Coming; These Eyes; Hurting Me; It's True; Alton Groove; What Does It Take // The Picture Was You; Gonna Take A Miracle; Your Heart Is Gonna Pay; Wide Awake In A Dream; You Made Me So Happy; Reasons In The Sky

Jamaican and US reissues, also in mono, and in the same O'Neil Nanco sleeve.

SUNDAY COMING2
Alton Ellis (1995)

Heartbeat CD HB 3511
 

Joy In The Morning; Sunday Coming; These Eyes; Hurting Me; It's True; Alton Groove; What Does It Take; The Picture Was You; Gonna Take A Miracle; Your Heart Is Gonna Pay; Wide Awake In A Dream; You Made Me So Happy; Reasons In The Sky; The Winner

Heartbeat CD with two additional tracks, Joy In The Morning (featuring the Gaylads) and The Winner (extended version), both recorded in 1994.

SUNDAY COMING2
Alton Ellis (1995)

Studio One PSOL 3423
matrix: not known

Joy In The Morning; Sunday Coming; These Eyes; Hurting Me; It's True; Alton's Groove; What Does It Take To Win Your Love // The Picture Was You; Gonna Take A Miracle; Your Heart Is Gonna Pay; Wide Awake In A Dream; You Made Me So Happy; Reasons In The Sky; The Winner

Vinyl reissue on the Studio One label with the same tracks as the Heartbeat CD.

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