Marcia Griffiths - Dreamland

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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

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[pizzapartyy]

There's a land that I, have heard about
So far across, the sea
There's a land that I, have heard about
So far across, the sea

To have, you on my dreamland
Would be like, heaven to me
To have you on my dreamland
Would be like heaven to me

We'll live, together, on that dreamland
And we'll have so much fun
We'll live together, on that dreamland
And we'll have so much fun

We'll get our breakfast from the trees
We'll get our honey from the bees
We'll take a ride on the waterfalls
We'll count the stars in the sky

And surely we'll never die
And surely we'll never die
And surely we'll never die
Oh, what a time, that will be
Oh just, you wait, wait, wait and see

And surely, we'll never die
And surely, we'll never die...

[jimmycasuelle]

I think about this beautiful song while I think about my wonderful mother who passed in November 2023. I see her dancing, cooking up two pot on the stove and singing her heart out loud...until we meet again, Old Girl...💚💚💚

[walterjohnson]

@ Love this Singer very easy, Lovely Voice.❤❤❤❤

[ritaymbernon]

Great Marcia Grhiffits!Always in my soul!❤️💛💚🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎼

[raymondchambers]

Positive vibes ! MaM Griffiths . Long lives ❤🎉

[audreybarracks-mckenzie]

I remember my Mom singing this song, God how I wish she was still here... Rest well Cynthia ❤❤❤❤ you forever fir these precious memories you gave us

[tawandajengwa]

a big big tune one of my favourite from the queen of reggae

[hermanlaidlaw]

Big rendition, Marcia, big up Bunny Wailer too

[agwuamogu]

Tell Jimmy Cliff that I got infected since the days of the Synthetic world in 1970 and I’m still nursing in 2024.What a great and special infection, may you live long sir!

[keithdukes]

Bunny Wailer of the wailers does a fantastic version of this song from his album "Sings the Wailers!"👍😊

[countrobbie]

There's a toastin' version of this song called - "DUB IT IN A DREAMLAND" by Bojangles. TUNE!

[khaledboutaleb-ju]

Dream land is of corse england❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤.

[lilhypez]

Never knew she was super cats older cousin