Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaica (2004)

About this title: A reluctant pop star if ever there was one, Phyllis Dillon balanced a recording career in Jamaica with a job in the U.S. working in a bank. Love Is All I Had is the most comprehensive collection of her work to date, packed to the brim with a staggering 29 cuts of vintage rocksteady and early reggae, all cut with Duke Reid for his Treasure Isle imprint. The earliest songs from Love Is All I Had date from 1967 (with the exception of Dillon's 1966 self-penned debut, "Don't Stay Away"), and exude an innocence common in the best sides from the Shirelles, Lesley Gore, and exponents of the girl ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't Stay Away [Dillon]
2. (This Is) A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening [McHugh/Adamson]
3. Tulips (And Heather) [Carson]
4. A Thing of the Past [Brass/Levine]
5. Make Me Yours [Swann]
6. Leave It in the Hands of Love [Demell/Desanto]
7. Perfidia [Dominguez]
8. It's Rocking Time [Dillon]
9. Nice Time [Marley]
10. I Wear His Ring [Serradel/Bryant]
11. Don't Touch Me Tomato [Reid]
12. Why Did You Leave Me [Sibbles/Morgan/Llew]
13. Love Letters [Young/Heyman]
14. Love Is All I Had [Dillon]
15. Boys and Girls Reggae [Parker/Reid]
16. Take My Heart [Lewis]
17. The Right Track [Lewis]
18. Walk Through This World With Me [Seamons/Savage]
19. Remember That Sunday [Ellis]
20. You Are Like Heaven to Me
21. Living in Love [Randazzo/Pike]
22. Midnight Confessions [Josie]
23. Woman in the Ghetto [Evans/Miller/Shaw]
24. I Can't Forget About You Baby [Penn]
25. Picture on the Wall [Samms]
26. Eddie Oh Baby [Donaldson]
27. The Love That a Woman Should Give a Man [Badalamenti]
28. We Belong Together [Mitchell/Weiss/Carr]
29. Love the One You're With [Stills]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.