Reggae Covers: Lloyd Charmers – Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” was released in 1973 to instant critical acclaim, followed by an era of serious American investigation into the making of sweet, sweet love to its ever-smooth melodies, the title track becoming the metronomic groove-finder for couples coming together anywhere there was a hi-fi. Lloyd Charmers –a veteran ska & reggae singer from Trench Town– recorded this trippy, ethereal, groove-heavy cover in 1974.
If you believe in love, let’s get it on…
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