Over The River

From Jama Rico

Over The River is a song recorded by The Jiving Juniors for C.S. Dodd in late 1960 or early 1961.

In recent interviews (e.g. Sebastian JOBARTH 2004 or PETER I 2008). Rico remembers this as his first ever recording. In the latter interview he remembers: "The first recording we do in a Jamaica was with a man name Stanley Motta, that's Stanley Motta with Derrick Harriott & The Jiving Juniors. ... We call the song 'Over The River', yeah. That's my first recording in Jamaica. ... the studio was in Hanover Street, Stanley Motta's studio."

[edit] Credits

The Jiving Juniors (voc)

• Derrick Harriott
• Rico Rodriguez

[edit] Releases

1961:

• 7"-side: All Stars /JA

1961:

• 7"-side: The Jiving Juniors - "Over The River" b/w "Hip Rub" (Blue Beat BB 36 /UK); Music by Herson & His City Slickers. An "All Stars" Recording

1961:

• Track on: V.A.: All Star Top Hits (LP: All Stars /JA); re-released in 1991 on LP: Coxsone /JA

1962:

• Track on: V.A.: Jamaican Blues (LP: Blue Beat BBLP 801 /UK); this is the UK release of the above mentioned All Star Top Hits.

1992:

• Track on V.A.: Ska Bonanza (2CD: Heartbeat /US); T: 2:05, taken from the original master tapes