Veteran super-producer Clive Hunt is really proud of the release of his album, ‘Fields Of Gold: A Reggae Tribute To Sting’, which is slated to drop on Friday via Ineffable Records.
The album includes songs voiced by Steel Pulse, Third World, Maxi Priest, The Skatalites, The Elovaters, JBoog, Big Youth, Kumar, Groundation and others.
“From the first time we discovered the Police, I loved them a whole lot, and Sting being an English youth, who grew up in an era where ska and reggae was a big part of the scene in the 60s and 70s. Sting is a great songwriter and a great musician. I have always liked his tremendous catalogue of music and I wanted to do his songs over in a reggae style,” Hunt said.
Hunt and Ineffable Records released a series of singles to drum up publicity for the album’s release on March 14. Last week, the legendary British reggae act Steel Pulse delivered the fifth and final single, a reggae cover of The Police’s hit song So Lonely to rave reviews from music critics.
“Steel Pulse is one of the premier reggae talents of our generation and they did a fantastic job with So Lonely,” Hunt said.
The original So Lonely was re-released in the UK in February 1980, and reached number 6 on the charts. The song used a reggae style, and featured Sting on lead vocals. Sting said he based the song on Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry.
Hunt was highly motivated to throw himself into this project with gusto because of his admiration for Sting. Hunt eventually teamed up with US-based indie label, Ineffable Records, whose top executives loved the idea and bankrolled the project.
“I am really pleased with how the whole project has unfolded,” Hunt said.