Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion - Selected by Don Letts is a DJ mix album curated by British DJ Don Letts for the Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 24 September 2021.[1][2] It features cover songs by reggae/dub artists such as Dennis Bovell, John Holt, Ash Walker, Cornell Campbell, Khruangbin, Mad Professor, Will Holland, Gentleman's Dub Club, and The Tamlins of music by artists from a wide range of eras and genres, such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, The Bee Gees, Kool & The Gang, The Clash, and Joy Division, among many others.[2][3]

Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion - Selected by Don Letts
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Released24 September 2021 (2021-09-24)
Genre
LabelNight Time Stories
ProducerDon Letts
Late Night Tales chronology
Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei
(2021)
Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion
(2021)
Late Night Tales presents After Dark: Vespertine
(2023)

Reception

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Sam Easterbook of Buzz wrote about the album, "While it can veer into novelty, the mix is immaculate and is packed with exclusives. Bit of a shame it didn’t come out at the start of the summer really."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Hercules (North Street West ‘Late Night Tales’ Dub)"Aaron NevilleGhetto Priest4:12
2."Black Rabbit"Jefferson AirplanePrince Fatty & Shniece McMenamin3:50
3."Dub In The Supermarket (Exclusive remix)"The ClashWrongtom Meets The Rockers3:39
4."E = MC2 (Exclusive track)"Big Audio DynamiteGaudi Meets The Rebel Dread ft. Emily Capell5:08
5."Superstylin’ (Exclusive remix)"Groove ArmadaRude Boy4:39
6."Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Vocal Dub; exclusive remix)"Joy DivisionCapitol 1212 ft. Earl 163:46
7."All I Do Is Think About You (Far East Dub; exclusive remix)"Tammi TerrellQuantic Presenta Flowering Inferno3:21
8."Caroline, No"The Beach BoysZoe Devlin Love ft. Tim Hutton2:41
9."You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Mad Professor 2021 Dub; exclusive remix)"Lou RawlsJohn Holt3:53
10."Ital City Dub (Exclusive remix)"Marvin GayeCornell Campbell3:07
11."(I Can’t Get Enough Of) That Reggae Stuff (Dennis Bovell Remix; exclusive remix)"Kool & The GangMatumbi3:53
12."Use Me (Ben McKone Dub)"Bill WithersGentleman's Dub Club ft. Kiko Bun4:31
13."Uptown Top Ranking"Althea and DonnaBlack Box Recorder3:24
14."Sixteen Tons of Dub"Merle TravisOBF1:53
15."Ain't No Sunshine (Space Dub Mix; exclusive remix)"Bill WithersYasushi Ide2:46
16."Baltimore"Randy NewmanThe Tamlins4:30
17."Emotion (Dennis Bovell Remix; exclusive remix)"Samantha Sang15 16 174:21
18."There's Nothing Like This (Exclusive track)"OmarAsh Walker3:24
19."Slippin' into Darkness"WarThe Senior Allstars4:13
20."Within You Without You"The BeatlesEasy Star All-Stars5:05
21."Dern Kala (Khruangbin Dub Mix)"KhruangbinKhruangbin4:09

References

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  1. ^ Guttridge-Hewitt, Martin (2021-09-15). "DON LETTS TO MIX NEXT INSTALMENT OF LATE NIGHT TALES SERIES". DJ Mag. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  2. ^ a b Lazlo, Rugoff (2021-08-18). "Don Letts helms latest Late Night Tales instalment, Version Excursion". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  3. ^ Sterdan, Darryl (2021-09-24). "Various Artists - Late Night Tales: Version Excursion Selected By Don Letts". Tinnitist. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  4. ^ Easterbook, Sam (2021-09-24). "THIS WEEK'S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED - FEATURE". Buzz. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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