Woman Of The Ghetto

Hortense Ellis recorded the song in Kingston at Randy’s Studio 17 with Clive Chin producing. The track was cut with Randy’s house band for the Jamaican roots-reggae scene that surrounded the Impact!/Randy’s camp. The record turned Marlena Shaw’s song into a Jamaican roots reading and became one of Hortense Ellis’s best-known releases. It also stood out as a strong female-vocal cut from Clive Chin’s Randy’s productions. The track has remained a collector favorite and a staple on Randy’s and Impact! compilations. Its arrangement has kept it in circulation among reggae reissues and DJ selections, where it is remembered as one of Ellis’s signature performances.