Soldering (song)

"Soldering"
Single by Desmond Dekker and the Four Aces
B-side	"Beverley's All Stars's Just In Time"
Released	1965 (1965)
Genre	Ska
Label	Beverley's Records

"Soldering" is a song recorded by Desmond Dekker and the Four Aces in 1965. ^[1] the title being a euphemism for sexual intercourse, the lyrics are about a young girl wanting sex, and how a man wants to give her that.

It has been noted that the chorus of the song may have be an interpolation of the 1956 mento track "Give Her Love" by Chin’s Calypso Sextet ^[2] —which has a similar lyrical subject matter of a woman wanting a man's love and tenderness—along with taking a part of the Shenley Duffus song "Rukumbine". ^[3]

Other Versions

Another version was recorded by the Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford in 1975 and credited to Ewart Beckford and Alvin Ranglin, ^[4] It became a big hit in early 1975 for Jamaican Stanley Beckford, ^[5] he is often not credited due to the lack of copyright in Jamaica at the time. Other artists who recorded his version of the song include the Specials Hall & Oates, and Count Owen. The lyrics of the song is about a woman's choosiness when it comes to having sex with a man.

AMG's Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes Hall & Oates' cover, from the album Daryl Hall & John Oates released in late 1975, as, "fall[ing] flat," and, "reggae tinged." ^[6]

References

1. "Soldering: Desmond Dekker And The Four Aces", Discogs.com.
2. Michael Garnice Chin's Calypso Sextet, Alerth Bedasse, Everard Williams and Ivan Chin's label mentomusic.com
3. Michael Garnice Cover Versions of Mento & Jamaican Folk Songs mentomusic.com
4. "Soldering: Starlights" AllMusic.com.
5. (1976). Arts review, Volumes 1-2; Volume 4, p.51. Creative Arts Centre, University of the West Indies.
6. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Daryl Hall & John Oates (Bonus Tracks)", AllMusic.com.