KEN BOOTHE - Without love (1985 Kingdom records)

Recut from his own studio one tune from 1972 ! This one comes from "Reggae stars explosion vol.1" issued on Kingdom records in 1985.
Produced by Ranking Joe, that was backed by the Roots radics at channel 1 studio and mixed at easy street studio in London.
Others artists on the LP are Leroy Sibble, Rod Taylor, Anthony Johnson, Earl 16, Frankie Paul, Thriller & George Wright !

KEN BOOTHE - The great Ken Boothe medley part 1 (1971 Jaguar)

THE SKATALITES + KEN BOOTHE - Willow weep + Puppet on a string (1967 Studio one)

I'm in a ska mood these days, and this single is just the biggest skatalites tune i've ever heard...It is said to be "willow weep" by the skatalites, but after a short research it looks like it have been first released as "look away ska" from Roland Alphonso in 1966...A friend of mine who is much more specialist than i swears that this should be the soul brothers (that plays in 1966/67) A studio one band lead by...Roland Alphonso ! So let's say there's a big chance that this one was misleaded and made after the skatalites disbanded...
Big theme and progression, this is the kind of tune that the skatalites should play on stage for sure...On the puciture you can see from left to right Lloyd Brevett, Coxsone Dodd, Roland Alphonso and Johnny "dizzy" Moore.
B side is the classic Ken Booth "puppet on a string" cover of the famous Sandie Shaw's tune that won the eurovision in...1967! A true studio 1 classic and one of his biggest hit to date...

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KEN BOOTHE & SOUL SYNDICATE - My reward (1974 Hot shot)

Suis tombé ce matin sur ce Ken Boothe enregistré en 1974 avec soul syndicate. Je ne l'avais pas écouté depuis un petit moment, et le moins que l on puisse dire c'est que le son de cette tune a un gout reellement jamaicain , contrairement à celui, plus aseptisé et "commercialement" calibré qu'a utilisé Boothe pour ses disques trojan dans ces années la...Pas de prod de Lloyd Charmers donc, mais plutot de Clive Chin au studio Randy's. Un bon petit morceau, même si cela n'arrive pas a la hauteur d'un "crying over you" ou d'un "freedom street" bien sur. Comme je crois qu'il n'a pas été souvent réédité, je me suis dit qu 'il fallait le faire tourner un peu, donc voila!

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