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Whether you're a reggae enthusiast or simply appreciate great music, Boothe's captivating vocals are sure to leave a lasting impression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"freedom-street","title":"Freedom Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eKen Boothe’s only album for Leslie Kong’s Beverley’s Records. It is a collection of the singles he recorded whilst there. The title track written by Harris Seaton became an anthem of intent. It became a huge hit and an early Reggae Classic. Freedom Street is an important artefact and classic Beverley’s album. As well as other Seaton compositions inspired version of satisfaction, Mungo Jerry’s smash hit of the moment In the Summertime and The Royalettes girl group hit It’s gonna take a miracle are three cover versions. Drums of Freedom and Love and Unity point the way to what would typify reggae in the coming generation. The two bonus tracks takes us back to Ken’s Soul singer days but with an almost psychedelic twist to it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charly","offers":[{"title":"Orange | LP","offer_id":50385189339467,"sku":"1096710","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50385190158667,"sku":"2197231","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50385191108939,"sku":"2197232","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/20bda6fb-9e33-49e1-a1f5-5c684abf7802_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726309566"},{"product_id":"sarge-unlimited","title":"Sarge \/ Unlimited","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter first becoming established on the Jamaican music scene as a 13-year-old in the early 1960s, \u003cstrong\u003eDelroy Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e enjoyed major successes throughout the remainder of the decade and beyond, but by the mid-70s, his career had begun to stall, partly due to his reluctance to join many of his established peers in embracing Rastafarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSalvation was at hand in the form of his old friend and former Studio One colleague, \u003cstrong\u003eLloyd Charmers\u003c\/strong\u003e, who by this time was riding high on the reggae scene as one of Jamaica’s most successful hit-makers, having produced major hits by a variety of local artists, including \u003cem\u003eKen Boothe\u003c\/em\u003e whose \"\u003cem\u003eEverything I Own\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eCrying Over You\u003c\/em\u003e\" had ridden high on pop charts around the globe in 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo years later, the first best-seller to emerge from the Wilson-Charmers collaborations was a compelling version of Bob Marley’s \"\u003cem\u003eI'm Still Waiting\u003c\/em\u003e\", which sold in its thousands among the island’s record buyers as well as fans of the developing lovers rock sound in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFurther popular 7” singles by the singer swiftly followed, notably sublime versions of the Bob Andy-penned \"\u003cem\u003eI Don't Want To See You Cry\u003c\/em\u003e\" and Ben E. King’s \"\u003cem\u003eImagination\u003c\/em\u003e\", as well the excellent self-penned \"\u003cem\u003eMy Cecelia\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe popularity of the recordings prompted Charmers to permanently relocate to London and the following year he issued what proved to be one of the biggest-selling reggae long-players of the 1970s: \"\u003cem\u003eSarge\u003c\/em\u003e\". Officially unavailable for decades, the album is finally available on CD for only the second time ever, with its original track-listing bolstered by previously unreleased 12” mixes from the vaults of Trojan Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection is further enhanced by the second disc comprising another classic Charmers-produced album, \u003cem\u003eKen Boothe's Boothe Unlimited\u003c\/em\u003e, which is further augmented by rare and long-lost extended mixes, all of which feature on CD for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doctor Bird","offers":[{"title":"CDx2.","offer_id":50407398375755,"sku":"2177618","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/DELROY-SARGE-KEN-PACK1_f510e6df_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726597379"},{"product_id":"black-gold-and-green","title":"Black, Gold and Green","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack, Gold and Green\u003c\/i\u003e\n was the first of three albums Ken Boothe would record together with \nproducer Lloyd Charmers and takes his Memphis-via-Kingston aesthetic to \nthe next level. Some\n of the best soul singing of his career can be heard here on numbers \nsuch as \"Out of Love,\" \"Missing You,\" and the gritty ballad \"Second \nChance.\" His\n singing as being in the same kind of soul groove as the late and great \nOtis Redding. Ken’s tradition, though, is based in the powerful \nreligious messages reflected in the native Jamaican religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack, Gold and Green\u003c\/i\u003e\n includes some serious social-political material, and these heavy tones \npermeate every note of this album. 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