Crying Over You-1963-78 [Import]

Ken Boothe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Trojan Records (UK)
• ASIN: B00005LZO0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,520 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Uno Dos Tres - Stranger

2. Paradise

3. The One I Love

4. Say You

5. Lady with the Starlight

6. Live Good

7. Old Fashioned Way

8. Why Baby Why

9. Keep My Love from Fading

10. Freedom Street

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Missing You

2. Look What You've Done

3. Aint' No Sunshine

4. Black, Gold & Green

5. Silver Words

6. (That's the Way) Nature Planned It

7. Leaving Me

8. Let's Get It On

9. Is It Because I'm Black

10. Dum Dum (Come Softly to Me) - The Messengers

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

UK compilation for artist called 'the Wilson Pickett of Jamaican music'. 49 tracks, including 'Uno Dos Tres'Stranger & Ken, 'Rasta Never Fail' Lloyd & Ken, 'Dum Dum (Come Softly To Me)' Ken Boothe & The Messengers & 'Whole World's Down On Me' Ken Boothe & B.B. Seaton. 2001.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music!!! Definitely not only for hardcore reggae fans!, January 24, 2002

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Simone Oltolina (Morbio Inferiore, TI Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crying Over You-1963-78 (Audio CD)

Is it me or Trojan is quickly becoming the Rhino of Reggae music? I mean, they're putting out amazing music no one else seems to care about, bundled with top liner notes and a nice packaging, just like Rhino... Enough with the label, let's get down to the music: the booklet starts off by saying that if Ken Boothe had been born in the US, he'd have probably become a star of soul music, on par with, say, Otis Redding... My humble opinion is that there might be a good deal of truth in that sentence, they didn't call him "the wilson pickett of jamaican music" for nothing! This is an highly rewarding collection of tracks. There are highlights and there are also a few songs that I don't like of course but on the whole this is an EXCELLENT release...

If you liked this you might want to try "anthology: money in my pocket 1970-1995" by Dennis Brown (also on Trojan and an equally painstaking collection)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jamaica's golden voice, September 20, 2003

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crying Over You-1963-78 (Audio CD)

Ken Boothe is a phenomenal singer, with a soulful, gorgeous voice and a timbre that is one of the most resplendent I have ever heard.
Born in Kingston in 1946, Ken started recording as a teenager, and this 2 disc set covers the first 15 years of his career; as with all anthologies that span many years, it is uneven in quality, and the early recordings from the mid-late '60s do not compare with later recordings when his voice had more depth and richness (although on Disc 1 two songs Ken wrote, track # 6, "Live Good", and especially track # 26 "Can't See You" are spectacular).

On Disc 2, the showstopper is a song from the U.K. called "Is it Because I'm Black" (Wilson/Sawyer). The artistry and power of the performance is thrilling, and the song itself is terrific, and includes a great trumpet solo.
Other songs of note on this second disc are several good covers, notably Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", and Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff". David Gates' "Everything I Own" which was such a big hit for Bread, was a hit for Ken in the U.K., staying at # 1 for several weeks on the music charts.
More standouts are two songs by Lambert/Potter, "Blood Brothers" and "Who Gets Your Love", and a self-penned song "You're No Good", with Ken's voice at its peak of strength and emotion.

Anyone who likes reggae, or soul singing, will love Ken Boothe. The sound quality in most of the tracks suffers from age and perhaps poor production, but Ken's extraordinary voice makes up for the deficiencies. There are extensive liner notes (though you will need a magnifying glass), and though the collection is a mixed bag, I feel it deserves 5 stars. Total time on Disc 1 is 72'48, and on Disc 2 is 75'21.