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Three classic albums new to CD.
Almost all tracks making digital debut.
One of Jamaica’s most popular artists.
After first making his mark on the Jamaican music scene during the rock steady era, fronting the popular vocal group The Paragons, John Holt became one of the island's most successful solo artists scoring a succession of major hits in a variety of styles for numerous local producers up until the mid-80s.
While many of his contemporaries from the 60s failed to maintain their popularity during the dancehall era, Holt demonstrated his timeless appeal with best-selling records, with his collaborations with Kingston-based hitmaker, Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes, proving particularly fruitful.
The success of this relationship is reflected in the popularity of the ‘Gold’ LP, which topped reggae charts on both sides of the Atlantic in 1982. And it is this hugely chart-topping long- player provides the primary focus of this 2CD set, with the original LP bolstered by a further nine Lawes-produced tracks, their number including 12” mixes of two of Holt’s biggest sellers, ‘Sweetie Come Brush Me’ and ‘Ghetto Queen’.
The second disc provides further evidence of Holt’s enduring appeal, presenting a further two original albums from the early 80s that, like ‘Gold’ make their long overdue CD debut.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
GOLD
1 After Loving You
2 I Can't Stop Loving You
3 That Girl
4 Mr Big Boss
5 I Believe In You
6 My Eyes
7 Through Blood, Sweat And Tears
8 Sweetie Come Brush Me
9 Cherry
10 If You Want My Loving
Bonus tracks
11 Ghetto Queen
12 Do You Love Me
13 Fancy Make Up
14 The Same Girl
15 Tonight
16 The Way We Were
17 Me Big Boss (12” mix)
18 Sweetie Come Brush Me (12” mix)
19 Ghetto Queen (12" mix)
DISC TWO
FOR LOVERS AND DANCERS
1 Thinking Of You
2 In The Corner
3 No One Before You
4 High School Dance
5 Stick By Me
6 Try A Thing
7 Your Arms Reaching Out For Me
8 Nobody Else aka All My Love
9 Massachusetts
10 Stealing, Stealing, Stealing
LIVING LEGEND
11 This Old Lady
12 Easy Loving
13 Pretty Girl
14 This Old Heart Of Mine
15 Lean On Me
16 You Poured Sugar On Me
17 I Just Called To Say I Love You
18 Jazzy Lady
19 If You Were My Lover