DESCRIPTION • 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 re,ected 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. Tracks: CD 1
After Loving You
I Can't Stop Loving You
That Girl
Mr Big Boss
I Believe In You
My Eyes
Through Blood, Sweat And Tears
Sweetie Come Brush Me
Cherry
If You Want My Loving
Ghetto Queen
Do You Love Me
Fancy Make Up
The Same Girl
Tonight
The Way We Were
Me Big Boss (12 mix)
Sweetie Come Brush Me (12 mix)
Ghetto Queen (12" mix)
CD 2
Thinking Of You
In The Corner
No One Before You
High School Dance
Stick By Me
Try A Thing
Your Arms Reaching Out For Me
Nobody Else aka All My Love
Massachusetts
Stealing, Stealing, Stealing
This Old Lady
Easy Loving
Pretty Girl
This Old Heart Of Mine
Lean On Me
You Poured Sugar On Me
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Jazzy Lady
If You Were My Lover

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