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The Gold Connection - Gold Connection (Deluxe Edition) (1976/2024)

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The Gold Connection - Gold Connection (Deluxe Edition) (1976/2024)

The Gold Connection - Gold Connection (Deluxe Edition) (1976/2024)
FLAC (tracks) - 925 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 365 MB
2:38:00 | Reggae, Soul, Disco | Label: Doctor Bird

Almost every track new to CD. Includes best-selling albums from the mid-70s. Features numerous major Jamaican hits.
Few Jamaican music makers have demonstrated greater versatility or proficiency than Lloyd Charmers, who first made his name on the Jamaican music scene as a youthful singer- songwriter in the early 60s, performing as half of the popular duo, The Charmers. Subsequent solo works along with a spell with The Uniques vocal trio ultimately led on to a move into record production. Over the years that immediately followed, his output as both a performer and producer included multiple major reggae hits, most notably Ken Boothe’s chart-topping version of ‘Everything I Own’, the success of which confirmed Charmer’s position as one of the Jamaica’s finest talents. Soon after this international best-seller, he produced works by a number of other leading Jamaican-based acts, their number including keyboard maestro Harold Butler, popular singer Dobby Dobson and the multi-talented Richard Ace - and it is these three supremely gifted artists whose work primarily comprises this collection.

CD1 opens with Butler’s widely sought-after Gold Connection album, an instrumental collection from 1976 featuring nine superior reggae and soul instrumental sides, including popular versions of ‘That’s The Way I Like It’ and the title track. The remainder of the disc collects the remainder of Charmers’s productions from the period, which features major hits and rarities performed by a variety of gifted artists, with all recordings pre-dating his permanent relocation to the UK around the close of that same year.

The second disc presents Dobby Dobson’s oft-overlooked tribute to the pre-ska era, ‘Sweet Dream’ on which the singer skilfully updates a number of songs first made popular in Jamaica in the late 50s and early 60s. The bonus material includes Dobson’s popular updates of a further two oldies but goodies, along with tracks from a previously unissued album project aimed at showcasing the considerable vocal and keyboard talents of Richard Ace.

The standard of the performances and productions on this compilation is second to none, and with almost all the recordings previously unavailable on CD, it is an essential acquisition for both completists and all those who prefer their reggae with a little bit of soul.

Tracklist
CD1
Harold Butler 'Gold Connection'
1-1 - The Harold Butler Connection - Darling I Like It
1-2 - The Harold Butler Connection - I Love Music
1-3 - The Harold Butler Connection - Latin Hustle Reggae
1-4 - The Harold Butler Connection - Do It Any Way
1-5 - The Harold Butler Connection - d Connection (Disco Version)
1-6 - The Harold Butler Connection - That's The Way I Like It
1-7 - The Harold Butler Connection - Love's Theme
1-8 - The Harold Butler Connection - Ire Rocker
1-9 - The Harold Butler Connection - Fly Robin Reggae

Bonus Tracks - Lloyd Charmers Singles Collection, 1975 - 1977
1-10 - C.H.A.R.M. - Skin Tight (Instrumental)
1-11 - Richard Ace - Supernatural Thing (7" Mix)
1-12 - Dobby Dobson - Just A Dream (7" Mix)
1-13 - Lloyd Charmers - L. Sucks
1-14 - Sister Stern - My Last Date
1-15 - The Africans - Gathering
1-16 - Lloyd Charmers - Sing La La
1-17 - Richard Ace - Julie (I Love Truly)
1-18 - Dobby Dobson - Sweeter Than Honey (7" Mix)
1-19 - Sister Stern - Devoted To You
1-20 - Richard Ace - Stand Up And Be Counted
1-21 - Delroy Wilson - Imagination (7" Mix)
1-22 - Lloyd Charmers - Tootsie Wootsie Lollipop (La La La)

CD2
Dobby Dobson 'Sweet Dreams'
2-1 - Dobby Dobson - Whispering Bells
2-2 - Dobby Dobson - You’re Mine, All Mine
2-3 - Dobby Dobson - Oh Gee
2-4 - Dobby Dobson - Little Star
2-5 - Dobby Dobson - Win Your Love For Me
2-6 - Dobby Dobson - Sweet Dreams
2-7 - Dobby Dobson - Muriel
2-8 - Dobby Dobson - Cherie
2-9 - Dobby Dobson - Don’t Believe Him, Donna
2-10 - Dobby Dobson - This Is My Story
2-11 - Dobby Dobson - The Great Pretender

Bonus Tracks
2-12 - Dobby Dobson - Just A Dream (12" Mix)
2-13 - Dobby Dobson - Sweeter Than Honey (12" Mix)

Richard Ace & Lloyd Charmers 'Supernatural Thing'
2-14 - Lloyd Charmers - Stay (12" Mix)
2-15 - Richard Ace - Wish You Were Mine
2-16 - Richard Ace - Supernatural Thing (12" Mix)
2-17 - Richard Ace - Stale Mate
2-18 - Richard Ace & Lloyd Charmers - You’ll Always Be On My Mind
2-19 - Richard Ace - Love Can Make You Happy
2-20 - Lloyd Charmers - Stay (instrumental)
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