Ken Boothe - Black, Gold & Green (Gold & Green Vinyl)

Ken Boothe had left his Mr. Rock Steady days far behind him by the time he recorded this 1973 album, his first with producer Lloyd Charmers and his first for the legendary Trojan label. Black, Gold & Green took Boothe in a muchdarker and more politically aware direction, and featured some of the bestand most passionate soul singing of his career, particularly on Out of Love, Missing You, and his fantastic cover of Bill Withers' Ain't No Sunshine. This is Memphis-meets-Kingston reggae soul at its very best, and for its first-evervinyl reissue, we've had Mike Milchner at SonicVision remaster the album, and pressed it up in Gold and green vinyl limited to just 300 copies. Essential!