tUmp #3
Ken Boothe & the Wailers – The Train Is Coming
more Rocksteady from the Downbeat stable but this time featuring themusicologist’s #1 Jamaican vocalist Ken Boothe on lead and the Wailers on back up…DEFINITELY touched by the hand of Lee Perry and Jackie Mitoo….
themusicologist 
a very fine example of the wonderfull voice of Ken Boothe on this, sort of gentle, rocksteady number.
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Reggae blues. What’s not to like!!
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the Wailers at their start of their journey Ian
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great blog
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thank you..
most appreciated
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I see, showing an early influence before developing their own distinctive sound. I should study them more.
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Ian,
the Wailers were HEAVILY influenced by the Impressions and owe a great debt to both Lee Perry and Joe Higgs for their vocal styling.
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This was recorded in the summer of 1966, round about the time Lee Perry left Studio One to join Joel Gibson at Amalgamated – the backing band is the Soul Vendors, and the vocalists are Peter Tosh and Constantine “Dream” Walker, who replaced Bob Marley when he was in the USA.
It’s a fairly early example of cutting the rhythm and vocal track first, then overdubbing the sax later. on a few occasions the horn player didn’t pitch up, creating what was in effect a “riddim solo”, which was arguably a precursor of dub
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thank you for the knowledge. always a pleasure to learn about the details of the music I LOVE. “arguably a precursor of dub”…interesting.
Respect
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