John Holt - Before The Next Tear Drop [CD]

Kingston Sounds

£12.58

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: KSCD060
Barcode: 5060135761974
Release Date: 16 Sep 2022
Genre: Reggae

John Holt has one of the finest and most versatile voices to come out of Jamaica.Whether fronting the great vocal group ‘The Paragons’ which he joined around 1965,singing many of their greatest hits including’Tide is High’,’On the Beach’,’Wear You to the Ball’ to name but a few or his extensive solo career.A career that saw him covering every musical style from Pop,Lovers,Soul and his much overlooked Roots period.

John Holt (b.1947,Kingston,Jamaica) was a child prodigy he began his career being a regular voice on talent contests run by Vera Johns across the Jamaican Island.He cut his first single in 1963 for Leslie Kong’s Beverly’s label,’I Cried a Tear/Forever I’ll Stay’ and sang many duets with various singers of the day including ‘Rum Bumper’ with Aton Ellis.

In 1965 to 1970 as stated above was John Holts Paragon years in a period which he also ran solo with hits such as ‘Fancy Make Up’,’A Love I Can Feel’ and ‘Lets Build Our Dreams’.

For this release we are looking at his extremely productive period working with Bunny’Striker’Lee.This reissue of John Holts classic1976 album ‘Before The Next Tear Drop’ is an album filled with classic after classic sung by Mr.Holt effortlessly.....
Hope you enjoy visiting these tracks....

Tracklisting
Track 1 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
Track 2 NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
Track 3 SUGAR
Track 4 LOVELY GIRL
Track 5 BEFORE THE NEXT TEAR DROP
Track 6 WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS
Track 7 YOU MUST BELIEVE ME
Track 8 WALK AWAY
Track 9 SINCE I MET YOU BABY
Track 10 KEEP ON RUNNING
Track 11 LEFT WITH A BROKEN HEART*
Track 12 MAN NEXT DORR(GOT TO GET AWAY)*
Track 13 SOMETIMES*
Track 14 ITS A JAM IN THE STREET *
Track 15 JUST OUT OF REACH*
Track 16 TIDE IS HIGH*
Track 17 MY NUMBER ONE”
Track 18 WALKING ALONG*