Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths - Young Gifted & Black - Limited 180-Gram Orange Colored Vinyl - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Leading reggae tag Trojan Records have delved back in time to express their ongoing support for the most profound universal movement this year, the Black Lives Matter campaign. Recalling Black musicians and artists that defined history, the record tag is celebrating 50 years since Bob and Marcia's hit record Young, Gifted and Black peaked at number 5 in the UK chart by launching a new website showcasing Black excellence. Originally recorded and released by Nina Simone in 1969, the song's powerful message struck a chord with Black communities across the globe and contributed to US history as an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. Writing the song with poet Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone told him that she wanted to lyrics that would Inchmake Black children all over the world feel good about themselves foreverInch.

Limited edition of 500 numbered copies on orange coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Black, Gold & Green was the first of three albums Ken Boothe would record together with producer Lloyd Charmers and takes his Memphis-via-Kingston aesthetic to the next level. Some of the best soul singing of his career can be heard here on numbers such as InchOut of Love,Inch InchMissing You,Inch and the gritty ballad InchSecond Chance.Inch His singing as being in the same kind of soul groove as the late and great Otis Redding. Ken's tradition, though, is based in the powerful religious messages reflected in the native Jamaican religion. Black, Gold & Green includes some serious social-political material, and these heavy tones permeate every note of this album. It also includes his great cover version of Bill Withers' InchAin't No Sunshine.Inch

Six of this album's seven songs were written by Joe Sample, the Texas-born jazz legend. Sample, who plays keyboards on the record, contributes to MIDNIGHT BELIEVER's overall sensibility and eclecticism. The rich production values and careful arrangements make for recordings that are rich and intricate, with less of the trademark grit shown on much of King's earlier stuff. So while this doesn't feel like a traditional blues album, it is unmistakably a B.B. King record. Sample brings with him the rhythm section of his former group, The Crusaders.