Ken Parker - Here comes Ken Parker: expanded edition

2022 European CD reissue. Originally released in Jamaica 1974, ‘Here Comes Ken Parker’ provided the first secular showcase for one of Jamaican music’s finest and most popular performers, Ken Parker.

Over the preceding six years, the singer had become firmly established as one of the island’s most gifted singers, his elegant tenor gracing a series of popular 7” singles, primarily recorded at Duke Reid’s famed Treasure Isle studio.

Now, the popular 1974 collection – also released by Trojan Records in the UK as ‘Jimmy Brown’ – is finally available once more after almost half a century, with its track-listing expanded to include the remainder of the vocalist’s released work for Treasure Isle, along with those of his equally accomplished labelmate, Hopeton Lewis.

Track Listing:

1 Kiss An Angel – Ken Parker
2 Jimmy Brown – Ken Parker
3 I Can’t Hide – Ken Parker
4 Mothers Eyes – Ken Parker
5 Sincerely – Ken Parker & Dorothy Russell
6 Help Me Make It Through The Night – Ken Parker
7 True True True – Ken Parker
8 I Catch Myself Crying – Ken Parker
9 I Should Have Known – Ken Parker

BONUS TRACKS
10 Guilty Inside – Ken Parker
11 Groovin’ In Style – Ken Parker
12 Sugar Pantie – Ken Parker HOPETON LEWIS SELECTION
13 Boys And Girls Reggay – Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis
14 Boom Shacka Lacka – Hopeton Lewis & The Chosen Few
15 Live It Up – Hopeton Lewis
16 Tom Drunk – Hopeton Lewis & U Roy
17 There She Goes – Hopeton Lewis
18 (Respect) To The Other Man – Hopeton Lewis
19 Judgement Day – Hopeton Lewis & Dennis Alcapone
20 She’s Gone – Hopeton Lewis
21 Testify – Hopeton Lewis
22 Super Soul – Hopeton Lewis
23 Get On The Right Track – Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis
24 I Must Tame You – Hopeton Lewis
25 Sexy Woman – Hopeton Lewis
26 Peace To You Brother, Peace To You Sister – Hopeton Lewis
27 Take My Heart – Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis
28 Ride Me Donkey – Hopeton Lewis
29 Soul Power – Hopeton Lewis
30 Drive Her Home – Hopeton Lewis & U Roy