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Hi does anyone know where i could find Christopher Colombus song, by Ken Boothe i Think

Thks

Don't know about Ken Boothe but 'Columbus' by Burning Spear is a first class roots song [from the LP Hail H. I. M.]

From what I can tell, the song in question doesn't appear to be available on cd at the moment. However, it is listed on 2 Ken Boothe LP's on this website...'Imagine' and 'Two Of A Kind' (with Tyrone Taylor). Not exactly items that are readily available at the local music mart.

The observer 7" with a killer dub has recently been reissued.

There's also a repress pon fox label with "where my friend" on B side... but not a great press... very noisy...

Blessings,

You're right about that pressing Gunosantos - but wasn't the Christopher Columbus side relatively clean but not Where My Friends. Thought that's how mine went.

Strangely enough, just saw that it appears to be repressed again - the label looked different from the repress that I have but I didn't buy it yet.

The lp version of Christopher Columbus that Dave mentions from Two of a Kind plays fine and seems to be the same take as the repress 45 from what I can remember.

Ken Boothe just mashes that song up big time!

Though i really love Ken Boothe and he's one of my very fav artist, i think Imagine is really weak with that digital sound (Boothe still has a beautiful voice but it's spoilt with poor backing). I guess it's a bit overrated cause of that Columbus song (see http://tinyurl.com/26utbj on ebay for instance).
The best way to hear that killer song with a good backing is to see Ken Boothe live cause he plays it (at least he played it the last 2 times i saw him). Unfortunately, i was thinking the song to be on the "live in Paris" CD but i checked and it's not (i'm not sure he played it that night).

Btw, if someone has recorded one of his live sessions (especially in Paris or suburb, i'm really interested)

@versionside

In fact, I guess my copy of "Christopher Colombus/Where My friend" is the latest repress pon Fox label... mine was bought few months ago.

The A-Side wich is Christopher Colombus is indeed better than the other side... but it's still not great... in the first 30 sec there's a lot of volume variation (going up and down..).. But B side is horrible, this variation stands for the whole song, besides the heavy background noise...

Right afterwards, I put on my decks the Observer repress... my ears give thanks!!!

Even more right now, hearing King Tubby's version "Lotion A Guy From Spain"

So, there's at least two represses of Christopher Colombus still available:

- KEN BOOTHE - Christopher Columbus / Where My Friend [FOX repress (white label) Matrix # A.LINDO 002-A & 001-B] * Avoid this one (unless you reeaaaly love this song and wanna have both, like I do... )

- KEN BOOTHE - Christopher Columbus / KING TUBBYS - Lotion A Guy From Spain [Observer Repress - Matrix # 29003-A & 29003-B] * Grab dis one... Killleeeerrr!!!


Blessings

Dub Vendor have the Observer repress with the version.

....ire irie
if you want to watch & listen "Christopher Colombus" live in concert, take a look to this link:
http://www.arcoiris.tv/modules.php?name ... t=_big.ram
this is the '06 ken boothe performance at rototom reggae sunsplash in Osoppo (italy), the crucial tune is near to the end of the concert....

I&I Shall Surivive!