Thursday music corner: Ken Boothe (b. Kingston, 1948) and Joe Higgs (b Kingston 1940, d. Los Angeles 1999) recorded A Message Of Old for a single release on the Coxsone Records label operated by Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd in 1967, as the flip-side of the single Run Boy Run by Dudley Sibley. This powerful ska gospel track appeared on the 2005 compilation Studio One Roots 2, alongside tracks by Cedric 'Im' Brooks, Willie Williams & The Sound Dimension and Count Ossie & The Zion All Stars.
Ken Boothe would later go on to chart success with the number 1 UK hit Everything I Own in 1974.
Joe Higgs & Ken Boothe - A Message Of Old (1967)
See also:
Music: Ken Boothe - Everything I Own (live on TOTP, 1974)
Music: Joe Higgs - There Is A Reward For Me (live, 1977)
Music: Dudley Sibley - Run Boy Run (1967)
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