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The Best of Boris Gardner – I want to make it with you -  TJACD171 –

Released on 10 May 2004

I’m afraid I find most of this a little bit lightweight for me , although I appreciate Boris Garndner’s place in the scheme of things and the success he has had, particularly in the crossover hits. It strikes me as being all too Hotel entertainment or bandwagon jumping rather than essential reggae.  This applies to the earlier stuff, the album spanning from 1968, including the breakthrough anthem Elizabethan Reggae, to the pop hit I want to make it with you.

Bizarrely the best cuts are those that he didn’t produce himself like Bewitched produced by Winston Riley which is much more of a ska get down with the organ freestyling over the beat- a much better feel. 

Of Boris’s own material the middle period – that is about 1971 turns in the better material, like You just got to be in love (showing what a good voice he has), a passable version of the classic Ain’t no Sunshine (but I’m a sucker for that track!). from earlier, Newsflash has a nice feel with some excellent sax. Ghetto Funk is interesting too.

 

Boris Gardiner: I Want To Wake Up With You: The Best Of… (TJACD171)

 

Format: CD album
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Boris Gardiner's music is indefinable. Over the years, this multi-talented musician has shown himself adept at handling virtually any style you can mention. Reggae, Funk, Pop, Country, even MOR - they have all been given the Boris Gardiner treatment with equal aplomb and this versatility shines through on this collection. Aside from his three biggest hits, also included are some long lost nuggets, including the hugely collectable 'Ghetto Funk', a record currently reaching three figure sums on the collector's market.

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Tracklisting

  I Wanna Wake Up With You – Boris Gardiner - Listen

  Elizabethan Reggae – Boris Gardiner & The Love People - Listen

  You’re Everything To Me – Boris Gardiner - Listen

  Dynamic Pressure – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  You Make Me Feel Brand New – Boris Gardiner - Listen

  Scarface – Boris Gardiner & The Love People - Listen

  You Just Got To Be In Love – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  Reggae Me Dis, Reggae Me Dat – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  Bobby Sox To Stockings – Boris Gardiner & The Broncos - Listen

  Memories Of Love - Boris Gardiner & The Love People - Listen

  Commanding Wife – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  What’s Happening – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  Never My Love – Boris Gardiner & The Broncos - Listen

  A Groovy Kind Of Love – Boris Gardiner & The Love People - Listen

  Newsflash – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  Ain’t No Sunshine – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  Hooked On A Feeling – Boris Gardiner & The Love People - Listen

  Guilty – Boris Gardiner - Listen

  Bewitched – Boris Gardiner & The Love People - Listen

  You’ll Never Get Away – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  The Bold One – Boris Gardiner & The Broncos - Listen

  The Wrong End Of The Rainbow – Boris Gardiner - Listen

  The Merry Jig – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  Ghetto Funk – Boris Gardiner & The Happening - Listen

  This Ole House – Boris Gardiner - Listen

 

 

 

 

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