Ken boothe freedom time (aka freedom day)

Ken Boothe’s recording efforts began in 1963 with a song with Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, a popular ska/calypso band that was sent as Jamaica’s musical representative to the New York World Fair in 1964. Boothe’s solo career would later begin in 1966 at Studio One with the famed Clement “Coxsone” Dodd. After a stint there, he would record for several more producers, including Leslie Kong on this Beverley’s release. Boothe remains a popular name in Jamaican music and continued to record in to the 90s.