Name: Here Comes Ken Parker
Brand: Ken Parker

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DBCD094

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5013929279438

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Ken Parker

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

Doctor Bird

Doctor Bird is a music label that was founded in the UK by Graeme Goodall, an Australian sound engineer and original shareholder of Island Records. The label was revived by Trojan Records in 1970 for three releases before being relaunched in 2017 as a division of Cherry Red Records. Doctor Bird specializes in vintage Jamaican sounds licensed from the catalogue of Trojan Records.
Graeme Goodall played a significant role in the Jamaican music scene, engineering sessions at various studios and producing countless recordings during the ska era. He also formed other labels such as Pyramid Records and Attack to promote reggae music. Despite relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1970s, Goodall continued his involvement with music until his passing in 2014.
Today, Doctor Bird continues to bring Jamaican rocksteady and other vintage sounds to music enthusiasts worldwide through their curated selection of releases. With its rich history and dedication to preserving iconic Jamaican music, Doctor Bird remains a respected authority on this genre.

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.

Here Comes Ken Parker

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