Holt Chemistry Resource File

Sweet-voiced singer/songwriter John Holt has been working professionally in the Jamaican music business since 1958, and his recorded legacy is a long one, with several peaks and valleys, but when he is on his game, and when he is working with a producer who cares about quality as well as commercial viability, he is arguably the greatest of Jamaica's balladeers. This two-disc, 50-track set from Trojan tells at least part of that story, beginning with Holt's wonderful work with the Paragons in the 1960s and continuing on through his subsequent solo career, which found Holt ranging from roots rock to string-drenched MOR fare and then transitioning effortlessly into the dancehall era.

They created their own hybrid of instrumental music in the '60s and '70s, and it sure paid off! Their biggest hits Soulful Strut and Wack Wack join Dig Her Walk; Give It Up ; funky versions of Good Vibrations and Light My Fire, plus 11 recordings never before available on CD and one never before released in any format! 20 digitally remastered tracks in all.