KEITH POPPIN feat. SOUND DIMENSION “Bad Mind Grudgeful” b/w “Wailing Time” 7″ inch

Description

French reissue of the first studio recordings by Keith Poppin from 1968. Backed by Sound Dimension feat. Jackie Mittoo and Leroy Sibbles and produced by Coxsone Dodd.

Keith Poppin was born in May 1949 in Westmoreland in Jamaica as Keith Smith and moved to Kingston at the age of 17. Like more Jamaican singers, his singing career began in the church choir. Poppin started his first band called THE ROBINS and recorded several songs for producer COXSONE DODD. Two of them appeared at the ‘Rock Steady Coxsone Style’ album on Studio One imprint Coxsone Records. Both songs – miscredited to WINSTON & THE ROBINS – were composed and voiced by Keith Poppin and backed by Sound Dimension. Over 55 years after its initial release the songs ‘Bad Mind Grudgeful’ and ‘Wailing Time’ are finally available again on vinyl. Issued under license from Keith Poppin through the Winston & The Robins label. Limited edition on random coloured vinyl.