1967
THE TRAIN IS COMING * KEN BOOTH * ISLAND 3020 * UK
Another 'train' song, the train being a popular motif throughout the Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae period in Jamaica. The Train Is Coming is a Coxsone Dodd production released on the Supreme label JA, in the song Ken Booth sings of a train coming that will transport him, and latterly another, away to a land where he/they/they all can "roam and be free". Though where this land is is uncertain.
Some other 'train' songs:
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| Train To Soulville | Freedom Train | Musical Train | Rebels Train | Jah Jah Train |
See also Ken Booth:
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| Your No Good | Feel Good | Home, Home, Home | Let The Water |
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| Live And Learn | Unknown | Now I Know | Be Yourself |
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| Moving Away | Is It Because I’m Black | Puppet On A String | Without Love |
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| Ain’t No Sunshine | Silver Words | That’s The Way Nature Planed It | Artibella |