Trojan Us
2004
I Want To Wake Up With You: The Best Of Boris Gardiner
About This Album
Since his start in the '60s, Boris Gardiner split his time between two parallel worlds. The first half of Gardiner's dual life was as the consummate session player, anchoring the rhythm section in a number of bands, most memorably as bass player for the Upsetters on classic Lee Perry productions like Junior Murvin's Police & Thieves and the Congos' Heart of the Congos. The other half of that split was as a hotel bandleader playing the watery pop hit interpretations that are the calling card of every lounge act to ever don matching velvet suits. Outside of Jamaica it was the rootsy, raw monolithic sound of ska and then reggae that attracted listeners, but on the island it was chameleon-like pop cover bands like Byron Lee & the Dragonaires that ruled the nation. For the most part, Gardiner's releases were crafted for the hotel crowds. The tune that this collection was named after, and which leads it off, "I Want to Wake Up With You," was his biggest hit and most reflects the soft pop approach of the hotel tourist scene. Other songs cut from the same cloth are "You're Everything to Me," his cover of the Stylistics' "You Make Me Feel Brand New," and the cover of Jim Reeves' country classic "Guilty.
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