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Mr. Fix-It/California Dreaming

by: Winston Francis

Release Date April 16, 1969
Review
by Steve Leggett

Blessed with a smooth, silky and soulful voice, Winston Francis really hit his stride with a solid pair of rock steady singles he recorded for Clement Dodd and Studio One in the late 1960s, "Mr. Fix It" and a spooky Jamaican remake of the Mamas and Papas' hit "California Dreaming." Each song generated and served as the title for its own album, and both of those albums are combined here on a single disc, along with two bonus cuts, a radio edit and an extended mix of "Let's Go to Zion." Francis is a confident and versatile singer, and a skillful mimic when necessary, so that when he tackles Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" or Sly Stone's "Stand," it is almost as if Cooke and Stone had gone island, so close are the ... Read More: