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The Mighty Two
Track listing #"Rent Man / Resident Area" - Black Uhuru / Jah Grundy – 7:18 #"Heavy Manners" - Prince Far-I – 3:16 #"Rockers" - Glen Washington – 2:34 #"Rockers Dub" - Joe Gibbs and The Professionals – 2:45 #"Navel String" - Dennis Walks – 3:14 #"Band Yu Belly" - The Ethiopian – 3:10 #"Maga Dog" (Version Two) - Peter Tosh – 2:44 #"Money In My Pocket / Cool Running" - Dennis Brown/ Prince Mohammed – 7:47 #"Natty Pass Him GCE" - Shorty The President – 3:28 #"A Win Them" - Leo Graham – 4:01 #"Heart And Soul" - Junior Byles – 3:01 #"Burn Babylon" - Sylford Walker – 6:40 #"Ghetto Living" - The Mighty Diamonds – 3:37 #"In A Jah Children" - Dhaima – 4:09 #"Things Not So Nice" - Ronald & Karl – 3:01 #"Dem A Pyaka" - Culture – 3:40 #"Ram It" - Kojak and Liza – 3:32 Personnel *Lloyd Parks – bass * Robert Shakespeare - bass * George Fullwood – bass *Sly Dunbar – drums *Mikey "Boo" Richards – drums *Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylford Walker
Sylford Walker (born c. 1955)61 years old in December 2016 – Campbell (2016) is a Jamaican reggae singer who first recorded in the mid-1970s and, with reissues renewing interest in him, returned to recording and performing in the 21st century. Biography Born in Penline Castle, St. Andrew, Walker relocated to Kingston at the age of nine.Peter IBabylon Burning, reggae-vibes.com, retrieved 2011-05-12 Walker began working with producer Glen Brown but his first releases were for producer Joe Gibbs in 1975, including the singles "Burn Babylon" and "Jah Golden Pen" (written in 1974 while serving a prison sentence for possession of marijuana),Campbell, Howard (2016)The ‘pen’ that keeps on giving, ''Jamaica Observer'', 25 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016 Walker drawing comparisons with Burning Spear.Bradley, Lloyd (2000) ''This Is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music'', Grove Press, , p. 353 His most productive period was working with Brown in the mid-late 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Lindo
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Carlton Barrett
Carlton "Carly" Barrett (17 December 1950 – 17 April 1987) was a Jamaican musician best known for being the long-time drummer for Bob Marley & The Wailers. Recognized for his innovative style, which featured a highly syncopated, broken triplet pattern on the high-hat cymbals, and for his dazzling drum introductions, Barrett's prolific recordings with Marley have been internationally celebrated. He is credited with popularizing the One Drop rhythm. Carlton Barrett was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1950, the son of Wilfred and Violet Barrett. As a teenager, he built his first set of drums out of empty paint cans he found on the street. Along with his contemporaries, drummers Sly Dunbar, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Style Scott and Carlton "Santa" Davis, Barrett was heavily influenced by Lloyd Knibb of The Skatalites. In the 1960s, Barrett began performing with his brother Aston "Family Man" Barrett, under the names The Soul Mates, The Rhythm Force and eventually The Hippy B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Wallace
Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (born 22 August 1950) is a Jamaican drummer who worked for several years at Studio One, and has worked with numerous reggae artists including The Gladiators, Inner Circle,Hebdige, Dick (1987) ''Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music'', Routledge, , p. 68 Prince Far I, Sound Dimension, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Ijahman Levi, Bruno Blum and Pierpoljak. He starred as himself in the lead role of the film ''Rockers''. Wallace attended the Alpha Boys School in the 1960s and early 1970s, where he studied under Lennie Hibbert. Wallace also joined The Skatalites when they reformed in the mid-1970s.Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 265 Wallace has been credited with inventing the 'Rockers' rhythm. He has also recorded as a DJ on a number of tracks, for example "Herb Vendor", produced by Lee Perry, and "Universal Love", released under the pseudonym Mad Roy.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) ''The Roug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikey "Boo" Richards
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Sly Dunbar
Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie. Biography Dunbar began playing at 15 in a band called The Yardbrooms. His first appearance on a recording was on the Dave and Ansell Collins album ''Double Barrel''. Dunbar joined a band Ansell Collins called Skin, Flesh and Bones. Speaking on his influences, Sly explains “My mentor was the drummer for the Skatalites, Lloyd Knibb. And I used to listen a lot to the drummer for Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Al Jackson Jr., and a lot of Philadelphia. And there are other drummers in Jamaica, like Santa and Carly from the Wailers Band, Winston Bennett, Paul Douglas, Mikey Boo. I respect all these drummers and have learnt a lot from them. From them, I listened and created my own style. They played some things I copied, other things I recreated." In 1972, Dunbar met and became friends with Robbie S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fullwood
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Robert Shakespeare
Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare (27 September 1953 – 8 December 2021) was a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as one of the most influential reggae bassists, Shakespeare was also known for his creative use of electronics and production effects units. He was sometimes nicknamed "Basspeare". As a part of Sly and Robbie, Shakespeare worked with various reggae artists such as U-Roy, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Augustus Pablo, Yellowman, and Black Uhuru. His production work also extended beyond the reggae genre, covering various pop and rock artists such as Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, Yoko Ono, Serge Gainsbourg, and Grace Jones. Prior to his involvement in Sly and Robbie, he was a member of the session groups the Revolutionaries and the Aggrovators. Career Shakespeare grew up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Parks
Lloyd Parks (born 26 May 1949) is a Jamaican reggae vocalist and bass player who has recorded and performed as a solo artist as well as part of Skin, Flesh & Bones, The Revolutionaries, The Professionals, and We the People Band.Larkin, Colin: ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', 1998, Virgin Books, Biography Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Parks' interest in music was fuelled by his uncle Dourie Bryan, who played in a calypso band, and Parks became the band's singer.Shakespeare, Keisha (2006)Like father, like son", '' Jamaica Gleaner'', 27 February 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2011 In the late 1960s, he performed with the Invincibles band (whose members also included Ansell Collins, Sly Dunbar and Ranchie McLean) before teaming up with Wentworth Vernal in The Termites.Campbell, Howard (2015)40 years with Lloyd Parks and we the people, ''Jamaica Observer'', 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015 In 1967, they recorded their first single, "Have Mercy Mr. Percy", and then an album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojak And Liza
Papa Kojak, also known as Kojak or Nigger Kojak (born Floyd Anthony Perch, 30 September 1959 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae deejay and singer.Larkin, Colin: "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books, Biography Perch began his career under the name Pretty Boy Floyd, deejaying on various sound systems. Taking inspiration from Telly Savalas' television character, ''Kojak'', Perch changed his stage name to Nigger Kojak, shaving his head and often appearing with Kojak's signature lollipop. He had a local hit with his debut single, "Massacre", and after featuring on Dennis Brown's "Ain't That Loving You" single with "Hole In De Bucket", along with a female singer, as ''Kojak and Liza'', many of his subsequent releases would be combinations with "Liza", although there were at least two female singers who joined him under that name (Beverly Brown and Jacqueline Boland), including the debut ''Showcase'' album. Kojak was one of a number of deejays who shifted the emphas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture (band)
Culture are a Jamaican roots reggae group founded in 1976. Originally they were known as the African Disciples. The one constant member until his death in 2006 was Joseph Hill. History The group formed in 1976 as the vocal trio of Joseph Hill (formerly a percussionist in Studio One house band the Soul Defenders), his cousin Albert "Ralph" Walker, and Roy "Kenneth" Dayes, initially using the name The African Disciples.Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 83-85 Roy Dayes also used the name "Kenneth Paley", which is the name that appears on the Culture records released by Virgin Records. The African Disciples soon changed their name to Culture, and auditioned successfully for the "Mighty Two": producer Joe Gibbs and engineer Errol Thompson. While at Gibbs' studio, they recorded a series of singles, starting with "See Dem a Come" and including "Two Sevens Clash" (which predicted the apocalypse on 7 July 1977), many of which ended up on their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
