Captain Sinbad was the

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alter ego of Jamaican

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Carl Dwyer (born c.1955).

Biography

Dwyer was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and entered the music industry as a deejay under the name Captain Sinbad on the ''Sound of Silence''

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, which at the time also featured Sugar Minott, with whom he recorded the "Pressure Rock" single.Larkin, p. 51Jeffries Minott had been associated with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label and studio for some years and took Dwyer there to record. Although he recorded two songs at Studio One, they were not released. He then worked with

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, and also began working as a producer himself, beginning with

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's "A1 Sound".Moskowitz, p. 52 He also recorded for Dillinger's Oak Sound label, these recordings compiled on the ''Again'' album in 1983. Although he recorded for several producers, including Minott and

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, his debut album release was the Lawes-produced ''The Seven Voyages of Captain Sinbad'' (1982). This was followed in 1983 with a collaboration with

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and Little John on ''Sinbad and the Metric System''. Around 1982/83 he relocated to England, where he worked with the Saxon sound system and set up his own Rockfort label, on which he released his own productions of UK artists. In the late 1980s he returned to Jamaica and set up the Sinbad label, the debut release on which was "Wickedest Thing in Life" by Gospel Fish. Other artists he produced included

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("Two Minute Man"), Nerious Joseph, Mike Ninja, Mad Cobra ("Merciless bad Boy"), Daddy Woody,

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("Heart Attack") and General T.K. In the early 1990s he began experimenting with

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, with remixes of his popular rhythms on the albums ''Sin Badda Than Them'' and ''Gangster''.Larkin, p. 52 His productions in the 1990s included the ''Romantic ragga'' series of albums.

Discography

*''The Seven Voyages of Captain Sinbad'' (1982),

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*''Sinbad and the Metric System'' (1983), CSA – with

and

*''Again'' (1983), Oak Sounds *''Reggae Music Will Mad Unu!'' (2013), Maximum Sound ;Productions: *''Sin-Bad A-Than-Them'' (1992), Sinbad *''Gangster'' (1992), Sinbad *''Romantic Ragga Volume 1'' (1993), Sinbad *''Ambush'' (1993), Sinbad *''Romantic Ragga Volume 2'' (1994), Sinbad

Notes

References

*Jeffries, David " Captain Sinbad Biography, ''

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'', Macrovision Corporation *Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, *Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, {{DEFAULTSORT:Captain Sinbad Living people Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican reggae musicians Jamaican record producers Year of birth missing (living people)