Dave and Ansel Collins are a Jamaican vocal/

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duo (sometimes billed as Dave and Ansil Collins or Dave and Ansell Collins).

History

Dave Barker (born David John Crooks, 10 October 1947,

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) is a session vocalist, and Ansell Collins (born 1949, also in Kingston) is a keyboard player.Ansel Collins – Music Biography, Credits and Discography
AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2013. They were working for producer

Lee "Scratch" Perry Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, songwriter and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development ...

in Kingston in the late 1960s and joined forces in 1970 for the

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single " Double Barrel". Released in late summer by Techniques Records, part of the

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label, it topped the Jamaican and UK

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in May of the following year. It was the first record that drummer

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(then aged 18) played on. In the US, the song appeared on an album of the same name, on Big Tree Records (BTS 2005). The follow-up release, the similarly styled "Monkey Spanner" also enjoyed international success. Most of their recorded work was written by Winston Riley. After cutting an album, Collins and Barker parted company; Collins becoming a session player and Barker, now resident in the United Kingdom, singing with several

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groups. They attempted a comeback in 1981 without success. In 1986, Ansel Collins appeared as one of Ernest Reed's (

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) back-up musicians in the

-themed comedy film '' Club Paradise''. He was billed as "Ansel (sic) 'Double Barrel' Collins". Collins has played and worked with

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, Black Uhuru, The Mighty Diamonds,

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, Pama International and Jimmy Cliff. "Double Barrel" was

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by Special Ed on the song "I'm The Magnificent". Two of Barker's introductory exclamations ("Don't watch that, watch this!" from "Funky Funky Reggae" and "This is the heavy, heavy monster sound!" from "Monkey Spanner") were quoted by vocalist Chas Smash, in the introduction to the Madness single "

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". It was also cited as an early influence by Daniel Ash of

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, Poptone, and Love and Rockets, as well as the first record he ever purchased. In 2012, they reunited for several live shows including a performance at the

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.Barker, Collins reunite for Double Barrel dates
, ''

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'', 22 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

References

External links

* Allmusic page {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Dave and Ansell Jamaican reggae musical groups Jamaican musical duos Reggae duos Trojan Records artists Island Records artists Big Tree Records artists