The development of the rock steady sound, late in 1966, enabled a new generation of young, dynamic music makers to make a mark upon Jamaica's recording industry and of these, few proved more successful or influential than Clancy Eccles.
Perry and the Upsetters spent a lot of time at the movies, and as a result, the band absorbed the music from popular spaghetti westerns. Wilson fused this influence with the Jamaican style, adding sustained drones, choppy grooves, and bizarre flourishes.
Delroy Wilson (b.1948 Kingston, Jamaica) began his musical career at the school which was Coxonne Dodd’s Studio One label. His first release at the tender age of 13 was the Lee Perry produced ‘Joe Liges’.
Blackwell reissued a bulked-up version of Funky Kingston in the mid-'70s on his Mango subsidiary, adding in the immortal "Pressure Drop" and a reimagining of John Denver's "Country Roads", to make a much better and stronger set.
Landmark dub record from legendary reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, using a combination of established collaborators and new musicians: The Upsetters, Johnny Lover & The Towerchanters, Lee & The Blue Bell, Val Bennett and more!
Kaya continued what become an unspoken tradition in the evolution of Bob Marley & the Wailers discography blending western sounds and motifs with the icons and traditions from the very core of Jamaican society.
These recordings are from the final studio session before Desmond's untimely death in 2006 and feature four of his UK top 20 hits. '007', 'Israelites', 'It Mek' and 'Pickney Girl'.
In this record Perry experiments with dub, eventually creating his own vein of music at his Black Ark studio. In Scratch The Upsetter Again Perry moves away from the standard approaches of his competitors and tests the very limits of recorded sound.
"Queen of the Icotion" and "Party Time on Enterprise." A virtual wizard of the mixing desk, Overton H Brown (Scientist) has been one of the key figures in dub since the late 1970s.
Here is a collection to honor one of reggae's unsung heroes. Chandley Duffus is an artist with a long string of popular singles to his name but no studio album to cement his fame. Duffus continued to draw crowds back home right up to his death in 2002.
