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R.I.P Joe Gibbs - Legendary Reggae Producer/Engineer Died

Posted about 1 year ago
Reggae music lost another champion of the island sound this week. Joe Gibbs, legendary producer, recording engineer and Gibbs record label founder, died of a heart attack at the age of 65. Gibbs created one of my favorite reggae tunes of all time - "Two Sevens Clash" - recorded and performed by Culture from 1977-present. Gibbs also created many of the big roots and rock-steady riddims of the late 60's and early 70's and continued to produce hit after hit into the 80's dancehall era. VP Records President Chris Chin offered his prayers for an artist who helped put the record label on the international map, stating, "We want to take this time to remember a truly pivotal producer in the reggae business. Our prayers go out to his loved ones. His spirit and music will live on."VP Records imprint 17 North Parade was already in the process of re-releasing the complete catalog of Gibbs' music, starting with Barrington Levy Collection on April 26th and Joe Gibbs Reggae Anthology in May.A press release from VP Records reports that the Sirius Satellite channel Reggae Rhythms has Joe Gibbs' last interview and they will air it on Sunday March 2nd.May Jah raise you to the highest heights Joe Gibbs. Lord knows you have lifted many a spirit up during your time on earth.JOHNNY CLARKE - "Take Heed" Produced by Joe Gibbs and Errol T:"Two Sevens Clash":

Comments (5)

  1. ivylander says This is a pretty massive loss....
    Permalink posted 02/22/2008
  2. mollifire says Thanks for noticing ivylander... i can't believe how quickly the most influential men in reggae music are disappearing. Last year, we lost Lucky Dube and Jah Jerry Hines (the Skatalites guitarist). sure, most are hitting senior citizen status and i doubt they had super health care. but it's still weird to see a whole generation of music pioneers passing away. it's almost like if all the synthesizer designers and inventors suddenly started dying within 2 years of each other. (though many of them have passed too). i don't know, maybe i'm at an age where this seems really significant.
    Permalink posted 02/22/2008
  3. Mike the Knife says This guy was enormously talented and significant. Pity to lose him to a heart attack.
    Permalink posted 02/22/2008
  4. Oatmeal says I had no idea he made the original riddim for Take Heed, so many great verses over that backing track.
    Permalink posted 02/22/2008
  5. Baudolino says Sorry Oatmeal - "Take Heed" is a cover of Alton Ellis' "Mad Mad Mad" on Studio One from 1967. Virtually of Joe Gibbs' most famous tunes after 1973 are on copies of Coxsone Dodd or Duke Reid riddims, which is in no way to deny Errol t's engineering skills or the quality of the recordings that came out of Retirement Crescent in the 70s. It's just that he wasn't an originator after he stopped releasing tunes on Amalgamated circa 1971-72. His earliest dub LP "Dub Serial" featured three Studio One remakes plus a string of dubs of Nicky Thomas tunes
    Permalink posted 02/23/2008

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