3 artists were honored this year at the International Reggae and World Music Awards - Half Pint, Gregory Isaacs, and Doug E Fresh all took home the special Producer's Respect Award. Half Pint has worked with King Jammy, Bobby "Digital" Dixon, Steelie & Cleevie among many other big name producers to beautifully combine the best elements of reggae and ragga music styles. The riddims feature the...
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I guess you could say this is nothing more than a collection of material from the beginnings of Gregory's career...and you'd be factually right...you'd also be leaving a lot out...Gregory's output over the last 35 - 40 years is ridiculous...he's the rare artist, like Marvin Gaye or Stevie Wonder, who can make deeply conscious music without ever sacrificing its accessibility, or commercial appe...
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As I was locked out of here on Sunday, this cover is a few days late - sounds very early Eighties dancehall, maybe Sly & Robbie on rhythm duties, on a cover of the old Wailers 1966 Studio One r'n'b gem "Sunday Morning". as usual, i've tacked on the dub.If you're not familiar with the original, you can find it here -http://mog.com/Baudolino/blog_post/155383
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get my desire, then I'll set the plantation on fire". I suspect *this* is the tune Mos Def namechecks, as in brittanybf's earlier question.It was recorded round about 1977 at Black Ark, on a Lee "Scratch" Perry remake of the Heptones "Get In the Groove" riddim, but ended up being used for a number of Niney the Observer hits by Junior Delgado and I.Roy
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this 45 came out around 1978 on the Hawk-Eye label, based in North London, produced by T.Douglas and Gregory Isaacs . The dub side is credited to the Leggo All Stars. Other than that, I know nothing about this disc.It's not the same mix as the one on "Cool Ruler"/"Slum Dub" as far as I know.EDIT: A little extra hunting reveals that Trevor Douglas appears to be one of the founders of Cash & Carr...
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This one dates from 1975 - some of you might recognise it as the riddim to Dr Alimantado's "Gimme Mi Gun"
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might tickle a few tastebuds. I had honestly forgotten all about his "Showcase" LP on Taxi until I found it a few days ago while looking for something else.In any event, here is his take on the early seventies "Catch a Fire" tune "Slave Driver"
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