The compilation Joe Gibbs: Scorchers From The Early Years 1967-73, will be available in North America on April 14, 2009. It is an amazing collection of Rocksteady & Reggae hits from the late 60's and early 70's, that helped break reggae internationally. This essential jam packed 2 CD anthology, produced mainly by Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Niney The Observer for Joe Gibbs, features the genre's...
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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 ...
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Since Joe Gibbs passed away exactly a month ago and I definitely wasn 't on top of the breaking news I won't go into the specifics of Sir Gibbs' career - there are plenty of sites that succinctly sum up his life better than I ever could - I'm just going to take this space and explain why it took me so long to acknowledge this sad news, then I'll quit my rambling and present the fruits of my n...
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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 ...
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Well, it was small--registered 3.6 on the Richter scale. Some people saw things shake and the like. Me? I was in the copy room at my school and felt the building shake just enough for me to think the air conditioning had kicked in. Slight rumble, saw my reflection shaking in some glass, and that was it. Really, really POWERFUL air conditioning, but stil . . . I didn't even realize it was ...
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(this one's for DMDM).As mentioned earlier on today, Nicky Thomas' first LP was "Love of the Common People", released by Joe Gibbs in 1970, and in the UK on Trojan. Three years later, Joe Gibbs released a tiny number of copies of an LP called "Dub Serial", with no track listing and a completely blank label. Research has finally identified all twelve tracks on the album; a few Studio One copies,...
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The compilation Joe Gibbs: Scorchers From The Early Years 1967-73, will be available in North America on April 14, 2009. It is an amazing collection of Rocksteady & Reggae hits from the late 60's and early 70's, that helped break reggae internationally. This essential jam packed 2 CD anthology, produced mainly by Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Niney The Observer for Joe Gibbs, features the genre's...
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| 2 Behind Iron Bars |
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