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KSCD 068CD
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The sound of Studio One can be identified by the great singers that it cultivated along the many great songs that these singers released. But as Studio One's dominance was slowly pulled away by the up-and-coming new breed of producers, many of the artists would inevitably end up working for these new camps, and so the songs and singers found a new audience. The reggae sound of the Studio One would make a great combination and the man to pull this was together Bunny Lee. The 1960s in Jamaica was run by two main factions: Coxsone's Studio One and Duke Reid's Treasure Isle. These two leading protagonists saw what some of the other great soundsystem men like "Tom The Great Sebastian" had not taken onboard, that when the tunes they imported began to dry up from the USA, their future lied in producing music, tunes that suited the musical styles that the people of Jamaica still enjoyed. By the late 1960s, this supremacy was being challenged by the up-and-coming new producers on the scene, Lee Perry being one, and the other being "Ghost of the Studios" himself, Bunny Lee. Bunny "Striker" Lee may have inherited the moniker "Striker" from his liking of a particular TV show called The Hitch-Hiker, but it would soon stand also for the considerable hits he would obtain as he was declared producer of the year in Jamaica in 1969, 1970,1971, and 1972. For this release, Kingston Sounds have compiled many of the great hits that Bunny Lee recorded with the singers that had originally cut at the famed Studio One. Bunny Lee's sprinkling of magic over some classic tunes... the sound of Studio One backed up this time Bunny "Striker" Lee's set of star musicians, The Aggravators. Proving you can't keep a good tune down, or a great producer pushing forward... Bunny Lee strikes back... Features: Dennis Brown, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Jackie Edwards, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Horace Andy, John Holt & The Paragons, Dave Baker, Pat Kelly, Cornell Campbell and The Eternals, and Johnny Clarke. CD version includes four bonus tracks featuring: Lord Tanamo, Cornell Campbell and The Eternals, Hortense Ellis, and Cornell Campbell.
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LP version. The sound of Studio One can be identified by the great singers that it cultivated along the many great songs that these singers released. But as Studio One's dominance was slowly pulled away by the up-and-coming new breed of producers, many of the artists would inevitably end up working for these new camps, and so the songs and singers found a new audience. The reggae sound of the Studio One would make a great combination and the man to pull this was together Bunny Lee. The 1960s in Jamaica was run by two main factions: Coxsone's Studio One and Duke Reid's Treasure Isle. These two leading protagonists saw what some of the other great soundsystem men like "Tom The Great Sebastian" had not taken onboard, that when the tunes they imported began to dry up from the USA, their future lied in producing music, tunes that suited the musical styles that the people of Jamaica still enjoyed. By the late 1960s, this supremacy was being challenged by the up-and-coming new producers on the scene, Lee Perry being one, and the other being "Ghost of the Studios" himself, Bunny Lee. Bunny "Striker" Lee may have inherited the moniker "Striker" from his liking of a particular TV show called The Hitch-Hiker, but it would soon stand also for the considerable hits he would obtain as he was declared producer of the year in Jamaica in 1969, 1970,1971, and 1972. For this release, Kingston Sounds have compiled many of the great hits that Bunny Lee recorded with the singers that had originally cut at the famed Studio One. Bunny Lee's sprinkling of magic over some classic tunes... the sound of Studio One backed up this time Bunny "Striker" Lee's set of star musicians, The Aggravators. Proving you can't keep a good tune down, or a great producer pushing forward... Bunny Lee strikes back... Features: Dennis Brown, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Jackie Edwards, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Horace Andy, John Holt & The Paragons, Dave Baker, Pat Kelly, Cornell Campbell and The Eternals, and Johnny Clarke.
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Double LP version. Housed in a gatefold sleeve. 2011 release. Describing his beginnings, Bunny "Striker" Lee recalls, "I was around the business but I didn't actually start for myself until 1967. I only had twenty pounds to give to Lynn Taitt and Lynn Taitt got four men and we did 'Music Field' with Roy Shirley [included here]. So those guys helped me when I just started." In 1969 "Wet Dream" by Max Romeo, recorded in the faster reggae style and included here, was released on Lee's Unity Records in the UK where it spent 25 weeks in the National Charts. Lee's propensity for hit-making was unprecedented and in 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972 he was awarded the title of Jamaica's Top Producer. In 1971 he won Jamaica's first Gold Record for Eric Donaldson's "Cherry Oh Baby," which was the runaway winner in that year's Jamaican Festival Song Competition and is also included here. Together with Soul Syndicate drummer Carlton "Santa" Davis, Lee originated a new style of rhythm based on the Philadelphia disco sound termed "flying cymbals" that became known as "flyers." Lee's first hit in this new style was Johnny Clarke's interpretation of Earl Zero's "None Shall Escape the Judgment," included here, and his "flyers" rhythms dominated the scene throughout 1974 and on into 1975. His two dub albums showcasing these rhythms, King Tubby's The Roots of Dub (JRCD 035CD/JRLP 035LP) and Dub from the Roots (JRCD 036CD/JRLP 036LP), with photographs of the King at the controls of his Dromilly Avenue studio, were the first vinyl releases to promote King Tubby with music lovers both in Jamaica and internationally. As a creator of musical trends, Lee was second to none, and, for most of a decade, the rest of the business hung on his every word and tried to copy his every move. In October 2008, at Kingston's National Honours and Awards Ceremony, Lee was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer for "more than forty years of dedicated service to the music industry." Reggae Going International 1967-1976 also includes tracks by Slim Smith & The Uniques, Val Bennett, Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole, Pat Kelly, Roland Alphonso, Bob Marley, John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis, Leroy Smart, Horace Andy, Cornell Campbell, The Aggrovators, U Roy & Jeff Barnes, Al Capone, I Roy, and Jah Stitch.
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