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01. Dennis Alcapone - Natty Knock Them Out
02. Dennis Alcapone - Go Dey Natty
03. Dennis Alcapone - Wise Man From The East
04. Dennis Alcapone - Children of Tomorrow
05. Dennis Alcapone - lnvestigator Rock
06. Dennis Alcapone - No Place Like Home
07. Dennis Alcapone - Take Gonna Turn
08. Dennis Alcapone - Rock Them Capone
09. Dennis Alcapone - Peace and Love
10. Dennis Alcapone - Going to the Ball
11. Dennis Alcapone - Sweet, Sweet
12. Dennis Alcapone - Special Request
ARTIST
TITLE
Investigator Rock
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
RR 327CD RR 327CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/24/2018

Radiation Roots presents a reissue of Dennis Alcapone's 1977 album, Investigator Rock. Dennis Alcapone was one of the first sound system deejays to rise to island-wide prominence, following the incredible success of U Roy's fluid toasting style, which took Jamaica by storm during the late 1960s. Alcapone, who was born Dennis Smith in the country town of Culloden in Westmoreland, southwestern Jamaica, first made an impact on a sound system called El Paso, based in the rough-n-ready west Kingston district of Waltham Park. Initial recordings for Keith Hudson were strictly underground, but an album for Studio One and popular work for Duke Reid significantly boosted his profile. Dennis Alcapone worked closely with hit-making producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee from the early 1970s, establishing a friendship that has lasted to the present day; Investigator Rock, which dates from 1977, sees the toaster riding Striker's rockers-styled hits, voiced by the likes of Cornell Campbell, John Holt, and Johnny Clarke.