I cannot say enough about the stuff that Peter van Arnhem has been sharing lately from his collection. Nothing but heavy 7″s and vintage Black Echoes articles. Thanks to Peter and Glen Lockley the MIDNIGHT RAVER BLOG is the ONLY source on the web for BLACK ECHOES archives.
Rare interview with Sly Dunbar. Gregory Isaacs’ “Soon Forward” was the first single released on Sly & Robbie’s Taxi label.
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If Bob Marley and the Wailers ruled the 1970s, then Black Uhuru certainly ruled the 80s. The groups “riddim twins” Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare could not produce anything but the heaviest, hardest, and most distinctive riddims in reggae during this period. Shakespeare, a protoje and student of Aston “Familyman” Barrett, began his career as a studio bassist to fill in on records when Familyman wasn’t immediately available. He eventually joined The Aggrovators as a bass guitar player in the early 1970s.
Dunbar was a highly talented technical drummer for the Skin, Flesh, and Bones collective until the mid-1970s when he and Shakespeare left their respective groups to work together with The Revolutionaries for the newly created Channel One studio and label, operated by the Hoo Kim brothers.
The duo changed the face of reggae several times: in 1976, they introduced a harder beat called “Rockers”, which quickly replaced the then-prevalent “One Drop” style, then introduced the “Rub-A-Dub” sound in the early 1980s. Sly and Robbie were important in developing the trend towards computer-assisted music and programming in the mid 1980s.
Sly and Robbie backed the legendary Black Uhuru on 9 albums between 1979 and 1987, a period which is considered to be Uhuru’s most prolific.
Here they are backing Black Uhuru at The Ritz in NYC on October 13, 1981.
Black Uhuru
The Ritz
New York City
October 13, 1981
Source: FM BDC>?>Maxell XLII 90 cassette
01) Shine Eye Gal (5:14)
02) Plastic Smile (4:43)
03) Puff She Puff (6:03)
04) I Love King Selassie (5:53)
05) Youths of Eglington (5:13)
06) Push Push (4:44)
07) General Penitentary (4:47)
08) Happiness (5:01)
09) Whole World Is Africa (4:43)
10) Sponji Reggae (6:42)
11) Sinsemilla (9:29)
12) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (7:21)
13) Abortion (8:20)
Total: (78:13)
Ducky Simpson – vocals
Michael Rose – vocals
Sandra Puma Jones – vocals
with
Brandon Ward – keys
Billy Johnson – guitar
Daryl Thompson – guitar
Skyjuice – percussion
Sly Dunbar – drums
Robbie Shakespeare – bass
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