http://www.reggae-shack.com/ Reggae-Shack Reviews: RSS-Feed en-en Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:12:00 GMT The vocal trio of Cecil Spence ("Skelly"), Albert Craig ("Apple Gabriel"), and Lascelle Bulgin ("Wiss") is one of the finest roots groups in Jamaica's History. The met as children at Kingston's Mona Rehabilitation Clinic, all three of them being afflicted by [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/220/Israel_Vibration_-_The_Same_Song.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/220/Israel_Vibration_-_The_Same_Song.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:12:00 GMT Third World was originally formed in 1973 by keyboardist Michael "Ibo" Cooper and guitarist/cellist Steven "Cat" Coore. Both had played around the Kingston reggae scene before joining the original line-up of Inner Circle around 1968. When they left to form their own band in [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/219/Third_World_-_96_Degrees_In_The_Shade.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/219/Third_World_-_96_Degrees_In_The_Shade.html Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:20:00 GMT Black Uhuru is probably the most successful group in the history of reggae; even several changes in the line-up didn't affect that. Derrick Simpson, Don Carlos and Rudolph Dennis formed the initial band in the Waterhouse district of Kingston - with Simpson being the only constant in all the years [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/218/Black_Uhuru_-_Red.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/218/Black_Uhuru_-_Red.html Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:19:00 GMT Ranking Toyan started his career in the mid-'70s with moderate success. Even though he recorded with Jamaica's top sound systems and producers (e.g. Henry Lawes, Scientist, Jah Thomas), his success didn't come until the early '80s. His first two noticeable 7" releases, "Disco Pants" [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/217/Ranking_Toyan_-_How_The_West_Was_Won.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/217/Ranking_Toyan_-_How_The_West_Was_Won.html Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:23:00 GMT Alimantado was born James Winston Thompson in Kingston, 1952. His talent was in deejaying and he listened and learnt from the master and originator of the art, the great U Roy.

While working for many different producers at the beginning of his career, he constantly changed his alias, [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/216/Dr._Alimantado_-_Best_Dressed_Chicken_In_Town.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/216/Dr._Alimantado_-_Best_Dressed_Chicken_In_Town.html Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:10:00 GMT This is a legendary reggae album. If you had to pick the five most influential Rasta anthems of all times, the title track would definitely be one of them. It has been played by many artists, and still is one of the most successful riddims of all times. Another major classis on this album is [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/215/The_Abyssinians_-_Satta_Massagana.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/215/The_Abyssinians_-_Satta_Massagana.html Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:25:00 GMT Eek-A-Mouse was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1957 as Ripton Hilton. While barely out of his teens and still in college, Hilton released two singles in the mid-'70s, "My Father's Land" and "Creation", to an apathetic public, all under his real name. To his friends, however, he [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/214/Eek-A-Mouse_-_Wa-Do-Dem.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/214/Eek-A-Mouse_-_Wa-Do-Dem.html Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:16:00 GMT Burning Spear, born 1948 as Winston Rodney, is one of the most brilliant and respected roots artists in Jamaica's history. Originally, Burning Spear was a duo (Rodney and Rupert Willington), later became a trio (Rodney, Willington and Delroy Hinds), and since 1976 (the year the trio split up) it is [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/213/Burning_Spear_-_Marcus_Garvey.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/213/Burning_Spear_-_Marcus_Garvey.html Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:41:00 GMT The charismatic Joseph Hill founded the vocal trio Culture around 1976. He and his cousins Albert Walker and Roy Dayes initially called themselves "The African Disciples", but soon changed their name after hooking up with producer Joe Gibbs. Before Culture split up in 1982, they had an [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/212/Culture_-_Two_Sevens_Clash.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/212/Culture_-_Two_Sevens_Clash.html Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:48:00 GMT Hugh Mundell, born in Kingston in 1962, had one of the most remarkable debuts in the history of reggae with this album, at the young age of 16. He started his career in cooperation with Joe Gibbs, with whom he recorded the still unreleased single "Where Is Natty Dread". Soon after that, [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/211/Hugh_Mundell_-_Africa_Must_Be_Free_By_1983.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/211/Hugh_Mundell_-_Africa_Must_Be_Free_By_1983.html Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:12:00 GMT The Congos were formed by Cedric Myton, Roy Johnson and Watty Burnett, but the virtual Star was Lee Perry. They recorded their first tracks in 1977 at the Black Ark Studio, and soon came out with "Heart Of The Congos". Many critics still consider this album as probably the best [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/210/The_Congos_-_Heart_Of_The_Congos.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/210/The_Congos_-_Heart_Of_The_Congos.html Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:03:00 GMT Born on October 2, 1954, Linval Thompson grew up in the Kingston area. His family migrated to New York in 1971, where he began to develop his skills in a local studio in Brooklyn. He soon had appearances in stage shows and nightclub events, but always felt homesick. So two years later, the young [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/209/Linval_Thompson_-_Rocking_Vibration.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/209/Linval_Thompson_-_Rocking_Vibration.html Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:33:00 GMT Junior Murvin, born as Murvin Junior Smith, started his career at Lee Perry's legendary Black Ark Studio. Their biggest effort of this time was the mega-hit "Police And Thieves" in 1976, which is still today one of the most played reggae-songs of all times. After Perry's Studio was [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/206/Junior_Murvin_-_Muggers_In_The_Street.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/206/Junior_Murvin_-_Muggers_In_The_Street.html Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:53:00 GMT This album is pure Rub-A-Dub form the early 80s, and was the most successful release of this entertaining duo. Clint Eastwood (no, not the actor) was born as Robert Brammer and is the younger brother of the popular DJ Trinity. General Saint, born as Winston Hislop, was a moderately known British [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/202/Clint_Eastwood_&_General_Saint_-_Two_Bad_DJ.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/202/Clint_Eastwood_&_General_Saint_-_Two_Bad_DJ.html Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:07:00 GMT U Roy, born 1942 as Ewart Beckford, is also known as the "Originator" or the "DJ-Daddy". Though he wasn't the first DJ who toasted his vocals over a rhythm, he was the one who made the Chanting-Style popular. He was a role model for several generations of Djs, from Big Youth, [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/208/U_Roy_-_Dread_In_A_Babylon.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/208/U_Roy_-_Dread_In_A_Babylon.html Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:11:00 GMT Jacob Miller, born 1952 in Mandeville (Jamaica), probably was the only Reggae-Artist ever that could match with the great Bob Marley in matters of popularity and talent. Unfortunately, in 1980 he died way to early by a car accident on the famous Hope Road. He joined the Lewis-Brothers Ian and [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/205/Jacob_Miller_-_Killer_Miller.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/205/Jacob_Miller_-_Killer_Miller.html Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:10:00 GMT Dillinger, born as Lloyd Lester Bullocks in 1953, was part of the second generation of DJs, together with artists like Big Youth, Prince Jazzbo and some others. Their path was already smoothed by legends like U Roy or Dennis Alcapone. It was Alcapone that discovered Dillinger's talent and [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/203/Dillinger_-_Ready_Natty_Dreadie.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/203/Dillinger_-_Ready_Natty_Dreadie.html Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:52:00 GMT When you hear the name of Horace Andy, born in 1951 as Horace Hinds, you will probably think about two things: "Skylarking" und Massive Attack. The former was Andy's biggest Hit by far, which has been covered and sampled numerous times since then by diverse producers of all kind. [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/204/Horace_Andy_-_In_The_Light.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/204/Horace_Andy_-_In_The_Light.html Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:14:00 GMT No doubt, this is Scientist's masterpiece. Born 1960 as Hopeton Overton Brown, he presents one of the best Dub albums ever produced. His mentor King Tubby, in whose studio he started as a sound-engineer, named him Scientist because of his extensive technical knowledge with the studio-equipment. [...]

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]]> http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/207/Scientist_-_Rids_The_World_Of_The_Evil_Curse_Of_The_Vampires.html http://www.reggae-shack.com/en/207/Scientist_-_Rids_The_World_Of_The_Evil_Curse_Of_The_Vampires.html Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:15:00 GMT Big Youth, born in 1949 as Manley Buchanan, started his carrier as Jah Youth. For his enormous success with famous producers like Keith Hudson, Prince Buster, Derrick Harriot, Lee Perry or Joe Gibbs, he definitely deserves to be called "Big". He smoothed the way for whole generations of [...]

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