Tinga Stewart - I Feel The Music (Jamaica, 1981)

Tinga Stewart - I Feel The Music (Jamaica, 1981)

Record date : 1981

Playlist :

House Of Music

What A Situation

Can't Be A Hypocrite

Dread Generation

Let Us Be

Good Woman

No Shelter

I Feel The Music (Extended)

Producer : Tinga Stewart

Mixing Engineer : Errol Brown & Steven Stewart

Engineer : Steven Stewart

Vocals : Tinga Stewart

Drums : Mikey Boo Richards & Fish Clarke

Bass : Val Douglas

Guitar : Ernest Wilson & Willie Lindo

Piano : Charles Ferguson & Bongo Herman

Organ : Ansel Collins

Percussions : Cornell Marshall

Clavinet : Wire Lindo

Studios :

Recording : Tuff Gong (Kingston, JA)

 

Tinga Stewart - I Feel The Music (Jamaica, 1981)

Tommy McCook & The SuperSonic - Top Secret (Jamaica, 1969)

Tommy McCook & The SuperSonic - Top Secret (Jamaica, 1969)

This reissue is being marketed as a ska classic, which is understandable since Tommy McCook was a charter member of the Skatalites and, therefore, one of the primary architects of the ska sound. However, Top Secret is actually more of a document of the rocksteady period, when the galloping tempos of ska were slowing and the rhythm was congealing into the elastic groove that would slow even further over the next couple of years, until it settled into the one-drop beat that characterized early reggae. Accompanied by such top-flight musicians as drummer Lloyd Knibbs, guitarist Jah Jerry, bassist Lloyd Brevett, and organist Jackie Mittoo, McCook recorded these brilliant sides at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio in 1969; the album has been out of print for years and is here reissued with four previously unreleased bonus tracks. The sound quality is better than you'd have any right to expect, and the musical quality is so consistently high that it's a little bit difficult to pick out highlight tracks -- though the proto-reggae strut of "Jungle Skank" is particularly nice, as are the twin saxophone harmonies on "Hot Shot." Highly recommended.


Green Mango
Top Secret
Wild Bunch
Green Apple
Beirut
Jungle Skank
West Street Special
Big Bad & Bold
Midnight Time
Mistic Mood
Walk On The Side *
Hot Shot *
Watch This Music *
Sweet Soul Special *

Producer : Winston Riley

Mixing Engineer : Winston Riley

Studios :
Treasure Isle (Kingston, JA)

Lloyd Brevett Bass
China Guitar
Drumbago Drums
Sly Dunbar Guest Artist
Gladdy Keyboards
Jackie Jackson Bass
Jah Jerry Guitar
Lloyd Knibbs Drums
Tommy McCook Primary Artist, Unknown Contributor Role
Mitto Keyboards
Jackie Mittoo Organ
Lloyd Nibbs Drums
Duke Reid Engineer
Winston Riley Arranger, Producer
Robbie Shakespeare Bass, Guest Artist
Lyn Tate Guitar
Winston Wright Keyboards

Tommy McCook & The SuperSonic - Top Secret (Jamaica, 1969)

Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis - Blazing Horns (Jamaica, 1977)

Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis - Blazing Horns (Jamaica, 1977)

Gran obra de esta excelente interpretación que tenemos aquí del reggae de raíz en formato instrumental de la mano de Tommy McCook y Bobby Ellis acompañada, de como verán más abajo, de una gran banda de músicos jamaiquinos.

Que lo disfruten.

Record date : 1977

Playlist :

Blazing Horns (Pts 1&2)

Tears Of Love

Glorious Lion

Mine Eyes

Jamaican Place

Yellow Bird

Tommy's Mood

Ites Of Zion

Jah

Engineer : Ernest Hoo Kim & Barnabas

Mixing Engineer : Prince Jammy

Producer : Yabby You & King Sounds

Drums : Sly Dunbar

Bass : Robbie Shakespeare

Lead Guitar : Clinton Fearon

Rhythm Guitar : Albert Griffiths

Piano : Bernard Touter Harvey

Organ : Ansel Collins

Saxophone : Tommy McCook

Trumpet : Bobby Ellis

Studios :

Recording : Channel One (Kingston, JA)

Mixing : King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

Comment :

see also Blazing Horns - Tenor In Roots

Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis - Blazing Horns (Jamaica, 1977)

Tuff Lion - Ten Strings (Islas Vírgenes, 2008)

Tuff Lion - Ten Strings (Islas Vírgenes, 2008)

Tuff Lion is an artist, himself, who could well be described as a ‘modern classic’. The very fact that you and I are existing in a frame of life which happens to not only coincide with this man’s own, but this man making music at the height of his powers is something really special. Long a fixture on the Virgin Islands Reggae scene, the Lion has played for just about every remotely prominent and gifted Reggae artist from out of the VI as a producer, a musician, an arranger, a writer and pretty much just everything you could want. In 2007, the master guitarist from out of St. Croix released his very own debut album, the very well received ”Utterance”, which actually featured him taking things to the mic and singing throughout the very strong affair. The very next year, however, he outdid himself and did so in the most natural and organic way that he possibly could without uttering a single syllable on one of the finest albums the region has ever produced. “Ten Strings”

On an album like this, besides the quality of a particular sound and song (which is unquestionable in this case), everything is left to the individual perceiving that sound. What I mean is that, when I analyze these songs, where there’re no lyrics, I’m likely (and hopefully) to get something out of them which you won’t and which Tuff Lion didn’t when he made the songs. The album was pushed by I Grade Records, and was, essentially, Tuff Lion’s own musical efforts on some of the riddims from I Grade - Basically placing music where there is generally lyrics. The results were outstanding and probably pretty difficult to analyze. I think I’ll try it anyway. (Fuente: achisreggae.blogspot.com.ar)

Track Listing
1. Yad Along
2. Vibes Presentation
3. Majestic Honor
4. Coming Home
5. Indigo Tides
6. Burning Bush
7. Kindred Spirit
8. Ivahlasting
9. A Different Iration
10. Lalibella
11. Love Is All
12. Zion Awake
13. Firm Foundation
14. Set Dem Free
15. Fly Away
16. Carry On
17. Blessed Feeling
18. Ancient Trees

Tuff Lion - Ten Strings (Islas Vírgenes, 2008)

Tommy McCook - Horny Dub (Jamaica, 1976).rar

Tommy McCook - Horny Dub (Jamaica, 1976).rar

Tommy McCook - Horny Dub

Grounation LP #GROL 510 1976 

Record date : 1976

Producer : Glen Brown

10 tracks, no tracklist

Tommy McCook - Horny Dub (Jamaica, 1976)

Third World - The Story's Been Told (Jamaica, 1979)

Third World - The Story's Been Told (Jamaica, 1979)

1979's THE STORY'S BEEN TOLD, like its immediate predecessor JOURNEY TO ADDIS, is a transitional album bridging the traditional roots reggae of early albums like 1976's self-titled release and the more pop-oriented and keyboard-heavy work of Third World's later years. The balance is still tilted towards the rootsy and the Rasta, however, making THE STORY'S BEEN TOLD a fine example of the band's classic era.

These seven lengthy songs are funky reggae workouts evenly divided between Rastafarian devotionals like "Irie Ites," and more playful party tunes like "Having a Party" and "Come Together." The gently flowing title track, one of Third World's finest, closes the album on an appropriately high note.

01 - Talk To Me

02 - Irie Ites

03 - Always Around

04 - Tonight For Me

05 - Come Together

06 - Having A Party

07 - The Story's Been Told

Cat Bass, Guitar, Vocals

Michael "Ibo" Cooper Vocals

Steven "Cat" Coore Bass, Guitar

Richard Daley Bass, Guitar

John Fischbach Engineer, Remixing

Jim Hall Engineer

Irvin Jarrett Percussion

Laura Livingston Assistant Engineer

Bunny Rugs Guitar, Vocals

Steven Stanley Engineer, Mixing

Willie Stewart Drums

Third World Producer

Jeff Willens Digital Remastering, Mastering Engineer

Chris Wood Saxophone

Third World - The Story's Been Told (Jamaica, 1979)

Tommy McCook - Cookin Shuffle (Jamaica, 1977)

Tommy McCook - Cookin Shuffle (Jamaica, 1977)

Tommy McCook (Thomas Matthew McCook) (3 de marzo de 1927 La Habana, Cuba – 4 de mayo de 1998 Atlanta, Georgia) fue un músico jamaicano de jazz, flautista, saxofonista alto y tenor, compositor y arreglista.

Recorrió las diferentes etapas de la música jamaicana, siendo durante toda su carrera un actor de primer plano. En sus inicios, fue seducido por el jazz. Se concentró en los conciertos en los clubs y hoteles en lo que fue muy popular. Eso no le impidió ser uno de los pioneros del ska. Por contra su influencia en la industria musical jamaicana se reforzó con su continuación en el seno de The Skatalites, The Supersonics (estas dos pueden ser consideradas las referencias en los años sesenta), The Aggrovators (para el productor Byron Lee) o The Revolutionaries (para Channel One Studios). A principios de la década de 1980, estuvo en el origen de la recomposición de The Skatalites.

Playlist :

Bubbling Shuffle

Jump And Prance Shuffle

Bad Man Shuffle

Roots Man Shuffle

Reality Shuffle

A Militant Shuffle

An Extraordinary Shuffle

Ghetto Youth Shuffle

Swing And Dine Shuffle

Bongo Man Shuffle

Lee Abel Photography

Garth Aitkens Engineer

Sly Dunbar Drums

Bobby Ellis Trumpet

King Jammy Mixing

King Tubby Mixing

Bunny Lee Producer

Tommy McCook Flute, Primary Artist, Sax (Tenor)

Bertram "Ranchie" McLean Guitar

Earl "Chinna" Smith Guitar

Newton Williams Engineer

Winston Wright Keyboards

Tommy McCook - Cookin Shuffle (Jamaica, 1977)