Jamaican 50th Independence Musical Countdown!
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Love Junior Byles, they didn't form til '67 though.
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that zoot simms one is bad
well done you two - expect the same ever day now!!
well done you two - expect the same ever day now!!
ska invita
back on the other side
1967
...is the year that under Coxsone's direction the Studio One house band Sound Dimension came together and laid down the most concrete of foundations. What with the number of Skatalites that played within the line-up, you get the sense that the last few years had been building to these magic moments. Real Rock the most versioned of all riddims, an indestructible piece of music... the magic three chords of Jackie Mintoo's organ,a 17 year old Vin Gordon on trombone, and Boris Gardiner's classic bassline - perfection.
Heavy Rock is another Sound Dimension classic from '67, and whats interesting about both these tracks is that they had dubs on the flipsides (on some releases), and relatively simple though they are (recorded on a two track mixer supposedly), there's no mistaking them as proper echoed-out dubs. There's a lot of different claims as to what is the first dub record, but the ones I've come across are always later than 67, and these Sound Dimension dubs don't seem to get a mention, even as early prototype examples, which seems a little amiss. The Heavy Rock dub is particularly powerful... another factor that makes these such crucial recordings.
Sound Dimension - Real Rock / Real Dub
Sound Dimension - Heavy Rock / Heavy Dub
...is the year that under Coxsone's direction the Studio One house band Sound Dimension came together and laid down the most concrete of foundations. What with the number of Skatalites that played within the line-up, you get the sense that the last few years had been building to these magic moments. Real Rock the most versioned of all riddims, an indestructible piece of music... the magic three chords of Jackie Mintoo's organ,a 17 year old Vin Gordon on trombone, and Boris Gardiner's classic bassline - perfection.
Heavy Rock is another Sound Dimension classic from '67, and whats interesting about both these tracks is that they had dubs on the flipsides (on some releases), and relatively simple though they are (recorded on a two track mixer supposedly), there's no mistaking them as proper echoed-out dubs. There's a lot of different claims as to what is the first dub record, but the ones I've come across are always later than 67, and these Sound Dimension dubs don't seem to get a mention, even as early prototype examples, which seems a little amiss. The Heavy Rock dub is particularly powerful... another factor that makes these such crucial recordings.
Sound Dimension - Real Rock / Real Dub
Sound Dimension - Heavy Rock / Heavy Dub
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