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Showing posts with label Horace Andy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horace Andy. Show all posts

17 February 2025

And Horace Andy...

Fast forward to Dub.

Mad Professor remixed Massive Attack's album Protection as No Protection. It has remained a top-shelf release since it came out. Through his work with Massive Attack, Mad Prof became aware of the mighty talent of Horace Andy. In 2004 the two men put out Horace Andy meets Mad Professor - From the Roots to showcase the fruits of their union.

The following year Mad Professor & son Joe released the second volume.

Rewind to Dub...
 
Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa featuring Horace Andy - Rewired for Dub, Ariwa ARICD177, 2005.
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Ffwd to Dub    
Hiding in the Asylum    
The Coolest Dub    
Dub Her for Me    
Rewired for Dub    
Garvey Rock    
Noiz Bud    
Escape to Dubscape    
Truths & Dub    
Non Violence Dub    
Give Me More Dub    
Analogically Speaking    
Burning Dub    
Rewind to Dub
 
 

Enjoy,

20 September 2023

Dubtember 20

Today's match-up is Dubly Beloved Horace Andy 
& Newcomer to NSS Gregory Isaacs. 
 
 



Gregory Isaacs is a Lovers Rock stylist & the Cool Ruler. In the early 70s Isaacs teamed up with Errol Dunkley (of "Black Cinderella" fame)  to start the African Museum record label & shop. Isaacs first #1 single came in 1974 with "Love is Overdue". By the late 70s Isaacs was part of the triumvarite of Reggae along with Bob Marley & Dennis Brown.

In 1982 Isaacs released Night Nurse on Island Records which opened up a much wider audience. However...

                                                        [Cautionary Tale]
Cocaine & guns led Gregory to Kingston Prison. He served a six-month sentence for what proved to be his 27th arrest (mostly for possession or sales of crack cocaine). Isaacs's drug addiction had a major impact on his voice, with most of his teeth falling out as a result.

Thank Jah for Dub...

 

Gregory Isaacs - Come Again Dub, ROIR Europe RE193CD, 1993.
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Rude Boy Dub
Disturbing Dub
Nuff Split Dub
New Brand Dub
The Dub Game
Come Again Dub
Barely Visible Dub
Guilty of Dubbing You
Dub Collector
Whole Lotta' Dub

 

 

 

 



Everyone should be plenty familiar with Horse by now, so...sez no more... 

 

Horace Andy & Stepper - Mek it Dub, Mideya Jamaica MD 10, 2005.

Mister Wicked Dub
Babylon You Lose Dub
Living up Right Dub
Empress Lady Dub
Horse with No Name Dub
Dancing Bravo Dub
Come On Come On Dub
Johnny Dub
Night Dub
Old Marcus Dub
We Nah Run Dub
Dub is Vital
Satta Dub
Mek it Dub

Dub Onward,

29 April 2023

Dub---No Problem

 

The Dubs from In The Light are mixed by Prince Jammy, King Tubby's protegee. You can hear Tubby's pupil just before he started his own label. This is possibly the closest Jammy ever came to learning the lessons of the King. 

Jammy leaves enough of Horace's sublime vocals from In the Light to please the ears without getting all reggae. As much as this album is Horace Andy, it is Prince Jammy as well. Jammy serves with a delicate hand & the result is near Dub perfection.

Horace Andy - In the Light Dub, Blood & Fire BAFLP007, 1995.
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Side [1] - 


Music Dub
Dub There
Government Dub
Rasta Dub
Fever Dub

This Side [2] -


Dub the Light
Problems Dub
I & I
Collie Dub
Dub Down Rome

Enjoy,

18 June 2022

Take it Easy

 

I've been spinning Horace Andy's latest, Midnight Rocker, on a regular basis for a while now. Adrian Sherwood has the ability to get the best out of the artists he produces. Rainford & Heavy Rain exalted late stage Lee Perry. Adrian has done it again with Horace Andy. The Sherwoodcraft quality of "Safe from Harm" elevates a Massive Attack song to a whole new plateau. If you don't have Midnight Rocker yet, buy it. You will not be disappointed.

 



I am a big fan of all things Massive Attack & so I have always held Horace Andy in high regard.

In the early 80s Horace was teamed up with another of my favorite Dubwise producers Lloyd Barnes aka Bullwackie of the esteemed Wackie's label. I decided to round up most of the Andy Wackie's that I have & post it here.

First up we have their first collaboration, a 12" with Horace on Side A doing "I Don't Wanna be Left Outside" & two Versions featuring Bullwackie's All Stars on Side B. 

 


Side A -
I Don't Wanna be Left Outside

Side B -
Zion Dub
Unknown Dub 

 



Next up... 

 

Horace Andy - Serious Thing 12", Wackie's 280, 1981.

Side A -
Serious Thing

Side B -
Version (Bullwackies All Stars) 
 


 
 
Horace's first full length on Wackie's was Dance Hall Style. The release includes the track "Eating Mess," as track B4 that is not listed on the sleeve, but is on the B-side label.
 
 
 
Horace Andy - Dance Hall Style, Wackie's w 1383, 1982.

Side A -
Money Money
Lonely Woman
Cuss Cuss

Side B -
Stop the Fuss
Spying Glass
Let's Live in Love
Eating Mess 
 
 
 
 
 
Horace Andy - Everyday People, Wackie's WR 2740, 1987.

Side One -
Let Your Teardrops Fall
Problems
Pressure
This is Reggae Music

Side Two -
Black Liberation Struggle
Everyday People
Girl, I Love You
She Don't Want Me
 
 
 
 
 
Horace Andy - Be Good 10", Wackie's WM1003,  2004.

Side A -
Be Good
Be Good (Wackie's Rhythm Force)
 
 
 

The rest of these are miscellaneous Horace/Wackie's tracks from various releases.
 
 
 
 

Live in Unity
Love Hangover
Pure Don Man
Good Will Survive
Lingering Spirit
Just My Imagination
Musical Episode
Soloman
Tribute to Bob Marley
Take it Easy

Enjoy,


Note: Somehow I overlooked this essential track. Horace Andy- Archibella 12" released on the Hamma label (one of Lloyd Barnes affiliated labels) with the outstanding Wackie’s master Douglas Levy producing. This is a cover of a old Studio One tune by Ken Boothe. 
Horace Andy - Archibella 12", Hamma 104, 198?. 
 
Side A - 
Archibella 
 
Side B - 
Jah Jah A-1 Sound 
Dub 
 
Peace out!

26 April 2022

HA MA

I've gone on some around here in the past about both Shara Nelson & Massive Attack.

From MA's initial Blue Lines, "Safe from Harm" is a classic. 

 



I was just listening to Midnight Rocker, the latest from Horace Andy on On-U Sound produced by one of my all-time favorites, Adrian Sherwood. They have a re-imaging of "Safe from Harm" that is one of the top tracks.

Got me thinking about HA's continued work with MA. Here's a few I think are tastee... 

 


Safe from Harm (from Midnight Rocker)
Name Taken
Splitting the Atom
Spying Glass
Hymn of the Big Wheel
Light My Fire (live UK 1994)
Hymn of the Big Wheel
Everywhen
One Love
Exchange
Girl I Love You (live on Morning Become Eclectic)

Enjoy,

08 July 2018

Dread Pon Some, Jah Love Pon Bim




Bim Sherman (born Jarret Lloyd Vincent - February 2, 1950 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) was a musician & singer-songwriter hailed as "reggae's sweetest voice". Bim was gifted with a haunting, ethereal voice that reached into the very heart of his listeners.

Bim Sherman did not ascribe his love of music to any one person but rather to his family, with whom he would attend church services & Sunday school. But as he became older, he began going to the local dancehalls:

"I always knew I could make the music, ever since I was small and it was all I wanted to do. I remember growing up and listening to it, singing along with it and feeling the power of it, which is the other side of roots, and feeling light-headed"

In the early seventies the young Sherman swapped trades from fisherman to electrician when he moved in with one of his brothers in central Kingston. His closest musical friends were Keith Porter & Ronnie Davis, who would go on to form the respected vocal group the Itals, but his first recording experience was with his early mentor Gladstone 'Gladdy' Anderson at the famous Treasure Isle studios. Things did not work out as well as he hoped there, or as Bim once so eloquently put it:

"things just go boof!"

In 1975 his first single to be released was "100 Year" b/w "100 Year version" which was cut at the Federal studio with Sid Bucknor as the engineer, produced by one Jarrett Tomlinson (aka Bim Sherman) & released on Micron Music Limited. "Love Forever" followed the same year, a self-financed affair on the Elements label with the Soul Syndicate band. Then came a string of tunes now recognized as reggae roots classics on Sherman's own Scorpio, Red Sea, & Sun Dew imprints ("Valley of Tears", "Tribulation", "Golden Locks", "World Go Round" & many others). These singles met with a degree of local success & appreciation which convinced Bim to continue, but in Jamaica there was always too much pressure:

"Lots of people like Randy's or Joe Gibbs want to record me, and even producers before them like Coxsone (Dodd). But its not easy in JA to get what you want out of recording and those people have a range of tricks they use to oppress you..."




Bim's first full-length album Love Forever (billed as Bim Shierman) was released on the Tribes  Man Records label, produced by Bim & Jah Lloyd, & included the title tune plus nine other previous Jamaican singles. Jah Lloyd was Lloyd Blackford, who was born in Morant Bay, Jamaica & had moved to the UK in 1961 to start Sir Coxsone Outernational, an extremely successful UK Sound System named after Jamaica's Coxsone Dodd.

Like so many other young Jamaicans in the 70s (& with encouragement from Jah Lloyd), Sherman decided to try his luck in the UK after the end of 1979s Roots Encounter tour (where he performed alongside Prince Far I, Creation Rebel, & Prince Hammer).

He moved to London where he started a friendship & business relationship with the young maverick music producer Adrian Sherwood, a long-time admirer of the singer.

Regarding Bim Sherman, Adrian Sherwood sez:

"All great singers and vocalists have one thing in common - their voice stands out like a uniquely tuned instrument that only one person can play. Bim Sherman was a singer/songwriter with a truly golden tone.  I have been throughout his whole career a huge fan. I first heard one of Bim's songs while working in PAMA records Soundville Shop in Harlesden, London, in the mid 70s ... His was like a voice from the wilderness, the lyrics and fragile power ensured that in every subsequent batch of imports I was looking out for a new Sherman record. I wasn't disappointed."

Adrian went on to buy all of the 7" pre-releases which featured the voice of Bim Sherman. It was during this time that Sherwood was developing his business collaboration with the heavyweight Jamaican DJ Prince Far I. He encouraged Prince Far I to hook up with Sherman for recording purposes. Eventually tunes such as "Down in Jamdown" (HIT DD 12) with Jah Lion & "Love Jah Only" (HIT DD II) with Jah Buzz came into the UK on the Hitrun label, a partnership venture between the young English producer Sherwood & the veteran Jamaican toaster Far I.

As part of the post-punk reggae infatuation, Bim made a name for himself recording on Sherwood's On-U Sound label. He became part of various musical collectives associated with On-U Sound, such as New Age Steppers (teamed with Ari Up, formerly of The Slits), Gary Clail & Tackhead, Singers & Players (with Congo Ashanti Roy & Prince Far-I ), Akabu, Japan's Audio Active, Sabres of Paradise, Groove Corporation, Bomb the Bass, Dub Syndicate, & Justice League of Zion.

In September 2000, Bim was diagnosed with cancer & succumbed to it on November 17, 2000 in London. His voice, song-writing, & impeccable class will never be duplicated but can be easily appreciated through his bountiful output.  

Here's an early one I've always loved. Hope you do to...



Yard International YI 05, 1979.
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A Side -
It Must Be a Dream
Dreaming (Dub)
If I Can Make It
Make It (Dub)
Lamb of Judah
Judah (Dub)

B Side -
Dread Pan Some
Dread (Dub)
Tonight (Dub)
Power Chant
Chant (Dub)

A Side is Bim Sherman
B Side 1 & 2 is Bim & U. Black, 3 is Horace Andy, 4 & 5 is U. Black.
Mixed by Prince Jammy & produced by Jah Woosh.

Enjoy the heavy heavy soundz,

30 October 2017

Horace Provides Us with Dub Guidance


Two up & down cinema stands in straw images.
They have succeeded in securing themselves from Saint Nicholas (who?).
One night I dreamt about children,
who the wicked butcher was talking to in a pale violet mind.
They can foretell the night.

Smith was drawing the lantern light in the grey, glutinous, sup-sucking mud.

Identifying the disease as the wood in rooms charged.
Conspiracy thrives in spirits formidable.
The naive defray the cost as they ask,
"You blokes notice anything about the sky?"

The boy felt his mind bulked with the thrashing progress of some things,
a sound he knew as the easy beauty of the darkness.

Not only have the twins destroyed the night, they have destroyed us.
He & also yourself are the link today.
The entrance is the unicorn on the counter.
A better way to control it is a rendezvous for the young.
It's so simple - a simple shift & throng & it's so good.
It's the first step to all the audience's impatience.

The sobbing, writhing girl was on the tracks below them.

Nations - a fee that they think for - new Authorities.
They even have food. Burial mounds. Boiled coffee. Acid breath.

Me, if I me, insisting I think conspiracies as well.
Red, more deceptive than to be the one's fit, might be room for the rebellion.
I've said sure to the cure but you're so good since the Romans recovered.
The semiliterate subjects think to help again, right now.

Inside me I felt a dull sickness.
Inside me I felt the grey, glutinous, easy beauty of the darkness.

I found him in the Temple box, himself - you probably think you
have a monopoly, the better to prove the Greater Panama reality.
It really is. Not only there, but managed to fight for it.
In fact it is all fuck drive practice but the demand has
fallen & they haven't POOP!.

So WILL conquered up the young, seldom by auras.
They called the phase "popular".
How to turn a tiny interview into marital satanism.
What type of offerings are leading it?
Not only does mescaline, quite grounded in fact, bring it back to Pop.
It still takes far more for putting it in than it takes to be taking it out.

The boy was drowning in the lantern on the tracks below.
The sobbing, writhing burial mounds.
Smith felt his mind bulked with the thrashing progress of boiled coffee.

Twins are represented by appeals to the womb.
Sufficient from mother - the martyr twins.
The face turned toward the transmission, extremely touchy.
Three have hats. One has movement, put on in the rain.

Fodder for nincompoops - pass as their Father.
Saint Such.
Famous singer.

Skill cannot rightly qualify as religious mores.
Their Cosmas is only never daunted, it has obvious sources.
Choleric Occultism - a contradiction between dual established faces powdered,
salting merit that detracts from the two difficulties this year:
Occult (hidden) knowledge & revolutions.

An earthquake shade, gesticulating wildly, other things apropos.
Stroll the palace or change your occupation, hippy writer.
The water becomes at evening an "occult question from reporters".
He didn't give fuck all,
but will escort the negresses authoresses of Conspiracy Acapulco Gold.
How occult.
They joined the pleasure seeking in a dark, ill-ventilated well.
It was a tiny Post Office.
Tiny but difficult to reach the box,
to send the predictions,
busy wrapping the gift like lips painted carmine

Dead twins are deified. Black dandies have all dropped out.
The vacuum made its site outside until each fashionable & willing "practice".
He seemed to take the time or make the inclination,
a day long walk one night, undaunted,
where high-heeled shoes appear wearing white Claire voices.

Smith watched the sobbing, writhing girl & boy on the tracks below.
He threw his lantern's light against the grey, glutinous, sup-sucking dusk.
Suddenly the boy stopped thrashing. He felt his mind bulked with the lessening
of the acid breath darkness, the boiled coffee gloom, the burial mound dim.
He heard a sound he knew to be the tintinnabulation of hope.

The equal of living, I burst to work for the self-conscious life.
Inside, they sell it by the half tub,
even to obtain a favor only found in the East.

It is customary.

You're keeping up on ignorance.


Horace Andy - Dub Box-Rare Dubs 1973-1976, Jamaican Recordings JRCD007, 2002.
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Why oh Why Dub
Dub Larking
Zion Dub
Dub Money
A True Dub
Dub Guidance
Dub Say Who
Dub on my Mind
Love of a Dub Band
Use This Dub
Dub Letter
Dub Angel
Bless This Dub
Dub ah Fulfill

One of the sweetest voices in reggae dubbin' it down.
Previously unreleased versions produced by Bunny Lee straight from the master tapes.

Enjoy once more,

05 March 2016

It's a Wackie Showcase





I saw over at Roots Stone blog that they had posted a favorite of mine from 80s era Wackie’s, Wayne Jarrett – Showcase Vol. 1. It reminded me of a couple of other great Wackie’s releases from the same time frame also in the Horace Andy/Wayne Jarrett showcase Dubwise version stylee. If you’re a fan of Bulwackie’s inimitable work, you should really savor these.

Wayne Jarrett – Mini Showcase 10", Wackie's Wackie 1716, 1983.
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Side A –
You & I
You & I (Dubwise version)
Live it Up
Praise Jah Jah

Side B –
Truly (Lionel Richie cover)
Truly (Dubwise)
Live & Love
Live & Love (Dubwise version)




Side A –
Prophesy
Prophesy (Dubwise)
My Heart is Gone
My Heart is Gone (Dubwise)

Side B –
Come on & Tell Me
Come on & Tell Me (Dubwise)
You Rest on My Mind
You Rest on My Mind (Dubwise)



Check it deep,