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Bunny Lee: Dreads Enter the Gates with Praise – The Mighty Striker Shoots the Hits! (2019)
Soul Jazz Records presents this new collection featuring the heavy 70s roots reggae of Bunny Lee - a living legend, one of the last of the great Jamaican record producers who helped shape and define reggae music in the 1970s from a small island sound into an internationally successful musical genre.
"From teenage fan to young record plugger for Duke Reid, Sir Coxsone and other early pioneering Jamaican musical entrepreneurs, Lee has spent his whole professional life inside the Kingston music industry. In the 1970s he rose up to become one of the major record producers in Jamaica alongside Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and the other ‘small axe’ producers who broke the dominance of the ‘big tree’ producers that had ruled Jamaican music in the 1960s.
Featuring some of the heaviest Jamaican artists, including Johnny Clarke, King Tubby, Dillinger, Prince Jazzbo, Tommy McCook, The legendary Aggrovators (featuring Sly and Robbie), The Mighty Diamonds and more, the album is a rollercoaster ride of rare, deep and classic 1970s roots, dub and DJ sounds. During this era, ‘flying cymbals’, crashing reverbs, dark echoing thunderclap gunshots and other ‘implements of sound’ filled his record productions as Bunny Lee explored the outer limits of dub with his friend King Tubby in the mix on wild versions that accompanied any 45. A Bunny Lee record provides a creative and mysterious hidden guide to reggae music itself, a double-sided three-minute intangible history lesson etched in wax.
Bunny Lee was one of the first Jamaican producers to travel to England in the late 1960s, at the beginning of the nascent British reggae music industry as record companies such as Trojan, Pama and others began licensing Jamaican music in the UK to supply the expanding West Indian communities living up and down England. Lee encouraged other Jamaican producers to do the same, including Lee Perry, Harry J and Niney The Observer and also became a conduit between the British music industry and numerous younger Island-based producers - a frequent flyer reggae ambassador, a musical courier exchanging tapes for royalties. "
Tracklist:
01. Johnny Clarke - Enter into His Gates with Praise
02. King Tubby, Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Dub Station
03. Gene Rondo - Why You Do That
04. Vin Gordon & The Aggrovators - Magnum Force
05. Jackie Edwards - So Jah Seh
06. The Aggrovators - So Jah Seh Dub
07. Jah Youth - Principle and Dignity
08. King Tubby, Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - King Tubby Dub
09. Jah Stitch - Real Born African
10. The Aggrovators - African Love Call
11. Gene Rondo - A Land Far Away
12. The Uniques - Queen Majesty
13. Johnny Clarke - Time Will Tell
14. The Aggrovators - Drums of Africa
15. Dillinger & King Tubby - Jah Jah Dub
16. Winston Wright - Marvelous Rocker
17. The Mighty Diamonds - You Should Be Thankful
18. King Tubby, Prince Jammy & The Aggrovators - A Thankful Version
19. Dillinger - Check Sister Jane
20. Prince Jazzbo - The Wormer
21. The Uniques - You Don't Care for Me
22. Shorty the President - Natty Dread Have Ambition
23. King Tubby & The Aggrovators - This a the Hardest Version
"From teenage fan to young record plugger for Duke Reid, Sir Coxsone and other early pioneering Jamaican musical entrepreneurs, Lee has spent his whole professional life inside the Kingston music industry. In the 1970s he rose up to become one of the major record producers in Jamaica alongside Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and the other ‘small axe’ producers who broke the dominance of the ‘big tree’ producers that had ruled Jamaican music in the 1960s.
Featuring some of the heaviest Jamaican artists, including Johnny Clarke, King Tubby, Dillinger, Prince Jazzbo, Tommy McCook, The legendary Aggrovators (featuring Sly and Robbie), The Mighty Diamonds and more, the album is a rollercoaster ride of rare, deep and classic 1970s roots, dub and DJ sounds. During this era, ‘flying cymbals’, crashing reverbs, dark echoing thunderclap gunshots and other ‘implements of sound’ filled his record productions as Bunny Lee explored the outer limits of dub with his friend King Tubby in the mix on wild versions that accompanied any 45. A Bunny Lee record provides a creative and mysterious hidden guide to reggae music itself, a double-sided three-minute intangible history lesson etched in wax.
Bunny Lee was one of the first Jamaican producers to travel to England in the late 1960s, at the beginning of the nascent British reggae music industry as record companies such as Trojan, Pama and others began licensing Jamaican music in the UK to supply the expanding West Indian communities living up and down England. Lee encouraged other Jamaican producers to do the same, including Lee Perry, Harry J and Niney The Observer and also became a conduit between the British music industry and numerous younger Island-based producers - a frequent flyer reggae ambassador, a musical courier exchanging tapes for royalties. "
Tracklist:
01. Johnny Clarke - Enter into His Gates with Praise
02. King Tubby, Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Dub Station
03. Gene Rondo - Why You Do That
04. Vin Gordon & The Aggrovators - Magnum Force
05. Jackie Edwards - So Jah Seh
06. The Aggrovators - So Jah Seh Dub
07. Jah Youth - Principle and Dignity
08. King Tubby, Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - King Tubby Dub
09. Jah Stitch - Real Born African
10. The Aggrovators - African Love Call
11. Gene Rondo - A Land Far Away
12. The Uniques - Queen Majesty
13. Johnny Clarke - Time Will Tell
14. The Aggrovators - Drums of Africa
15. Dillinger & King Tubby - Jah Jah Dub
16. Winston Wright - Marvelous Rocker
17. The Mighty Diamonds - You Should Be Thankful
18. King Tubby, Prince Jammy & The Aggrovators - A Thankful Version
19. Dillinger - Check Sister Jane
20. Prince Jazzbo - The Wormer
21. The Uniques - You Don't Care for Me
22. Shorty the President - Natty Dread Have Ambition
23. King Tubby & The Aggrovators - This a the Hardest Version
Bunny Lee - Jumping With Mr. Lee 1967-68 REPOST !!!
Another in Trojan Records' excellent Producer Series, Jumpin' With
Mr. Lee spotlights Bunny Lee's rock steady production work from
1967-1968. Like the Joe Gibbs' entry in this series, The Reggae Train,
Jumpin' With Mr. Lee includes everything from soulful vocal numbers to
instrumentals. In contrast to Gibbs' heavy and full sound, though, Lee
favored a leaner production style that featured steely horn and guitar
work anchored by a buoyant rhythm section. Some of the vocal highlights
include Slim Smith and the Uniques' "Love and Devotion" and Ken Parker's
cover of the Sam Cooke hit "A Change Is Gonna Come." On the
instrumental side there is the liquid-toned work of alto saxophonist
Lester Sterling on "Sir Lee's Whip" (it's hard to say if this is in
reference to the boss' studio manner or not) and Vin Gordon's eerily
satisfying trombone workout on "Sounds and Soul." The high-quality sound
throughout helps make these 18 solid tracks one of the better rock
steady collections available.
TRACK LIST :
The Sensations - Long Time Me No See You Girl
The Uniques - Love And Devotion
Val Bennett & Bunny Lee All Stars - Jumping With Mr Lee
Derrick Morgan - Hold You Jack
Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole - Bangarang
Pat Kelly - Little Boy Blue
The Uniques - Story Of Love
Ken Parker - A Change Is Gonna Come
Val Bennett - Jumping With Val
The Uniques - Girls Like Dirt
Lester Sterling - Tribute To King Scratch
Pat Kelly - Somebody's Baby
Vin Gordon - Sounds And Soul
The Uniques - My Conversation
Lester Sterling - Sir Lee's Whip
Slim Smith & The Uniques - The Beatitude
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TRACK LIST :
The Sensations - Long Time Me No See You Girl
The Uniques - Love And Devotion
Val Bennett & Bunny Lee All Stars - Jumping With Mr Lee
Derrick Morgan - Hold You Jack
Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole - Bangarang
Pat Kelly - Little Boy Blue
The Uniques - Story Of Love
Ken Parker - A Change Is Gonna Come
Val Bennett - Jumping With Val
The Uniques - Girls Like Dirt
Lester Sterling - Tribute To King Scratch
Pat Kelly - Somebody's Baby
Vin Gordon - Sounds And Soul
The Uniques - My Conversation
Lester Sterling - Sir Lee's Whip
Slim Smith & The Uniques - The Beatitude
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Bunny Lee & Friends - Tape Rolling!
Pressure Sounds deliver another mouthwatering feast of rare and unreleased recordings from the vaults of Bunny 'Striker' Lee, drawn from the peak years of the mid-seventies, when Striker ruled the musical roost in Jamaica, recording constantly, utilising the hottest session men at Dynamics and Channell One and voicing and mixing down at King Tubby's studio for that magic sound. This album digs deep to present some of that magic here, from the lively, spontaneous exuberance of Big Joe's Rasta Train to the sublime trip through Tubby's echo chamber experienced through A Wonderful Version, as well as some fascinating alternative takes of classic material from Slim Smith, Cornel Campbell, I Roy, John Holt and Eric Donaldson. Essential.
Tracklisting:
1. Slim Smith - The Time Has Come (unreleased cut)
2. I Roy and Augustus Pablo - Devil's Brother in Law (unreleased cut)
3. Ernest Wilson - Sentimental Man (extended mix)
4. Big Joe and King Tubby's - Rasta Train
5. Cornell Campbell - I Wonder Why (unreleased cut)
6. U Roy Junior - Two Ton Gulletto
7. John Holt - Stick By Me (unreleased cut)
8. King Tubby - A Wonderful Version
9. Cornell Campbell - Give Me Love (unreleased cut)
10. King Tubby - Straight To The Copycat Head
11. Busty Brown And The Clowns - Soon I'm Gonna Make It
12. Horace Andy - Man Next Door (unreleased cut)
13. I Roy - Noisy Place (unreleased cut)
14. Leroy Samuels - Trying To Wreck My Life
15. Delroy Wilson - Any Heart Can Be Broken (unreleased cut)
16. Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby (unreleased cut)
17. I Roy - Festival Mash Up
18. Vin Gordon - Riding For A Fall
19. Cornell Campbell - My Confession (unreleased cut)
20. Slim Smith - Turning Point (unreleased cut)
Bunny Lee's Kingston Flying Cymbals: Dubbing With the Flying Cymbals Sound 1974-1979 - Link Fixed 2024
Bunny Lee's
flying cymbals or flyers rhythms dominated the dancehalls and the charts
in 1974 and 1975. The style, based on Philadelphia disco and featuring
the sound of an open and closed hi-hat, was not necessarily novel, but
Lee's use of a number of different elements most certainly was. Johnny Clarke's 1975 interpretation of Earl Zero's "None Shall Escape the Judgement" opened the floodgates for the flyers style. The story had begun the previous year with Lowell "Sly" Dunbar: "Sly played the flying cymbals first... I said to Sly, 'You played it on the Delroy Wilson tune for Channel One named 'It's a Shame' and Sly played it before that with Skin, Flesh & Bones on 'Here I Am Baby (Come and Take Me),' the Al Green
tune... with the 'tsk, tsk, tsk' sound on the hi-hat, I named it
flyers, but they didn't know what flyers was!" --Lee. Before too long,
"every tune we put out we put the rhythm behind it," and every Kingston
producer followed suit with their own variations of Striker's flying
cymbals rhythms...
Track list :
1. This A The Best Version
2. Believe In Dub
3. Botheration Dub
4. Feel So Good Dub
5. General Dub
6. Get Ready For The Master Dub
7. A Moving Version
8. God Father Dub
9. Behold Dis Ya Dub Of Class
10. Sunny Dub
11. Judah Dub
12. Another Version
13. Talkative Dub
14. Revenge Of The Flying Cymbals
15. Dub Magnificent*
16. Dub From The Roots*
17. A Closer Dub*
18. Dub You Can Feel
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Track list :
1. This A The Best Version
2. Believe In Dub
3. Botheration Dub
4. Feel So Good Dub
5. General Dub
6. Get Ready For The Master Dub
7. A Moving Version
8. God Father Dub
9. Behold Dis Ya Dub Of Class
10. Sunny Dub
11. Judah Dub
12. Another Version
13. Talkative Dub
14. Revenge Of The Flying Cymbals
15. Dub Magnificent*
16. Dub From The Roots*
17. A Closer Dub*
18. Dub You Can Feel
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Bunny Striker Lee & Friends - Next Cut! Dub Plates, Rare Sides & Unreleased Cuts -UPDATED LINK 2019
Great compilation of rare and unreleased mid to late seventies Striker Lee material containing some tuff dub mixes of otherwise familiar material. Highlights include Barrington Spence's Blood Of Babylon, previously only issued as a track featuring I Roy on his 1975 Virgin release Crisis Time, a different take of Wayne Jarrett's ultra heavy Satta Dread and Linval Thompson's Big Big Girl / Ethiopian Girl featuring studio chat and false starts, it's monumental rhythm also used for Tommy McCook's Death Trap which appears here with the "steppers" drum overdub, originally issued as a track on one of McCook's mid-seventies instrumental LP's. Lee's productions are indeed ubiquitous yet thi album does indeed offer something fresh to even the most jaded of listeners.
Review From : http://www.dubvendor.co.uk/
Track listing:
1. Johnny Clarke - Down In Babylon aka Live Up Jah Man (unreleased alternate cut)
2. Barrington Spence - Blood Of Babylon (unreleased dubplate cut)
3. Aggrovators - Blood Of Babylon Dub (unreleased dubplate mix)
4. Vin Gordon & The Aggrovators - Enforcement
5. Tommy McCook - Death Trap (steppers cut)
6. Linval Thompson - Big Big Girl (previously unreleased mix)
7. Linval Thompson - Ethiopian Girl (previously unreleased mix)
8. Johnny Clarke & DJ - Blood Dunza (unreleased dubplate mix)
9. Barry Biggs & Tommy McCook - Tapetone Special (unreleased dubplate)
10. Aggrovators - A Friend Indeed
11. Crucial Dub - Prince Jammy
12. Vin Gordon & The Aggrovators - Split Second
13. Wayne Jarrett - Satta Dread (unreleased alternate cut)
14. Scientist - Satta Dread Dub
15. Cornell Campbell - The Gorgon (Steppers Cut)
16. Linval Thompson - Supernatural Love (previously unreleased)
17. Johnny Clarke - It's A Disgrace (unreleased dubplate mix)*
18. Aggrovators - It's A Disgrace Dub (unreleased dubplate mix)*
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Review From : http://www.dubvendor.co.uk/
Track listing:
1. Johnny Clarke - Down In Babylon aka Live Up Jah Man (unreleased alternate cut)
2. Barrington Spence - Blood Of Babylon (unreleased dubplate cut)
3. Aggrovators - Blood Of Babylon Dub (unreleased dubplate mix)
4. Vin Gordon & The Aggrovators - Enforcement
5. Tommy McCook - Death Trap (steppers cut)
6. Linval Thompson - Big Big Girl (previously unreleased mix)
7. Linval Thompson - Ethiopian Girl (previously unreleased mix)
8. Johnny Clarke & DJ - Blood Dunza (unreleased dubplate mix)
9. Barry Biggs & Tommy McCook - Tapetone Special (unreleased dubplate)
10. Aggrovators - A Friend Indeed
11. Crucial Dub - Prince Jammy
12. Vin Gordon & The Aggrovators - Split Second
13. Wayne Jarrett - Satta Dread (unreleased alternate cut)
14. Scientist - Satta Dread Dub
15. Cornell Campbell - The Gorgon (Steppers Cut)
16. Linval Thompson - Supernatural Love (previously unreleased)
17. Johnny Clarke - It's A Disgrace (unreleased dubplate mix)*
18. Aggrovators - It's A Disgrace Dub (unreleased dubplate mix)*
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jueves, 17 de septiembre de 2015
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Full Up: Bunny 'Striker' Lee's Early Reggae Productions 1968-72 UPDATED LINK 2019
Great collection of late sixties early eighties Bunny 'Striker' Lee productions digging deeper than most, compiled by Diggory Kenrick, who also pens the booklet notes, and Pressure Sounds' own Pete Holdsworth. A generous twenty-one tracks including such rarities as the peculiarly named Ivan Itler The Conqueror, Dave Barker's Smooths & Sorts - boys and girls in the skinhead jargon of the day - Joe Lewis aka Star Trek, two different tracks entitled Death Rides A Horse and many more.
Track list:
1. Bunny Lee Allstars - Ivan Itler The Conqueror
2. Dave Barker - Smooth & Sorts
3. Rico Rodriguez & Tommy McCook - Going West
4. Bunny Lee Allstars - Joe Lewis
5. Bunny Lee Allstars - Scarface
6. Delroy Wilson - Drink Wine
7. Joe White - Someone To Call My Own
8. U Roy - Wet Vision
9. Bunny Lee Allstars - Daydream
10. Rico Rodriguez - Japanese Invasion
11. Stranger Cole - When I Get My Freedom
12. Roy Richards - Death Rides A Horse
13. Winston Williams & Pat Kelly - Sweet Like Candy
14. Don Lee & Lester Stirling - Peyton Place
15. Bunny Lee Allstars - Full Up
16. Bunny Lee Allstars - Hook Up
17. Jimmy Wonder - Stealing In The Name Of The Lord
18. Delroy Wilson & Lizzie - Double Attack
19. The Hippy Boys - Death Rides A Horse
20. Bobby James & Dave Barker - You Said It
21. Darker Shade Of Black - War
Review From - http://www.dubvendor.co.uk
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Bunny Lee - AGRO SOUNDS -101 ORANGE STREET
"Countless incredible records were made in Kingston between 1968 and 1971 that has never been able to lose the stigma of being described as ‘Skinhead Reggae’ but in Jamaica the term never meant anything. However Bunny Lee’s Aggro Sound’s both at home and away. They were tougher then tough, rougher then rough, kicked like a ‘bovver’ boot and were sharper then a razor cut trim. Raw, pure and undiluted every time...some even troubled the UK national charts.. To say the man and his music dominated at the time would be a complete understatement. ‘Striker’ was everywhere...travelling between Kingston, where he opened his Agro Sounds record shop at 101 Orange Street and London where he set up his Unity label with the Palmer Brothers for the exclusive release of his productions and his Jackpot subsidiaries with both Trojan and Pama records. Ubiquitous does not start to come into it. We sincerely hope that this compilation helps to point you in the direction of some of the best music from this often overlooked period from one of the greatest producers EVER! ‘The Aggro Man’ himself Bunny Lee."
Track List
01. Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole - Bangarang
02. Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters
03. Donnie Elbert - Without You
04. Slim Smith - Everybody Needs Love
05. Delroy Wilson - Cool Operator
06. U Roy & Lennox Brown - King Of The Road
07. Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
08. Bunny Lee Allstars - Ten Thousand Tons Of Dollar Bills
09. Pat Kelly - If It Dont Work Out
10. Derrick Morgan - Hold You Jack
11. Delroy Wilson - Who Cares
12. Max Romeo - Wet Dream
13. Roy Shirley - Joe Razor
14. Winston Williams - D.J.Choice
02. Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters
03. Donnie Elbert - Without You
04. Slim Smith - Everybody Needs Love
05. Delroy Wilson - Cool Operator
06. U Roy & Lennox Brown - King Of The Road
07. Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
08. Bunny Lee Allstars - Ten Thousand Tons Of Dollar Bills
09. Pat Kelly - If It Dont Work Out
10. Derrick Morgan - Hold You Jack
11. Delroy Wilson - Who Cares
12. Max Romeo - Wet Dream
13. Roy Shirley - Joe Razor
14. Winston Williams - D.J.Choice
lunes, 24 de agosto de 2015
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Bunny ''Strikker'' Lee - The Mighty Striker Shoots At Hits
El sello Moll - Selekta presenta una compilación de pistas en épocas doradas del legendario productor jamaicano Bunny " Striker" Lee. Edward O ‘Sullivan Lee),al lado de Clement " Coxsone " Dodd
( Studio One)Ambos productores jamaicanos cuentan con el mayor reservorio de musical .
En los años de Rocksteady & Reggae.
Apartir del 1967 hasta finales de 1970,
se produjeron éxitos tras otro.
Bunny Lee con sus respectivas producciones se mantenía
en top de las listas Jamaicanas,fue como
sus colegas y competidores lo apodaron
" Striker ". El Striker Mighty Lee.
El boom time del Roots Reggae 1973-1979.
CD Review .
Baladas Roots Reggae como la de Jackie Edwards y Honey Boy
se encuentran dentro del copilado al lado de los Rockers
Barry Brown y Johnny Clarke algunos son originales, otros
son adaptaciones,pero cada tema fue un éxito en su tiempo.
Johnny Clarke,que! enriquece esta colección con una pista
muy influenciado porHopeton Lewis.
''el clásico rocksteady " Rocka Shocka. "
Horace Andy era un producto de la escuela de talento Studio One,
y la " versión " original ‘12’inch No quiero ser dejado afuera",
"I Don't Want To Be Left Outside,"
conocida también como "Zion Gate,
a dado lugar en numerosas adaptaciones en el ámbito de
dance hall.
Barry Brown casado con Studio OnE,sus canciónes de protesta
le ganaron el título de " el Bob Dylan
del reggae.
Dos pistas que incluyen son testimonio de sus creencias rastafaris
e influencia espiritual,
además de la crítica social en sus letras.
Hortense Ellis es una de las grandes voces femeninas del reggae.
La versión de de su hermano ( Alton Ellis ) éxito clásico
"I am Still In Love "
es rítmica similar y líricamente cerca de la original.
Delroy Wilson era estrella en Studio One.
Además de ser uno de los mejores cantantes del reggae,
las sesiones posteriores junto con Bunny Lee se hicieron relucir
adaptando viejos éxitos de Wilson,
que hasta la fecha suenan bastante buenas igual
que las primeras versiones.
Las primeras sesiones de grabación de Leroy eran a principios de 1970
junto Jimmy Radway y Bunny Lee, posteriormente
con José Hoo Kim en Channel One .
Sus éxitos le plantearon al nivel de culto
y sus apariciones en vivo eran la fuente de controversia.
El Don trabajando duro del reggae aún divide a la opinión
de hoy, pero "Love In My Heart"
debería calmar a los más agitados de las almas.
Otros artistas que también incluyen:
Cornell Campbell, Roy Shirley, Ras Murray y Ronnie Davis etc.
Playlist :
Honey Boy Martin - Jamaica
Cornell Campbell - Give Me Love
Horace Andy - I Don't Want To Be Left Outside
Roy Shirley - Israelites Leave Babylon (12" Version)
Barry Brown - Natty Roots Man
Johnny Clarke - Peace And Love In The Ghetto (Extended Mix)
Hortense Ellis - I'm Still In Love
Delroy Wilson - Keep On Running
Ronnie Davis - Maga Lion
Jackie Edwards - Sexy Sandy
Leroy Smart - Love In My Heart (Extended Mix)
Barry Brown - Lead Us Jah
Ronnie Davis - I'm Just A Man
Delroy Wilson - Riding For A Fall
Jackie Edwards - Henry
Johnny Clarke - Rockers For Me
Prince Ras Murray - Rockers Lead The Way
Producer : Bunny Lee
Record date : 1973-79








