Revolutionaries – “Death In The Arena” from the album “Reggae Anthology – The Channel One Story”
A chance visit to Dynamic Sound studio with John Holt inspired Joseph “Joe Joe” Hoo-kim to build Channel One Studio. It took 6 months to build and was housed in the Hoo-kim family’s two storey premises at 29 Maxfield Avenue. It opened for business in 1972 as a 4 track studio with the offer of free “try before you buy” sessions.
Between 1974 and 1984 the sound of Channel One dominated reggae and the studio’s house band was The Revolutionaries.
Disc 1
1) I Need A Roof – Mighty Diamonds; 2) Don’t Smoke The Seed – Frankie Jones; 3) Right Time – Mighty Diamonds; 4) Natty Dread Have Him Credential – Don Carlos; 5) Natty Burial – Lone Ranger; 6) Woman Is Like A Shadow – The Meditations; 7) Road Block – Sammy Dread; 8) Burial – The Revolutionaries; 9) Things And Time – The Wailing Souls; 10) Cocaine In My Brain – Dillinger; 11) Far East – Barry Brown; 12) CB 200 – Dillinger; 13) Welding – I Roy; 14) Worries In The Dance – Frankie Paul; 15) Herbman Smuggling – Yellowman; 16) Dances Are Changing – Barrington Levy; 17) Show Me That You Love Me Girl – Sugar Minott; 18) I Know Myself – Ernest Wilson; 19) Truly – Rankin Trevor
Disc 2
1) Truly – The Jays; 2) Hard To Confess – The Tamlins; 3) Ballistic Affair – Leroy Smart; 4) Satisfaction – John Holt; 5) Ragnampiza – Dillinger; 6) M.P.L.A. – The Revolutionaries; 7) Death In The Arena – The Revolutionaries; 8) Prema Ballerina – Clint Eastwood; 9) Sharing The Night Together – Delroy Wilson; 10) Babylon – Sugar Minott; 11) Smoke Ganja Hard – Little John; 12) Fade Away – Junior Byles; 13) Queen Majesty – The Jays & Ranking Trevor; 14) Without Love – Leroy Smart; 15) Up Park Camp – John Holt; 16) Yaho – The Jays; 17) Roach Killer – Super Chick; 18) M16 – Lone Ranger
Musicians
Sly Dunbar, Style Scott, Horsemouth, Tony “Benbow” Creary, Flabba, Santa, Robbie Shakespeare, Bingy Bunny, Steely, Ansel Collins, Rad Bryan, Sticky Thompson, Tony Chin, Sky Juice, Robbie Lyn, Tarzan, Lloyd Parks, Tony Asher, Touter, Dwight Pinkney, Ossie Hibbert, Fully Fullwood, Ranchie McLean
Engineers
Soljie, Barnabas, Ernest Hoo-kim, Maxie, Scientist, Bunny Tom Tom