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Revolutionaries – Death In The Arena

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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

Revolutionaries - Death In The Arena

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

Prince Jammy – Out Of Order Dub

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Prince Jammy – “Out Of Order Dub” from the album “Trojan Presents Dub”

Born Lloyd James in 1947 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He started his own sound system after earning money from building amplifiers and repairing electrical equipment.

After working in Canada for a few years he returned to Jamaica and set up his own studio.  He then joined King Tubby’s team when Phillip Smart moved to New York City. By the late 70’s he was releasing his own productions, which included Black Uhuru’s debut album – “Love Crisis”.

His biggest hit came in 1985 with Wayne Smith’s “Under Me Sleng Teng” – a song that’s entirely-digital rhythm revolutionised reggae. He still works as a producer today, but is now known as King Jammy.

“Trojan Presents Dub”

Disc 1

1) Concentration Version 3 – The Crystalites; 2) Stalag 17 – The Techniques All Stars; 3) I’m Alright – Keith Hudson & King Tubby; 4) Butter Fe Fish – Skin Flesh & Bones; 5) One Train Load Of Dub – The Observers; 6) V/S Panta Rock – The Upsetters; 7) Buck Shot Dub – Rupie Edwards All Stars; 8) Tangle Locks – The Groovemaster; 9) Ashanti Ganja Dub – Leslie Butler; 10) Black Out – The Hardy Boys; 11) A Noisy Place – King Tubby & The Aggrovators; 12) Jestering Part 2 – Carl Malcolm & Skin, Flesh & Bones; 13) King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown – Augustus Pablo; 14) Seven Heaven Rock – Joe White; 15) Rebel Dance – The Observers & King Tubby; 16) A Ruffer Version – Johnny Clarke, King Tubby & The Aggrovators; 17) Callying Butt – The Upsetters; 18) White Bird Come Down – Thunderball; 19) Uptown Shuffle Dub – The Eccles All Stars; 20) Rockers Dub – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals

Prince Jammy - Out Of Order Dub

Disc 2

1) Sipple Dub – The Upsetters; 2) African Dub – The Silvertones; 3) Channel One Feel It – Leroy Smart & The Aggrovators; 4) Chapter 3 – The Mighty Two; 5) Keep On Moving Dub – The Upsetters; 6) Jamaican Colley – Linval Thompson & The Revolutionaries; 7) The Same Dub – Israel Vibration; 8) Leggo Beast – Gregory Isaacs’ All Stars; 9) Headache – The Revolutionaries; 10) Ball Of Fire – Bim Sherman & The Roots Radics; 11) Out Of Order Dub – Prince Jammy & The Aggrovators; 12) Hully Gully Rock – The Mighty Two; 13) Shine Eye Dub – Barrington Levy & The Roots Radics; 14) Fist Of Fury – Prince Jammy; 15) Thompson Sound Inc. – The Revolutionaries; 16) Time is Cold – Scientist & Roots Radics Band; 17) Blackboard Jungle – Morwell Unlimited; 18) Jammin’ For Survival – Prince Jammy; 19) Foundation Stepper – Prince Far I & The Arabs; 20) Pit Of Snakes – Burning Spear & The Taxi Gang

Upsetters – Black Panta

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Upsetters – “Black Panta” from from the album “14 Dub Blackboard Jungle” (aka “Blackboard Jungle Dub (Version 1) from “Blackboard Jungle Dub”.

Upsetters – 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle

The album was released in 1973. 300 copies were pressed, of which 100 were brought to London.

Blackboard Jungle
Personnel as follows;
Drums – Lloyd “Tin Legs” Adams, Carly Barrett, Anthony “Benbow” Creary, Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace
Bass – Family Man, Lloyd Parks, Errol “Bagga” Walker
Guitar – Alva Lewis, Valentine “Tony” Chin, Anthony “Sangie” Davis, Barrington Daley
Organ – Glen Adams, Winston Wright, Bernard “Touter” Harvey
Piano – Gladstone “Gladdy” Anderson, Tommy McCook
Melodica – Augustus Pablo
Trombone – Ron Wilson
Trumpet – Bobby Ellis
Percussion – Noel “Skully” Simms, Uziah “Sticky” Thompson, Lee Perry
Engineers – Lee Perry, King Tubby