Errol Thompson
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Mr. Wrigs
Errol Thompson
Sadly the world has lost another reggae pioneer and technical genius. Errol "E.T." Thompson was taken by a stroke on November 14, 2004.
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seb
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Re: Errol Thompson
Hi Mr Wrigs
i was reading a small article about this sad news not long ago
[The Mighty Two](http://www.roots-archives.com/release/962) and [No Bones For The Dogs](http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1888) are essential compilations imho
i was reading a small article about this sad news not long ago
[The Mighty Two](http://www.roots-archives.com/release/962) and [No Bones For The Dogs](http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1888) are essential compilations imho
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David
Re: Errol Thompson
I completely missed this. He was certainly one of the unsung heroes of roots reggae music. Sad indeed.
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Diego
We never forget Errol
Thank you Errol for all the music you did for us.We never forget cd´s as Words of wisdom.
Jah bless you.
from Spain:
Descansa en paz E.T.
Jah bless you.
from Spain:
Descansa en paz E.T.
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yvette
Re: We never forget Errol
R.I.P. Errol, and thank you to another man the Late John Peel for introducing me to your unique sound, way back in the mid 70's.
After hearing dubs of tunes like morwell esquires '77 festival & prince hammers dreadlocks thing version, I was hooked.
You will be greatly missed indeed.
After hearing dubs of tunes like morwell esquires '77 festival & prince hammers dreadlocks thing version, I was hooked.
You will be greatly missed indeed.
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triga
Re: Errol Thompson
MEMORIES WHEN THE NAME E.T. IS MENTIONED MEMORIES OF YOUTH DAYS IN D PARK.
MAY GOD BLESS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY WILL MISS A TRUELY GREAT PIONEER.
GOD BLESS
MAY GOD BLESS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY WILL MISS A TRUELY GREAT PIONEER.
GOD BLESS
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Jackie Pablo
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Mr. Errol Thompson, the main half of "The Mighty Two" / "The Professionals". A Reggae engineering legend.
The work Errol Thompson recorded, especiallly for Joe Gibbs, was something else. I read somewhere that when Pressure Sounds were putting together the compilation "No Bones For The Dogs" the sound man could not believe the quality and depth of the sound he was getting from original discs while transferring them to CD. The reasons for the superb sound quality, even after going through the CD process, was all down to the initial engineering techniques employed by ET at the time. He really was a giant in the studio. What a loss.
The work Errol Thompson recorded, especiallly for Joe Gibbs, was something else. I read somewhere that when Pressure Sounds were putting together the compilation "No Bones For The Dogs" the sound man could not believe the quality and depth of the sound he was getting from original discs while transferring them to CD. The reasons for the superb sound quality, even after going through the CD process, was all down to the initial engineering techniques employed by ET at the time. He really was a giant in the studio. What a loss.
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Fyah
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I read somewhere that when Pressure Sounds were putting together the compilation "No Bones For The Dogs" the sound man could not believe the quality and depth of the sound he was getting from original discs while transferring them to CD
what you mean the amount of fucking cracks and pops, gibbs studio was notorious for pressing shit vinyl, that most of the time it sounded as though it had been pressed on a swiss roll!!!
And most of those tracks on the pressure sounds cd were shocking, and with a little more attention in the cleanup stage could have been so much better.
I'm not knocking thompson as a producer as I thought he was the fucking dogs bolloks, im just stating a fact about gibbs pressings being shite.
what you mean the amount of fucking cracks and pops, gibbs studio was notorious for pressing shit vinyl, that most of the time it sounded as though it had been pressed on a swiss roll!!!
And most of those tracks on the pressure sounds cd were shocking, and with a little more attention in the cleanup stage could have been so much better.
I'm not knocking thompson as a producer as I thought he was the fucking dogs bolloks, im just stating a fact about gibbs pressings being shite.
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Jackie Pablo
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Have you got a bootleg CD of this release? My copy is as close to the original vinyl as you could wish. I do not have a problem with it. Pressure Sounds have done a great job with this one. Fact is it would do the music no favours if all the "shite" were cleaned up from the vinyl as this process would take away the very essence of what ET's production work was famous for - it's unique sound. As the cleanest 45's possible were used for this project I cannot imagine why your copy is as bad as you claim.
Your comments about "shit pressings" could be applied to a just about every Jamaican label from the word go, unless of course you know different. Joe Gibbs label is typical of all Jamaican based labels when it comes to pressing quality. ET's studio techniques just made these recordings on Joe Gibbs that extra bit special.
Your comments about "shit pressings" could be applied to a just about every Jamaican label from the word go, unless of course you know different. Joe Gibbs label is typical of all Jamaican based labels when it comes to pressing quality. ET's studio techniques just made these recordings on Joe Gibbs that extra bit special.