Bertram Brown

[patrickp]

A friend of mine gave me, rather helpfully without the inlay, the Freedom Sounds in Dub Blood & Fire cd mixed by Tubby. I've done a bit of internet-ing about Brown, but can't find a whole lot about the guy. Its a beautiful collection of tracks!
What was his thing? Were the 70s his hey-day, or did he do a bunch of later stuff that is worth investigating? Was he quite a laissez-faire producer? Or was it 'his' sound that he cultivated?
Thanks,

PP

[stepping razor]

A bit of info on Bertram Brown at algoriddim.com link :-
http://www.algoriddim.com/show.php?show_id=2004081
Producer and ran Freedom Sounds.
Also the full track listings and info of the Freedom Sounds In Dub LP/CD at strictly vibes.com:-
http://www.strictly-vibes.com/king-tubb ... tram+brown

peace

[ACEtone]

I love the Freedom Sounds material - it is really exceptional - Bertram Brown seemed to have a way of getting great performances from the musicians and singers (whether by direction or giving the artists freedom to do as the chose is a good point!) and to the best of my knowledge most of the best stuff was voiced and final mixed at Tubby's.
Prince Alla, Earl Zero, Phillip Fraser, Rod Taylor and a few others really made some of the finest roots, heartical tracks with Freedom Sounds. His output in the 70s was not prolific but is of great quality in all respects.
I can't tell you anything about 80s onward.
And yes, Freedom Sounds in Dub is a great place to start - it's what got me started on this part of JA music.

[kleeb]

he is now the menago of Pompidoo, still living in Kingston
killa producer!

[seanmd]

Earl Zero - In the Right Way is a great Album

[Sir Bellyas]

According to reports on the Blood & Fire and Chatty Mouth forums, Bertram sadly passed away a day or two ago.

[Mark Brown]

Yes unfortunately its true, my Uncle passed away a few days ago in Jamaica. RIP Uncle Bertram "Mr B"