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Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:03 pm
by Return of Jesco
Could tell you all about me and a friend's "interesting" journey back into town from seeing the Mighty Diamonds and Frankie Paul at the Willesden Empire, but it would take a while!
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:35 pm
by Don Julian
Return of Jesco wrote:What was he doing between Voice of Progress/Mini Bus Driver (1982) and the 2 1985 albums? I saw him on tour with Sugar and Don Carlos and Gold but he was doing the Voice of Progress songs if I remember right.
Hi Jesco,
next to what Gabranth said I read somewhere Junior recorded the tracks of the Junior Reid & Don Carlos - Firehouse Clash album. (
http://roots-archives.com/release/1794)
Although released in 1986 the Junior Reid tracks were intended as a follow up to Mini Bus Driver, but after the Voice Of Progress group broke up, I guess Delroy Wright sat on the tapes until Junior hit it big with Foreign Mind, Boom Shakalack and being asked to front Black Uhuru at the end of '85 to replace Michael Rose.
Peace,
DJ
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:16 pm
by Return of Jesco
Thanks for the info DJ!
Cheers
R of J
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:49 am
by Gabranth
Cool, nice to know about the Firehouse Clash tunes. Great album.
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:59 am
by jayb
of course as a lickle youth man he recorded singles (late 70's) for Pablo and /Hugh Mundell before moving on.....
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:00 pm
by RootsnattySTHLM
Mini bus driver must be his first album
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:37 pm
by Gabranth
RootsnattySTHLM wrote:Mini bus driver must be his first album
Mos def
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:26 pm
by Don Julian
Also around that time Junior Reid recorded a few tracks (mostly one-offs) with different producers, like 'Oh Happy Day' (1982) for Roy Cousins, 'Sufferation' (on the awesome Late Night Blues riddim) for one R. Green and 'Thanks And Praise' (1984) for Delroy Witter.
The Roy Cousins produced tracks were collected and released showcase style also in 1985 on the '2 Of A Kind' lp with Teezy on the b-side (
http://roots-archives.com/release/3556).
They were re-released later in the '80s (or maybe early '90s and on cd in 1998) on the 'Double Top' lp this time with Cornell Campbell (
http://roots-archives.com/release/1316).
Peace,
DJ
Re: Which Junior Reid LP came first?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:09 am
by Gabranth
Yeah I got that Double Top CD. The dub version to Oh happy days is probably one of the sickest versions I've ever heard. Scientist and/or Professor are really having fun with some kind of new toy there. Wicked! Other great tracks on there.
I never heard the other two singles you mentioned though. Sadly.