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British acts with a surprising number of releases
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:22 pm
by Chaz
It strikes me that both Tradition and Dennis Bovell have put out a large number of releases which are not listed on Roots Archives, some of which when they turn up, still surprise me.
"Ah-fi-we-dis" by Dennis Bovell is one such album - it's not hard to see why it's missing here, as it doesn't seem to be credited to anyone on the cover!
Re: British acts with a surprising number of releases
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:07 pm
by AnorakTrev
" Leggo ! Ah-Fi -We-Dis " is listed under 4th Street Orchestra ...
Re: British acts with a surprising number of releases
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:05 am
by Chaz
AnorakTrev wrote:" Leggo ! Ah-Fi -We-Dis " is listed under 4th Street Orchestra ...
I'd not noticed that. I see there are a few releases listed under 4th Street Orchestra - are they all D Bovell productions?
Re: British acts with a surprising number of releases
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:39 pm
by RasLeroy
Dennis Bovell was bass player/songwriter/producer for both the 4th Street Orchestra, and more popularly, Matumbi.
I'm pretty sure the 4th Street Orchestra albums were intended to be kind of "anonymous" when they were released.
I read an interview with Bovell who described the process of delivering the records to UK soundsystems and claiming they were "exclusive dubplates from Jamaica" because there was a stigma against playing British reggae in the dancehalls. So leaving off artist names and credits would make sense to retain the credibility of these "mysterious dubplates".