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Hello everyone

I'm still searching infos upon these albums (tracklisting, year of release, producer, studio, musicians).

Can some knowledeged people here please help me ?

Sonny Bins : Gold Dust (Ethnic Fight)
Al Brown : Here I Am Baby (Trojan)
Junior Brown : Rockers (Solid Groove)
Harold Butler : Meditation Heights (Aquarius)
Eric Clarke : Love That Grows And Grows (Baal)
Crueshal Dub (Earthquake)
Reggae Workshop (B&M Records)
Jah Stitch : My Precious Locks (Cancer)
Jah Walton : Touch Her Where She Want The Most (Ital)
Pat Kelly : From Both Sides (Ital)
Willie Lindo : Double Dynamite (Crystal)
Ray I : Visions (Top Ranking)
Ringo : Dry Land Tourist (D-Roy)
Tradition : Spirit Of Ecstasy (Solid Groove)
KC White : Showcase (Love People)
KC White : Jamaica Pre-Release (Hawk)
Richard Ace : Richard Ace (WEA)
Marcia Aitken : Reggae Woman (Joe Gibbs)
Roland Alphonso : Brighter Shade Of Roots (Imperial)
Sonny Bradshaw : On Tour With Reggay (Dynamic)
Dambala : Rally Rally Round (Isis)
Ronnie Davis : Beautiful People From Jamaica (DIP)
Nora Dean : Play Me A Love Song (Ital)
Winston Grennan : Big Apple Reggae (D.J. Napp prod)
Enos Mc Leod : By The Look In Your Eyes (?)
Me & You : In The Future (DEB Music)
Motion : Motion (Double D)
Samantha Rose : Tell Me Why (Third World/Live & Love)
Roots Uprising : Beautiful Music (Top Ranking International)
Doreen Shaffer : Read Me Right (Ital)
Mickie Smith : Roots (Light Of Saba)
Sonia : Magic Lady (D-Roy)
Trinity : Around The World (Yard International)
Junior Tucker : It's A Small Small World (?)

Thanks for feedback

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dubdoudou

Harold Butler : Meditation Heights (Aquarius)
http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.p ... 4070970311

Jah Walton : Touch Her Where She Want The Most (Ital)
http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.p ... 4035831922
MY Goodness the artwork on this LP

Tradition : Spirit Of Ecstasy (Solid Groove)
http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.p ... 4031870792

Trinity : Around The World
http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.p ... 4848342306

Thats all i could find

Ray I - Vision - Recorded at Channel 1 .

Engineer maxi millian and bunny .

Produced by I and T production for rims music. executive producer - roger lewis .

fatman riddim section

featured musicians ,: mikey rastar , robbie shakes , calvin mckenzie , sly d , bernard touter harvey , charles farqueharson , ian lewis , bo peep , barnabas , skully and skyjuice .


Top ranking sounds label
tracklist :

1 boom boom time
2 bun babylon
3 play mister music

side b

1 rasta philosphy
2batman and robin
3 everything is everything

all this info come from di back of di record.

thers something here that says TR 79-2
so maybe its from 1979 ? i dont know.

eric clarke album exist not bad of a album and the enos mcloed album too

Hi dubdoudou i have the motion s album & it s not as good as i hoped ...

Ganja Special
African Gold Dust
Tribesman Skank
Patches
b/w
Mash Up Yard
Jah Serenade
Fracture Ribs
Broke Jaw

arr. and prod. by Larry Lawrence
no year, no musicians

I recognize ridims to Jah Martin's Club Dread, which Sonny overlays with a classic Perry/ Lawrence Western riff, tremendous and effortless
-also an organ take on Truly
-and an organ on You Don't Care
-also one track w/ Sonny on melodica, poss. to a Sidney rogers song? extra classic

Reggae Workshop
Hook Rock
Reggae in the Cool
Ultimate Effect
Reggae in Harmony
b/w
Musical Combination
Spinning Wheel
Ready Rock
Reggae in Phaze
Rebel Mood

Engineer & sound effects by Sylvan Morris
no release date, musicians or artists
occasional vox,, some heavily phaseshifted Black Ark-like recordings, mostly roots tracks but some tend to countrywestern and disco rockers
one track w/ skindrums & 'bone

looks like WEA controlled Warner Brothers, Elektra and Atlantic labels at this time, 1979, prod. by (Prince)Tony Robinson

Stayin' Alive
If I Can't Have You
Ghetto Nation
You're the One That I Want
b/w
Substitute
She's Gone
I Need You
I Forgive You

I can't remember what famous artist said Richard Ace was Jamaican's best vocalist, but he certainly may be JA's best soul vocalist. He literally sets the mark for true disco-reggae on this lp, covering many U.S. standards. His take on Marley's She's Gone is over the top and out the yard and also occurs as a TR Groovemaster twelve. And for roots/sufferers sounds, he gives forth Ghetto Nation which has a credit to Toy Robinson but seem to me was a massive funk hit by... you know, uh...

prod. Bunny Lee, no date, no musicians besides Roland

Brighter Shade of Roots
Drum Song Style
Sentimental Rockers
Roots of Rockers
b/w
It's All in the Game Rockers
Lets Do Lovers Rock
Yellow Bird Style
Let's Fall in Love Style
Island in the Sun Rockers

pretty much classic Aggrovators instrumentals slowed down and soloed sentimentally by Rolando, though someone blows a fat trumpet on one of 'em, Bobby Ellis? No Cornell or Johnny vox, they must've stepped out for air. Drum Song is the standout, has that night peeper effect that's on other mixes too.

C.Reid (Duke Reid Jr.) prod., no date, no musicians

My Heart Desire
Don't Let Me Know
Written All Over Your Face
Ever Know About Him
Caught in a Trap
b/w
Never Be Mine
Dry Up Your Tears
No Time to Loose
Beautiful Morning
Play Me A Love Song

side one disappoints with slowdance-like ballads, but by Caught in A Trap, (ironically) you start to hear the lovers rock potential, which IS fully realized on the b-side. Though I want always to bump the turntable speed, the album ends with 3 absolutely sublime songs, like Sunday Mass on Orange Street.