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Hello. Are there any Reggae George fans here? I don't hear much at all about him, yet I really like his material. I see a few singles circulating here & there and that's pretty much it. Is there any information about George that can be shared?

Thanks!
BC

all i know is i recall a stunning 12 inch called you never know (when a woman will walk out on you) and a song called everyone bawling both were played by mike shaft on piccadilly radio back in the 80s and were fantastic sounds

Yes, Reggae George is a fantastic and mysterious artist. There seems to be no info on him out there. Anyone that perhaps has some info on who he was?

All I know is his album releases and a couple of his singles.

Three Wicked Men (prod Dennis Brown) is a killer roots reissued on emmanuel music, that's all i can tell !

Yep Three Wicked Men is a good tune. Not a DEB prod tho'. The original credit Michael E. Gardine as producer. A tune recorded in Canada I think, cause the original was released on the S&W Soul King Records label from Toronto.

He also has a very good showcas LP produced by Jah Woosh: "Fight On My Own" and another on (which I don't have) produced by Prince Far I: "Mix Up".


wareika

Mix up is a very good album.

Don`t know what its availability is like on vinyl. Also Dont` think it ever had a CD release.

My personal favorite track is "Down in The Ghetto" on the "Roots of Dancehall" compilation.

It uses the same rhythm as Gregory Isaacs
"Substitute.

Does anyone know if it ever had a 12" release.

Regards

Dave

Yes, Mix Up and Fight On My Own are very good LPs. I have both recorded onto a CD-R, however the transfer quality is not the greatest on some of it. But glad to have it regardless. A CD/LP reissue sure would be nice (any indy labels listening?)

BC

He is really great!
I know his 2 albums and a few 12".

Ites... am a bit late on dis topic...
Well I was and am still a crazy fan of his early work... and looked for his stuff for many years.

His version of Drifter is marvelous... roostest version... The 3 wicked men is good tough (released on 56 Hope Road as 7" and on a yellow canadian 12") but the organ is too 80's for me... better than all dis imo is *Fig Root*... the tuffest of mr George, released on Pottinger's High Note... crazy roots chune with a lot of percussions and him vocal... "If you take us back to Africa, I tink you would be right"...

Personnaly, Im not fond of the LP titled above... all are 80's work... He also did a song for prince fari that you can heat on www.princefari.com section *production* but not my taste too... He also did another good roots 7" under his real name "George Davey" called VISION. His recut of Spear's classic *Trodding* is also a nice single... Some more 7" from the 70s, but of less interest imo are Read the bible and Babylon Fall.

here is a short biography.

Biography
b. George Daley, c .1950, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. With Neville Beckford, Daley would attend auditions as one half of the duo Neville and George. His partner went on to record in the DJ style as Jah Woosh, while George recorded "Babylon Kingdom Fall" as Prince George - an alias he used only once. His second release, "Fig Root", credited to Reggae George, was produced by Sonia Pottinger for her High Note label. The success of "Fig Root" led to recording sessions with producer Hartnell Henry, featuring Bingi Bunny and Sowell Radics, who later formed part of the Roots Radics session band. The most notable release was "Read The Bible", which was followed by "Vision", "Stop Push The Fire" and a version of the classic Dennis Walks hit, "Drifter". The big break came with producer Winston "Niney" Holness and the release of "Trodding", which achieved international acclaim and an appearance in the reggae chart. "Three Wicked Men" followed for 56 Hope Road, an offshoot label of Bob Marley's Tuff Gong empire.

And to finish... the latest rumour I heard is that he is still living in US...