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I thought we could all play a new game.

The idea is to assemble a complete reggae music production company using the best men (and women) available (be they living or dead).

Your task is to produce the best ANALOGUE reggae music ever made using the cream of the crop.

You need to fill ALL the following posts:

Executive staff:
Producer
Co-Producer

Production staff:
Engineer
Mixing Engineer
Song writer(s)
Musical Arranger
Herbsman
Chalice and Spliff production

Players of instrument and singers:
Lead Singer
DJ / Toaster
Backing singer(s)
Drums
Bass
Percussionist(s)
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Keyboards / Piano / Organ
Saxophone(s)
Trumpet
Trombone
Other wind instruments (optional)
Melodica (optional)
Anything else I have missed?

I'm working on my 'team' now and will post it very soon.

Perhaps you could also think of the title for your team's debut LP?

Here's mine:

This band will be known as Leggo Rocker's All Stars

Records will be released only on vinyl on the newly formed label: Delta Attack Records and published by Wibbleron Music Inc.

Recording studio: Channel One
Additional overdubs and remixes done at: MightyZ's, King Tubby's and BullWackies'.

The first LP is "Babylon will Burn" a vocal LP.

There will also be a dub version (called "Leggo Rocker's Dub") and several 12 inch showcase style singles. Sorry no 7 inch 45s or CDs, I hate the pesky things!


Executive staff:

President: Leggo Rocker
Producer: Lloyd Barnes
Co-Producer: Lee Perry

Production staff:

Engineer: King Tubby
Mixing Engineers: Scientist, Lee Perry and MightZ.
Song writer: Sugar Minott
Musical Arranger: Jackie Mittoo
Herbsman: Undisclosed Sources
Chalice and Spliff production: Leggo Rocker

Players of instrument and singers:

Lead Singer: George Faith (Earl George)
DJ / Toaster: Ranking Trevor
Backing singer(s): Sugar Minott, Phillipa Street & Dawn Forrester & Joy Lindsay
Drums: Sly Dunbar
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Percussionist(s): Skully, Sky Juice and Leggo Rocker
Lead Guitar: Chinna
Rhythm Guitar: Sugar Minott
Keyboards / Piano / Organ: Jackie Mitto, Bernard Touter Harvey & Winston Wright
Saxophone(s): Tommy McCook
Trumpet: Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton
Trombone: Rico
Other wind instruments (optional): Flute: Tommy McCook
Melodica (optional): NONE!

So it should all sound pretty damn wikkid!

Wow, if I really tried to answer this fully, I would lose the rest of my evening.

Let me just say that I always wished that Burning Spear had recorded an album or two at the Black Ark with Scratch... perhaps with Pablo playing some licks on the melodica... and Ras Michael on percussion as well!

LP called "mARKus Garvey" he he!

Yes I, not easy is it?

yea ting, i think the matchup of Scratch/Spear has been dreamed about by all! I can take or leave the melodica but i love the idea of ras michael sitting in on percussion. of course, youd have to have the revolutionaries with earl on guitar and king tubby engineering the whole ting. peace

Executive staff:
Producer : Lee Scratch Perry
Co-Producer : Prince Jammy

Production staff:
Rhythm Engineer : Ernest Hoo Kim
Vocal Engineer : King Tubby
Mixing Engineer : Lee Scratch Perry
Song writer(s) : Various Artists
Musical Arranger : Lee Scratch Perry & Prince Jammy

Players of instrument and singers:
Lead Singer : Watty Burnett & Leroy Sibbles & Junior Murvin
DJ / Toaster : Trinity & Ranking Joe
Backing singers : Tamlins
Drums : Carlton Barrett
Bass : Aston Barrett
Percussionists : Sons Of Negus
Lead Guitar : Earl Chinna Smith & Ernest Ranglin
Rhythm Guitar : Bingy Bunny & Robbie Shakespeare
Wah Wah Guitar : Peter Tosh
Keyboards : Jackie Mittoo
Piano : Gladstone Anderson
Organ : Ansel Collins
Drums Programming : Sly Dunbar
Saxophone : Tommy McCook & Dean Fraser
Trumpet : David Madden
Trombone : Vin Gordon
Flute : Clive Hunt

please, no melodica or i burn the tapes

Glad to see I made the mixing crew leggo!

I guess it's no big shame to lose out to Robbie Shakespeare for the Bass player slot!

MightyZ

www.myspace.com/mightyzallstars

ROOTS RADICS meet PRINCE FAR I
produced by Adrian Sherwood

Or has that been done already? ;>

@ MightyZ - But who's on your team?

@ Seb 'Various Artists' for song writing is cheating! So, probably, is choosing more than one lead singer, but I must admit, that's some awesome team you got there Seb!

Said Seb: "please, no melodica or i burn the tapes"

Sorry all you A Pablo fans but I have to agree with that - the sound of that instrument has begun to drive me nuts over the years!

-- OH, I just realised I left a very important person out, and have edited my post so we now have a collieman.

Save yourself time, cut and paste the text from my initial post so you don't have to write out all the positions from scratch!