Statistics

Roots Archives Overview

5,650
Albums
1,322
VA Compilations
8,310
Releases
10,325
Artwork
6,534
Artists
1,197
Labels
268
Studios

Most Represented Artists

King Tubby 109
Dennis Brown 83
Lee Perry 76
Gregory Isaacs 68
John Holt 67
The Wailers 62
Bob Marley 55
Delroy Wilson 55
The Revolutionaries 53
Scientist 52
Sugar Minott 51
Johnny Clarke 48
The Heptones 43
Sly Dunbar 42
Augustus Pablo 41

Most Represented Labels

Trojan 876
Island 272
Greensleeves 270
Studio 1 195
Heartbeat 191
Virgin 164
Doctor Bird 157
Burning Sounds 153
Pressure Sounds 136
Jamaican Recordings 96
Vista 95
Joe Gibbs 90
Wackies 88
Soul Jazz 87
17 North Parade 85

Most Represented Producers

Bunny Lee 393
C.S. Dodd 298
Lee Perry 208
Joe Gibbs 122
Henry Junjo Lawes 109
Prince Jammy 90
Linval Thompson 80
Duke Reid 74
Niney 72
Alvin Ranglin 65
Bullwackie 64
Roy Cousins 63
Robbie Shakespeare 56
Jah Thomas 54
Phil Pratt 54

Most Represented Engineers

Sylvan Morris 324
Scientist 320
King Tubby 282
Errol Thompson 274
Soljie Hamilton 208
Prince Jammy 204
Crucial Bunny 180
Maxie 178
Errol Brown 155
Ernest Hoo Kim 128
Barnabas 124
Sid Bucknor 100
Lee Perry 82
Karl Pitterson 72
Peter Chemist 66

Most Represented Backing Bands

The Roots Radics 304
The Revolutionaries 153
The Aggrovators 150
The Soul Syndicate 75
The High Times Band 72
The Upsetters 27
The Taxi Gang 26
The Wailers 26
We The People Band 24
Skin, Flesh & Bones 21
Fatman Riddim Section 20
The Gladiators 18
The Professionals 17
The Black Roots Players 15
The Inner Circle 13

Most Represented Studios

Channel One (Kingston, JA) 1100
King Tubby's (Kingston, JA) 571
Harry J (Kingston, JA) 457
Dynamic Sounds (Kingston, JA) 368
Joe Gibbs (Kingston, JA) 238
Randy's (Kingston, JA) 208
Tuff Gong (Kingston, JA) 162
Black Ark (Kingston, JA) 131
Treasure Isle (Kingston, JA) 123
Federal (Kingston, JA) 97
Studio 1 (Kingston, JA) 97
Aquarius (Kingston, JA) 90
Chalk Farm (London, UK) 55
Music Mountain (Kingston, JA) 53
Easy Street (London, UK) 44

Most Represented Drums

Sly Dunbar 674
Santa Davis 333
Style Scott 183
Horsemouth Wallace 177
Mikey Boo Richards 165
Carlton Barrett 110
Anthony Benbow Creary 102
Fish Clarke 48
Barnabas 36
Albert Malawi 33
Devon Richardson 32
Paul Douglas 27
Fabian Cooke 26
Max Edwards 26
Jah Bunny 22

Most Represented Bass

Robbie Shakespeare 623
Errol Flabba Holt 235
Lloyd Parks 233
Aston Barrett 151
Fully Fullwood 125
Bertram Ranchie McLean 85
Val Douglas 70
Errol Walker 62
Boris Gardiner 43
Jackie Jackson 43
Leroy Sibbles 40
Junior Dan 29
Larry Silvera 26
Clinton Fearon 25
Derrick Barnett 22

Most Represented Guitar

Earl Chinna Smith 463
Bingy Bunny 262
Rad Bryan 224
Willie Lindo 218
Bo-Peep Bowen 208
Tony Chin 187
Dwight Pickney 141
Bertram Ranchie McLean 103
Sowell 90
Michael Chung 83
Ernest Ranglin 49
Geoffrey Chung 41
Hux Brown 41
Albert Griffiths 34
Fazal Prendergast 29

Most Represented Piano

Gladstone Anderson 174
Keith Sterling 89
Robert Lynn 77
Ansel Collins 71
Augustus Pablo 63
Franklyn Bubbler Waul 58
Bernard Touter Harvey 49
Errol Tarzan Nelson 41
Steele 34
Winston Wright 34
Ossie Hibbert 30
Jackie Mittoo 28
Harold Butler 26
Pablo Black 21
Theo Beckford 21

Most Represented Keyboards

Ansel Collins 145
Robert Lynn 95
Winston Wright 94
Gladstone Anderson 75
Bernard Touter Harvey 73
Keith Sterling 71
Steele 67
Earl Wire Lindo 54
Franklyn Bubbler Waul 54
Tyrone Downie 38
Errol Tarzan Nelson 37
Jackie Mittoo 33
Harold Butler 32
Bobby Kalphat 31
Augustus Pablo 28

Most Represented Percussion

Scully Simms 385
Uziah Sticky Thompson 341
Sky Juice 142
Bongo Herman 86
Barnabas 43
Ruddy Thomas 31
Ras Menilik Dacosta 30
Lee Perry 27
Alvin Haughton 23
Denzel Laing 18
Everton Carrington 18
Sydney Wolf 12
Jah Bunny 10
Jah Shaka 10
Scully 9

Albums Released
by Year

1972 53
1973 58
1974 97
1975 119
1976 169
1977 197
1978 301
1979 269
1980 252
1981 235
1982 336
1983 311
1984 232
1985 214
1986 156