Sly & Robbie ‘Rhythm Twins’ Spectacular: TAXI, TANKA, MASAI, POWER HOUSE & HIT BOUND Sounds 1977-86

Описание: Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians. They recorded several albums under the Sly and Robbie name, and made hundreds of appearances on records by other performers.

Sly Dunbar, then drumming for Skin Flesh and Bones, and Robbie Shakespeare, playing bass and guitar with the Aggrovators, discovered they had the same ideas about music in general (both are fans of Motown, Stax Records, the Philly Sound, and country music, in addition to Jamaican record labels Studio One and Treasure Isle), and reggae production in particular. Sly and Robbie first worked together with The Revolutionaries for the newly created Channel One studio and label, operated by the Hoo Kim brothers.

Their breakthrough album was The Mighty Diamonds' 1976 release Right Time, which helped to establish them as the "masters of groove and propulsion". The drum beat on the title song was particularly tricky; in 2001 Dunbar recalled, "When that tune first come out, because of that double tap on the rim nobody believe it was me on the drums, they thought it was some sort of sound effect we were using".

In 1976, they introduced a harder beat called "Rockers", which quickly replaced the then-prevalent "One Drop" style, then introduced the "Rub a Dub" sound in the early 1980s. Sly and Robbie were important in developing the trend towards computer-assisted music and programming in the mid-1980s.

Produced By Lowell Dunbar & Robert Shakespeare
Compliments of TAXI Productions Inc. Kingston, Jamaica, WI

Compiled & Mixed Direct To Maxell XLII 100 By Selektah Twice In His Vault on Facebook LIVE - November 20th, 2023 -

In Memory of the Immortal, Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare -
September 27, 1953, Kingston, Jamaica. - December 8, 2021, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

"Fidel, Don't Lose The Groove"...
A handful of times I've spoken with Sly he's ended our conversation by reminding me of this. That's engraved in my head every time I hear his Drums and productions, and now more than ever I fully comprehend.


SIDE ONE -

01. Joy White – Tribulation (TAXI, 1977)

02. Tom Shorty – Brother John (Disco Style) (TAXI, 1977)

03. Tinga Stewart – Rainy Night In Georgia (Disco Style)
(Carib Gems CG 014 1977)

04. Black Uhuru – Sun Is Shining
(Carib Gems CG 015 A 1977)

05. Black Uhuru – Leaving To Zion (TANKA, 1979)

06. Gregory Isaacs – Going Down Town
(Niagara NIADD 104 A 1979)

07. Althea & Donna – A Who Say (Alternate)
(Front Line FLS 105 A 1978)

08. Dennis Brown – Love Jah (Ray Symbolic Special, 1979)

09. Black Uhuru – Abortion (TAXI, 1979)

10. Errol Holt – Danger Zone (TAXI, 1982)

11. Jimmy Riley – My Woman’s Love
(Island IPR 2043 A 1980)

12. Jimmy Riley - Love & Devotion
(D-Roy DRDD 27 A 1980)


SIDE TWO -

13. Ranking Dread - Loving Devotion
(Tad's TRD 21881 B 1981)

14. Wailing Souls – Sweet Sugar Plum
(Island IPR 2044 B 1980)

15 Gregory Isaacs – Poor & Clean
(PRE Records PRE 8 A 1980)

16. Black Uhuru – World Is Africa (Taxi, 1980)

17. Viceroys – Heart Made of Stone + The Dub Of Gold
(TAXI TX 002 A 1980)

18. Majesterians – Rocks & Mountains
(Previously Unreleased, 1980)

19. Majesterians – (Christie Love) Don’t Gamble With My Love
(Power House PH 2 A 1980)

20. Gregory Isaacs – If I Don't Have You
(Pre PRE X9 B1 1981)

21 Junior Delgado – Merry Go Round
(Power House PH 1 A 1980)

22. Dennis Brown – Someone Special
(Yvonne’s Special YS 03 A 1981)

23. Earl Sixteen – Little Green Apples (Tanka, 1981)


SIDE THREE -

24. Bitty McLean – In and Out of Love (TAXI / Silent River)

25. Tamlins – Go Away Dream
(TAXI IPR 2064 1983)

26. Barry Biggs – Break Your Promise
(Island WIP 6847 A 1982)

27. Derrick Lara – Peek A Boo (TAXI, 1982)

28. Junior Moore – Tell Me Baby
(Masai NA 001 A 1982)

29. Rolands – Stormy Night
(Masai LH 001 A 1982)

30. Lloyd Robinson – Candy Girl
(Masai LH 005 A 1982)

31. Bobby Floyd – Love Without Feeling (TAXI, 1982)

32. Ken Boothe - Show And Tell
(Taxi IPR 2067 A 1983)

33. Junior Moore - You Must Believe Me
(Masai LH 002 A 1982)


SIDE FOUR -

34. Half Pint - Jah Don't Love That (Power House, 1984)

35. Barrington Levy - Suffer The Children (Praise His Name)
(Power House, 1983)

36. Al Campbell – Back Off (TAXI 1983)

37. Carlton Livingston – Chalice In Hand
(Power House PH 5 A 1982)

38. Sugar Minott – Babylon
(Hit Bound JJ-098 A 1983)

39. Black Uhuru – Elements (TAXI, 1983)

40. Ini Kamoze – General
(Island IPR 2061 B 1983)

41. Struggle - Rocky Music
(Island IPR 2063 A 1983)

42. Sugar Minott - Rub A Dub Sound
(Taxi JJ 183 A 1984)

43. Half Pint - Cost Of Living
(Taxi TAXI 003 A1 1986)

44. Thriller - Tickle Me (TAXI, 1985)

45. Papa Levi - Mi God - Mi King
(Island 601 258 A1 1984)