Glen Brown & Friends: Rhythm Masters Volume Two
Glen Brown
Big Youth, Gregory Isaacs, I Roy
Producer: Glen Brown, Steve Barrow
Hot Pot Music, 2005
1 CD
Catalogue #: CKVCD1003
EAN: 0711297100327
UPC: 711297100327
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Personnel: Glen Brown (guitar, melodica, keyboards, percussion); Gregory Isaacs, I Roy, Big Youth (vocals); Jeffrey Chung (guitar, bass instrument); Eric Frater, Lloyd Willis, Hux Brown, Micky Chung, Ronny 'Bop', Bertram "Ranchie" McClean (guitar); Tommy McCook (flute, alto saxophone); Joe White (melodica, keyboards); Lennox Brown (alto saxophone); Karl Bryan, Richard Hall (tenor saxophone); Ron Wilson, Vin Gordon, Carl Masters (trombone); Earl Lindo, Gladstone Anderson, Ansell Collins, B.B. Seaton, Winston Wright (keyboards); Jackie Jackson, Lloyd Parkes, Robbie Shakespeare, Aston "Familyman" Barrett, Val Douglas (bass instrument); Lloyd Knibb, Winston Grennan, Mikey Boo Richards, Lloyd Adams, Carlton Barrett, Carlton Davis (drums); Denzil Laing, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Bongo Herman, Skully Simms (bongos).
Liner Note Author: Steve Barrow.
Jamaica was a hotbed of top-notch producers in the 1970s, and Glen Brown was one of the biggest. RHYTHM MASTER VOLUME TWO brings together some of Brown's hottest sides from between 1972 and 1976, including his own instrumentals ("Wedden Skank"), toasting tracks (I Roy's "Brother Toby Is a Movie from London"), and deep dread grooves (Prince Jazzbo's "Meaning of One"). Like many of the productions of the time, Brown's tracks have a spacious, heady, dub feel, and this compilation, like VOLUME ONE, is an excellent sampler of that style.
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Gregory Isaacs
One of the undisputed icons of roots reggae and lover's rock, Gregory Isaacs started singing in his trademark romantic ballad approach in the early 1970s. His smooth style earned him the moniker "Cool Ruler," and he became one of the most successful reggae artists in the world over the course of the '70s. By the mid-'80s, Isaacs was beset by personal and business problems, and even wound up in jail at one point. Though his output over the next couple of decades was not as consistent, he still provided plenty of evidence of his remarkable gift.
