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THE MAKING OF FREDDIE McGREGOR’S “BIG SHIP!”

THE MAKING OF FREDDIE McGREGOR’S “BIG SHIP!”

By Mel Cooke—- Freddie McGregor— Later this month, Freddie McGregor will receive a Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. One of his many enduring hits is Big Ship, which was written from something he saw. One morning in 1982, Freddie McGregor went up to Stony Hill, St Andrew, to the home of fellow singer Linval Thompson. It should have been a very early start to the day, but Thompson was not yet ready, so McGregor sat in … Read entire article »

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GREENSLEEVES RECORDS TO REISSUE DUB CLASSICS FROM HENRY “JUNGO” LAWS AND LINVAL THOMPSON!

 Top: Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes Bottom: Linval Thompson– Producers Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes and Linval Thompson, who were critical in shaping modern dancehall, are the subjects of reissue albums from Greensleeves Records. Today, two dub titles, Junjo Presents: Wins The World Cup and Linval Presents Space Invaders, will be released. They showcase the talents of the Roots Radics Band which played on countless hit songs by Lawes and Thompson at the Channel One studio in Kingston. Hopeton ‘Scientist’ Brown was the engineer on both albums. In May, Greensleeves will release three ‘Junjo Presents’ titles: Junjo Presents: Big Showdown, Junjo Presents: Heavyweight Dub Champion, and Junjo Presents: The Evil Curse of Vampires.Linval Presents: Encounter Pac-Men also hits the market next month. A flamboyant figure, Junjo Lawes ruled the dancehall scene during the early 1980’s with Yellowman and Barrington Levy as the main acts … Read entire article »

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UNSUNG: LINVAL THOMPSON FROM POPULAR SINGER TO SUCCESSFUL PRODUCER!

UNSUNG: LINVAL THOMPSON FROM POPULAR SINGER TO SUCCESSFUL PRODUCER!

By Howard Campbell——- In commemoration of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence from Britain, the Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment section recognises 50 persons who made significant, yet unheralded, contributions to the country’s culture. This week we feature singer/producer Linval Thompson. THOMPSON… came of age as a producer in the early 1980s   The Kingston 13 area was awash with musical talent at the dawn of the 1970s. Producer Bunny Lee capitalised on this by recording numerous budding artists from the community … Read entire article »

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