Article successfully added.

Various - Cree Records Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD)

Listen to sample now:
 
0:00
0:00
$14.66 * $18.05 * (18.78% Saved)

* incl. VAT / plus shipping costsDepending on the country of delivery, the VAT at checkout may vary.

Ready to ship today,
delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

  • CCD1207
  • 0.1
  • Download
  • Download
1-CD Digipak (4-sided) with 24-page booklet, 8 tracks. Total playing time c. 58:16 The most... more

Various - Cree Records: Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD)

1-CD Digipak (4-sided) with 24-page booklet, 8 tracks. Total playing time c. 58:16
  • The most famous rhythm section in the history of reggae music.
  • Sly & Robbie are the only reggae musicians whose names are internationally known.
  • They have worked with Joan Armatrading, Joe Cocker, Ian Dury, Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsborough, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, a.o.
  • Unique recordings, a special blend of reggae, American rhythm & blues and soul.
  • Compilation, drawn from the vaults of Jamaica's Taxi label.
  • Fantastic reggae covers of soul songs by Little Willie John, Al Wilson, Brook Benton, Tony Joe White, The Delfonics, The Impressions, and Marvin Gaye, featuring vocalists Tinga Stewart, Marcia Griffith, Delroy Wilson, a.o.
  • CD and LP compilation by British reggae historian, writer and producer, Steve Barrow.
  • Digipak release, 24-page booklet with extensive liner notes by reggae expert, Noel Hawks.
The selections on this compilation demonstrate exactly how much Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar & Robert ‘Robbie’ Shakespeare have learned from the roots of reggae, American rhythm & blues and soul, and these versions of contemporary and vintage soul songs show Sly and Robbie at their very best on covers of Little Willie John’s Fever, Al Wilson’s Show & Tell, Tony Joe White’s Rainy Night In Georgia (as covered in soul by Brook Benton), The Delfonics’ Don’t Break Your Promise, The Impressions’ You Must Believe Me, The SpinnersCould It Be I’m Falling In Love and a brace of Marvin Gaye covers in Sexual Healing and Inner City Blues.  All are sung with panache and feeling by the various vocalists and backed up with superior rhythms, showcased here with full-length versions, from Sly and Robbie. For over forty years they have contributed so much to the body of reggae music that they can truly be seen as its backbone. Without Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare it is no exaggeration to say that reggae would not have figured anywhere near as prominently as it has done in popular music; long may they continue...

Usually known as simply Sly & Robbie these two master musicians have a variety of names including The Dynamic Duo, The Rhythm Twins and even, on occasion, Drumbar and Basspeare. The role of backing musicians was exactly that... to stay in the background... but Sly & Robbie are the only reggae musicians whose names are internationally known and respected.

These architects and builders of Jamaican music have constantly tested the boundaries of what could, and couldn’t, be used in reggae but despite working extensively with stars of the international firmament including Joan Armatrading, Joe Cocker, Ian Dury, Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsborough, Gwen Guthrie, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger and Grace Jones their roots are firmly planted in Kingston’s teeming reggae scene.

Please, NOTE: also available on 2-LP, CLP 1207

Video von Various - Cree Records - Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD)

Article properties: Various - Cree Records: Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD)

Sly & Robbie - Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD) CD 1
01 Rainy Night In Georgia Tinga Stewart
02 Show & Tell Ken Boothe
03 Break Your Promise Barry Biggs
04 Sexual Healing Jimmy Riley
05 You Must Believe Me Junior ‘Tamlins’ Moore
06 Could It Be I’m Falling In Love Home T-4
07 Fever Marcia Griffiths
08 Inner City Blues Delroy Wilson
Sly & Robbie Robbie was a student and protégé of Aston ‘Family... more
"Various - Cree Records"

Sly & Robbie

Sly & RobbieRobbie was a student and protégé of Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, the legendary bass player for The Hippy Boys, The Upsetters, The Aggrovators, and Bob Marley & The Wailers. They first met in the late sixties when Robbie’s brother, Lloyd, played occasionally with The Hippy Boys. He was given his first guitar, a six string acoustic model, by guitarist Ronnie ‘Bop’ Williams who advised him to take off two strings and to use it as a bass. But Robbie kept all six strings using the two extras for rhythm and his unique style was born. His first recording session was for Sonia Pottinger on Errol Dunkley’s You’ll Never Know in 1972. When 'Family Man' joined Bob Marley’s Wailers Robbie stepped up to become a fully fledged member of Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee’s Aggrovators. 'Family Man' could often not differentiate on playback whether it was Robbie or him playing and Robbie actually played the mesmerising bass line on Concrete Jungle for The Wailers’ breakthrough ‘Catch A Fire’ album.

 

Sly’s first recording session was for Ansel Collins in 1969 and the rhythm was used by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry for Night Doctor, an organ instrumental that proved to be a sizeable hit in the UK reggae charts. A further foray into the studio with Ansel Collins provided the rhythm for Winston ‘Techniques’ Riley’s Double Barrel, an early deejay record from Dave Barker credited to Dave & Ansel Collins, which, after dominating the UK reggae charts, rose to the Number One position in the UK National Charts in 1971. He went on to join Skin, Flesh & Bones, a hugely influential session band, whose experiments with mixing and matching roots rock reggae with soul and disco beats presaged much of Sly & Robbie’s subsequent work. Sly moved on to The Revolutionaries, the house band for the Chinese Jamaican Hookim brothers at their legendary Channel One studio, whose innovative approach caused a seismic shift in Jamaican music. With The Mighty Diamonds’ Right Time they single-handedly created the ‘rockers’ era and the record provided a bandwagon which, for the next three years, the entire reggae business would leap aboard. His ‘militant’ double drumming was a huge influence on the Jamaican recording scene and every producer stepped forward with his variation of Sly’s stepping double drum sound.

 

Sly & RobbieThe pair played together for the first time in 1976 on a session for the ubiquitous Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee at Channel One where Robbie soon joined the ranks of The Revolutionaries and the relationship between the Hookims and Sly and Robbie began to foster the long overdue rise of Jamaican musicians as stars in their own right. They continued to work for other producers too but, as the seventies drew to a close, the time was right for Sly & Robbie branch out on their own. Sly and guitarist Bertram ‘Ranchie’ MacLean had originally founded Taxi in 1972 but there were only ever a handful of releases on the label while Robbie’s rare forays into production were released on his Bar Bell label. The first big hit on the rejuvenated Taxi label came in 1978 when Soon Forward by Gregory Isaacs reached Number One in the Jamaican Hit Parade and there was no looking back…

 

The advent of the digital era in Jamaican music is usually credited to Prince Jammy’s production of Wayne Smith’s Under Me Sleng Teng towards the end of 1984 but Sly & Robbie were experimenting with syndrums and the Simmons electronic drum kit on tracks such as Junior Delgado’s Fort Augustus in 1979 and Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner by Black Uhuru in 1980. Computer technology would play an increasingly important role in Jamaican music as the eighties progressed and the pair was always to be found as far the forefront as was humanly (and digitally) possible without ever compromising their roots. Ever mindful of their musical history their innovations led to the breakthrough of what was then termed ‘ragga’ in 1993 when Tease Me from Chakademus & Pliers, built around The Skatalites’ Ball O Fire from 1965, reached Number Three in the UK National Charts...

 

Various - Cree Records Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD)

Read more at: https://www.bear-family.com/sly-und-robbie-sly-und-robbie-present-taxi-gang-in-discomix-style-1978-1987-cd.html
Copyright © Bear Family Records

 

 

 

 

Review 3
Read, write and discuss reviews... more
Customer evaluation for "Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD)"
15 Sep 2017

Great Stuff Guys

I like it !!!

15 Jun 2017

Top Sound

11 Apr 2017

***** Read more at: https://www.bear-family.de/sly-und-robbie-sly-und-robbie-present-taxi-gang-in-discomix-style-1978-1987-cd.html?sAction=rating Copyright © Bear Family Records

Das ist als Tribut an die Wurzeln des Reggae zu verstehen - der frühe Reggae war noch stark von amerikanischem Soul beeinflusst - zu einer Zeit, in der das Genre längst eine eigenständige Musikform darstellte. Die Doppel-LP kommt auf 18o-Gramm-Vinyl im Klappcover und enthält ein zo-seitiges Booklet. *****
musikexpress 04-17

Write an evaluation
Evaluations will be activated after verification.

The fields marked with * are required.

Weitere Artikel von Various - Cree Records
Press and Reviews
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 – 1987- gaffa.dk
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 – 1987 - gaffa.dk Når man siger Jamaica, siger man ofte også Bob Marley eller reggae. Men udover Bob Marley, så er der næppe nogen jamaicanske musikere, der er så internationalt kendte og anerkendte som d’herrer Sly Dunbar (trommer) og Robbie Shakespeare (bass). The Riddim Twins gik sammen i midten af 1970'erne efter i nogle år at have arbejdet hver for sig som professionelle studiemusikere og er uden sammenligning de mest anvendte studiemusikere på reggaeøen.
27.03.2017
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - Goldmine Magazine
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - Goldmine Magazine Maybe it’s just me, but it’s impossible to hear a reggae retake of “Rainy Night in Georgia” without Prince Buster’s “Big Five’ leering its way into the room. But maybe not so much now, as Tinga Stewart turns in what we might call a more conventional cover… albeit one that is weighted down by the mighty Sly and Robbie, a terrific vocal take that edges ever so sweetly into a balls-out bullworking dub.
28.03.2017
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - Mojo Magazine
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - Mojo Magazine Present Taxi Gang In Disco Mix Style 1978-1987 CREE. CD/DL/LP Sublime Sly & Robbie pop reggae and lovers rock mixes. This selection taken from Sly & Robbie's Kingston-based Taxi label is top notch from start to finish with the Rhythm Twins driving disco and soul covers by Delroy Wilson, Marcia Grif-fiths et al. The latter's take on Fever is slinky and jazz-tinged, although Griffiths is
05.04.2017
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - Goldmine
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - Goldmine There are no words for how magnificent this collection is – eight solid Taxi discomixes that dig into the studio’s late seventies fascination with American soul and disco, spreading out across “Fever” (Marcia Griffiths), “Break Your Promise” (Barry Biggs), “Show and Tell” (Ken Boothe),“Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” (Home T-Y) and “Inner City Blues” (Delroy Wilson)…. So titles and artists alone let you know what you’re in for, and with “Rainy Night,” at a mere 6.54, the shortest track in sight, you can imagine the rest. Or feel it in the pit of your stomach.
14.04.2017
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - reggaeville.com
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - reggaeville.com Bear Family Records outta Germany, worldwide known for their high quality reissues of vintage music, releases their first Reggae album this month via their sublabel Cree Records: Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987
14.04.2017
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - black grooves
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - black grooves Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Disco Mix Style 1978-1987 is a relatively short compilation chronicling the late ‘70s and ‘80s work of the most famous “riddim” section in reggae music. Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare’s work as producers was very influential in helping to create the sounds that Jamaican music would be known for during this period. Both Sly & Robbie got their start as sessions musicians (as a drummer and bass player, respectively) before moving over to the production side of things.
10.03.2017
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - musikreviews
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - musikreviews Sie gelten als die berühmteste Rhythmus-Section in der Geschichte des Reggae, dieser jamaikanische Schlagzeuger Lowell Dunbar alias SLY & der ebenfalls aus Jamaika stammende Keyboarder und Bassist Robert Shakespeare alias ROBBIE, weil es niemanden außer ihnen gelang, mit solcher Perfektion jamaikanischen Reggae, amerikanischen Rhythm‘n‘Blues und britischen Soul zu einem einzigartigen tanzbaren Mix zu vereinen.
24.09.2017
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - United Reggae
Press - Sly & Robbie present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style - United Reggae Top 10 Reggae Album Reissues in 2017.
04.02.2018
Cree Records & Clepto - Size L (T-Shirt)
Various - Cree Records: Cree Records & Clepto - Size L (T-Shirt) Art-Nr.: SHIRTCREE1L

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$22.58 $33.89
Doing Our Thing - More Soul From Jamdown 1970-82 (CD)
Various - Cree Records: Doing Our Thing - More Soul From Jamdown... Art-Nr.: CCD1206

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$14.66 $18.05
Tropical Trips Vol.1 - Life Is Better In The Tropics (CD)
Various - Cree Records: Tropical Trips Vol.1 - Life Is Better In The... Art-Nr.: CCD1231

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$2.21 $6.73
To Be A Lover (180g Vinyl)
George Faith: To Be A Lover (180g Vinyl) Art-Nr.: CLP1222

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$18.05 $22.58
Blow Way (2-CD)
Lancelot Layne: Blow Way (2-CD) Art-Nr.: CCD1211

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$14.66 $28.24
Nappy - Music Man - Funk, Disco & Calypso From Trinidad 1975-1981
Various - Cree Records: Nappy - Music Man - Funk, Disco & Calypso From... Art-Nr.: CCD1209

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$14.66 $18.05
The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914–1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Various: The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings... Art-Nr.: BCD17515

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$282.87
The Cole Slaw Club - The Big Rhythm & Blues Revue (180g Vinyl + 7inch Single)
Various - Cree Records: The Cole Slaw Club - The Big Rhythm & Blues... Art-Nr.: CLP1208

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$18.29 $28.24
Hint!
Stereo Explosion Vol.09 - Those Oldies But Goodies 1956-61 (CD)
Various - Hard To Find Jukebox Classics: Stereo Explosion Vol.09 - Those Oldies But... Art-Nr.: CDHP12339

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$20.33 $22.58
120 Years Hollywood Community and a 100 Years Hollywood Sign (2-CD)
Various - Memorial Series: 120 Years Hollywood Community and a 100 Years... Art-Nr.: BCD17691

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$19.18
Destination Desert - 32 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures (CD)
Various Artists: Destination Desert - 32 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll... Art-Nr.: BCD17731

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$11.26
Tracklist
Sly & Robbie - Sly & Robbie Present Taxi Gang In Discomix Style 1978 - 1987 (CD) CD 1
01 Rainy Night In Georgia
02 Show & Tell
03 Break Your Promise
04 Sexual Healing
05 You Must Believe Me
06 Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
07 Fever
08 Inner City Blues