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POD Concerts presents
MADE IN JAMAICA:
U-Roy & Junior Murvin
Support: Firehouse Skank Soundsystem
Monday March 5th
Tripod – Old Harcourt St Train Station – Dublin 2.
Doors – 7.30pm
Tickets €22.85 available from Ticketmaster, Road Records, City Discs, Sound Cellar and usual outlets. www.ticketmaster.ie
www.u-roy.20m.com
An Irish debut by U-Roy, the man largely recognised as creating modern day rap and hiphop MCing. Joining forces on the night with Junior Murvin, the genius of such classics as 'Police & Thieves' which was later recorded by The Clash. Pump it up with the Firehouse Skank Soundsystem and Tripod welcomes reggae in true style.
U-ROY: U-Roy, began as a sound system DJ in 1961, spinning records for the Doctor Dickies set, later known as Dickies Dynamic, in such well-known Jamaican venues as Victoria Pier, Foresters Hall and Emmett Park. His inspiration was the DJ Winston Count Machuki, who worked for Coxsone Dodd and subsequently on Prince Buster's Voice Of The People sound system.
Around 1967 he began to work with King Tubby as DJ for his Home Town Hi-Fi. From this association developed the whole modern DJ style; Tubby's work at Duke Reid's studio, where he was disc-cutter, led him to discover dub. He found that by dropping out the vocal track and remixing the remaining rhythm tracks he created new ‘versions’ of much-loved tunes. He began to record a series of special acetate recordings or dub plates for exclusive use on his sound system. The space left by the absent vocal tracks enabled U-Roy to improvise his own jive-talk raps or toasts when the sound system played dances. The effect in the dancehall was immediate and electrifying.
U-Roy then began recording for Duke Reid, using as backing tracks Reid's rocksteady hits from 1966-67; their success was unprecedented. His first record for Reid, Wake The Town, which used Alton Ellis’ Girl I've Got A Date as backing, immediately soared to the top of both Jamaican radio charts. His next two releases, Rule The Nation and Wear You To The Ball, soon joined it. These three releases held the top three positions in the Jamaican charts for 12 weeks during early 1970. Other sound system DJs were quick to follow U-Roy, including Dennis Alcapone and Scotty. The radio stations refused to play DJ music just to give singers a chance, so big was the demand. U-Roy recorded 32 tracks for Reid, in the process versioning almost every rocksteady hit issued on the label and releasing two albums.
By 1973 he was recording for other producers, including Alvin Ranglin, Bunny Lee, Glen Brown and Lloyd Charmers as well as self-productions.
However, the rise of the next DJ generation including Big Youth signalled the partial eclipse of U-Roy. In 1975 he made a series of albums for producer Prince Tony Robinson which were leased to Virgin Records in the UK, wherein the DJ revisited Reid's earlier hits in the then prevalent rockers style. He appeared at the London Lyceum in August 1976, backed by a band featuring Channel One stalwarts Sly Dunbar (bass) and Ansell Collins (organ). He operated his own sound system, Stur-Gav, featuring Ranking Joe and selector Jah Screw.
When they left after the sound system was broken up during the turbulent 1980 Jamaican election, it was rebuilt with new DJs Charlie Chaplin and Josey Wales, and Inspector Willie as selector. U-Roy continued to record sporadically throughout the '80s, recording Hustling, a single for Gussie Clarke, in 1984, and two excellent albums for DJs turned producers Tapper Zukie and Prince Jazzbo, in 1986 and 1987 respectively. In 1991 he played a successful ‘revival’ concert at the Hammersmith Palais, London. U-Roy is the man who is responsible for putting the DJ on the map, both as recording artist in Jamaica and as a major indirect influence on the US rappers. As such his importance is immense.
JUNIOR MURVIN: Junior Murvin achieved fame as the falsetto singer of "Police And Thieves" which was an international hit for him and innovative reggae production artiste Lee "Scratch" Perry. The song has been covered by artists as diverse as The Clash and Boy George, and he has maintained his profile over twenty years after it was made. In the dancehalls Junior Murvin has scored with hits: the ultra easy skank of "Miss Kushie", the seminal "Cool Out Son", and others like "I'm In Love", "Bad Man Posse" and "Muggers In The Street"; releasing enough material to maintain his reputation, without ever flooding the market.
He began his recording career as Junior Soul recording first for Sonia Pottinger's Gayfeet label with "Miss Kushie" in 1966, and then "Slipping" and "Jennifer". Derrick Harriott's Crystal imprint also showcased this new talent with tunes like "Solomon" (written by Junior, re-recorded it became a hit for producer/singer Derrick Harriott), "One Wife", "Hustler", "Magic Touch", "Big Boy", "Glendevon Special", "Chatty Chatty", "Yellow Basket" and "Rescue Children" (which he later recorded for Lee Perry along with "Solomon"). While he was recording he also joined several live bands touring Jamaica playing to both locals and tourists, attracted by the fledging tourist industry. He was at one time part of the Hippy Boys singing with Max Romeo and backed by the riddim of Carlton and Familyman Barrett, and later the Mighty Falcons doing covers of the Stylistics, Chi-lites and Curtis Mayfield tunes.
Junior Murvin continued to concentrate on live work with the Tornadoes who later became the Young Experience Band. These bands included Linford Richards, guitarist in Burning Spear's band, female singer Carol "Passion" Nelson - who today, together with Barry O'Hare, runs the Ocho Rios-based X-Rated label - and bassist Earl Jackson from Native Studios amongst others. He played the hotel circuit and Kingston clubs like Merritone Discotek and The Sombrero, until the mid-seventies when the band became defunct and he had an idea for a song which had special qualities. At this time he needed a name change as there was another Junior Soul based in New York. Derrick Harriott who he had returned to see in Kingston suggested Junior Murvin. Co-incidentally Lee Perry also suggested Junior Murvin and that settled the name.
MADE IN JAMAICA:
U-Roy & Junior Murvin
Support: Firehouse Skank Soundsystem
Monday March 5th
Tripod – Old Harcourt St Train Station – Dublin 2.
Doors – 7.30pm
Tickets €22.85 available from Ticketmaster, Road Records, City Discs, Sound Cellar and usual outlets. www.ticketmaster.ie
www.u-roy.20m.com
An Irish debut by U-Roy, the man largely recognised as creating modern day rap and hiphop MCing. Joining forces on the night with Junior Murvin, the genius of such classics as 'Police & Thieves' which was later recorded by The Clash. Pump it up with the Firehouse Skank Soundsystem and Tripod welcomes reggae in true style.
U-ROY: U-Roy, began as a sound system DJ in 1961, spinning records for the Doctor Dickies set, later known as Dickies Dynamic, in such well-known Jamaican venues as Victoria Pier, Foresters Hall and Emmett Park. His inspiration was the DJ Winston Count Machuki, who worked for Coxsone Dodd and subsequently on Prince Buster's Voice Of The People sound system.
Around 1967 he began to work with King Tubby as DJ for his Home Town Hi-Fi. From this association developed the whole modern DJ style; Tubby's work at Duke Reid's studio, where he was disc-cutter, led him to discover dub. He found that by dropping out the vocal track and remixing the remaining rhythm tracks he created new ‘versions’ of much-loved tunes. He began to record a series of special acetate recordings or dub plates for exclusive use on his sound system. The space left by the absent vocal tracks enabled U-Roy to improvise his own jive-talk raps or toasts when the sound system played dances. The effect in the dancehall was immediate and electrifying.
U-Roy then began recording for Duke Reid, using as backing tracks Reid's rocksteady hits from 1966-67; their success was unprecedented. His first record for Reid, Wake The Town, which used Alton Ellis’ Girl I've Got A Date as backing, immediately soared to the top of both Jamaican radio charts. His next two releases, Rule The Nation and Wear You To The Ball, soon joined it. These three releases held the top three positions in the Jamaican charts for 12 weeks during early 1970. Other sound system DJs were quick to follow U-Roy, including Dennis Alcapone and Scotty. The radio stations refused to play DJ music just to give singers a chance, so big was the demand. U-Roy recorded 32 tracks for Reid, in the process versioning almost every rocksteady hit issued on the label and releasing two albums.
By 1973 he was recording for other producers, including Alvin Ranglin, Bunny Lee, Glen Brown and Lloyd Charmers as well as self-productions.
However, the rise of the next DJ generation including Big Youth signalled the partial eclipse of U-Roy. In 1975 he made a series of albums for producer Prince Tony Robinson which were leased to Virgin Records in the UK, wherein the DJ revisited Reid's earlier hits in the then prevalent rockers style. He appeared at the London Lyceum in August 1976, backed by a band featuring Channel One stalwarts Sly Dunbar (bass) and Ansell Collins (organ). He operated his own sound system, Stur-Gav, featuring Ranking Joe and selector Jah Screw.
When they left after the sound system was broken up during the turbulent 1980 Jamaican election, it was rebuilt with new DJs Charlie Chaplin and Josey Wales, and Inspector Willie as selector. U-Roy continued to record sporadically throughout the '80s, recording Hustling, a single for Gussie Clarke, in 1984, and two excellent albums for DJs turned producers Tapper Zukie and Prince Jazzbo, in 1986 and 1987 respectively. In 1991 he played a successful ‘revival’ concert at the Hammersmith Palais, London. U-Roy is the man who is responsible for putting the DJ on the map, both as recording artist in Jamaica and as a major indirect influence on the US rappers. As such his importance is immense.
JUNIOR MURVIN: Junior Murvin achieved fame as the falsetto singer of "Police And Thieves" which was an international hit for him and innovative reggae production artiste Lee "Scratch" Perry. The song has been covered by artists as diverse as The Clash and Boy George, and he has maintained his profile over twenty years after it was made. In the dancehalls Junior Murvin has scored with hits: the ultra easy skank of "Miss Kushie", the seminal "Cool Out Son", and others like "I'm In Love", "Bad Man Posse" and "Muggers In The Street"; releasing enough material to maintain his reputation, without ever flooding the market.
He began his recording career as Junior Soul recording first for Sonia Pottinger's Gayfeet label with "Miss Kushie" in 1966, and then "Slipping" and "Jennifer". Derrick Harriott's Crystal imprint also showcased this new talent with tunes like "Solomon" (written by Junior, re-recorded it became a hit for producer/singer Derrick Harriott), "One Wife", "Hustler", "Magic Touch", "Big Boy", "Glendevon Special", "Chatty Chatty", "Yellow Basket" and "Rescue Children" (which he later recorded for Lee Perry along with "Solomon"). While he was recording he also joined several live bands touring Jamaica playing to both locals and tourists, attracted by the fledging tourist industry. He was at one time part of the Hippy Boys singing with Max Romeo and backed by the riddim of Carlton and Familyman Barrett, and later the Mighty Falcons doing covers of the Stylistics, Chi-lites and Curtis Mayfield tunes.
Junior Murvin continued to concentrate on live work with the Tornadoes who later became the Young Experience Band. These bands included Linford Richards, guitarist in Burning Spear's band, female singer Carol "Passion" Nelson - who today, together with Barry O'Hare, runs the Ocho Rios-based X-Rated label - and bassist Earl Jackson from Native Studios amongst others. He played the hotel circuit and Kingston clubs like Merritone Discotek and The Sombrero, until the mid-seventies when the band became defunct and he had an idea for a song which had special qualities. At this time he needed a name change as there was another Junior Soul based in New York. Derrick Harriott who he had returned to see in Kingston suggested Junior Murvin. Co-incidentally Lee Perry also suggested Junior Murvin and that settled the name.
