Live at the Turntable Club

by N/A

Overview

Recorded in 1974 and released on the Trojan label in 1975, Live at the Turntable Club is considered the first live album recorded in Jamaica, and it's a corker. Featuring cool crooner Dennis Brown, reggae-soul powerhouse Delroy Wilson, and the mighty DJ Big Youth, the set finds all three in their prime with a hometown audience going wild, although the audience sweetening is handled with a heavy hand. Crowd roars rush in and out as if the engineer was twitching on the fader, and the overdubbed intro is completely bogus, yet charming, as are the instrumental cuts from the long forgotten horn man Alexander Portious. The Soul Syndicate band provide the steady backing tracks and no less than three engineers get credit on this live album, their legendary names being King Tubby, Dennis Thompson, and Errol Thompson. For the deep reggae fan, this is a very necessary time capsule. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/2012
Label:	17 North Parade
UPC:	0054645419321
Rank:	228600

Tracks

1. Cassandra  - Dennis Brown
2. Rock with Me Baby  - Dennis Brown
3. Give a Helping Hand  - Dennis Brown
4. Everything I Own  - Alexander Portious
5. Love Overdue  - Alexander Portious
6. I'm a Happy Man (Without You in My Life)  - Delroy Wilson
7. It's a Shame  - Delroy Wilson  - Stevie Wonder
8. Have Some Mercy  - Delroy Wilson
9. You Keep on Running  - Delroy Wilson
10. Santa Massa Gone Ya (I Pray Thee)  -  Big Youth
11. Dread in a Babylon  -  Big Youth

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Big Youth   Primary Artist
Delroy Wilson   Primary Artist
Dennis Brown   Primary Artist
Alexander Portious   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Niney the Observer   Producer,Presentation
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Winston "Niney" Holness   Producer,Presentation
Delroy Wilson   Composer
Tony McDermott   Artwork
Chris O'Brien   A&R,Project Coordinator
Harry Wise   Liner Notes
Soul Syndicate Band   Musician
Barry Lester   Design,Artwork
Johnny Golding   Liner Notes,Photography
Marie Garth   MC
Bob Norrington   Design,Artwork
Kevin Metcalfe   Remastering
King Tubby   Mixing,Editing,Engineer
Dennis Thompson   Engineer
Dennis Brown   Composer
Errol Thompson   Engineer