Name: Gay Jamaica Independence Time
Brand: Various

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DBCDD028

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5013929272835

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Total Cap

2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Various

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

Doctor Bird

Doctor Bird is a music label that was founded in the UK by Graeme Goodall, an Australian sound engineer and original shareholder of Island Records. The label was revived by Trojan Records in 1970 for three releases before being relaunched in 2017 as a division of Cherry Red Records. Doctor Bird specializes in vintage Jamaican sounds licensed from the catalogue of Trojan Records.
Graeme Goodall played a significant role in the Jamaican music scene, engineering sessions at various studios and producing countless recordings during the ska era. He also formed other labels such as Pyramid Records and Attack to promote reggae music. Despite relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1970s, Goodall continued his involvement with music until his passing in 2014.
Today, Doctor Bird continues to bring Jamaican rocksteady and other vintage sounds to music enthusiasts worldwide through their curated selection of releases. With its rich history and dedication to preserving iconic Jamaican music, Doctor Bird remains a respected authority on this genre.

57 Track Double CD set featuring cuts from Tommy McCook and the Supersonics, The Ethiopans, Duke Reid All Stars, U Roy, Alton Ellis etc. Having dominated the rock steady era, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reidsought to reinforce his standing as one of Jamaica’s premiererecord producers following the arrival of the new reggae sound towards the close of the Sixties. Numerous best-selling singles duly followed and by the dawn of the following decade, few doubted his Treasure Isle label would continue to be a standard bearer for top quality sounds for many years to come.

Evidence of the high quality of his output throughout this period came in the form of the Gay Jamaica Independence Time LP – a 12 track collection comprising a mixture of recent hits and new material, performed by some of theKingston’s leading talent, notably DJ U Roy, whose earlyrecordings for Reid were in the process of transforming theisland’s music industry.

Unissued outside Jamaica at the time, this superb collection is represented here, with the original track-listing augmented with an abundance of relevant bonus material. Featuring vocal and instrumental hits and rarities from some of reggaemusic’s leading talents, the compilation also highlights theoutput of Treasure Isle’s sound engineer, Byron Smith during this time, including Tommy Cowan’s previously unissued Stranger In Town. With a dozen of the recordings previously unissued on CD, this 2CD set should be an essential purchase for long-standing fans of the Treasure Isle sound and those simply wishing to hear the very best Jamaica had to offer during the first golden age of reggae.

Gay Jamaica Independence Time

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