Name: Revue Presents Symphonies Of Love – 1980-1985
Brand: Various

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DBCDD111

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-13

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

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Standard:20

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5013929281141

Total Cap

2 / CD

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Various

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

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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.

Having initially made a huge impact on Britain’s reggae scene in the late 1970s, lovers rock took off in style in Jamaica at the dawn of the 80s. Throughout the remainder of the decade, some of the finest romantically-themed reggae music was created in Jamaican studios, with Revue Records owner, Phil Mathias the most effective proponent of the genre outside of the UK.

Testament to Mathias’s dedication to the lovers sound is demonstrated by the music on this 2CD collection, which showcases two long-players along with an array of tracks issued on his Revue label between 1980 and 1985, with most of these being made available on CD for the first time.

The albums that open the respective discs of this release showcase the talents of two of Jamaican music’s most venerated artists, while the bonus tracks feature an array of equally superior works by such reggae giants as Boris Gardiner, Delroy Wilson, Freddie McKay, Fil Callender And the In Crowd and Ruddy Thomas.

The timeless recordings on this essential collection superbly demonstrate just why Revue Records has long since been widely regarded as the home of the Jamaican lovers rock sound.

Revue Presents Symphonies Of Love – 1980-1985

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