#junjo lawes

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Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires // Sello: Dub Mir – MIR100739 // Vinilo, LP, Reedicion 2014 // ===================== Originalmente Editado en 1981 // ===================== ESTADO: ==================== LP Nuevo - Precintado ===================== 21€ =================

[curryvillain]

OLDIES SUNDAY: Eek-A-Mouse - Ganja Smuggling (1981)

OLDIES SUNDAY: Eek-A-Mouse – Ganja Smuggling (1981)

It’s Oldies Sunday! Before “Chopping/Scamming” songs flooded the market, there were songs about the Ganja trade. Today’s selection comes from a pioneer of the “Singjay” style, Eek-A-Mouse with the track, “Ganja Smuggling“! Produced by Henry “Junjo” Lawes and released through the Volcano Label in 1981, Eek-A-Mouse goes into details of his life in the Ganja trade. For a long time, many would find…

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[joeygallagher]

Mighty Crown - Tribute to Volcano Mix

VP Records (2007)

[djhamaradio]

Volcano soundsystem magic

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A-T-3 217 Volcano

Henry "Junjo" Lawes was riding high in 1983. I posted Yellowman's Zungguzungguguzung Guzeng yesterday and John Holt's Police In Helicopter earlier in the year, these were two of the biggest records in Jamaica that year. In Jamaica Junjo put out productions on his own label Volcano, many of these tracks were licensed to Greensleeves in the UK. The first of Greensleeves 12" Rulers series Volcano 1979-83 is a great compilation and so is the Volcano Eruption comp VP (who now own the Greensleeves catalogue) put out

I thought I'd have a look at a few tracks Volcano released in 1983. I'll go out on a limb and say the Roots Radics play on all these records, the versions though are probably Scientist but could be Prince Jammy... neither get credited... the work has been done! I should dig out one the books I've collected that details the recording credits of these releases (but that means getting up!)

Eek-A-Mouse - Daily News, Star & Gleaner Version the vocal becomes Star, Daily News Or Gleaner on his Mouseketeer album but the version I don't think has turned up anywhere else and it's a beaut

Freddie McKay - Rub A Dub Style 

Michael Prophet - Been Talking Version another incredible version I'm not sure is available anywhere else

Josey Wales - Let Go Mi Hand another hit from 1983 over the diseases riddim

Yellowman - Who Can Make The Dance Cork/Ram and finally another big record for Yellowman

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Israel Vibration - Why You So Craven

#Review | Israel Vibration - Why You So Craven | Vinyl (+cd) reissue of the 1982 set, produced by Junjo Lawes. Out on RAS/Diggers Factory. #IsraelVibration #WhyYouSoCraven #JunjoLawes #RASRecords #DiggersFactory #Vinyl #Reissue  Read the full article

[isthespiceoflife]

I think these young gal in love with the camera man, not the rub-a-dub DUB. Or maybe they’re just high? Ummm...what is it? Grass sure looks suspect :)

[booomwhadis]

Michael Prophet - Hold On To What You Got + Dub [1981]. Big tune!

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[mikijamcf]

HAPPY 66th BIRTHDAY Freddie McGregor, singer, musician and producer. His music career began when he was seven years old. In 1963 he joined with Ernest Wilson and Peter Austin to form The Clarendonians, and began to record for the Studio One label. He was only seven years old at the time and was known as 'Little Freddie'. He was also a member of the Generation Gap. McGregor converted to Rastafari in 1975. He is a member of the Twelve Tribes organisation. McGregor worked with producer Niney the Observer during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and in the same period was part of the resurgence of Studio One. His popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of "Bobby Bobylon". Other popular hits of McGregor's include "Big Ship", "Push Comes to Shove", "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (a top ten hit in the UK), and "I Was Born a Winner"; as well as cover versions of many early reggae standards. He has also worked with producers Junjo Lawes, Linval Thompson, and Gussie Clarke. McGregor has also recorded as a drummer with artists such as Sugar Minott and Judy Mowatt. McGregor has also toured extensively for many years. He secured a licensing agreement with RAS Records in US and released Come on Over in 1983. McGregor's albums in the 2000s were Signature and Anything for You, which received a Grammy nomination. He established the Big Ship label in 1983, and has produced many artists including Papa San, Lieutenant Stitchie, Tiger, Luciano and Mikey Spice.

[am-reggae]

Billy Boyo – One Spliff A Day / One Dub A Day Sello: VP Records – VP9641 /// 7" / Vinilo /// ============ ESTADO: Nuevo - Precintado // ==================== 14€ ====================

[curryvillain]

OLDIES SUNDAY: Fathead - Champion (1983)

The winning season is here, and it’s going down in Paris, France for the 2024 Olympic Games. We wish all the Athletes all the best, but we really want Team Jamaica to carry home a lot of Gold. Today’s Oldies Sunday selection highlights another type of Champion, and we present to you the late Dancehall Artist Fathead with the track, “Champion“. Produced by Henry “Junjo” Lawes and released through…

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JUNJO LAWES, Queens, 1985 © Beth Lesser