{"product_id":"niney-the-observer-soul-syndicate-dub-classics","title":"NINEY THE OBSERVER - Soul Syndicate Dub Classics","description":"Genre: Dub Reggae\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: JRLP022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB\/C: 5036848002581\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 4th December 2020\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReggae music in many ways reminds us of America’s Motown records. The music comes out of its stable fast and furious we tend to know the songs, the artists, the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003estudio but who? are the players. The unsung heroes that in many cases, cut most of our favourite tracks One such band this applies to in the Reggae field is the Soul Syndicate Band.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach Jamaican record producer would have their favourite set of musicians they would use, availability permitting. Although several musicians crossed over into different named bands. For example, a set of players working with Producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee would go under the guise of The Aggrovators. The same group working with Producer Joe Gibbs would work under the name The Professionals. Soul Syndicate were the band of choice for Producer Niney the Observer, who used them for his own recordings and when you put that aside the other artists Niney produced, Dennis Brown, Max Romeo, Michael Rose, I Roy, The Ethiopians, Barry Brown, Gregory Issacs and Freddie McGregor. To name a few and not necessary all, you begin to see the amount of material this set of musicians played on.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBuilt around the rhythm section of Calton 'Santa' Davis and George 'Fully' Fullwood, drums and bass respectfully. They were usually accompanied by Earl 'Chinna' Smith, Tony Chin on guitars, Keith Sterling, Gladstone 'Gladdy' Anderstone, Bernard 'Touter' Harvey, organ\/keyboards and Noel 'Skully' Simms, percussion. Niney's tracks tended to be rhythm heavy and thus Sound System favourites.But when brass was needed\/called for ,this was provided by the likes of Tommy McCook, Bobby Ellis, Felix ' Deadley Headley' Bennett. Niney not having a studio of his own at the time used most of Kingston's studios, again availability and money providing. But most of these cuts\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eselected for this release were cut at Channel 1 and a few exceptions at Randy's Studio 17 and at Joe Gibbs studio at Burns Avenue.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNiney also worked closely with King Tubby on his dub plates, so tracks after the recording sessions were taken to King Tubbys for reconstruction and sometimes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ere-voicing over an existing rhythm. These were then used as version sides to the vocal cuts, but most importantly used to nice up the dances, being played out on King Tubbys Hometown Hi-Fi Sound System. We have pulled together a selection of such dub plate specials cut by the Soul Syndicate band for this release. Dub sides that emphasise how well the band worked together, and with Niney at the reigns and the added bonus of some Tubby magic sprinkled on top. Please see our Niney the Observer at King Tubbys 1973-1975 (JRO11) for further examples of this work.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe at Jamaican Recordings hope we are not alone in saluting the musicians, that played such a big part in producing many of our favourite Reggae Sounds. Having released titles by The Revolutionaries (JR003), The Aggrovators (JR005), Sly and Robbie (JR006), we are now pleased to release a selection of rare Dub cuts by another one of Jamaica's finest, the Soul Syndicate band to our catalogue...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRespect Jah Floyd.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 1 FITTEST OF THE DUB FITTEST\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 2 DUB IN HEAVEN\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 3 RUFF GAL DUB\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 4 NINEY'S DUB CROWN\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 5 RASTA MAN IN DUB\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 6 DUB CHAPTER\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 7 A DUB REVIVAL \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 1 THE KING \u0026amp; THE OBSERVER IN DUB \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 2 DUB 100\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 3 RUNAWAY DUB\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 4 DUB IN PARABLES\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 5 OBSERVERS DUB\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 6 A DUB CLASSIC \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack 7 DUB A LONG\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"JAMAICAN RECORDINGS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36347864875164,"sku":"JRLP022","price":15.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/NINEYTHEOBSERVER-SoulSyndicateDubClassics.jpg?v=1601964268","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/niney-the-observer-soul-syndicate-dub-classics","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}