Wikio - Duke Reid

Denzel Dennis interview at Trojan Records (Nice Up)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:16:49 GMT

... school'DD: I attended Saint Aloysius Catholic School, which was on the corner of Sutton Street and Duke Street in Kingston and LCH: How and when did you first become involved in music'DD: I was singing from the age of three. Yes, I grew up with music all around me – used to hear to the music on the wind-up gramophone and in 1959 I had a TK-24 Grundig [reel to reel tape machine] that I was...

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Radio - Ramadanman Ruffage Sesh 08-05-2008 (Dissensus)

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:07 GMT

Interested to hear your thoughts on this, hopefully you'll like some of it :D http://www.divshare.com/download/4457832-f84 01. DJ Ordeal - ??? [Asparagus Audio] 02. Arthur "Duke" Reid - Prisoner Dub [Jamaican Recordings] 03. Sven Weisemann - Ojui [House Cafe Music] 04. Sven Weisemann - Slices...

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More Free Stuff (Apathy and Empathy)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:26:30 GMT

Today's acquisitions: James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits Bob Dylan - The Essential Bob Dylan The Beatles - Rubber Soul Jimmy Cliff - Struggling Man Duke Reid's Treasure Chest The Beat Generation The Jack Kerouac Collection Hows, Raps & Roars - Recordings from the San Francisco Poetry Reaissance The Clash - Live on Broadway James Brown - Star Time Bob Dylan - No Direction Home [...]...

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Graeme Goodall interview at Reggae Vibes NL (Nice Up)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:31:24 GMT

... He then bumped into Ken Khouri of Federal fame, and it wasn't long before sound system men like Duke Reid and Coxson Dodd employed him to get the local talents on tape. This is a serious slice of musical history now. In Goodall's tracks we got people like Sylvan Morris at Studio One and Byron Smith at Treasure Isle to step up and engineer some of the most memorable recordings ever...

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JG - The vandalised heritage of Jamaica (Consul-At-Arms)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:06:00 GMT

... sound system became involved in creating history when King Tubby, who was the master cutter for Duke Reid's Trojan sound system, turned off the vocals momentarily on some records while in play, allowing the beat and instrumentals only to be heard. The crowds loved it. Dub music was born.

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Duke Reid´s Treasure Chest (Treasure Isle Rocksteady) (Zero G Sound)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:50:00 GMT

. Duke Reid (born Arthur S. Reid ca. 1915, Jamaica, died in 1974) was one of the initial producers in Kingston who developed Jamaican music. He started in the early 1960s with ska productions, developed the rock steady style and took part in the early days of reggae music. This is the original, 41-track, double CD collection, with all the classic rock steady hits by the great groups...

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Duke Reid's Treasure Chest (You & Me on a Jamboree!)

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:39:00 GMT

Tesouros da Ilha........ The Royals - We Are In The Mood The Melodians - Come On Little Girl The Jamaicans - Things You Say You Love The Paragons - Tide Is High The Melodians - You Don't Need Me Phyllis Dillon - Rock Steady The Duke Reid Group - Soul Style Alton Ellis & Lloyd Williams - Can't Stand It The Techniques - Queen Majesty Vic Taylor - Heartaches The Silvertones - Midnight Hour...

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Basement Crates: 33 (Landcroft House)

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:02:00 GMT

... This Sensations track was released 40 years ago. It was probably knocked up in half a day in Duke Reid's studio, yet it feels as magical and new, as supremely poppy, yet refreshingly odd as it must have done then. I don't understand how this sort of spontaneous genius works, really. But I'm endlessly appreciative of the fact it does.

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The Rude Boy (gmtPlus9 (-15))

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:21:00 GMT

Duke Reid's All Stars... The Rude Boy (.mp3 audio 02:47).

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THTC organic t-shirts and hoodies (The Urban Shop)

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:12:00 GMT

... The Maytals and The Inner Circle. Trojan have also worked with legendary producers such as Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd and Leslie Kong. The Universal Zulu Nation The Zulu Nation is an "international hip hop awareness" group formed and headed by hip hop godfather Afrika Bambaataa. Originally formed in the 1970s from reformed New York City gang members...

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Duke Reid Just Might Be My Dad News (du Nord)

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:31:00 GMT

From the Seattle Times: The MLS competition committee is going to allow the new Seattle team to protect some of the players currently on the Sounders roster, "which will hopefully help us move into MLS with a few of those really key players," part owner Adrian Hanauer said. MLS Cup Finals Sunday November 18 at High Noon in Washington DC's RFK Stadium New England v Houston ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Rich Thompson of...

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National honours bestowed upon music fraternity (Jamaia Star)

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:59:05 GMT

... for contribution to the development of Jamaican theatre and for public service. Arthur Stanley 'Duke' Reid also received a post-humous award for service to the Jamaican music industry. Shaggy spoke to The STAR following the awards. "Me is a man wey nuh normally get nervous pon nutt'n, but mi get nervous dis morning. An jus fi get recognise fi what yuh do ... is probably one of the...

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King Size Ska (Trojan) (Zero G Sound)

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:04:00 GMT

... Blackwell and Lee Gopthal, as an Island Records subsidiary. The first releases were licensed from Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label, and the company took its name from Reid's sound system - The Trojan. In the 60s and 70s Trojan did a major effort in spreading Reggae over the UK, licensing Jamaican releases as well as pushing their own UK acts. . King Size Ska - Original Jamaican...

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Summer Songs: Dave Tompkins (Soul Sides)

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:31:00 GMT

... Sky Down by Dave Tompkins Nora Dean: Angie-La-La From 7” single , B-side of U-Roy's "Tom Drunk" (Duke Reid, 1970s) “And then I started making extinct bird calls.” (The Rubbles usually answer on the third ring.) Nora also executes one of the best weees on record, with respect to Digital Underground's pool party “weeee!” I suspect a supernatural agency at work here, more than a fat...

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Original Jamaican Sound System Style - R´n´B Scorchers (Zero G Sound)

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:13:00 GMT

. It was in Jamaica, in the 1950´s, that the world´s first “Sound Systems” began with a few brightly painted speaker boxes blasting out american Rhythm´n´Blues to enthusiastic crowds who soon flocked to the likes of Sir Coxone´s Downbeat, King Edwards, Duke Reid, Tom The Sebastian and V Rocket. It is this story that this wonderful collection tells. Jamaica has had links with the Southern...

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King Jammy interview at Word Magazine (Nice Up)

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:25:48 GMT

The world owes a great debt to the soundmen of reggae music. And without their innovations, the music world would be a lesser place, had it not been for the efforts of legendary individuals such as Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, King Tubby's and King Jammy's.

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Justin Hinds article at Perfect Sound Forever (Nice Up)

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:13:52 GMT

... Kingston to make his way in the music business in the early 1960's. He hooked up with the producer Duke Reid in 1963 and recorded his fist song in the same year with the cream of studio musicians at the time (Tommy McCook on saxophone, Drumbago on drums, Jah Jerry on guitar). The dominant sound at the time was ska and the Dominoes' first song, entitled "Carry Go Bring Come" (a Jamaican...

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