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Nice CD from Dub Store Records
based in Tokyo, Japan. 15 tracks produced by Winston Riley
between 1968 -1969. Featuring Dave Barker,
The Techniques, The Shades and The
Mad Lads (not to be confused with the USA Stax
records recording vocal group). Winston Riley
started his career as a singer with an enviable track record,
having formed the Techniques in 1962 and hitting
the top of the charts two years later with the splendid 'Little
Did You Know' for Duke Reid's Treasure Isle
label. When the frantic ska beat slowed down and turned into rock
steady Winston remained the only permanent
component of the Techniques, arguably Jamaica's
finest vocal group. Winston Riley was at the
forefront of the Jamaican music business for over forty years,
singer, songwriter, arranger and producer. He had been making plans
for a new studio and museum in his Orange Street record shop right
up to his death in 2012. Terrific black & white photograph on the CD
cover of the Techniques. Booklet notes by Chris
Lane. Issued on Dub Store Records DSR CD 016 Japan. |