#DubMonday This #DubMonday we bring you an insanely dense cut from the one Lloyd Bullwackie Barnes, founder of the culturally significant Wackies label and master of the lo-fidelity analog sound that would rule the late seventies and early eighties. A protégé of Prince Busters turned engineer for Duke Reids Treasure Isle label, with close friends such as Peter Tosh, Ken Booth, Toots and Alton Ellis, its no surprise Bullwackie would launch the first U.S. based reggae studio and label soon after emigrating to The Bronx in the early seventies. Barnes White Plains Road based Wackies House of Music saw the release of some of the most brilliant, albeit underappreciated, Reggae and Dub music of the era. Being that nearly every track released on the Wackies label is an absolute scorcher, it is ultimately the history of this particular piece of music that sets it apart from the rest. Originally written by Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernandez Marin in 1943 and first recorded for the Mexican Peerless label in 1946, El Cumbanchero was a major hit and is still revered as a classic piece of Latin music. In 1968, Studio Ones Coxsone Dodd would record the first reggae version of it as Rockfort Rock with Sound Dimension. Numerous other interpretations would follow, the stand out of these being Barnes 1980 adaptation, later used as the backing rhythm for Wayne Jarretts Bubble Up in 1984. Arranged by Clive Azul Hunt, engineered and produced by Lloyd Bullwackie Barnes. Wackies 1980 https://youtube/watch?v=aOpQokkPfUo
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:00:01 +0000
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