Master of Ceremony Dub

Performer: Sly & Robbie
Distributor: City Hall

Notes: This collection features the legendary reggae rhythm section of the drummer Sly Dunbar and the bassist Robbie Shakespeare, accompanied by other Jamaican session greats, performing on versions of classic cuts like the Harry J. All Stars instrumental "The Liquidator" (presented here as "The Mighty Dub of Dubs"), as well as nine other rhythms that will be familiar to aficionados of 1970s reggae.

Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare are not only the most renowned rhythm section in reggae, they're among the most celebrated groovemeisters in all of pop music. The Kingston pair starting playing together in the mid-1970s, when reggae was really hitting its stride, and they quickly became in-demand session players. In Jamaica they graced the recordings of countless artists, from Lee "Scratch" Perry to Peter Tosh. After Sly & Robbie's fame spread to the US and UK in the '80s, they were recruited by Bob Dylan, Grace Jones and other pop/rock stars. The duo's own project Taxi, featuring various guest vocalists, was a reggae crossover success that displayed Dunbar and Shakespeare's growing technological facility as well as their vaunted rhythmic prowess.

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