{"title":"Sugar Minott","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLincoln Barrington Minott, known as Sugar Minott, was a Jamaican artist born on May 25, 1956. He started his career in sound systems at a young age and eventually formed his own called Gathering of Youth. In 1969, he joined forces with Tony Tuff and Derrick Howard to create the group the African Brothers. They recorded for various producers and gained popularity with songs like \"Lead us Father\" and \"Mystery of Nature\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, Sugar Minott collaborated with producer Coxsone Dodd at Studio One and released hits such as \"Vanity\" and \"Mr DC\". This led to his first solo album titled \"Live Loving\". In 1979, he established his own label called Black Roots Music and founded the Youth Promotion Possie. Through this platform, he recorded talented artists like Little John, Triston Palmer, Barry Brown, and Tony Tuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSugar Minott's contribution to reggae music was significant until his unfortunate passing on July 10, 2010 due to heart disease. His unique style influenced many artists within the genre. If you enjoy the sounds of Johnny Osbourne, Al Campbell or Leroy Smart among others from that era then you will definitely appreciate Sugar Minott's musical legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beg-you-put-it-down-put-down-the-dub","title":"Beg You Put it Down \/ Put Down the Dub","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Midnight Rock label was home to some of the greatest productions of the era, and like any smart Jamaican producer, label owner Nkrumah Jah Thomas worked his rhythms hard, using them to create scores of records by dozens of artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas came up just at the right time, and his breakthrough recordings were made at the finest studios, using the finest musicians: often they were recorded at Channel One and used the Roots Radics. And sometimes the voicings that he created were released, but still more languished in the vaults. Caught on multi-track tape, but never released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was the fate of a session that he recorded with Sugar Minott. The singer – known in the UK for his monster hit ‘Good Thing Going’ – had made his name in the vocal group The African Brothers, before working as a soloist for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, where he became a pioneer of the dancehall, his voice riding over many of Dodd’s greatest rhythms to create timeless music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas has worked hard in creating sharp new mixes from his sessions with Minott, and this single – a plea against gun violence as apt today as when it was put down on tape – is the first fruits of that work. 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Among their collaborations was the popular 1979 LP ‘Bitter Sweet’, which included the seminal dancehall anthems ‘Give The People’ and ‘I’m Not For Sale’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 80s, the now self-proclaimed ‘King Jammy’ produced another of the era’s premier Jamaican singer-songwriters, \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Osbourne\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the union spawning further memorable dancehall classics, notably ‘Lend Me Your Chopper’, ‘Rock And Come On’ and ‘Water Pumping’, all of which featured on the singer’s seminal 1983 album, ‘Musical Chopper’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, at long last, these two essential Jammy collections are finally re-issued, with most of the tracks unavailable on any format since their original release more than four decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doctor Bird","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50434637955403,"sku":"2053624","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Sugar-Minott-Johnny-Osbourne-PACK1_d9fd786d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726892381"},{"product_id":"sugar-minott-at-studio-one","title":"Sugar Minott At Studio One","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong out of print re-release of this classic Sugar Minott album on Soul Jazz Records, bringing together the best of his classic material recorded at Studio One in the 1970s. This album includes classic cuts as well as super-rare singles only recordings, all of which have been digitally remastered for this release. Sugar Minott began his career at Studio One in the early 1970s. After auditioning in front of Coxsone Dodd, where he performed over original Studio One tapes, Sugar Minott became one of the first artists at the label to record new songs over classic rhythms. Other artists followed suit, such as Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne and Michigan and Smiley, leading to one of the most creative periods for the label. 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Initially voiced over a midi demo at Axelrod’s Don’t Trip Studio, “One Step Ahead” is one of the latest recordings made during Sugar Minott’s exceptionally influential career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe backing track, courtesy of The Inversions, was cut at Diamond Mine studio during the same session as the rocksteady update of Bob \u0026amp; Gene’s “I Can Be Cool”. 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