{"title":"Bunny Lee and The Aggrovators","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"super-dub-disco-style","title":"Super Dub Disco Style","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuper Dub Disco Style\u003c\/i\u003e features the dub mixing skills of two of the most multi-talented engineers to come out of Jamaica. Pat Kelly is mainly known for the haunting singing voice that powered dozens of hit songs, and nearly had him signed to The Beatles' Apple label. And Stanley 'Barnabas' Bryan is also a deejay, percussionist and drummer, who played on big tunes for Sugar Minott, Junior Reid and Tenor Saw. Both fell under the spell of King Tubby's seismic experiments with dub music in the early 1970's, Pat Kelly as an engineer at Tubby's own studio in Waterhouse, and Barnabas at the larger Channel One Studio, run by Jo Jo and Ernest Hoo Kim. Whereas most Channel One dub mixes sound very different from those mixed at King Tubby's, it is much harder to distinguish some dubs mixed by Barnabas, as he also introduced a filtering effect in imitation of the famous hi-pass filter, or 'squawky', at King Tubby's. It seems likely that \u003ci\u003eMoney In Your Pocket Dub, Super Rockers Dub, Portobello Special Dub \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Aggrovators Special Dub \u003c\/i\u003ewere all mixed by Barnabas at Channel One, applying an EQ sweep across the echo return. The remaining tracks were mixed by Pat Kelly, and are mostly versions from the Ken Boothe album \u003ci\u003eI'm Just A Man\u003c\/i\u003e which had been voiced in one night at King Tubby's. Pat Kelly remembers the original filter at King Tubby's as being like a secret weapon, which no one else could understand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pressure Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50406005702987,"sku":"1029602","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ecbd32fb-03ae-4bff-9ec7-afa90497bace_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726582780"},{"product_id":"run-sound-boy-run","title":"Run Sound Boy Run","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brand new collection of some great Bunny Lee rhythms. The label started way back with initial meetings with Bunny Lee and a promise to keep his music available, out on the streets. He will be sorely missed but will live on through his extraordinary musical legacy and we hope to add to this by including this release to the stable of an unbeatable catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegendary record producer Bunny `Striker’ Lee’s vast selection of rhythms were ever present at any Sound Clash or Dance worth talking about in the early to mid-1970’s. Where the version found on the b-side of a single or special dub cut on acetates, would be played to win over the people and conquer the dance. Bunny Lee was the undisputed rhythm master and on this special release he is also the MC telling the crowd how it is and that any rival sound system should watch out as he has the rhythms that can reign supreme. The band cutting these timeless rhythms were a group of top Jamaican musicians Bunny had put together called The Aggrovators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Aggrovators were a group of reggae musicians that usually featured Carlton `Santa’ Davis on drums playing alongside Robbie Shakespeare on bass, with other musicians added like Earl `Chinna’ Smith on guitar and Tommy McCook and Vin Gordon and Lennox Brown added for horn arrangements. Keyboards and organ duties normally fell to musicians Ansel Collins and Bernard ‘Touter’ Harvey. The band was named after singer Eddie Grant had repeated the phrase to Bunny Lee on one of his many trips to England, that such and such artist was giving him `Aggro’. This was a term used in England in the 1970’s by the Skinhead followers of reggae music. A term shortened from the word `Aggrovation’, meaning trouble, fighting or making the situation worse. Bunny Lee was so taken with this term that on returning to Jamaica, not only did he name his group of musicians the `Aggrovators’ but he also named his record shop situated at 101 Orange Street `Agro Records’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJamaican recordings have compiled some great tracks recorded by this fantastic group of musicians. With the added extra magic of Mr Bunny Lee calling it out as only he can on the microphone.\u003cbr\u003eYes \u003ci\u003eRun Sound Boy Run \u003c\/i\u003ethe version master is here...Respect\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jamaican Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50454436479307,"sku":"1123428","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50454435889483,"sku":"1123427","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/JRCD072.jpg?v=1774702065"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/bunny-lee-and-the-aggrovators.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}