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Rhythm Masters Vol. 1
:: Rhythm Masters Vol.1
Ref: HPCD1001
Price: £8.99
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Monday 28th March sees the release of "Rhythm Master Volume One", a compilation by Glen Brown & Friends on the newly formed Cooking Vinyl imprint, Hot Pot.
"Rhythm Master Volume One" showcases some of Glen's best rhythms from 1972 -1976. The vinyl version of this album is a series of 9 versions of the immortal "Dirty Harry" rhythms, originally released as an instrumental by the saxophonist Richard Hall and here presented alongside further vocal, deejay and instrumentals on the track. This CD version also includes bonus tracks - Gregory Issacs "One One Cocoa", along with another vocal not released until some years later by Glen on the same rhythm, and two superb vocals form 1975 from this talented vocalist/producer/musician, "Save Our Nation" and the monumental "Away With The Bad".
Glenmore Lloyd Brown (born 30th January 1944 in Kingston Jamaica), started his career in the mid/late 1960's, singing jazz and 'standards' with the group led by Sonny Bradshaw. Following this experience which gave him a grounding in musical theory as well as getting him accustomed to working in front of a live audience, Glen pursued a career as a vocalist in the Kingston studios, usually as part of a duo.
During 1966-67, he recorded extensively with Lloyd Robinson for Coxsone Dodd, Derrick Harriott, Sonia Pottinger and Duke Reid; in 1968 he recorded tracks such as "Skinny Leg Girl", Girl You Cold", "Live Like A King" and a cover of Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" with Hopeton Lewis. He also recorded with vocalist/deejay Dave Barker for Coxsome Dodd and Harry J. Glen also made solo discs for several of the afore-mentioned producers, and for Leslie Kong ("Collie & Wine" - 1970).
In the early 1970s, Glen began an association with businessman Mr M Mahtani, owner of a jewelry shop in Kingston's central downtown area; Mahtani financed the manufacture of a series of records which Glen had produced. These early productions were released on labels like Dwyer, Shalimar, God Son and Pantomine (sic), imprints which Glen continued to use throughout the early/mid 1970s. During this period Glen made a somewhat precarious living from his own productions, scoring a massive hit with the melodica instrumental "Merry Up" in 1972. Glen always used King Tubby's Waterhouse studio for mixing, often utilizing heavyweight rhythms like 'Dirty Harry" again and again, revoicing them with deejays, vocalists and instrumental versions. Most of these sides were pressed in tiny quantities, often using labels from earlier releases, yet by mid-decade Glen had gained a solid reputation amongst fans outside of Jamaica, even though his records were only sporadically available and hard to find.
His experience as a vocalist enabled him to coax excellent performances from the likes of Gregory Issacs, a young Johnnie Clarke, and singers such as Tinga & Roman Stewart, both of whom Glen had known since his days working for Derrick Harriott in the late 1960's. The rhythms were strong and Glen also lost not time in recording further versions with top-flight deejays like U-Roy, Big Youth, I Roy and Prince Jazzzbo.
:: Rhythm Masters Vol.1
Ref: HPLP1001
Price: £7.99
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