Dub Box Rare Dubs 1973-1976

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1951 in Kingston Jamaica. He cut his first track in 1966 for producer George Phil Pratt, a tune called Black Mans Country. But it was four years later his star really began to shine when he joined the stable of Clement Coxsone Dodds Studio One. It was Coxsone Dodd who renamed him Andy after another of his leading artists Bob Andy, such was his belief in Horaces writing talent and singing abilities. Still only twenty years of age Horace used his falsetto talent to the fore and cut some impressive tracks at 13 Brentford Road, Studio Ones headquarters. Such reggae standards as Skylarking, Just Say Who, Love of a Women and Something on my Mind to name but a few. The early 1970s saw Horace due to political reasons move on to work with producer Bunny Lee, a move that suited his talents and beliefs, Horace being an early advocate to the Rastafarian faith.The tracks which he cut with Bunny, which we concentrate on here gave his songs a rootsy feel. The rhythms often cut at Channel ONE and Randys Studio17 and finalised at King Tubbys, provided a fine backbone for Horace to recut some of his earlier classics, along side his newer songs also to become reggae standards. Like Money Money, Zion Gate the great You are my Angel and a version of The Heptones My Guiding Star. The power of these recordings were such that the earlier tracks like Skylarking became hits a second time around.Proving that the you cant keep a good tune down mantra was alive and kicking A golden time for Horace and Reggae music in general Horace would go on to work with other producers like Everton Da Silva in 1977 creating the In the Light album and the New York based Lloyd Wackies Barnes in the 1980s for his Dancehall Style recordings. Most recently his work with Massive Attack has brought his majestic voice full circle and back into the arena once more. Those Massive recordings and this dub collection here seem to fit side by side. Horaces distinctive vocal riding over the rhythms adding a magic as only he can …..