Sugar Minott

Sugar Minott

Sugar Minott - Dance Hall Showcase Vol II - Wackies

It would be nice to see all of the Sugar Minott music done for Wackies

in one place - meanwhile we have this set to enjoy which at the time

of its original release to be the start of some kind of series from

Wackies on Sugar Minott. It pulls together a number of 12" releases

that Sugar did for Wackies back in the early eighties. The biggest and

most well known here is 'Informer' on this set the dub and the Jah

Batta cut is also included. But all the other tracks 3 plus there dubs

are great stuff. Lloyd Barnes and Sugar Minott - were a fantastic

team. Of course Sugar did great work wherever he went - but the stuff

he did at Wackies was something special - its what happens when you

have a studio to work with and some great talent!!!

Sugar Minott - The Roots Lover 1978 - 1983 - Moll Selekta - 2CD

Sugar's had a load of his music made available over the years, but

when it comes to presentation nothing can really match what Moll

Selektor can do. The Digipak on this CD is yet another magnificent

creation, it unfolds to 4 panels. And features some great photos and

graphics. The music is Sugar at his best . Some of his best and

biggest hits. From a wide range of producers. It�s a shame that a

producer credit is not next to each song, because at the moment I

cannot recall who Sugar did 'Leggo The Dread' for, or 'Slice Of The

Cake'. 'No Vacancy' was for Niney at Channel One. Some of productions

are Black Roots/YP 'African Girl' for one. On CD 2, its tune like

'Rome' that stand out and 'Africa' and once again they come from Black

Roots/YP. Each of 17 tracks are all 12" discomix. A truly great

selection from a great artist.

Sugar Minott & John Wayne - Jamming In The Streets - Black Roots 12"

This tune is probably now twenty years old!!! It was a maginificent

tune then, full of all the best ideas of Wackies and Youth Promotion,

and its just got better and better over the years. It made sense of

the 12" format as well with a full dub cut, never mind the excellent

DJ from John Wayne - would like to know what happened to him? Sugar's

musical ideas made reggae music so good then, its a shame he's not so

high profile now, because that recent album from France showed he was

still well on the ball.