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Palenque Rockers Vol 1- Feat King Kong, Little Harry, Super Black & Carl Dawkins

by Reggae Dub & Dancehall from Jamaica

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Palenque Rockers Vol 1

Hace años soñabamos con realizar un disco de Reggae con los artistas que admiramos en Jamaica. Este sueño se ha echo realidad y ahora les traemos esta nueva serie tematica de Palenque Records : Palenque Rockers Vol 1. Vienen varios volumenes con artistas como King Kong, Little Harry, Carl Dawkins, Foxy Brown y mas sorpresas. La nueva revolucion del Reggae con tu sello favorito, el papa de la musica finaaaa.

For years we've been dreaming about recording some original dancehall in Jamaica. So this dream came through and now we present you our new Series Collection : Palenque Afro-Rockers vol 1. Bless to the almighty Olodumare, we got into this mystical way to build and share great musical experiences with great artists in the history of Jamaican Reggae.

This first volume features King Kong, Super Black Carl Dawkins and Little Harry, all stars from different times in the history of dancehall. This is a homage to this artists we admire.
Dj ChampetaMan has been a Dj since 1998, with Faraon Bantu Sound System. So we thought about the artist we played and loved inna the dancehall arena. So we thougt about the legendary King Kong, who introduces us to Carl Dawkins, Superblack and Little Harry. We had the great joy to record this dancehall bangers with this legendary singers, who reminds us some glorious and great moments in the history of reggae Dancehall and Sound Systems.

Mystical Music to go high & Irie, and some great Dub Versions for you to get high and keep on fighting babylon system.

Waite for vol 2 and Vol3 coming soon !! with more fire and more Reggae dancehall roots.

These recordings have been mixed by Diego gomez ( Cerrero ) from Llorona Records, doing some great Dub Versions for all the real music lovers in the world.

KING KONG
Born in Kingston, Thomas first recorded as a deejay at Tuff Gong studios in 1982, initially working under the name Junior Kong, named after his father. His debut single was "Pink Eye". He worked with GT and then his own Love Bunch sound system and then recorded for King Tubby's Firehouse label, now singing in a similar style to Tenor Saw. The early King Kong recordings for Tubby were over early digital rhythms, and included songs such as "AIDS" and "Babylon", and established him as a popular artist.His first album release was split with another of Tubby's singers, Anthony Red Rose, with Two Big Bull Inna One Pen issued on Firehouse. During 1986 and 1987, Kong recorded for several of Jamaica's top producers, including Prince Jammy, with whom he enjoyed his biggest hits with "Trouble Again" (the title track from his Jammy-produced debut album proper) and "Legal We Legal", Black Scorpio, Harry J, Errol Thompson, Ossie Hibbert, Bunny Lee, and Prince Jazzbo. While many of his songs were typical in content of the era, several of his songs had political and cultural themes. He released several albums during this period before relocating first to New York, and then to Canada in the late 1980s, where he released material occasionally on his Conscious Music label. The death of Tenor Saw in 1988 prompted King Kong to release "He Was a Friend" as a tribute, and in 1989 he relocated to England and recorded with Mafia & Fluxy and Gussie P in the early 1990s. He began recording more regularly again in the 2000s.


LITTLE HARRY
Little Harry was born in the parish of Saint Thomas, Jamaica. He attended the Bell Rock Prep School, then to the Hampton Court Primary School, the Port Morant All Age School and Saint Thomas Technical High School. He started deejaying when he was ten years old, that is in 1979. The first Sound System he featured on was Black Lion, which played at the Land Top in Port Morant, he was at this time 12-13 years old. The owner of the sound, Gogoil, was a friend of Little Harry's.

When Little Harry went to a pushcart derby and competition in Port Morant Square at a place called Cotton Tree Toby, the owner of Aquarius sound that played that evening, let him take the microphone. It was a success. The following Sunday Little Harry had the opportunity to deejay at an Aces Disco dance that was at a place called Prospect down by the Blue Macho Beach. The same night Little Harry got a contract too deejay on the sound system.

In 1981 Little Harry entered the J.C.D.J National D.J. competition at the legendary Skateland. Even though Yellowman was the winner of the competition Little Harry was very well received. Little Harry and Yellowman became friends and were soon deejaying on the same dances. The record »Live at the Aces; Feeding in the Dance Hall« (1982) which featured Yellowman, Fathead, Jah Rubal and Little Harry was the first time Little Harrys voice was heard on record.

The following year, 1983, Little Harry started deejay for Junjo's legendary sound Volcano. He also recorded an album for Junjo a clash album between himself and fellow child deejay Billy Boyo. It was released by Greensleeves records as most of Junjo's album were at the time. Little Harry being the winner of the clash.

In 1984 Little Harry moved once again, this time to King Jammy for whom he recorded several songs. In 1986 he started deejaying for King Sturmars Hifi. And the year after he recorded one of his biggest hits, Anorexal Body, for Skengdon.

CARL DAWKINS

Best known for his 1970 hit, ‘Satisfaction’, Carl ‘Ras’ Dawkins was born on 1st August 1948 in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, before moving to Allman Town in East Kingston. The son of a local jazz drummer, Joseph Dawkins, he was raised in an environment where music played a significant role in everyday life.
Aside from local jazz players, the young Carl was inspired by such R&B greats as Curtis Mayfield, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke and Ben E. King and soon developed ambitions to be a singer-songwriter in his own right.
At Allman Town Junior School and later, Kingston Senior School, his classmates included the late, great Slim Smith and Jimmy Riley, who while still students formed the Techniques along with Winston Riley and Frederick Waite.
In 1967, Carl was encouraged by friends to audition for Karl ‘J.J.’ Johnson at the novice producer’s shop in Orange Street, Kingston, performing a number of original compositions that included ‘Baby I Love You’, ‘Running Shoes’ and ‘Hard Time’. A session was duly arranged with Bobby Aitken’s Carib Beats supplying musical backing, with ‘Baby I Love You’ and ‘Hard Time’ seeing issue on Johnson’s JJ label soon after.

Throughout the remainder of the early seventies, Carl remained popular with singles for Johnson, Perry, Richard Khouri, Nya Keith and Errol Thompson, but spells in the UK and Canada resulted in a temporary reduction of his recorded work.
There later followed fine 45s, particularly for Geoffrey Chung’s Black World Records (‘Pluggy Brown’ c/w ‘No Happiness Here’) and Harry Johnson (‘Dreadful Situation’, ‘Something Going Wrong’ and ‘Problems’), with his debut album, ‘Bumpity Road’ issued by the latter in 1977.
By the early eighties, dissatisfaction over the direction of Jamaican music led to Carl gradually withdrawing from the business and relocating to the countryside.
Since then, he has occasionally toured and recorded, with his 2013 collection, ‘Hard Times’, reminding reggae fans of his timeless talent. Long may he continue to delight us!

While the romantically-themed ‘Baby I Love You’ proved popular, it was the less upbeat ‘Hard Time’ that attracted most attention and propelled the single to the top of the local playlists.
Unfortunately, soon after the hit, Carl was arrested for possession of marijuana, leading to an eight-month prison sentence and a temporary halt to his recording career.
Upon his release, he recorded for ‘I Love The Way You Are’ for British producer, Charles Ross before return to JJ’s to cut a number of tracks in the developing reggae style. Further sessions for the likes of Clancy Eccles, Lee Perry and Leslie Kong resulted a number of fine 45s, although it was not until 1970 that the singer returned to the top of the local charts with the magnificent ‘Satisfaction’.
Recorded for JJ, the single became one of the best-selling Jamaican 45s for the year and was swiftly followed by another major hit in ‘Get Together’. A third significant recording of 1970 was ‘This Land’, which sold heavily despite being banned by the government for its hard-hitting lyrics on the state of the nation.

YES!!! The great Ras Carl Dawkins!!!! This man IS reggae and Rastafari legend. For those that don't know, Dawkins is an integral part of early Jamaican music. Created the song "Baby I Love You" with J.J Johnson and also collaborated with Peter Tosh and The Wailers. His career was stopped short in the 60's(70's?)when he was arrested for cannabis. He got back into the music circuit in the 70's and enjoyed moderate success until the 80's. Still considered a pioneer and respected legend of the Jamaican music culture.

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released April 1, 2021

Recorden in Kingston jamaica in
Wave Studio.

Produced By Lucas Silva ChampetaMan, 2021.

Mix and dub versions by Diego Gomez "Cerrero".

Mastered and cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery Studio, London

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PALENQUE RECORDS is a label specialized in Afro-Colombian and african music, founded in 1996 by Lucas Silva Dj Champeta- Man.
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