Randy's 50th Anniversary
It's common knowledge that the early sound systems - Tom The Great Sebastian, Sir Coxsone Down Beat, Duke Reid The Trojan, V-Rocket, Prince Buster's Voice of the People and King Edwards the Giant - were the motive power behind the development of Jamaican Popular music in the 1950s. They played mostly US R&B and when the source of records began to dry up in the USA, many of the sound men began to record local talent. But if sound systems were the engine in this vehicle of expression, then it was the local community of middle -class entrepreneurs- many among them of Chinese or Middle Eastern origin - who put themselves in the drivers seat. Men like the late Ken Khouri, owner of the first big record factory on the island and one of the first to record local music, the bandleader and businessman Byron Lee, the Accountant Leslie Kong, the Ice-Cream parlour owner Charlie Moo. Equally Prominent among this group is Vincent "Randy" Chin.
Disc 1. Produced by Vincent "Randy' Chin
Backing Bands:
Joe Williams Orchestra, The Skatalites, The Supersonics & Randy's All-Stars
Disc 2. Produced by Clive Chin & Keith Chin
Track 3 by Lee " Scratch" Perry
Backing Bands:
Soul Syndicate, Skin, Flesh & Bones, Impact All-Stars
Compiled by Clive Chin, Joel Chin & Selektah Twice
It's common knowledge that the early sound systems - Tom The Great Sebastian, Sir Coxsone Down Beat, Duke Reid The Trojan, V-Rocket, Prince Buster's Voice of the People and King Edwards the Giant - were the motive power behind the development of Jamaican Popular music in the 1950s. They played mostly US R&B and when the source of records began to dry up in the USA, many of the sound men began to record local talent. But if sound systems were the engine in this vehicle of expression, then it was the local community of middle -class entrepreneurs- many among them of Chinese or Middle Eastern origin - who put themselves in the drivers seat. Men like the late Ken Khouri, owner of the first big record factory on the island and one of the first to record local music, the bandleader and businessman Byron Lee, the Accountant Leslie Kong, the Ice-Cream parlour owner Charlie Moo. Equally Prominent among this group is Vincent "Randy" Chin.
Disc 1. Produced by Vincent "Randy' Chin
Backing Bands:
Joe Williams Orchestra, The Skatalites, The Supersonics & Randy's All-Stars
Disc 2. Produced by Clive Chin & Keith Chin
Track 3 by Lee " Scratch" Perry
Backing Bands:
Soul Syndicate, Skin, Flesh & Bones, Impact All-Stars
Compiled by Clive Chin, Joel Chin & Selektah Twice
It's common knowledge that the early sound systems - Tom The Great Sebastian, Sir Coxsone Down Beat, Duke Reid The Trojan, V-Rocket, Prince Buster's Voice of the People and King Edwards the Giant - were the motive power behind the development of Jamaican Popular music in the 1950s. They played mostly US R&B and when the source of records began to dry up in the USA, many of the sound men began to record local talent. But if sound systems were the engine in this vehicle of expression, then it was the local community of middle -class entrepreneurs- many among them of Chinese or Middle Eastern origin - who put themselves in the drivers seat. Men like the late Ken Khouri, owner of the first big record factory on the island and one of the first to record local music, the bandleader and businessman Byron Lee, the Accountant Leslie Kong, the Ice-Cream parlour owner Charlie Moo. Equally Prominent among this group is Vincent "Randy" Chin.
Disc 1. Produced by Vincent "Randy' Chin
Backing Bands:
Joe Williams Orchestra, The Skatalites, The Supersonics & Randy's All-Stars
Disc 2. Produced by Clive Chin & Keith Chin
Track 3 by Lee " Scratch" Perry
Backing Bands:
Soul Syndicate, Skin, Flesh & Bones, Impact All-Stars
Compiled by Clive Chin, Joel Chin & Selektah Twice