Singers & Players
Singers & Players were a reggae collective made up of vocalists and musicians associated with Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound Records. They recorded five albums between 1981 and 1988.
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Origin | Jamaica and England |
Genres | Reggae, Dub music, |
Years active | 1981–1988 |
Labels | On-U Sound Records Situation Two |
Including artists such as Bim Sherman, Prince Far I and Mikey Dread they were regarded as a dub music supergroup. There was never any fixed line up to the group, and many different artists featured on each track and each album.
Discography
Albums
- War of Words (1981)
- Revenge of the Underdog (1982)
- Staggering Heights (1983)
- Leaps and Bounds (1984)
- Vacuum Pumping (1988)
- Golden Greats Volume 1 (1989)
- Golden Greats Volume 2 (1995)
War of Words
War of Words was the first album by Singers & Players. It was released in the U.S. on 99 Records in November 1981 and then in the U.K. on On-U Sound Records in August 1982. It was produced by Adrian Sherwood and engineered by Dennis Bovell, John Walker, Nobby Turner, Richard Manwaring and Steve Smith.
Track listing
Side One
- "Devious Women" (Jarrett Tomlinson)
- "Quante Jubila" (Michael Williams, Antonio Phillips)
- "Sit and Wonder" (Jarrett Tomlinson)
- "Fit To Survive" (Jarrett Tomlinson)
Side Two
- "Reaching The Bad Man" (Adrian Maxwell, Jarrett Tomlinson)
- "World of Dispentation" (Jarrett Tomlinson)
- "91 Vibrations" (Adrian Maxwell, Jarrett Tomlinson)
Staggering Heights
Staggering Heights was the group's third album. It was released in July 1983 on On-U Sound Records, and was produced by Adrian Sherwood.
Track listing
Side One
- "African Blood" (Roydel Johnson)
- "Bedward The Flying Preacher" (Michael Williams)
- "Snipers in the Streets" (Roydel Johnson)
- "A Matter of Time" (Jarrett Tomlinson)
Side Two
- "School Days" (Mikey Dread)
- "Socca" (Jarrett Tomlinson)
- "Autobiography" (Michael Williams)
- "This Assembly" (Desmond "Fatfingers" Coke)
Band personnel and collaborators
- Bim Sherman - vocals
- Prince Far I - vocals
- Antonio "Crucial Tony" Phillips - bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Jah Woosh - vocals
- Charles "Eskimo Fox" Kelly - backing vocals
- George Oban - bass
- Keith Levene - guitar
- Keith "Lizard" Logan - bass, vocals
- Veral "Mr. Ranking Magoo" Rose - percussion
- Ari "Stepper" Up - keyboards
- Clifton "Bigga" Morrison - keyboards
- Peter "Doctor Pablo" Stroud - keyboards
- Nick Plytas - keyboards
- Lincoln "Style" Scott - drums
- Mikey Dread - vocals
- "Congo Ashanti" Roy Johnson - vocals, percussion, guitar
- Errol "Flabba" Holt - bass
- Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - guitar
- Bloodvessel - guitar
- Dwight Pinkney - guitar
- Martin "Frederex" Harrison - guitar
- Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie - keyboards
- Akabu (Vyris Edghill & Valerie Skeete) - backing vocals