Published by Jamaican Recordings and written by Noel Hawks and Jah Floyd, this is an excellent book, outlining the life and considerable influence of Edward O'Sullivan Lee aka Bunny Lee aka Striker on the evolution of Jamaican popular music. Lee is one of the most important figures in the music, beginning as a "plugger" in the sixties, promoting locally produced records to the big radio stations in Kingston, before becoming a record producer himself around the turn of the decade, he dominated the scene in the seventies hitting big early on with hugely popular records such as Bangarang by Lester Stirling & Stranger Cole, Slim Smith's My Conversation, Max Romeo's Wet Dream, Eric Donaldson's Cherry Oh Baby and many, many more. Handily, the book comes with a 22 track CD containing these tracks and others. Not bad for a man who never owned his own studio, but who saw the potential for reggae music worldwide back in the late sixties and encouraged others in the music to think big for themselves.
CD Track Listing:
1. Roy Shirley - Music Field
2. Slim Smith & The Uniques - My Conversation
3. Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming
4. Max Romeo - Wet Dream
5. Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole - Bangarang
6. Pat Kelly - How Long
7. Roland Alphons - One Thousand Tons Of Megaton
8. Bob Marley - Mr. Chatterbox
9. John Holt - Stick By Me
10. Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby
11. Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come
12. Alton Ellis - Play It Cool
13. Leroy Smart - God Helps The Man
14. Horace Andy - You Are My Angel
15. Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement
16. Cornell Campbell - A Dance In Greenwich Farm
17. The Aggrovators - A Noise Place
18. The Aggrovators - A Ruffer Version
19. U Roy & Jeff Barnes - Wake The Nation
20. Dennis AlCapone - Cassius Clay
21. I Roy - Straight To Derrick Morgan's Head
22. Jah Stitch - Strickly Rockers
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