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EARTH & STONE KOOL ROOTS * * * * /
Earth & Stone was an harmony duo. In
1972 Albert Bailey and Clifton Howell moved to Brentford Road' Studio
One for some early recordings. In 1973 they
went to Channel One were they recorded for the producer Joseph Hoo
Kim. What came out was a mixture of Lovers and Roots songs, all flavoured
by cultural lyrics. This duo, alternating each other on lead and harmony
vocals, went through the 70's recording for Channel One. The present
set was originally released in 1978 as a double LP with ten vocal
songs on one disc and their Dub counterparts on the other. It contains
the most important tracks recorded for Joseph Hoo Kim. During those
sessions some of the great musicians were emplyed. The list consists
of: Santa Davis and Sly Dunbar
(drums), Robbie Shakespeare and
Fully Fullwood (bass), Earl Chinna and Dougie Bryan (guitar), Ranchie
and Tony Chin (rhythm guitar), Gladdy
Anderson (piano), Carl Fats and Ansel Collins (organ), Lloyd Kerr
(trombone), Chico Hamilton (trumpet), Dean Fraser (saxophone) and
Scully Simms & Sticky (percussions). The sessions were engineered
by Ernest Hoo Kim, Maxie and Barnabas. My preferred tracks are "False
Ruler", "Devil Must Of Made
You", "Don't Let Them Fool
You" and "Once Bitten Twice
Shy". Actually little is known about Earth & Stone.
There is another album around called "Back To Africa" (credited
to Phillip Frazer and Earth & Stone), released in 1978 and produced
by Buster Riley. If the Dubs are not particularly impressive, the
ten songs collected here are first class harmony Roots. Meditative
and captivating from a misterious great harmony duo.
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1973-1978 - Pressure Sounds - studio
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