Samstag, 1. Juli 2023

Keith Hudson - The Black Morphologist Of Reggae (1983)

Ominously known as "The Dark Prince of Reggae," Keith Hudson was born into a musical family in Kingston, Jamaica in 1946. His musical education began as Hudson worked as a sort of roadie for Skatalite and Jamaican trombone king Don Drummond.

By age 21, Hudson, who had been trained as a dentist, sunk his earnings into his own record label, Inbidimts, and had a hit with Ken Boothe's recording of "Old Fashioned Way." Not long after this chart success, the suddenly hot Hudson was producing some of the biggest names (and soon-to-be biggest names) in reggae - John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis, and the great toasters U-Roy and Dennis Alcapone, all of whom benefited from what would be Hudson's trademark production style: groove-centered, bass/drum-dominated, lean and mean stripped-down riddims.

By the mid-'70s, Hudson began releasing more solo work, hitting paydirt from the start with his 1974 debut, "Entering the Dragon" and his intense second record, "Flesh of My Skin", an ominous, dark record that earned Hudson his title as reggae's "Dark Prince." In 1976, Hudson relocated to New York City and worked pretty much nonstop, producing as well as recording solo records up until 1982. He succumbed to lung cancer in 1984, at age 38, robbing reggae of one its greatest, most adventurous, and unhearalded producers and performers.                

"The Black Morphologist Of Reggae" is the 1983 reissue of album "From One Extreme To Another" (1979). "Nuh Skin Up Dub" (1979) features dub versions of this album.
Big up to the original uploader!

Tracklist:

A1 Anger
A2 No Skinup
A3 Central Kingston
A4 It's Allright
A5 Desiree
B1 (Dreadful) Words
B2 They Don't Hurt
B3 (Bad Things) You Teach Me
B4 One Extreme To Another
B5 Buzzing Bee                                                                                   

Keith Hudson - The Black Morphologist Of Reggae (1983)
(320 kbps, cover art included)

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