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Keith Hudson's death in 1984 (he was only 38) robbed reggae of one of its most complex, innovative, and woefully underappreciated artists. As a writer, singer, and producer, Hudson had a dark and maverick vision that led to him being labeled "the Dark Prince of Reggae," and he was in many ways the artistic flip side to Bob Marley, although the two shared the same essential views on matters of politics, race, and religion. As a singer, Hudson was somewhat pitch-challenged, but his fierce, impassioned delivery replaced skill with sheer emotional commitment, and it's hard to imagine spooky, haunted songs like "Melody Maker" or "Darkest Night on a Wet Looking Road," or the huge-sounding "Healing Up the Land" sung by anyone else. It was as a producer, though, that Hudson's legacy will ultimately be defined. Prone to sparse, deep, and groove-hungry rhythms that carried more R&B and funk DNA then most Jamaican productions, Hudson seemed at ease with gifted singers like Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, and Delroy Wilson, as well as foundation DJs from the 1970s like U-Roy, I-Roy, and Dennis Alcapone. His classic Pick a Dub album from 1974 was not only one of the first, but also one of the best sequences that dub has ever produced. This much-needed two-disc set is an update and expansion of sorts of Trojan's single-disc Studio Kinda Cloudy collection from 1988, and it includes highlights of Hudson's production work with various artists during the late '60s and mid-'70s, plus the above-mentioned singles and several dubs, versions, and instrumentals. The result is an indispensable collection that is startling in its range of emotions, and shot through as it is with those trademark dark rhythms, it stands as a fitting testament to a major (if little recognized) figure in Jamaican music.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Keith Hudson, Producer - KEN BOOTHE, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
U-Roy, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Dennis Alcapone, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Dennis Smith, Composer - Dennis Alcapone, Performance, MainArtist - Keith Hudson, Composer, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Delroy Wilson, MainArtist - Keith Hudson, Producer - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Delroy Wilson, MainArtist - Keith Hudson, Producer - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Alton Ellis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Dennis Alcapone, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Phillip Samuel, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Big Youth, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Augustus Pablo, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Producer - Zap Pow, Producer, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Alton Ellis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Soul Syndicate, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Soul Syndicate, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Performance, MainArtist - U. Roy Junior, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer - Chuckles, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Delroy Wilson, MainArtist - Keith Hudson, Producer - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Producer - I-Roy, Vocals, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Chuckles, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
DISC 2
Keith Hudson, Producer, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer - Chuckles, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Big Youth, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Producer - Horace Andy, MainArtist - Earl Flute, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
King Tubby, MainArtist - Mafia All Stars, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Earl Flute, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Producer - Horace Andy, MainArtist - Earl Flute, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Performance, MainArtist - I-Roy, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Producer - Augustus Pablo, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Chuckles, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
I-Roy, Vocals, MainArtist - Roy Reid, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Keith Hudson, Producer - Johnny Clarke, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Myrna Townsend All Stars, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ricardo Hudson, Producer - Little Clive, MainArtist
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Eric Clarke, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Myrna Townsend All Stars, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Soul Syndicate, MainArtist - Ricardo Hudson, Producer
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Albumbeschreibung
Keith Hudson's death in 1984 (he was only 38) robbed reggae of one of its most complex, innovative, and woefully underappreciated artists. As a writer, singer, and producer, Hudson had a dark and maverick vision that led to him being labeled "the Dark Prince of Reggae," and he was in many ways the artistic flip side to Bob Marley, although the two shared the same essential views on matters of politics, race, and religion. As a singer, Hudson was somewhat pitch-challenged, but his fierce, impassioned delivery replaced skill with sheer emotional commitment, and it's hard to imagine spooky, haunted songs like "Melody Maker" or "Darkest Night on a Wet Looking Road," or the huge-sounding "Healing Up the Land" sung by anyone else. It was as a producer, though, that Hudson's legacy will ultimately be defined. Prone to sparse, deep, and groove-hungry rhythms that carried more R&B and funk DNA then most Jamaican productions, Hudson seemed at ease with gifted singers like Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, and Delroy Wilson, as well as foundation DJs from the 1970s like U-Roy, I-Roy, and Dennis Alcapone. His classic Pick a Dub album from 1974 was not only one of the first, but also one of the best sequences that dub has ever produced. This much-needed two-disc set is an update and expansion of sorts of Trojan's single-disc Studio Kinda Cloudy collection from 1988, and it includes highlights of Hudson's production work with various artists during the late '60s and mid-'70s, plus the above-mentioned singles and several dubs, versions, and instrumentals. The result is an indispensable collection that is startling in its range of emotions, and shot through as it is with those trademark dark rhythms, it stands as a fitting testament to a major (if little recognized) figure in Jamaican music.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 55 track(s)
- Total length: 02:22:22
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Trojan Records
- Genre: Reggae
© 2004 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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