Barnabas in Collins Wood, by Lone Ranger

Barnabas in Collins Wood

by Lone Ranger

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1.	Barnabas Collins 03:51		buy track
2.	Annie Palmer 02:59		buy track
3.	Hell Driver 02:39		buy track
4.	John Public 03:05		buy track
5.	African Continent 03:11		buy track
6.	Frankenstein 03:04		buy track
7.	Tribal War 02:59		buy track
8.	U.F.O. 02:57		buy track
9.	Obeah Man 03:04		buy track
10.	Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston - The Hard Way 03:15	info	buy track

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[Reggae - The Rough Guide]
1979-1983 The rise of the Dancehall
What was different now was that the rhythms were becoming all-important, with virtually all the producers rushing to cut their own versions of the most popular ones. By 1983, indeed, it was unusual for anyone to have a Jamaican hit employing a completely original rhythm track. Those who didn't experience the excitement of the dancehalls might view the arrival of twenty new versions of, say, "Real Rock" as indicating a lack of creativity, and some people have for this reason dismissed the dancehall phase of reggae as more shoddy than the music that had preceded it. But the real imagination came in making the familiar sound fresh, with each producer struggling to make his own cut the freshest of all.
The Lone Ranger's "Barnabas Collins" was of crucial importance, for besides giving younger deejays a new tone of delivery and several fresh catchphrases, it also revitalized the rhythm for Slim Smith's late 1960s hit, "My Conversation". Soon almost every other producer on the island had his own cut on the street. Deejay Jah Thomas stepped in with his self-produced celebration of "Cricket Lovely Cricket" ("Midnight Rock"), while Barrington Levy praised the qualities of "Collie Weed" ("Roots From The Yard") to score his best-selling single to date, and Al Campbell revisited the original lyric for London's Soferno B. Yet "Barbanas Collins" only reflected what was already happening in the dancehalls. There a popular rhythm track would be played repeatedly, with a succession of performers lining up to take their turn in performing over the 'dubplate', each attempting to make it his - or sometimes her - own.
Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton

Révolutionnaire ! Patate Records est fier de vous présenter la ré-édition du classique « Barnabas in Collins Wood » par l’incroyable DJ, Lone Ranger. Avec cet album, sorti en 1979, il chamboule le monde du Reggae et le fait basculer dans l’ère des DJ modernes.  Près de 40 ans après sa sortie, ce disque n’a pas pris une ride. N°1 dans les charts en Jamaïque et en Angleterre à sa sortie, c’est un classique avec lequel Lone Ranger a « plié le game », comme on dit aujourd’hui. Son flow, ses lyrics, son humour, ses onomatopées, tout est là pour faire de ce disque une pierre angulaire de l’histoire du reggae, y compris cette pochette hallucinante !
Lone Ranger, de son vrai nom Anthony Waldron, est né à Kingston en 1958 et grandit entre la Grande Bretagne et la Jamaïque. Il emprunte son nom de scène à un héros de western, style très en vogue dans la Jamaïque dès années 70. Rapidement, il se fait repérer et enregistre pour le célèbre label Studio One.
Son single « Barnabas Collins » , inspiré du vampire de la série britanique « Dark Shadows » connait un succès retentissant et lui donne l’idée de réaliser un album concept. Il produit ce disque entouré des meilleurs musiciens de l’île (The Revolutionaries, Sly & Robbie), les mêmes qu’utilisera Gainsbourg. Résultat, un album novateur, percutant, plein d’humour, loin des clichés du genre. A ne pas manquer !

« Un album révolutionnaire, qui fera basculer les DJ jamaïcains dans une nouvelle ère. Sans Lone Ranger, pas de Yellowman, Shabba Ranks ou Sean Paul. »

credits

released December 6, 2021

Musicians : The Revolutionaries
Drums : Sly Dunbar
Bass : Robbie Shakespeare
Lead Guitar : R. Bryan
Guitar : M. Chung
Percussions : Sticky Thompson
Organ : Ansel Collins, Winston Wright
Piano : Gladstone Anderson, Teophilus Beckford
Trumpet : B. Ellis
Trombone : Don Drummond Jr.
Alto Sax : H. Marquis
Tenor Sax : Tommy McCook, H. Bennett

Featuring Carlton Livingston on The Hard Way

Jacket Design : Hazel Ellis
Photography : Maria LaYacona
Art Direction : Dennis Pitter
Artwork & audio restoration : Emmanuel Jaussely
Licensed from Anthony Waldron