Joe Gibbs Passes on to Zion in Mobay 02/21/08
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To the Family of Joe Gibbs, Artists, Friends, Fans and Colleagues,
including Our Own Musical Ambassador - Trevor Elliott. We at
BadGalsRadio, ASID HI-Power and Trenchtones Records express our
deepest heartfelt sympathy on the Passing to Zion; of one of our
Idols, the One and Only Mr. Joel Gibbs.

Brother Joe Was a True Legend..
Always Setting the Mark High and Raising it Higher with each release.
Thank You JOE

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This is from the Reggae Wikipedia -

Joe Gibbs (born Joel A. Gibson in Montego Bay, 1943, died of heart
attack 21 February 2008[1])[2] was a Jamaican reggae producer.

After some time spent in the United States as an electronic engineer,
Gibbs went back to Kingston, and opened a repair TV shop at 32 Beeston
Street where he soon started to sell records.[2] The fast growth of
the local music scene encouraged him to be more involved in the
business, and in 1967 he started to record some artists in the back of
his shop with a two-track tape machine and the already established Lee
Perry who had just ended his association with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd.
In 1968, with the help of Bunny Lee, he launched his Amalgamated
label, and had his first success with one of the earliest rock steady
tunes, Roy Shirley's "Hold Them".[3]

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After Perry went away to set his own label "Upsetters", Gibbs enrole
the young Winston "Niney" Holness (later known as Niney The Observer)
who helped maintain Gibbs' production on the top of the charts. During
the rock steady period til 1970, he met success with numerous smashing
hits of vocalists like The Pioneers, Errol Dunkey, and Ken Parker, and
worked with backing bands like Lynn Taitt and the Jets (including the
organist Ansel Collins, and horns players Tommy McCook, Johnny "Dizzy"
Moore, Bobby Ellis and Vin Gordon), or The Hippy Boys (featuring the
Barrett brothers as the rhythm section).

He switched to the reggae sound with his first international success
"Love of the Common People" by Nicky Thomas (#9 in the UK charts in
summer 1970).[3] He kept on recording famous artists like The
Ethiopians, Delroy Wilson, and The Heptones (the two volumes of his
singles' compilations The Heptones and Friends were bestsellers in
Jamaica). During this period he launched three new labels; Jogib,
Shock, and Pressure Beat and also opened his New York Record Mart at
11 South Parade.[2]

In 1972, after having moved his studio in the Duhaney Park district,
he set up a new one at 20 North Parade and started to work with the
sound engineer Errol Thompson, who used to be at Randy's Studio.[2]
Together, known as "The Mighty Two", along with his studio band known
as The Professionals (that includes bassist Robbie Shakespeare,
drummer Sly Dunbar and guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith) they produced
hundreds of singles including the hits "Money In My Pocket" by Dennis
Brown and "Ah So We Stay" by Big Youth and "Eviction" by Black Uhuru.
The duo worked on over 100 Jamaican number one hits.[2]

In 1975, he set up his new 16-track studio and record pressing plant
at 24 Retirement Crescent and kept on producing Jamaican artists under
numerous label names (Crazy Joe, Reflections, Belmont, Town & Country)
meeting success again not only in roots reggae, rockers and lovers
rock styles with Dennis Brown, Jacob Miller, Sylford Walker, The
Mighty Diamonds, Gregory Isaacs, Prince Alla or Junior Byles but also
with instrumental and dub cuts (African Dub series).

The 1977 Culture album Two Sevens Clash is probably Gibbs' most
internationally acclaimed production, with a major impact on the punk
band The Clash. Other successful artists produced by the Mighty Two
during the end of the seventies include Marcia Aitken, Althea & Donna,
John Holt, Barrington Levy, Cornell Campbell, Dean Fraser, Delroy
Wilson, Beres Hammond, Ranking Joe, Prince Jazzbo, Prince Mohammed,
Dillinger, Trinity, Prince Far I, Clint Eastwood, I-Roy and Kojak &
Liza.[3]

In the 1980s, Gibbs had a big international hit with J.C. Lodge's hit
of "Someone Loves You Honey". He didn't pay any royalties to the
song's writer, Charley Pride, who sued and won. Unable to pay the huge
settlement ordered by the Court, Gibbs went out of business.[2] In
1993, he went back on the Jamaican scene, reissuing works from his
enormous catalogue on the Rocky One label his son Carl had started
from Miami a few years before, and teaming again with Errol Thompson
to produce some new music.

BadGalsRadio will be playing a wide selection of music for the
next seven days from the discography of Brotha Joe Gibbs. Tune In for
a Supreme Sound Clash of Massive Proportions - from the Hands of a
Master, the One and Only - Joe Gibbs

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