Name: Just Dennis / Deep Down
Brand: Dennis Brown

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DBCDD027

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-02-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5013929272736

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Dennis Brown

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

Doctor Bird

Reggae singer and songwriter Dennis Brown was one of the most popular artists in the history of Jamaican recorded music. Born on February 1, 1957, in Kingston, he left a lasting impact on the genre with his soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics. Throughout his career, Brown delivered numerous hits including "Money In My Pocket," "Sitting and Watching," "Cassandra," and many more. His music resonated with audiences worldwide, spreading messages of love, unity, and social consciousness.

Dennis Brown's talent attracted attention not only from fans but also from fellow musicians. He collaborated with notable performers such as Emmanuel Music and D.E.B. Music during his career. As a husband to Yvonne Brown and father to Marla Brown, family played an important role in his life.

Influenced by artists like Johnny Osbourne, Mighty Diamonds, Gregory Isaacs, and Bunny Wailer among others; Dennis Brown's style encompassed elements of roots reggae and lovers rock. His contributions to the genre paved the way for future generations of reggae artists.

Doctor Bird is a music label that was founded in the UK by Graeme Goodall, an Australian sound engineer and original shareholder of Island Records. The label was revived by Trojan Records in 1970 for three releases before being relaunched in 2017 as a division of Cherry Red Records. Doctor Bird specializes in vintage Jamaican sounds licensed from the catalogue of Trojan Records.
Graeme Goodall played a significant role in the Jamaican music scene, engineering sessions at various studios and producing countless recordings during the ska era. He also formed other labels such as Pyramid Records and Attack to promote reggae music. Despite relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1970s, Goodall continued his involvement with music until his passing in 2014.
Today, Doctor Bird continues to bring Jamaican rocksteady and other vintage sounds to music enthusiasts worldwide through their curated selection of releases. With its rich history and dedication to preserving iconic Jamaican music, Doctor Bird remains a respected authority on this genre.

Having first demonstrated his budding singing skills on stage as a precocious youth in the late Sixties, Dennis Emmanuel Brown achieved considerable success as a recording artiste, cutting a series of popular singles for many of the most prominent producers within the Jamaican recording industry. But it was his collaborations with Winston ‘Niney’ Holness that catapulted the aspiring singer- songwriter into the reggae firmament. 

Under the auspices of the young producer, Brown enjoyed a run of local chart hits that included some of the most enduringly popular recordings in the history of Jamaican music, the first of which were gathered on the 1975 Trojan LP, Just Dennis. The following year, Niney showcased many of the singer-songwriter’s most popular subsequent works on a second collection, Deep Down, which saw issue on his own Observer imprint.

Both of these hugely important collections feature on this essential 2CD set, the contents of which is further bolstered by the remainder of Brown’s work with Niney from the Seventies and DJ cuts of some of his biggest hits performed by a number of Jamaica’s most influential toasters, notably Big Youth, Dillinger and I Roy. 

Just Dennis / Deep Down

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