this is some bad news cue's up stereo freeze.
soul jazz records released a comp called "the studio one story" found a copy at record time a year or so ago. but it came with this sweet 41/2 hour dvd documentry or studio one and had a few hours ot interveiws with sir clement "coxsone" dodd. the vinyl has the dvd not sure about the cd. scotto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renegade808" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fred Heutte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:56 PM Subject: Re: (313) Sir Coxsone Dodd has died > man i wish people would quit dying...but i guess we have no control when > its our time..... > > ULTIMATE RESPECT to Sir Coxsone Dodd..... > > michael > www.renegaderhythms.com > > > > > > > A true studio and production innovator, along with Lee Perry, > > Coxsone laid the foundations for what became electronic dance > > music. Not to mention his larger-than-life influence over the > > development of reggae . . . Full respect . . . > > > > fred > > > > ---------------------- > > > > http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20040505T140000-0500_59435 > > _OBS__SIR_COXSONE__DODD_IS_DEAD.asp > > > > 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd is dead > > Famed music pioneer collapses at Studio One; Played major role in > > launching Jamaica's > > popular music > > Balford Henry, Observer writer > > Wednesday, May 05, 2004 > > > > FOUR days after the City of Kingston honoured him by naming a > > street for his famous Studio One recording label, Jamaican music > > pioneer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd died suddenly yesterday. > > > > He apparently suffered a heart attack at his offices at 13 > > Studio One Boulevard, which, until last Friday's big civic > > ceremony in honour of Dodd, was Brentford Road. > > > > Dodd was 72. > > > > Sources who were at the studio when he died, shortly after 4:00 > > pm, said that the veteran record producer and label boss was > > sitting around his desk chatting and joking with them when Dodd > > suddenly left for the bathroom. The next time they saw him, he > > was sitting on a chair outside the bathroom holding his chest > > and choking. > > > > "I held him in my arms and tried to revive him and Jennifer Lara > > kept trying mouth-to-mouth resuscitation," said Bunny Brown, > > former lead singer of the Chosen Few, and one of Dodd's > > protégés. "He seemed like he was going to revive, then his > > eyeballs just turned over." > > > > Dodd was rushed into one of the cars on the premises and taken > > to the Medical Associates Hospital, Tangerine Place, St Andrew > > where he was pronounced dead. > > > > Dodd's close associate at the studio, Kingsley Goodison, said > > that it was obvious he was dead from before he left the > > premises. > > > > However, Dodd's workers, artistes and others still gathered at > > the studio, apparently hoping for a miracle, until the news came > > back from the hospital confirming his death. > > > > After doctors pronounced him dead, Dodd's body was immediately > > taken to the Madden's Funeral Parlour, North Street in the same > > car that had taken him to the hospital. > > > > Outside the morgue, dozens gathered as the news spread of Dodd's > > death. At Studio One, the mood was sombre among his associates > > and artistes, who lingered. > > > > His wife, Norma, couldn't understand Dodd's sudden death. > > > > "He didn't have a history of heart problems," she said last > > night, choking back tears at the Studio One complex. "He never > > had a heart attack before." > > > > In a statement last night, Opposition leader, Edward Seaga, a > > contemporary of Dodd in the music business in the 1950s and > > 1960s, described him as "one of the fathers of Jamaican music". > > He said that Dodd was "an extraordinary talent". > > > > Born Clement Seymour Dodd in Kingston on January 26, 1932, he > > earned the nickname "Coxsone" after a Yorkshire, England > > cricketer, while attending All Saints School in West Kingston. > > He was considered a good cricket all-rounder. > > > > But it was as a pioneer of Jamaica's sound system and popular > > music, from rocksteady to ska and reggae that Dodd was to find > > fame. > > > > He started out playing bebop and jazz records for customers > > visiting his parents' liquour store on Laws Street, and later > > Beeston Street, in Kingston. During a turn at farm work in the > > United States he widened his knowledge of rhythm and blues music > > and imported numerous original 45 rpm records, which became the > > hallmark of his sound system, Sir Coxsone Downbeat. > > > > He started the sound system in the early 50s relying on his > > imported originals to outplay his competitors, chiefly the late > > > > Arthur "Duke" Reid of Treasure Isle fame. > > > > He opened his studio at Brentford Road in 1963 and since then > > the name, Studio One, has become synonymous worldwide with the > > best of early Jamaican pop rhythms - ska, rocksteady and reggae. > > > > Dodd is probably best known outside Jamaica for bringing Bob > > Marley and the Wailers to national attention and producing some > > of their most memorable hits, including the international peace > > anthem, One Love. > > > > In later days, he has been in constant legal battles with newer > > Jamaican record producers who have relied on his rhythms of the > > 60s and 70s for the basis of their dancehall rhythms. > > > > But last Friday Dodd was hailed by Kingston's mayor, Desmond > > McKenzie, and other officials, including finance minister and > > South St Andrew MP Omar Davies - in whose constituency Brentford > > Road/Studio One Boulevard is located - for his and Studio One's > > contribution to the development and success of Jamaican music. > > This was based on a resolution passed last year by the Kingston > > and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), the city government. > > > >
