Artist: Cornell Campbell: mp3 download Genre(s): Reggae Discography: Money Year: 1983 Tracks: 8 Ropin Year: 1980 Tracks: 11 Yes I Will - Micron 1979 Year: 1979 Tracks: 10 Sweet Baby Year: 1978 Tracks: 10 Gorgon Year: 1976 Tracks: 11 Cornell Campbell Year: 1973 Tracks: 12 Silver Jubilee 25 Classic Cuts Year: Tracks: 25 Orignal Blue recording 70-79 Year: Tracks: 20 I Shall Not Remove Year: Tracks: 11 Follow Instructions Year: Tracks: 10 Boxing Around Year: Tracks: 8 Perhaps c. H. Best known for the series of "Gorgon rock" records he cut with legendary producer Bunny Lee, reggae vocalizer Cornell Campbell was born in Jamaica in 1948. As a teen he recorded his outset material for Studio One, cutting a series of ska sides both as a solo artist and as one half of a duet with Alan Martin; from 1964 to 1967, Campbell on the face of it disappeared from the music business, nevertheless, finally resurfacing as a member of the passing rocksteady concordance trio the Uniques. As the decennary fill in, he helmed the Eternals, grading a number of Studio One-generated hits including "Queen of the Minstrels" and "Stars," just in 1971 once more went solo after teaming with Lee, a mating which spotlighted Campbell's typical falsetto to sensational force. Despite earning hail for a self-titled LP issued on Trojan deuce geezerhood later, in 1975 he shifted from the lovers stone aesthesia of recent efforts toward the more explicitly rastafarian orgasm of records like "Jaunty Dread in a Greenwich Farm" and "Natural Fact," both of which emerged among his biggest hits to date. Later that year Campbell and Lee also launched "The Gorgon," a braggart bang up which yielded a series of stumble sequels. While 1977's "The Investigator" heralded a successful deliver to lovers oliver Stone, Campbell's commercial-grade punch waned in the years to come, and in 1980 he and Lee parted ways; subsequent pairings with producers including Winston Riley, Niney the Observer and King Tubby failed to embolden the hullabaloo of past tense roger Sessions, however, and during the mid-1980s he slipped into retirement. |