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DENNIS ALCAPONE

INVESTIGATOR ROCK
Label RADIATION ROOTS
Catalog RROO327CD
Format CD
Discs 1
Category WORLD/OTHERS/REGGAE
Street Date 2018-07-14
Description
Dennis Alcapone was one of the first sound system deejays to rise to island-wide prominence following the incredible success of U Roy’s fluid toasting style which took Jamaica by storm during the late 1960s. Alcapone who was born Dennis Smith in the country town of Culloden in Westmoreland southwestern Jamaica first made an impact on a sound system called El Paso based in the rough-n-ready west Kingston district of Waltham Park. Initial recordings for Keith Hudson were strictly underground but an album for Studio One and popular work for Duke Reid significantly boosted his profile. Dennis Alcapone worked closely with hitmaking producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee from the early 1970s establishing a friendship that has lasted to the present day; Investigator Rock which dates from 1977 sees the toaster riding Striker’s rockers-styled hits voiced by the likes of Cornell Campbell John Holt and Johnny Clarke.
tracklisting
1. Natty Knock Them Out
2. Go Dey Natty
3. Wise Man From The East
4. Children of Tomorrow
5. lnvestigator Rock
6. No Place Like Home
7. Take Gonna Turn
8. Rock Them Capone
9. Peace and Love
10. Going to the Ball
11. Sweet Sweet
12. Special Request
 

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