R.I.P. Joe Gibbs

Oh, snap.
RIP.

(Not to be tactless or anything, but just because people die does that mean we need the automatic hyperbole when discussing their work for the next few months?)

Dude that ain't hyperbole.

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^^^i love this

Even though this is ILM, I thought you meant the football coach. I don't know this Joe Gibbs, but R.I.P...

RIP. And yes, we need the hyperbole.

All I'm saying is that soon, everyone's going to have created one of the greatest albums of all time.

there are a lot of great albums out there!

Two Sevens Clash is one of the greatest.

Oh yeah, RIP.

I heart the Joe Gibbs Productions comp on Soul Jazz.

:(

Fair enough Ian. But as far as reggae LPs go--I mean real full-length albums conceived as such, not compilations of singles--what else is there? Heart Of The Congos? King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown? Two Sevens Clash is definitely way, way up there.

It's the best I've ever heard.

And as far as ILM proclaiming great albums, so what? That's in practically every thread.

Two Sevens isn't even my favourite Culture LP, but this isn't the place.

RIP

But as far as reggae LPs go--I mean real full-length albums conceived as such, not compilations of singles--what else is there? Heart Of The Congos? King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown?

lol

I knew the switch to Toyota wasn't going to work out well.

OK, so the guy made a record that people who don't know much about reggae kind of like sometimes. RIP anyway.

"Fair enough Ian. But as far as reggae LPs go--I mean real full-length albums conceived as such, not compilations of singles--what else is there? Heart Of The Congos? King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown? Two Sevens Clash is definitely way, way up there."

Hysterical.

Not that Two Sevens Clash isn't a great album btw, but this idea that it was a uniquely conceived album or something is just batshit crazy. AND the second album you are citing was BASICALLY a collection of singles. And what's wrong with collections of singles anyway?

Oh RIP Joe Gibbs. You were awesome.

Productions

* Barrington Levy & Sammy Dread - Reggae Vibes [198X]
* Big Youth - Everyday Skank [1972-77]
* Cornell Campbell - Boxing Round [1982]
* Culture - Baldhead Bridge [1978]
* Culture - More Culture [1981]
* Culture - Two Sevens Clash [1977]
* Dean Fraser - Black Horn Man [1978]
* Delroy Wilson - Once Upon A Time [197X]
* Dennis Brown - 2 Gether As 1 [198X]
* Dennis Brown - Classic Gold [197X]
* Dennis Brown - Foul Play [1981]
* Dennis Brown - Love & Hate [197X-8X]
* Dennis Brown - Love Has Found Its Way [1982]
* Dennis Brown - Love's Gotta Hold On Me [1984]
* Dennis Brown - The Best Of Dennis Brown [1983]
* Dennis Brown - The Best Of Dennis Brown Part 2 [197X]
* Dennis Brown - The Best Of The Joe Gibbs Years [197X]
* Dennis Brown - The Prophet Rides Again [1983]
* Dennis Brown - Visions Of Dennis Brown [1978]
* Dennis Brown - Wolf And Leopards [1976-77]
* Dennis Brown - Words Of Wisdom [1979]
* Dennis Brown - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow [1982]
* Frankie Paul - Be My Lady [1984]
* Freddie McGregor - Love At First Sight [1982]
* Heptones - 20 Golden Hits [197X]
* Heptones & Friends - The Heptones & Friends vol 1&2 [1971-72]
* Heptones & Their Friends - Meets The New Generation [1972]
* Inspirations & Friends - Reggae Fever [1970]
* Jacob Miller - Lives On [197X]
* Joe Gibbs - African Dub All-Mighty [1975]
* Joe Gibbs - African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3 [1978]
* Joe Gibbs - African Dub Chapter 1 & 2 [1975-76]
* Joe Gibbs - African Dub Chapter 2 [1977]
* Joe Gibbs - African Dub Chapter 3 & 4 [1978-79]
* Joe Gibbs - African Dub Chapter 5 [1984]
* Joe Gibbs - Dub Serial [1973]
* Joe Gibbs - Majestic Dub [1979]
* Joe Gibbs - Rockers Carnival [1980]
* Joe Gibbs - State Of Emergency [1976]
* Joe Gibbs Family - Wish You A Merry Rockers Christmas [1979]
* Joe Gibbs & Errol Thompson & Various Artists - The Mighty Two [197X]
* Joe Gibbs & Friends - The Reggae Train [1968-71]
* Joe Gibbs & Professionals - African Dub Chapter 4 [1979]
* Joe Gibbs & Professionals Featuring Errol Thompson - No Bones For The Dogs [1974-79]
* Joe Higgs - Unity Is Power [1979]
* June Lodge Featuring Prince Mohammed - Someone Loves You Honey [1982]
* Louie Lepkie - Latenight Movie [1981]
* Nicky Thomas - Doing The Moonwalk [1970-73]
* Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People [1970]
* Peter Tosh - Arise [197X]
* Prince Far I & Trinity - DJ Originators Head To Head Vol 2 [197X-8X]
* Prince Mohammed - Inna Him Head [1980]
* Ranking Joe - Natty Superstar [1980]
* Revolutionaries - Earthquake Dub [1978]
* Ruddy Thomas - First Time Around [1981]
* Sammy Dread - Stronger Than Before [198X]
* Sly & Robbie - Syncopation [1982]
* Superstar Yellowman Has Arrived With Toyan - Superstar Yellowman Has Arrived With Toyan [1982]
* Sylford Walker - Nutin Na Gwan [1975-79]
* Trinity - Bad Card [1981]
* Trinity - Three Piece Suit [1977]
* Various Artists - Best Of Vintage [197X]
* Various Artists - Explosive Rock Steady [1967-73]
* Various Artists - Get On Up [1967-68]
* Various Artists - Irie Reggae Hits [1979]
* Various Artists - Jackpot Of Hits [1969]
* Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Mood [1968-71]
* Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Original DJ Classics [197X]
* Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Original DJ Classics Vol 2 [197X]
* Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Original DJ Classics Vol 3 [197X-8X]
* Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Productions [197X]
* Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Revive 45's Vol I [197X]
* Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Revive 45's Vol II [197X]
* Various Artists - Love Of The Common People [1967-79]
* Various Artists - Reggae Hits Of The 80's [1982]
* Various Artists - Reggae Jeggae [1968-69]
* Various Artists - Reggae Masterpiece Vol 1 [1978]
* Various Artists - Shining Stars [1983]
* Various Artists - Spotlight On Reggae Vol 1 [197X]
* Various Artists - Spotlight On Reggae Vol 2 [197X]
* Various Artists - Spotlight On Reggae Vol 3 [1977]
* Various Artists - Spotlight On Reggae Vol 4 [197X]
* Various Artists - Spotlight On Reggae Vol 6 [197X]
* Various Artists - Spotlight On Reggae Vol 7 [197X]
* Various Artists - Top Ranking DJ Session [1979]
* Various Artists - Trojan Producer Series Box Set [196X-7X]
* Various Artists - United Dreadlocks Vol 1 [1977]
* Various Artists - Uptown Top Ranking [1970-78]
* Welton Irie - It Feels So Good [1980]
* Willie Lindo - Tuned In Reggae [1980]

Plus he somehow found a way to win a Super Bowl with Mark Rypien at QB.

And what's wrong with collections of singles anyway?
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Just glad all the naysayers somehow missed the Joseph Hill RIP thread from a year and a half ago.

Production is a pretty loose term to describe what Gibbs did anyway. He obviously had fantastic taste.

My mistake, obv.

is there an ET/Errol Thompson RIP thread here from '04? did Bill Magill make "ET phone home" jokes on it?

Good one.

Whatever Joe Gibbs "producer" role was (I get the sense it was more than Coxsone Dodd, but less than Lee Perry), his name on a record usually equals quality. A lot of great great records.

My very favorite reggae producer. How sad.

I heart the Joe Gibbs Productions comp on Soul Jazz.

seconded

RIP Joe Gibbs

don't forget

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02.22.08
Rest In Peace Joe Gibbs
VP Records sends its sincerest condolences for one of the greatest losses in reggae history. The legendary producer Joe Gibbs (born Joel A. Gibson) has passed away at the age of 65.

This influential man behind and in front of the boards was a major pioneering force from the late ‘60s, early ‘70s rock steady/roots era to the early ‘80s dancehall era, known for his seminal releases such as, “Two Sevens Clash” by Culture, “Someone Loves You Honey” by J.C. Lodge, as well as his influential four chapter African Dub Series.

VP Records President Chris Chin expresses, “We want to take this time to remember a truly pivotal producer in the reggae business. Our prayers go out to his loved ones. His spirit and music will live on. ”

Joe Gibbs, and the late Errol Thompson, have an exclusive worldwide agreement with VP Records vintage imprint, 17 North Parade, to re-release his complete catalog, including the Barrington Levy Collection (Apr. 26th), Joe Gibbs Reggae Anthology (May 2008) and many more.

17 North Parade (VP Records) A&R Fidel Luna states, "The legendary Joe Gibbs to me is one of the most humble, straightforward and pleasant people I have ever encountered in the music business. His contributions to Reggae as a hit-making producer and distributor are truly second to none."

Sirius Satellite’s Reggae Rhythms channel will air his last interview on Sunday, March 2nd when they debut their new weekly series ‘Sunday Classics’.

Rest in peace Joe Gibbs.

this thread seems to be forgetting something: Dennis Brown

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RECORD producer Joel 'Joe Gibbs' Gibson, whose partnership with singer Dennis Brown yielded a string of hit songs during the 1970s, died last Thursday at the University Hospital of the West Indies.

Gibbs' son, Rocky, told The Gleaner that his father died shortly after suffering a heart attack. He was 65 years old.

The Montego Bay-born Gibbs began producing on his Amalgamated label in the 1960s. His first major hit was singer Roy Shirley's Hold Them, but it was in the next decade that Gibbs really hit his stride.

Brown, a former prodigy, cut a series of songs for Gibbs that were rarely off the charts. These included Money In My Pockets, Should I, Stay at Home, Love Has Found Its Way and How Could I Live.

Other productions

Gibbs also produced Culture's massive Two Sevens Clash, George Nooks' Tribal War and Althea and Donna's Uptown Top Ranking which made the British pop charts in 1977. His last major hit was singer J.C. Lodge's Someone Loves You Honey, a song originally done by African-American country singer Charlie Pride.

Bass player Lloyd Parkes was a senior member of Gibbs' house band, The Professionals. He said while Gibbs was an astute businessman, he was not the great producer many believed.

"I would call him an executive producer, most of the production was done by Errol Thompson and the musicians," Parkes said.

Thompson was the engineer at Gibbs' Retirement Road studio. He died in 2004.

Gibbs is survived by 11 children.

Lloyd Parkes' Joe Gibbs Top 10

(1) Stay at Home - Dennis Brown

(2) Love Has Found Its Way - Dennis Brown

(3) Jah Jah (See Dem a Come) - Culture

(4) Should I - Dennis Brown

(5) Uptown Top Ranking - Althea and Donna

(6) Visions - Dennis Brown

(7) Foul Play - Dennis Brown

(8) Fortyleg - Prince Mohammed

(9) How Could I Leave - Dennis Brown

(10) Someone Loves You Honey - J.C. Lodge

Remembering Joe Gibbs
# Drummer Sly Dunbar, bassist Lloyd Parkes, keyboardist Franklyn 'Bubbler' Waul, guitarist Winston 'Bo Pee' Bowen and saxophonist Dean Fraser were all members of The Professionals, the house band at Joe Gibbs' studio.
# Although he recorded several hits for producer Clement Dodd and Winston 'Niney' Holness, Dennis Brown's most fruitful period as a singer was with Joe Gibbs.
# Visions and Words of Wisdom, produced by Gibbs, are considered Dennis Brown's best albums.
# Gibbs also produced Love Has Found Its Way, Brown's album for A&M Records.
# Mick Hucknall of Simply Red covered Stay at Home for Sly and Robbie's Grammy-winning Friends album.

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080226/ent/ent4.html

Aside from his towering Jamaican output, he was a MAJOR player in the Miami Hip-Hop/Electro/Bass scene, owning one of the first major pressing plants in South Floridian rap game, releasing what I believe to be the first Miami Rap record (a cover of Rapper's Delight before 1979 was even up), setting up labels for the pioneering writer/producer/session man Michael Sterling (Dubwise Records, etc), etc.

I have a feeling printing this next tidbit here might come back to haunt me, but if I understood my interview with Pretty Tony correctly, Gibbs' pressing plant was pressing up Jam Packed/Music Specialists releases out of contract, and Tony stepped in with a lawsuit, which settled out of court, and Tony took over the plant around 1985 or so.

This explains much of the way Miami's Rap scene changed direction in the mid-to-late '80s as Tony's financier went to jail, and Luke stepped in to buy Tony's operation en total in 1986 or so (Tony has stated he went on to bigger and better things ala working with Cameo's Larry Blackmon then, and Scott Storch in more recent times).

crazy. the trojan records obit and the amg bio only mention that he relocated to miami after going out of business in 1980 due to a lawsuit over royalties

droppin dat miami bass knowledge!!!

In 1980, Gibbs produced J.C. Lodge’s international hit, ‘Someone Loves You Honey’, but the failure to pay song-writing royalties to its writer, US Country star, Charley Pride, proved disastrous and following a costly lawsuit, the producer went out of business and relocated to Miami.

To further prove me wrong, Jeff Chang in his book Can't Stop Won't Stop cites Joe Gibbs Music as being a "Bronx Based Reggae label".

I don't know; the label says 1979, Opa Locka Florida:

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=403876

Whoa! I don't think I ever took note that G. O'brien has writer's credit though. Is that, uh, Glen O'brien? Is this like Chess Records giving Alan Freed writer's credit for "services"?

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i think chang is mistaken, wackies was bronx but gibbs was not

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Behind the counter is the man himself: Norbert "JaPee" Pinto, former producer and associate of Joe Gibbs before Gibbs' sudden exit from the music business in the mid-'80s (precipitated by the question of unpaid royalties on a cover -- and surprise hit -- of a Charley Pride song). JaPee acquired the vinyl from Gibbs' warehouse in Opa-locka, and many of these classics still litter his shelves.

Even as Barrington endures, the roots revival continues. Serious vinyl collectors around the world are a boon to record shops like Life Time. "A guy from Holland came into the shop and wanted everything on the Bullwackie label," says Chin. "I sold him everything I had."

basic channel?

if he's mistaking germany for holland, then maybe

His cameo in ROCKERS is great.

if he's mistaking germany for holland, then maybe

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would not surprise me that a miamian would do this

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Disc: 1
1. Two Sevens Clash - (with Culture)
2. Medley: Money in My Pocket/Cool Runnings - (with Dennis Brown/Prince Mohammed)
3. Medley: Officially/One X One - (with Ray L/Lloyd Parks)
4. Babylon Too Rough - (with Gregory Isaacs)
5. Cool Out Son - (with Junior Marvin)
6. Boxing Around - (with Cornell Campbell)
7. I'm Still in Love With You - (with Marcia Aitken)
8. Medley: Loving Pauper/Judgment Time - (with Ruddy Thomas/Trinity)
9. Just Like a Rive - (with The Mighty Diamonds)
10. No Competition - (with Freddie McGregor)
11. Left With a Broken Heart - (with George Nooks)
12. Heart and Soul - (with Junior Byles)
13. No Man's Land - (with Cornell Campbell)
14. Ina Jah Children - (with Dhaima)
15. Medley: Su su Pon Rasta/Heavy Manners - (with Dolphin Morris/Prince Far I)
16. Funeral - (with Prince Allah)
17. Jah Golden Pen - (with Sylford Walker)
18. I'm a Natty - (with Jacob Miller)
19. Rockers a Nuh Crackers - (with Glen Washington)
20. Ghetto Girl - (with Dennis Brown)

Disc: 2
1. Jah Bring I Joy in the Morning - (with Bobby Melody)
2. Burn Babylon - (with Sylford Walker)
3. Medley: See Them a Come/Natty Pass Him G.C.E. - (with Culture/Shorty The President)
4. Tribal War - (with George Nooks)
5. Identity - (with The Mighty Diamonds)
6. Stop Picking on Me - (with Max Romero)
7. Rent Man - (with Black Uhuru)
8. Almighty I - (with Dennis Walks)
9. Keep on Knocking - (with Jacob Miller)
10. My Woman - (with Barrington Levy)
11. Virgin Girl - (with Eek-A-Mouse)
12. Hello Carol - (with Enos McLeod)
13. Rope In - (with Cornell Campbell)
14. When I Think of You - (with Ruddy Thomas)
15. Good to Be There - (with Chalice)
16. Heavy Waist Line - (with Lyrone Taylor)
17. My Princess - (with Sammy Dread)
18. Uptown Top Ranking - (with Althea & Donna)
19. Love Has Found Its Way - (with Dennis Brown)
20. Medley: Someone Loves You Honey/One Time Daughter - (with J.C. Lodge/Prince Mohammed)

new site is up
http://www.17northparade.com/

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such wonderful long mixes for hot August

^ yes also check the 'culture and the deejays at joe gibbs' collection for summer smokin

just became aware of this 5 volume series 'Joe Gibbs 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase'

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I've got 2 & 4 so far. Good shit. 2 a lil stronger than 4.

I got vols 1-3 but was less than impressed. They're a bit too pop/polished/commercial sounding to me. I don't know, maybe i'm not remembering properly but I thought they were pretty disappointing.

yeah they're not heavyweight roots stuff but still a long ways from what I consider pop reggae

i mostly want vol. 2 because it has

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHRKBZWlk1I

Joe Gibbs is so so good... But why isn't he as celebrated as Perry and Tubby (and even Wackies/Scientist etc?) It's a crime, I say.

I mean Edward The Eight is almost certainly the best bit of dub reggae I've ever heard, and that's no small feat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rgQ5GlNl1A

Maybe partly beause iirc Gibbs was a businessman, not a musician.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-gibbs-mn0000784458

lolololol

Holy shit haha

people up thread saying two sevens clash isn't that special are hardtrolling

who's saying that? The bit where they sing "And I can see with mine own eyes/It's only a housing scheme that divides" gives me goosepimples.

As a reggae fan who grew up in DC, that allmusic entry is just...special

Two Sevens Clash is actually about a matchup between Joe Theismann and Ron Jaworski.

Is this really the correct track??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWHbpkK8h9M

Soundcloud agrees, but Ernie B's has a totally different clip for this track which is typical reggae. So I assume the track on youtube and soundhound (and the album I downloaded) is some sort of mix up? If so, what IS that track?

I have Majestic Dub and this song is not on it

this doesn't even sound like it's from Jamaica tbh

who's saying that? The bit where they sing "And I can see with mine own eyes/It's only a housing scheme that divides" gives me goosepimples.

exactly the same here. love that line.

Not only is that song not on my vinyl copy, there's no track with that name at all on it. And the cover image in that youtube is from a different comp (African Dub), which also does not have any track by that title, nor the song in the youtube. So I dunno