Ultimate Collection

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Personnel includes: Jephter McClymont AKA Luciano (vocals, percussion); Winston Bowen, Dalton Brown, Ernie Wilkes (guitar); Dean Frasier (horns); Paul Crossdale (piano, keyboards); Donald Dennis, Freddie McGregor (bass); George Miller, Noel Browne (drums); Connie Campbell (background vocals). Producers include: Roy Frances, Horace Murphy, Norman Bryan, C. Simpson, Jepther McClymont. Compilation producers: Jepther McClymont, Dana Smart, Michael Taylor, Clayton Trench. Includes liner notes by Karyl Walker. Composer: Jazzwad. Personnel: Danny Axeman (guitar, piano, drums); Dalton Browne, Ernie Wilkes, Winston Bowen, Mikey Chung, Winston "Bo Peep" Bowen (guitar); Jepther McClymont (flute, congas, percussion); Junior Chin (trumpet); David Madden (French horn, horns); Ronald "Nambo" Robinson (trombone); Dean Fraser, David Maden, Sean McDonald, Eugene Hamilton, Tan Tan (horns); Paul Crossdale (piano, organ, keyboards); Ryan Webb (piano); Steven Stanley (organ, percussion); Paul "Scooby" Smith (organ); Noel "Bunny" Brown, Noel Browne (keyboards, drums); Othniel "Otty" Lewis, Robert Lyn, Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson (keyboards); W. Paul Barclay (guitar synthesizer, marimba); George "Dusty" Miller , Joslyn "King Speckle" McKenzie, Steve Brown, Sly Dunbar (drums); Christopher Blake "Sky Juice", Bongo Herman (percussion); Andrea Tucker (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Handane Brown; Clayton Trench; Solgie Hamilton; Rohan Dwyer; Shane Brown; Steven Stanley . Audio Remixer: Clayton Trench. Liner Note Author: Karyl Walker. Recording information: 321 Strong Studio; Anchor Recording Studios; Big Ship Recording Studio; Black Scorpio; Studio 2000; Tuff Gong. Unknown Contributor Role: Jazzwad. Although little known outside reggae circles, Luciano has become a major reggae star; by the time this, his first U.S. compilation, was released, he had placed six albums in the Billboard reggae chart in seven years, and that represented only a part of his prolific output. He has recorded for many local Jamaican labels as well as for Island Records, which, like reissue label Hip-O, is a part of the major label Universal. But, typical of Hip-O's other Ultimate Collection albums, this one is not limited to Universal holdings by any means. Co-produced by Luciano and his partners Michael Taylor and Clayton Trench with Hip-O's Dana Smart, it is a thorough collection that gathers together tracks from such labels as Xterminator, Qabalah, J&D, Stingray, Mixing Lab, Kickin', Young Blood, and Katalys. Eight of the tracks -- "Cool and Settle," "Which Man," "Good Over Evil," "Let the Reason Be Love," "Mr. Minister," "God You See and Know," and Baaba Maal's "Africans Unite (Yolela)" -- are making their first appearance on CD, while "Babylon a Try" and "Red Inna Rome" (featuring Taylor in his Mikey General persona) are previously unreleased and "Good World" appears in a previously unreleased remix. Thus, even those who have been buying Luciano's albums regularly will have reason to pick up this anthology. If they do, they will hear a set from the religiously inclined reggae singer that includes early tracks like 1993's "Poor and Simple" and definitive later ones such as "The Messenger" and "Sweep Over My Soul" in addition to the rarities. This album also will make an excellent primer on Luciano for anyone who has not encountered him before and who would like to get a sense of the current state of reggae music. ~ William Ruhlmann
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