Phil Pratt - Dial M For Murder
Artist : Phil Pratt
Album : Dial M For Murder
Year : 2011
Genre : Reggae
Source : CDDA
Label : Pressure Sounds
CatNr : PSCD72
URL : n/a
Date : 26-11-2011
Quality : VBR
Size : 70,2 MB
Time : 45:48 min
01 dial m for murder 03:26
02 danger ubx 03:08
03 stinger 03:21
04 beware of the rass dub 03:21
05 chase a crooked shadow 03:09
06 don't watch my size 03:48
07 walking razor 03:17
08 wonder woman dub 03:04
09 bad boy dub 03:17
10 jam up 03:15
11 natty culture 02:27
12 who gets your dub 04:01
13 dub plenty 03:11
14 dr. bash 03:03
With the passing of time Phil Pratt is emerging as one of the great
unsung heroes of Jamaican music. A talented singer himself, Pratt has
been involved in music since the early nineteen sixties.
Pratt started producing alongside Bunny 'Striker' Lee for Ken Lack's
Caltone label. He set up on his own imprints in the early seventies and
his Jamaica labels included Sunshot, Chanan- Jah and Sounds United. He
recorded and released some of the best of Jamaica's vocalists, including
Gregory Isaacs, Delroy Wilson, Dennis Brown, Horace Andy, John Holt, Pat
Kelly, Al Campbell and Phil Pratt's favourite singer Ken Boothe. However
its one of his superb dub albums that is the focus here.
'Dial M For Murder' was recorded at Channel One around 1979/1980 with
Sly and Robbie as the rhythm section, Rad Brian on guitar, Bobby Kalphat
& Ansell Collins on keyboards and piano, Tommy McCook & Herman Marquis
on horns. It is a lean but stellar cast of players and one that was used
regularly by Phil Pratt. In particular Bobby Kalphat who was to feature
heavily on many of Pratt's recording sessions and cut some great
instrumental sides that are well worth the search.
The album was named after the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'Dial M For Murder'
starring Ray Milland. It is a dynamic production and if not exactly
restrained, provides a closing statement in the more cultured, stately
style of his collaborator Errol Thompson before the next generation of
dub experimentation commenced. The album has become extremely sought
after in the collectors' market, and for good reason with its crisp and
tuneful mixes.
The ten original tracks are featured on the LP with four bonus tracks on
the CD. We have the original sleeve and artwork for the cover and Steve
Barker returns for duty on the sleeve notes. This is a superb album and
one we are pleased to add to the Pressure Sounds catalogue.
This release, together with Pressure Sounds' earlier releases of Phil
Pratt's fine productions will hopefully go some way in ensuring the
producer takes his rightful place in reggae history.