“Welcome To Jamaica” indeed – trapped liked a rabbit in the headlights of Buster’s ‘Pum Pum’ aiming sights; was this posed for or was it a gonzo ‘street photo’ where one of the ‘All Stars’ jumped out and snapped her? Either way, she looks genuinely worried and the photo gives off a tangible sense of [...]
This is a special album and deserves a place in anyone’s collection. The early Studio One album covers were usually joyous and uncynical affairs. Artists always looked thrilled to be recording an album and having their photo taken for the cover – Sunday best and church clothes were mandatory, as were big smiles. There was [...]
This is the Studio 1 release of The Gay Lads 1960′s ‘Soul Beat’. I love the grainy photo and the slightly misaligned text. It’s a rather sombre album cover that doesnt really match the uplifting and joyous tracks on the record. The photo on the cover looks like something from Victorian times as opposed to [...]
This is as good as it gets, an incredible photo show Desmond Dekker and The Aces live on stage, the composition of the photo is so good it almost looks staged. And you’ve just got to love the matching socks of ‘The Aces’, while Desmond gets to dress up like a Jamaican ‘Fonz’. The Rock [...]
