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Merritone
3 releases · 10 artists
- Date active
- 2015 – 2016
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- Extremely Low, artist-run imprint, one artist on every release
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1960s Jamaican label founded in 1966 by Ken Khouri within the Federal Records (3) roster, seeing rocksteady as a departure from the ska phase, yet paying tribute to the Mighty Merritone sound system (run by the Blake brothers, Monte,Trevor, Tyrone, & Winston) of the previous decade. A lot of recording from 1966 to 1968 are prod & arranged by Sam Mitchell (4) and Keith Scott (2)
Heralding the new era with Hopeton Lewis' Take It Easy, Merritone was a successful and influential [yet short-lived] label thanks to the talents of some of the island's best engineers and session musicians [Louis Davidson, Ernest Ranglin, Lynn Taitt and Sam Mitchell in charge] in the hi-tech facilities of Federal Recording Studios.
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Heralding the new era with Hopeton Lewis' Take It Easy, Merritone was a successful and influential [yet short-lived] label thanks to the talents of some of the island's best engineers and session musicians [Louis Davidson, Ernest Ranglin, Lynn Taitt and Sam Mitchell in charge] in the hi-tech facilities of Federal Recording Studios.
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Merritone (Label)
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- Releases: 3 Relevance: high Active: 2015 – 2016
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2016
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2016
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2015 – 2016
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2015 – 2016
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2016
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2016
- Releases: 2 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2015 – 2016
- Releases: 2 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2015 – 2016
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2016