Clement Dodd

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Producer, Jamaica
b. 1932 - d. 4. Mai 2004

A young producer with R. Alphonso

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Dodd produced nearly every musician in Jamaica during the early days. Rico came to him with Clue J & His Blues Blasters to him participating in the famous session, where "Easy Snappin'" and some other classics were born.

Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd is one of the most important persons in the development of Jamaican music.

He "first began producing local Jamaican artists in the mid 1950s, initially for exclusive use on his numerous sound systems. The earliest singles and albums were recorded and pressed at Federal Studios, but in 1963 Dodd opened his own recording facilities at 13 Brentford Road, Kingston - the Jamaican Recording and Publishing Studio. Studio One is the major label and the generic title for all C.S.Dodd productions.

The first album to be released was All Star Top Hits, recorded at Federal Recording Studio in 1961 with several contributions by Rico on trombone (reissued in an extended compilation by HeartBeat and called Ska Bonanza). This was followed by I Cover The Waterfront and Jazz Jamaica in 1962, Jump Jamaica Way in 1963, and Ska Authentic in 1964." (Rob Chapman, Downbeat Special WebSite, Feb. 2000)

Many of the most famous Jamaican artists started their respective career with Dodd, not only Bob Marley & The Wailers, but also Lee Perry, Horace Andy, Bob Andy, Dennis Brown, Freddie McGregor, Frankie Paul and many others.

1996:
• Downbeat Special (Studio One Album Discography), by Rob Chapman, Rob (the latest edition)

Since 1981 Rob Chapman has been attempting to catalogue all the vinyl LPs and CDs issued on the Studio One and related labels. This work is the fruit, published in 2 editions.
• Never Grow Old (Studio One Singles Listing and Rhythm Directory), by Rob Chapman

A catalogue of approximately 6000 titles, including alternative versions of each rhythm four editions.




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1999:
• Coxsone's Music: A Discography, by Charlie Morgan, 2nd Edition - 178 pp./A4 booklet

Welcome update of Charlie Morgan's no frills listing of all known Studio One singles - organised by Title, Artist and Matrix Number. The first edition of this indispensable catalogue was published in 1997, and this latest edition includes over 500 additions and corrections. If you need to identify that elusive Music City blank, then this is your best bet.

Available direct from Outernational Records, PO Box 399, Lakebay, WA. 98349, USA, for $25 plus postage, or from Jammyland in NY or Tower in Tokyo.
 

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WebSites:
• Downbeat Special. by Rob Chapman /UK

URL: http://www.downbeat.demon.co.uk (old)
URL: http://www.robchapman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ (new)
• Studio 1 Album Page, by Juha Vaahtera, Helsinki/Finland

URL: http://www.koti.mbnet.fi/maple/st1_fav.html
The site seems to be no more. (2/2005)