MIKEY DREAD ‘World War III’ 1982 Vinyl LP Dread At The Controls / Rough Trade
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MIKEY DREAD ‘World War III’ 1982 Original pressing Vinyl LP Dread At The Controls / Rough Trade Records
Item Specifics
1982 Release On Dread At The Controls /Rough Trade. Cat No. TNT 1
Featuring Errol Holt On Bass
Item Condition
Vinyl In Fair Condition ( Medium Surface Marks. Sleeve Has Wear
Mikey, DATC & associates including The Clash
Born in Port Antonio,[3] one of five children, Michael George Campbell (4 June 1954 – 15 March 2008[1]), better known as Mikey Dread,[2] was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster.from an early age Before long, Using the DJ name Mikey Dread) had the most popular program on the JBC. Well known for its fun and adventurous sonic style, Dread at the Controls became a hit all over Jamaica.
He also began working as a recording artist, Lee "Scratch" Perry producing his signature tune "Dread at the Controls", also recording for Sonia Pottinger and Joe Gibbs, and performing with the Socialist Roots sound system.[3][5] Inevitably, JBC's conservative management and Campbell clashed, and he quit in protest in 1978, becoming an engineer at the Treasure Isle studio, where he began an association with producer Carlton Patterson.[3] They co-produced Dread's own work (e.g. "Barber Saloon") and that of others.[3]
By the late 1970s he had started his own DATC label, working with artists such as Edi Fitzroy, Sugar Minott, and Earl Sixteen, as well as producing his own work.[3] The label released Dread's albums Evolutionary Rockers (released in the UK as Dread at the Controls), and World War III.
Campbell's music attracted the attention of British punk rockers The Clash, who invited him over to England to tour with them in 1980, going on to produce some of their music.[3][7][8] Although initially suspicious of the strangers, Campbell soon became the best of friends with the band, producing their famous "Bankrobber" single[9] and performing on several songs on their 1980 album Sandinista!.[10]
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