Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee’s standing in the Jamaican recording business has remained
unassailable for over four decades. Known by many aliases including ‘Gorgon’ it
was Cornell Campbell’s ‘Gorgon’, produced by Bunny in 1975, that proved to be
one of the defining records of the mid-seventies when cut after cut after cut of this
flying cymbals extravaganza dominated the dance halls.
The legend of the Gorgon originated in Greek mythology some three thousand years
prior to this and has become a common image in art, literature, and in Jamaica… music.
The three Gorgon sisters of Greek mythology had hair of live, venomous snakes and
their features were so dreadful that anyone who was unfortunate enough to behold
them turned to stone. The name actually derives from the ancient Greek word gorgós
which means ‘dreadful’. Appropriate when one considers that the avalanche of Gorgon
inspired records came as a direct result of the influence of the Rastafarian movement
on the Jamaican musical mainstream and the dread locked hair of the Rasta brethren
was likened to that of the Gorgon sisters.
"About her shoulders she flung the tasselled aegis, fraught with terror ... and therein is
the head of the dread monster, the gorgon, dread and awful ...” Homer
CD Track Listing
1 Revenge Of The Flying Cymbals – Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee All Stars
2 Cool Operator – Delroy Wilson
3 The Gorgon – Cornell Campbell
4 Ripe Cherry – Dennis AlCapone
5 The Beatitude – The Uniques
6 You’re No Good – Ken Boothe
7 Money Money – Horace Andy
8 Move Out Of Babylon Rastaman – Johnny Clarke
9 Labrish – The Upsetters & The Aggrovators
10 Two Faced People – Max Romeo
11 It’s Reggae Time – Don Lee
12 Last Flight To Reggae City – Stranger Cole & Tommy McCook
13 Jah Is I Guiding Star – Tappa Zukie
14 Joyful Locks – U Roy
15 The Great Musical Battle – Derrick Morgan
16 The Clock – John Holt
17 Straight To Jazzbo’s Head – I Roy
18 Straight To I Roy’s Head – Prince Jazzbo
19 The Killer – Jah Stitch
20 Cool Down Your Temper – Linval Thompson
21 Lazer Beam – Don Carlos
22 Jamaican Roots Dub – King Tubby & The Aggrovators
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Vinyl Track Listing
Side 1
1 Revenge Of The Flying Cymbals – Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee All Stars
2 Cool Operator – Delroy Wilson
3 The Gorgon – Cornell Campbell
4 Ripe Cherry – Dennis AlCapone
5 The Beatitude – The Uniques
6 You’re No Good – Ken Boothe
Side 2
1 Money Money – Horace Andy
2 Move Out Of Babylon Rastaman – Johnny Clarke
3 Labrish – The Upsetters & The Aggrovators
4 Two Faced People – Max Romeo
5 It’s Reggae Time – Don Lee
Side 3
1 Last Flight To Reggae City – Stranger Cole & Tommy McCook
2 Jah Is I Guiding Star – Tappa Zukie
3 Joyful Locks – U Roy
4 The Great Musical Battle – Derrick Morgan
5 The Clock – John Holt
Side 4
1 Straight To Jazzbo’s Head – I Roy
2 Straight To I Roy’s Head – Prince Jazzbo
3 The Killer – Jah Stitch
4 Cool Down Your Temper – Linval Thompson
5 Lazer Beam – Don Carlos
6 Jamaican Roots Dub – King Tubby & The Aggrovators
Musicians Include:
Lyn Taitt & The Jets:
Bass: Bryan Atkinson / Drums: Joe Isaacs / Guitar: Nearlyn ‘Lyn’ Taitt & Lynford ‘Hux’ Brown
Piano: Gladstone ‘Gladdy’ Anderson & Theophilus ‘Easy Snapping’ Beckford / Organ: Winston ‘Brubeck’ Wright
Bobby Aitken & The Carib Beats:
Bass: Vincent White / Drums: Winston Grennan / Guitar: Bobby Aitken / Piano: Bobby Kalphat / Organ: Ansel Collins
The Aggrovators featuring:
Bass: Robert ‘Robbie’ Shakespeare / Drums: Carlton ‘Santa’ Davis / Lead Guitar: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith / Rhythm Guitar: Albert Valentine ‘Tony’ Chin /
Piano: Ansel ‘Pinkie’ Collins / Organ: Bernard ‘Touter’ Harvey / Tenor Saxophone: Tommy McCook Alto Saxophone: Lennox Brown / Trumpet: Bobby Ellis /
Trombone: Vincent ‘Don D Junior’/’Trommie’ Gordon / Percussion: Denzil ‘Pops’ Laing, Noel ‘Zoot’/‘Scully’ Simms & & Uziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson
Recorded at:
Channel One Recording Studio, 29 Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13, Jamaica / Engineers: Sid Bucknor & Ernest Hookim
Dynamic Sounds Recording Company Limited, 13/15 Bell Road, Kingston 11, Jamaica / Engineers: Lynford ‘Andy Capp’ Anderson, Sid Bucknor, Carlton Lee & Karl Pitterson
Federal Recording Studios Limited, 220 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston 11, Jamaica / Engineer: Louis ‘Buddy’ Davidson
Harry J Recording Studio, 10 Roosevelt Avenue, Kingston 6, Jamaica / Engineer: Sylvan Morris
King Tubby’s Recording Studio, 18 Dromilly Avenue, Waterhouse, Kingston 11, Jamaica / Engineers: Lloyd ‘Prince Jammy’ James, Pat Kelly, Osbourne ‘King Tubby’ Ruddock & Phillip ‘Prince Phillip’ Smart
Randy’s Studio 17, 17 North Parade, Kingston, Jamaica / Engineers: Dennis Thompson & Errol ‘ET’/’Errol T’ Thompson
Treasure Isle Recording Studio, 33 Bond Street, Kingston, Jamaica / Engineer: Byron Smith
WIRL (West Indies Records Limited), 13/15 Bell Road, Kingston 11, Jamaica / Engineers: Lynford ‘Andy Capp’ Anderson & Graeme Goodall
Design by: Gary @ Voodoo London, Front cover animation art by: Stirzocular.
