GLEN ADAMS A BEAT FOR YOU

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ERC047 / JAMWAX MAXI 12

EMOTIONAL RESCUE / JAMWAX
FR12" 2017 (1982)
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

TRACKLIST
A A Beat For You
B A Beat For You (Version)

ABOUT
Emotional Rescue's essential 12” from NY/Jamaican label Capo Disco, officially licensed and remastered. The brainchild of reggae vocalist, musician, producer and label owner Glen Adams, the label married disco with his Caribbean roots to perfection.
Born and raised in Jamaica, Adams' story is similar to that of the performers of the golden period post-independence. Initially discovered as a vocalist by Coxsone Dodd, he worked with such luminaries as Ken Boothe and Stranger Cole before co-founding The Heptones and working with Duke Reid, Bunny Lee and Lloyd Charmers.
As a session organist, he worked for The Hippy Boys, The Reggae Boys and later with Lee Perry’s The Upsetters. Here he came into the orbit of The Wailors, touring England with them in the early 70s and with Perry co-wrote Mr Brown. When most of The Upsetters became Marley’s rhythm section, Adams stayed with Perry before moving to Brooklyn in 1975.
There, he successfully started Capo Records and its sub-labels until the mid-80s. During these later years he ventured in to mixing Reggae with Boogie and Disco rhythms and released just four 12”s under Capo Disco as well as recording boogie and hip-hop-influenced releases with T Ski Valley and Glen Adams Affair for SAM and Moonglow Records.
The spotlight is on Adam’s nascent disco releases here and the series starts with the wonderful, uplifting A Beat For You. Actually appearing on a one-off sister-label, Top Secret, this is a beautiful “Lovers” anthem from Adams over a laidback dub-bass riddim. Backed with a simple instrumental Version, the space and interplay of the keys and guitar over drum and bass is superlative. “There is a beat in my heart, just for you…just for you.”
STYLE
  • Reggae
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