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Winston Jarrett

Real name: Winston Jarrett

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Jamaican reggae singer born 14 September in 1940.. 'Flames' did a number of early classics like ‘Cry Tough,’ ‘Dance Crasher,’ ‘The Preacher’, and ‘I Have Got A Date.’ The Flames were recording for Duke Reid, but were lured away by Sir Coxsone. Alton moved to England in 1969 and Winston reformed the group as The Righteous Flames. In addition to 17 albums and dozens of solo and compilation recordings (see discography), Winston backed up Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths and Winston Francis. He also worked with Enid Cu…

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Jamaican reggae singer born 14 September in 1940..
'Flames' did a number of early classics like ‘Cry Tough,’ ‘Dance Crasher,’ ‘The Preacher’, and ‘I Have Got A Date.’ The Flames were recording for Duke Reid, but were lured away by Sir Coxsone. Alton moved to England in 1969 and Winston reformed the group as The Righteous Flames.

In addition to 17 albums and dozens of solo and compilation recordings (see discography), Winston backed up Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths and Winston Francis. He also worked with Enid Cumberland and Larry Marshall. Winston recorded over a hundred titles during the early seventies for Joe Gibbs and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry among others.

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Releases

4

All 12"LP Remixes Other

War In A South Africa12"1986

Praises Unto Him12"1997

Survival Is The GameLP2005

Children Of The GhettoLP2006

Also known as

Soul OfrousWinston Flames

Winston Jarrett — Photo via Wikimedia Commons

SEE ALSO

Close collaborators

Jah ShakaProducer2 masters
Clement "Coxsone" DoddProducer1 master
Jackie MittooVocals1 master
King TubbyEngineer1 master
Prince JazzboProducer1 master
The WailersVocals1 master

Also in

The Righteous Flames2 masters
The Hurricanes (2)1 master

LABELMATES

Dread & FredJah Shaka Music2 records
Jah ShakaJah Shaka Music2 records
Johnny ClarkeJah Shaka Music2 records
Prince AllaJah Shaka Music2 records
Stranger ColeJah Shaka Music2 records
Gregory IsaacsJah Shaka Music1 record

Other artists on the labels you put records out on.

Remixes & productions (4)

All credits Remixes / Edits Productions Mixed by Mastered by Vocals Written by

Umkhonto We Sizwe (Spear Of The Nation)
Prince Far I·Tamoki Wambesi·1984
Vocals+ release-level
Dos
Culver City Dub Collective·Everloving·2007
Vocals+ release-level
Tribute To Carly Barrett
The Wailers·Atra·1987
Written By+ release-level
Survival Is The Game
Winston Jarrett·Nocturne·2005
10 tracks credited
- 4Come Down ZacchiusProducer
- 9True Born AfricanProducer
- 10Haile Selassie Is The ChapelProducer
- 11Babylon BurningProducer
- 12Dub On NattyProducer
- 13Must Be A RevolutionProducer
- 14Humble YourselfProducer
- 15Your Love Is HeavenProducer
- 16Your Dub Is HeavenProducer
- 17Humble DubProducer

Producer