Big Showdown 1980

by Scientist & King Jammy

Big Showdown 1980 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Greensleeves
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This monumental dub clash album conceptually pits two of Jamaica's most innovative mixing engineers鈥擲cientist and King Jammy鈥攁gainst one another in a friendly sonic battle. Utilizing heavy backing tracks recorded at Channel One, the producers unleash an arsenal of extreme echoes, phasers, and cavernous bass drops. The release stands as a highly celebrated zenith of the golden age of dancehall dub.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Round 1
  2. Round 2
  3. Round 3
  4. Round 4
  5. Round 5
  6. Round 6
  7. Round 7
  8. Round 8
  9. Round 9
  10. Round 10

Credits

  • Errol "Flabba" Holt - bass
  • Tony McDermott - cover
  • Carlton "Santa" Davis - drums
  • The Roots Radics - featuring
  • Ansel Collins - keyboards
  • Gladstone Anderson - keyboards
  • Ray Staff - lacquer cut by
  • Earl "Chinna" Smith - lead guitar

More from Scientist & King Jammy: full discography