Carlton Livingston

Carlton Livingston is back in his beloved homeland to put in some heavy studio time and re-launch is career.
A graduate of Trench town and Vauxhall secondary school.
First recording For STUDIO 1 Records,Then
CHANNEL 1. The songs done for TAXI Records. Then the hooked up with DYNAMITE Records.1983 while living in the U.S.A. Recorded the "WEED ANTHEM" (100lb) for JAH LIFE Music. In 1991 The inevitable happens Formed GRAPEVINE Records with Clive Jarrett Produced artist(s) like Gregory isaacs,Dennis Brown, Lone Ranger, and Leroy Smart.Started his own Publishing Company that securing all his rights as an artist. - Sunday Gleaner. 5.24.98/Claude Mills

(inserted Carlton,s Bio) After the great start singing between 1979 to 1995. Carlton recoded a Cd "Emotions" on Grapevine Records. 1998 "Rumours" re-recorded with Shabba Ranks on Digital B. This saw the resurgence of his popularity and led to to the release of "Unforgiven" Jamadon Records. In that Period a bootlegged release of carlton songs.2001 was positive re-release of the CD "Rumours".To illustrate a point big names like Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown.Shinehead and Shanchez has done over his songs. - LODOWN.com/2002

HEADDING: Treasures from Roger Steffens' REGGAE ARCHIVES,



Chapter: The 80-1991-9190
Reggae Goes Dancehall
Page:35-- (record Jacket [100lb]) - Global Treasures, LP

All of Carlton,s early Songs were from Sound System. And lyrics and improve them.
Your Favorite selector: Tony Virgo from VIRGO Disco.He challenged me with stuff. - Full Watts .Vol5/No 3 (Page 33)

100 weight of Collie Weed(Greensleeves)
At last a full of new songs from the sweet-voiced Carlton Livingston.Produced Jah Life and Percy Chin and featuring the musical talents of the Hi- Life Players. A completely new set of names to me at least, this ten-track album falls somewhere between "workmanlike" and "wonderful".Carlton sound not dissimilar to that of Cornel Campbell. While I prefer the Taxi Gang supporting Mr Livingston. - Echoes/May 26.84

Hacki. Carlton Livingston ist einer der Dancehall Legenden der spaten Siebziger,die gross Ehiehatten fur das legendare Studio One zu recorden.Mit seinen Hits wie "Troddung" "Rumours" oder "Tales of two Cities" das er 1978 fur Channel One Records aufgenommen hat, kann man ihn zu den ganz grossen seiner Zat zahlen. - armageddontimes.ch

Evolution Inna Di Dancehall: Innovation At The Microphone
7 martedì | tuesday
?Dancehall ting now is a world to itself. Nobody can explain the dancehall. Nobody. You just have to come and experience it.” These are the words of the former Killamanjaro selector Ricky Trooper. And even though “dancehall a yard” is different from “dancehall abroad,” you can experience dancehall and its evolution not only at the Rototom dancehall tent, but also in this session where practitioners meet with academics that are or were themselves practioners, authors, journalists and fans. For instance, Dr. Donna P. Hope Marquis, who is a lecturer at the Reggae Studies Unit at the University of the West Indies, is an unapologetic defender of dancehall; among other topics, her work focuses on issues of sexuality and gender, as well as violence. Describing Dr Hope’s book “Inna Di Dancehall,” Prof. Carolyn Cooper wrote that “the author presents a lively, perceptive, first-hand account of the evolution of Jamaican dancehall culture.” Then, from a microphone point of view, the pioneering Jamaican/British deejay Dr. William “Lezlee Lyrix” Henry takes us to the beginnings of deejay culture in Britain, looking at its evolution and why it has “lost touch with how to entertain an audience through wit, humour and intelligence.” Something that the foundation deejay and Studio One veteran, Lone Ranger, might agree with, especially as he paved the way for Yellowman, but is viewed by many to be more dynamic than his more famous peer. Ranger belonged to the set of deejays that negotiated the shift from the “cultural” chants of the mid-1970s (i.e., Big Youth and U Roy) to pure dancehall chat; he and his friend, the dancehall singer Carlton Livingston, were working on the sound system Fantastic Three, which later evolved into Soul Express, before they persued their respective solo careers, and Livingston has been hailed as one of the best singer/songwriters of his time, as noted by the overarching international success of songs such as ‘100 Weight Of Collie’ and ‘Trodding Through The Jungle.’ Overall, this session will be a dancehall journey that remembers the past, analyses the present, and speculates about the future.



Dr. WILLIAM HENRY
Dr. William 'Lez' Henry is a Social Anthropologist who lectured in the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, for a number of years and is now a Visiting Research Fellow. An experienced youth worker, poet and writer that was also one of the pioneering British reggae dancehall deejays, Dr. Henry is a contributor to many social projects and has contributed to several television and radio documentaries. He is author of "What The Deejay Said: A Critique From The Street!" and "Whiteness Made Simple: Stepping Into The GREY Zone".



Dr. DONNA P. HOPE MARQUIS
is lecturer in Reggae Studies in the Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of the West Indies, Jamaica and former host of the radio talk show, Disclosure. Her extensive research in Jamaican music and reggae and dancehall culture over the last fifteen years has resulted in several publications, including her book Inna di Dancehall, Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica, published in 2006. She is currently working on several projects, including a study of popular music consumption and violence in Jamaica, an edited collection of plenary papers from the inaugural Global Reggae Conference, and a forthcoming book titled Man Vibes: Discourses of Masculinity in Jamaican Dancehall Culture.



LONE RANGER
Foundation deejay and Studio One veteran



CARLTON LIVINGSTON
Foundation dancehall singer.



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