Open the Iron Gate
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Open the Iron Gate: 1973-1977 is a reggae
compilation album by Max Romeo
, released in 1999.
The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
compilation album by Max Romeo
Max Romeo
Max Romeo is a reggae and roots reggae recording artist who has achieved chart success in his home country, and in the UK. Romeo was responsible for launching an entirely new sub-genre of reggae, whose overtly suggestive lyrics caused an outcry but took a massive hold of the music scene regardless...
, released in 1999.
The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Max Romeo- "Every Man Ought To Know"
- "Revelation Time/Hammer and Sickle"
- "No Peace"
- Tacko
- "Blood of The Prophet, Parts 1 & 2"
- "Warning Warning" version
- "A Quarter Pound of I'cense"
- "Three Blind Mice"
- "Open The Iron Gate, Parts 1 & 2"
- "Valley Of Jehosaphat" version
- "Fire Fe The Vatican"
- "Melt Away" (12in Version)
Personnel
- Max Romeo - vocals
- Aston BarrettAston BarrettAston Barrett , often called "Family Man" or "Fams" for short, is a Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian.-Biography:...
- bass - Carlton "Carlie" BarrettCarlton BarrettCarlton "Carly" Barrett was an influential reggae drummer and percussion player. His musical development in the early years were with his brother Aston "Family Man" Barrett as a member of Lee "Scratch" Perry's "house band" The Upsetters. The brothers joined Bob Marley and The Wailers around 1970...
- drums - Tony Chin - guitar
- Geoffrey ChungGeoffrey ChungGeoffrey Chung was a Jamaican musician, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:Chung was born in 1950 in Kingston, Jamaica...
- bass, keyboards - Glen DaCosta - tenor saxophone
- Carlton "Santa" Davis - drums
- Tyrone DownieTyrone DownieTyrone Downie is a Jamaican keyboardist/pianist who is most known for his involvement as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. He studied at Kingston College and joined the wailers in the mid-1970s, making his recording début with the band on Rastaman Vibration, having previously been a member of...
- keyboards, harmonica - Bobby EllisBobby EllisBobby Ellis born 2 July 1932, is a Jamaican trumpet player. He has worked with many reggae artists including Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, and The Revolutionaries.-Biography:...
- flugelhorn - George Fullwood - bass
- Vin GordonVin GordonVin Gordon is a Jamaican trombone player.-Biography:Gordon grew up in Jones Town, Kingston, Jamaica as one of eight children. He went to Kingston's catholic Alpha Boys School where he learned to play trombone and string bass. One of his tutors was Lennie Hibbert...
- trombone - "Dirty" Harry Hall - horns
- Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards
- Clive "Azul" Hunt - bass, percussion, keyboards
- Earl LindoEarl LindoEarl "Wire" Lindo, b. 7 January 1953 is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is a member of The Wailers and has collaborated with numerous reggae artists including Burning Spear.-Biography:...
- organ, clavinet - Robert Lyn - keyboards
- David Madden - trumpet
- Lee "Scratch" Perry - percussion
- Ernest RanglinErnest RanglinErnest Ranglin O.D. is a Jamaican guitarist and composer. Best known for his session work at the famed Studio One, Ranglin helped give birth to the ska genre in the late 1950s...
- guitar - Earl "Chinna" Smith - guitar
- Keith Sterling - piano
- Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
- Winston Wright - keyboards
- Derrick Stewart - drums
- Mike Murray - guitar, percussion