Glen Brown

Born in Kingston, Brown began his musical career in the 1960s as vocalist with Sonny Bradshaw's jazz group, subsequently recording duets with Hopeton Lewis, Lloyd Robinson and Dave Barker for producers such as Duke Reid and Coxsone Dodd. such as 1972's "Merry Up". He also recorded for Prince Buster, Leslie Kong, and Derrick Harriott. He formed two record labels; Pantomine [sic], and South East Music, and produced tracks by U Roy, Gregory Isaacs, Big Youth, I-Roy, Prince Jazzbo, Johnny Clarke, Lloyd Parks, and Little Roy. Due to low funds, his early releases were pressed in limited runs, In 1988, London's Greensleeves Records issued an album of Sylford Walker recordings produced by Brown entitled Lambs Bread, followed in 1989 by three further compilations of productions from the Pantomine label. More reissues followed in the 1990s, with ROIR's 1995 The Way To Mount Zion featuring material from the 1969–1976 period and Blood & Fire's 1996 Termination Dub, featuring material recorded with King Tubby between 1973 and 1979. In 2000, Germany's Select Cuts label released Glen Brown remixes by Small Axe Vs Terminal Head and Pressure Drop, followed in 2001 by two remixes of Sylford Walkers "Lambsbread" by Leftfield and Nick Manasseh. In 2002, Glen Brown's single produced by Ras Kush, "We Dem A Watch", was the first release on New York's Black Redemption label. In 2010 Brown was admitted to a New York nursing home, suffering from renal failure, diabetes, loss of vision, dementia, and a heart condition. ==Reception and legacy==