U Brown

Brown grew up in Bond Street in Kingston, living two doors away from Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio. Heavily influenced by U-Roy, but also citing Big Youth, Dennis Alcapone, Prince Jazzbo and I-Roy as influences, Brown began his career on the Silver Bullet sound system in the early 1970s, moving on to Sound of Music and replacing U-Roy on the ''King Tubby's Hi-Fi'' system in 1975. Brown was initially given a chance to record by Winston Edwards and then Yabby You, and had a local hit in 1976 with "Starsky and Hutch", which was followed by a series of albums produced by Bunny Lee. Blood & Fire released a compilation of Brown's 1970s work in 1997, raising his profile and leading to new recordings, working with Jah Warrior among others. ==Albums==

• The Originator (1976) Carib Gems (Nuroy and U-Roy) • Satta Dread (1976) Klik • London Rock (1977) Third World • Revelation Time (1977) Live & Love • Mr Brown Something (1978) Virgin/Front Line • Weather (1978) Gorgon, also released as ''You Can't Keep a Good Man Down'' (1978) Virgin/Front Line • Repatriation (1979) Hit Sound • Hotter Reggae Music (1982) Tad's, also issued as Tu Sheng Peng • ''Raver's Party'' (1982) Trojan • DJ Confrontation (1982) CF (with Peter Yellow) • Jam It Tonight (1983) CSA, also issued as Black Princess (1999) Dressed To Kill • Superstar (1984) Culture Press • Train To Zion (1997) Blood & Fire (compilation) • 3 The Roots Way (2001) Krescendo (with Ranking Joe and Trinity) • Rougher Than The Rest (2003) Jah Warrior • Still Standing Strong (2002) Hit Sound • Rastafari Bible Belle • Hit Sounds From Channel One (1999) Tabou 1 (compilation) • The Original D.J. Sonic Sounds • ''U Brown's Hit Sound'' (2007) Roots (compilation) ==References==