Harry A. Mudie (born 1940 in
Spanish Town
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, Jamaica) is a
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record producer
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.
[Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 315]
Biography
Harry Mudie attended the St Jago High School.
[Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 204-5] In the mid fifties, he launched his own
sound system "Mudies Hi-Fi", before going to the
UK to study electronics and
photography
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.
Back in Jamaica in the late 1950s, Mudie began producing, mainly Jamaican R&B records;
[Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) ''The Rough Guide to Reggae'', Rough Guides, , p.100] His first production was "Babylon Gone" (1962) by
rasta drummer
Count Ossie
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and saxophonist
Wilton Gaynair, released in the UK in 1962 on Blue Beat.
He moved away from production in the 1960s, operating his Scaramouch Garden Amusement Center in Spanishtown, opened in 1962.
He returned to production in the late 1960s, launching his Moodisc label and working with artists such as
Dennis Walks,
Winston Wright
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,
Winston Shand,
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, Count Ossie and was the first producer to put
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Biography
Born in 1944 in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica, Reid graduated from Dinthill Technical C ...
on record.
In the early 1970s, Mudie was the first to record the
deejay
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Big Joe. He was the first producer to use string sections in reggae, starting with (
John Holt's 1973 album ''Time is the Master''.
Also in the 1970s, he produced several dub albums with
King Tubby
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(the ''Dub Conference'' series).
From the mid to late 1970s he had his greatest success, producing artists such as
Gregory Isaacs
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,
The Heptones
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,
Joe White,
Cornel Campbell
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and
Prince Heron.
Mudie became based in Florida in the 1980s.
He has since reissued much of his back-catalogue of productions.
Discography
*The Rhythm Rulers & Mudies All Stars - ''Book Of Drifters'' (1970), Moodisc
*The Rhythm Rulers - ''Mudies Mood'' (1970), Moodisc
*Harry Mudie with King Tubby in ''Dub Conference Volume 1'' (1975), Moodisc
*Harry Mudie with King Tubby in ''Dub Conference Volume 2'' (1976), Moodisc
*Harry Mudie with King Tubby in ''Dub Conference Volume 3'' (1977), Moodisc
;Compilations:
*Harry Mudie & Friends - ''Let Me Tell You Boy'' (1988),
Trojan
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*Various Artists - ''Quad Star Revolution Volume 1'' (1972)
*Various Artists - ''Quad Star Revolution Volume 2'' (1975)
*Various Artists - ''Reggae History A-Z Volume 1'', Moodisc
*Various Artists - ''Reggae Jamboree (1972–1992)'', Moodisc
*Various Artists - ''Drifting With Mudies All Stars & The Rhythm Rulers'' (2004), Papa Charlie
*Various Artists - ''Reggae History Volume 1'' (1985), Moodisc
References
External links
Moodisc website
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Jamaican record producers
Jamaican sound systems
1940 births
Living people
People from Spanish Town