Horace Andy ca. 1988.
Source : Sleeve of the LP "Horace Andy, Winston Jarrett & The Wailers - Earth Must Be Hell", Atra Records 1988. Photographer : David Corio.
Photo was taken at Tottenham Town Hall, North London.
Horace Andy, real name Horace Hinds, was born on 19th February 1951 in Kingston, Jamaica. Some twenty years later he was taking his first tentative steps in the fast-moving, hard-hustling Kingston music business, when he recorded for George "Phil" Pratt. Soon after he found himself at Studio One on Brentford Road. Two albums and thunderous singles galore - among them the classic "Skylarking" - he left Studio One. Horace, a studio regular during '72-'76, worked for all the leading producers. Among those who worked with him were Keith Hudson, Augustus Pablo and Winston "Niney the Observer" Holness, but the producer he returned to time and again in the mid-'70s was Bunny "Striker" Lee. In the '80s Horace travelled extensively , recording in London, New York and back in Kingston. Finally a wider stardom arrived in the '90s thanks to the intervention of Massive Attack who brought Horace to a new generation of roots ravers.
1998 Reggae Vibes Productions
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