Mar172025

Dave & Ansell Collins

Dave Barker (born David John Crooks, 10th October 1947, Kingston), a session vocalist, and Ansell Collins (born 1949, Kingston) , a keyboards player, were working for producer Lee "Scratch" Perry in Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1960s, and joined forces in 1971, for the ska single "Double Barrel". Released on Techniques Records, part of the Trojan Records label, it topped the Jamaican and U.K. charts in March that year. It was the first record the celebrated drummer, Sly Dunbar, ever played on; he was aged fourteen at the time. Read more on Last.fm

Track: Monkey Spanner

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Double Barrel
70527
2Monkey Spanner
23280
3Double Barrell
1212
4Double Barrel - Ed Solo Remix - Edit
675
5On Broadway
601
6Top Up Kids
585
7My Best Girl
470
8Double Barrel - Phibes Remix - Edit
469
9I the Third (aka Karate)
451
10Wild Bunch
308

Other Album Releases:

Tony Tuff & Dave Meets Ansel Collins
Double Barrel
Black Label Reggae-Dave And Ansel Collins-Vol. 30
The Sound of Now
Double Barrel (Expanded Version)
Double Barrel (Ed Solo Remix)
Double Barrel (Phibes Remix)
Monkey Spanner (12" Version)
Monkey Spanner
Double Barrel (12" Version)

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