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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Rico Rodriguez
| name = Man from Wareika
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = Album
| Artist = [[Rico Rodriguez]]
| artist = [[Rico Rodriguez (musician)|Rico Rodriguez]]
| Cover = RicoRodriguezD1977ManWareika.jpg
| cover = RicoRodriguezD1977ManWareika.jpg
| Released = 1977 (UK, Int.)
| alt =
| Recorded = May 1976 - September 1976
| released = 1977 (UK, Int.)
| recorded = May – September 1976; Joe Gibbs and Randy's Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, September 1976; "Africa" Island Hammersmith Studios, May 1976
| Genre = [[Reggae]]
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| venue =
| Producer = [[Karl Pitterson]]
| studio =
| Reviews =
| genre = [[Reggae]]
| length =
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*[http://www.trojanrecords.net/articles/rico/picture_9.htm Imruh Caesar, 1977]
| label = [[Island Records|Island]], [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], Top Ranking
|
| Last album = ''[[Blow Your Horn]]''
| producer = [[Karl Pitterson]]
| prev_title = Blow Your Horn
| This album = ''Man From Wareika''
| prev_year = 1969
| Next album = ''[[That Man Is Forward]]''
| next_title = That Man Is Forward
| next_year = 1981
}}{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = [http://www.trojanrecords.net/articles/rico/picture_9.htm Imruh Caesar, 1977]
| rev1Score =(not rated)
}}
}}
'''''Man From Wareika''''' was the first album recording for [[Rico Rodriguez]] led by his own artistic imagination, and his first recording created for album release.
'''''Man from Wareika''''' was the first album recording for [[Rico Rodriguez (musician)|Rico Rodriguez]] led by his own artistic imagination, and his first recording created for album release.<ref>{{Citation |title=Rico - Man from Wareika Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/man-from-wareika-mw0000468283 |access-date=2023-05-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Augustyn |first=Heather |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUba45txcJ8C |title=Ska: An Oral History |date=2014-01-10 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6197-4 |pages=95 |language=en}}</ref> It is notable for being the only [[roots reggae]] album to be released on [[Blue Note Records]].


After recording one track ("Africa") in London with engineer [[Dick Cuthell]] as a kind of a demo for label owner [[Chris Blackwell]] - its arrangement is completely different in comparison to the rest of the album and contains flute and chorus - Rico Rodriguez was offered a contract to record this album; and he could arrange to record in Jamaica.
After recording one track ("Africa") in [[London]] with engineer [[Dick Cuthell]] as a kind of a demo for label owner [[Chris Blackwell]] - its arrangement is completely different in comparison to the rest of the album and contains flute and chorus - Rodriguez was offered a contract to record this album; and he could arrange to record in [[Jamaica]].


After 15 years Rico Rodriguez returned for the first time to Jamaica. He had left the country in 1961 when he already has been heavily involved in creating the then new [[ska]] sound. In 1976 he added something new to reggae music. A critic wrote in 1977 that the album "does not just reflect the current popular trends, but ... expresses in a definitive way the Jamaican music tradition."
After 15 years Rodriguez returned for the first time to Jamaica. He had left the country in 1961 when he was already heavily involved in creating the then new [[ska]] sound. In 1976 he added something new to reggae music. A critic wrote in 1977 that the album "does not just reflect the current popular trends, but ... expresses in a definitive way the Jamaican music tradition."


The 9 self composed tracks on the album offer Jamaican rhythms with horn lines between a melodic use (e.g. on "This Day", "Lumumba") and jazz; the latter helped to define something like a new genre, Jamaican jazz, transforming the experience from early ska days into 1970s roots reggae. Most of the songs remained in Rico's live repertoire until these days. Some have been re-recorded by other artists and by himself.
The nine self-composed tracks on the album offer Jamaican rhythms with horn lines between a melodic use (e.g. on "This Day" and "Lumumba") and jazz; the latter helped to define something like a new genre, Jamaican jazz, transforming the experience from early ska days into 1970s roots reggae. Most of the songs remain in Rodriguez's live repertoire until today. Some have been re-recorded by other artists as well as by himself.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"Lumumba" – 4:01
#"Lumumba" – 4:01
#"Africa" – 4:36
#"Africa" – 4:36
#"Man From Wareika" – 3:16
#"Man from Wareika" – 3:16
#"Rasta" – 3:38
#"Rasta" – 3:38
#"Over The Mountain" – 3:14
#"Over the Mountain" – 3:14
#"Gunga Din" – 3:53
#"Gunga Din" – 3:53
#"Dial Africa" – 3:22
#"Dial Africa" – 3:22
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Rico Rodriguez - trombone
*Rico Rodriguez - trombone
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*Viv "Talent" Hall - trumpet
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*[[Sly Dunbar]] - drums
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*[[Bobby Ellis]] - trumpet
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*Jacko - drums on "Africa"
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*[[Richard Hall (musician)|Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall]] - tenor saxophone
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*[[Robbie Shakespeare|Ras Robbie Shakespeare]] - bass
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*George Lee - tenor saxophone
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*Bunny McKenzie - bass on "Africa"
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*[[Herman Marquis]] - alto saxophone
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*Duggie Bryan - lead guitar
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*Ray Allen - alto saxophone
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*[[Karl Pitterson]] - lead guitar, keyboards, percussion
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*Junior Hanson Marvin - lead guitar
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*Lloyd Parkes - rhythm guitar
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*[[Phillip Chen]] - rhythm guitar on "Africa"
*Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards
*Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards
*[[Ansell Collins]] - keyboards
*[[Ansell Collins]] - keyboards
*Tarzan Nelson - keyboards
*Errol "Tarzan" Nelson - keyboards
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*[[Karl Pitterson]] - lead guitar, keyboards, percussion
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*Tony Washington - keyboards on "Africa"
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*Radcliffe "Duggie" Bryan - lead guitar
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*[[Junior Marvin|Junior Hanson Marvin]] - lead guitar
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*[[Lloyd Parks]] - rhythm guitar
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*[[Robbie Shakespeare|Ras Robbie Shakespeare]] - bass
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*[[Sly Dunbar]] - drums
*[[Noel Simms|Skully]] - wood drums
*[[Noel Simms|Skully]] - wood drums
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*Tony Utah - percussion on "Africa"
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*Satch Dixon - percussion on "Africa"
*Flick - fussy tambourine
*Flick - fussy tambourine
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*[[Ijahman]] - backing vocals on "Africa"
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*Candi McKenzie - backing vocals on "Africa"
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*Viv Talent Hall - trumpet
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*[[Bobby Ellis]] - trumpet
*Eddie Thornton - trumpet on "Africa"
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*[[Richard Hall (musician)|Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall]] - tenor saxohone
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*[[George Lee]] - tenor saxophone
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*Keith Gemmel - tenor saxophone on "Africa"
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*[[Herman Marquis]] - alto saxohone
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*Ray Allen - alto saxophone


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;Personnel on "Africa":
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Recorded at [[Joe Gibbs (record producer)|Joe Gibbs]] Studios and Randy's Recording Studio, [[Kingston, Jamaica]], Sept. 1976.
*Rico Rodriguez - trombone
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Engineers: [[Karl Pitterson]], [[Errol Thompson]], [[Dick Cuthell]], assisted by Flick.
*[[Eddie Thornton|Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton]] - trumpet
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"Africa" was recorded at Island Hammersmith Studios, May 1976 by Dick Cuthell.
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*[[Keith Gemmell]] - tenor saxophone
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All tracks mixed at Island Basing Street Studios by Karl Pitterson and Dick Cuthell, assisted by Kevin Dallimore.
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*Tony Washington - keyboards
Produced by [[Karl Pitterson]].
⚫
*[[Phillip Chen]] - rhythm guitar
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*Bunny McKenzie - bass
*Jacko (Although it is very likely to be Carlton 'Carly' Barrett.) - drums
⚫
*Tony Utah - percussion
⚫
*Satch Dixon - percussion
⚫
*[[Ijahman]] - backing vocals
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*Candy McKenzie - backing vocals

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Recorded at [[Joe Gibbs (record producer)|Joe Gibbs]] Studios and Randy's Recording Studio, [[Kingston, Jamaica]], September 1976.<br />
⚫
Engineers: [[Karl Pitterson]], [[Errol Thompson (audio engineer)|Errol Thompson]], [[Dick Cuthell]], assisted by Flick.<br />
⚫
"Africa" was recorded at Island Hammersmith Studios, May 1976 by Dick Cuthell.<br />
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All tracks mixed at Island [[Basing Street Studios]] by Karl Pitterson and Dick Cuthell, assisted by Kevin Dallimore.<br />
Executive producer: [[Chris Blackwell]]
Executive producer: [[Chris Blackwell]]


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2004:
2004:
*CD: Island Japan
*CD: Island Japan
2016:
*CD: Caroline International CAROLR049CD (Double CD featuring 'Man From Wareika' and 'Wareika Dub' with extra tracks.)
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''Man From Wareika'' was also remixed into a [[Dub music|dub]] version, released as ''Warrika Dub'' (LP: Ghetto Rockers PRE 1), re-released 2004 in Japan on Island CD.


== References ==
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Man From Wareika was also remixed into a [[Dub music|dub]] version, released as
{{Reflist}}
''''Warrika Dub'''' (LP: Ghetto Rockers PRE 1), re-released 2004 in Japan on Island CD


==External links==
==External links==

* {{Discogs release|507657}}

*[http://2-tone.info/2tone.pl?show348& Two-Tone Records]
*[http://2-tone.info/2tone.pl?show348& Two-Tone Records]
*[http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2162 Roots Archives]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051226095924/http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2162 Roots Archives]

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:1977 albums]]
[[Category:1977 albums]]
[[Category:Reggae albums]]
[[Category:Rico Rodriguez (musician) albums]]
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[[Category:Jamaican albums]]
[[Category:Island Records albums]]
[[Category:Island Records albums]]
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[[Category:Blue Note Records albums]]

Latest revision as of 10:23, 3 August 2024

Man from Wareika
Studio album by
Rico Rodriguez
Released1977 (UK, Int.)
RecordedMay – September 1976; Joe Gibbs and Randy's Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, September 1976; "Africa" Island Hammersmith Studios, May 1976
GenreReggae
LabelIsland, Blue Note, Top Ranking
ProducerKarl Pitterson
Rico Rodriguez chronology
Blow Your Horn
(1969) 		Man from Wareika
(1977) 		That Man Is Forward
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Imruh Caesar, 1977(not rated)

Man from Wareika was the first album recording for Rico Rodriguez led by his own artistic imagination, and his first recording created for album release.[1][2] It is notable for being the only roots reggae album to be released on Blue Note Records.

After recording one track ("Africa") in London with engineer Dick Cuthell as a kind of a demo for label owner Chris Blackwell - its arrangement is completely different in comparison to the rest of the album and contains flute and chorus - Rodriguez was offered a contract to record this album; and he could arrange to record in Jamaica.

After 15 years Rodriguez returned for the first time to Jamaica. He had left the country in 1961 when he was already heavily involved in creating the then new ska sound. In 1976 he added something new to reggae music. A critic wrote in 1977 that the album "does not just reflect the current popular trends, but ... expresses in a definitive way the Jamaican music tradition."

The nine self-composed tracks on the album offer Jamaican rhythms with horn lines between a melodic use (e.g. on "This Day" and "Lumumba") and jazz; the latter helped to define something like a new genre, Jamaican jazz, transforming the experience from early ska days into 1970s roots reggae. Most of the songs remain in Rodriguez's live repertoire until today. Some have been re-recorded by other artists as well as by himself.

Track listing

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All compositions and arrangements by Rico Rodriguez

  1. "This Day" – 4:14
  2. "Ramble" – 4:11
  3. "Lumumba" – 4:01
  4. "Africa" – 4:36
  5. "Man from Wareika" – 3:16
  6. "Rasta" – 3:38
  7. "Over the Mountain" – 3:14
  8. "Gunga Din" – 3:53
  9. "Dial Africa" – 3:22

Personnel

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Personnel on "Africa"
  • Rico Rodriguez - trombone
  • Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton - trumpet
  • Keith Gemmell - tenor saxophone
  • Tony Washington - keyboards
  • Phillip Chen - rhythm guitar
  • Bunny McKenzie - bass
  • Jacko (Although it is very likely to be Carlton 'Carly' Barrett.) - drums
  • Tony Utah - percussion
  • Satch Dixon - percussion
  • Ijahman - backing vocals
  • Candy McKenzie - backing vocals

Recorded at Joe Gibbs Studios and Randy's Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica, September 1976.
Engineers: Karl Pitterson, Errol Thompson, Dick Cuthell, assisted by Flick.
"Africa" was recorded at Island Hammersmith Studios, May 1976 by Dick Cuthell.
All tracks mixed at Island Basing Street Studios by Karl Pitterson and Dick Cuthell, assisted by Kevin Dallimore.
Executive producer: Chris Blackwell

Cover illustration by Tony Wright. Design by Eckford/Stimpson.

Releases

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1977:

  • LP: Island ILPS 9485 /UK
  • LP: Blue Note BN LA819 H /US
  • LP: Top Ranking no # /Jamaica

ca. late 1980s:

  • CD: Mango /Island CID 9485 /UK

1999/2000:

  • Vinyl Only /Island

2004:

  • CD: Island Japan

2016:

  • CD: Caroline International CAROLR049CD (Double CD featuring 'Man From Wareika' and 'Wareika Dub' with extra tracks.)

Man From Wareika was also remixed into a dub version, released as Warrika Dub (LP: Ghetto Rockers PRE 1), re-released 2004 in Japan on Island CD.

References

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  1. ^ Rico - Man from Wareika Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-05-04
  2. ^ Augustyn, Heather (2014-01-10). Ska: An Oral History. McFarland. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7864-6197-4.
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