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The Aggrovators (aka Agrovators, and many other spellings) were a dub/reggae backing band in the 1970s and 1980s, and one of the main session bands of producer Bunny Lee. The line-up varied, with Lee using the name for whichever set of musicians he was using at any time. The band's name derived from the record shop that Lee had run in the late 1960s, Agro Sounds. Alumni of the band included many musicians who later went on to make names for themselves in reggae music. Legends such as Jackie Mittoo, Sly and Robbie, Tommy McCook, and Aston Barrett were all involved with the band at one point or another. Other regular members included Carlton "Santa" Davis, Earl "Chinna" Smith, George "Fully" Fullwood, Ansel Collins, Bernard "Touter" Harvey, Tony Chin, Bobby Ellis, and Vin Gordon. The band recorded Lee's most popular output from the 1970s, with the instrumental B-sides of Lee's single releases on the Jackpot and Justice labels generally credited to The Aggrovators and mixed by King Tubby.

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While Peel played numerous dub tracks credited to the Aggrovators (often with mixing engineer King Tubby), the same shifting cast of musicians was used in the studio by producer Buddy Lee as the backing band on other reggae tracks played by the DJ that were put out under the name of the vocalist.

Available tracklistings of Peel shows suggest that the Aggrovators featured most often as a credited artist on collections of vintage dub from the 1970s that were released in the late 1980s and beyond.

Many musicians who played with the Aggrovators were featured by Peel in other roles, with notable examples including the celebrated rhythm section and production duo Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, who had first worked together in the Revolutionaries in-house band of the Channel One studio and label.

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1980
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The Aggrovators Rockers Almighty Dub

1989
1990
1991
  • 03 November 1991 (& Johnny Clarke): A Colder Version (album - Johnny In The Echo Chamber (Dubwise Selection 1975-1976)) Attack
  • 15 November 1991 (BFBS) (& Johnny Clarke): A Colder Version (album - Johnny In The Echo Chamber (Dubwise Selection 1975-1976)) Attack
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