Singers & Players were a reggae collective made up of vocalists and musicians associated with Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound Records. They recorded five albums between 1981 and 1988.
Including artists such as Bim Sherman, Prince Far I and Mikey Dread they were regarded as a dub music supergroup. There was never any fixed line up to the group, and many different artists featured on each track and each album.
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Links to Peel[]
John Peel played new Singers & Players releases regularly through the 1980s, having already given airtime to many of the artists featured in other guises. The DJ was also a long-time supporter of producer Adrian Sherwood's On U Sound label.
Long after Peel's death, former Cocteau Twins bassist Simon Raymonde picked Singers & Players debut LP "Revenge of the Underdog" for a record box of 1980s favourites selected from John Peel's Record Collection as part of an online series. (See Record Boxes: Simon Raymonde.)
Festive Fifty Entries[]
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Sessions[]
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Other Shows Played[]
(Vocalist indicated where known)
Quante Jubila - Prince Far I - Singers & Players - War of Words - On-U Sound - Adrian Sherwood
- 1981
- 06 October 1981 (with Prince Far I): Quanté Jubila (album - War Of Words) On-U Sound
- 15 October 1981 (BFBS) (with Bim Sherman): Devious Woman (album - War Of Words) On-U Sound
- 1983
- 30 May 1983 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): African Blood (10") On-U Sound
- 05 June 1983 (BFBS) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): African Blood (10") On-U Sound
- 13 July 1983 (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sounds
- 27 July 1983 (BFBS) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): African Blood (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sound
- 08 August 1983 (BBC World Service) (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sound
- 07 September 1983 (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sound ON-U
- 06 November 1983 (BBC World Service) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
- 05 December 1983 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
- 13 December 1983 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
- 1984
- 04 January 1984 (BFBS) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
- 31 March 1984 (BFBS)) Breaking Down The Pressure (album - Leaps & Bounds) Cherry Red BRED 58 / On-U Sound – ON-LP 33
- 31 March 1984 (BFBS)) Moses (album - Leaps & Bounds) Cherry Red BRED 58 / On-U Sound – ON-LP 33
- 02 April 1984 (BBC World Service): unknown track
- 1987
- 08 July 1987 (& Bim Sherman): The Need To Live (v/a LP - Bugs On The Wire) Leghorn
- 04 August 1987 (& Bim Sherman): The Need To Live (v/a LP - Bugs On The Wire) Leghorn
- 1988
- 14 June 1988 (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 20 June 1988 (with Sister P): Holy Scripture (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 21 June 1988: To Be Free (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 21 June 1988 (Radio Bremen) (with Bim Sherman): Holy Scripture (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 25 June 1988 (BFBS) (with Bim Sherman): These Eyes (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 27 June 1988 (BBC World Service) (with Bim Sherman): To Be Free (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 06 July 1988 (with Delroy Katt): Boom Um Baff Um (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound ON-U
- 16 July 1988 (BFBS) (with Delroy Katt): Boof Um Baff Um (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 26 July 1988 (Radio Bremen): Pneumatic (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 01 October 1988 (BFBS) (with Bim Sherman): Revolution (10") On-U Sound – DP2
- 05 October 1988 (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- 06 December 1988 (Radio Bremen) (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (v/a album - Pay It All Back Volume 2) On-U Sound
- 14 December 1988 (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (v/a album - Pay It All Back Volume 2) On-U Sound
- 1989
- 04 January 1989 (& Prince Far I): Water The Garden (v/a compilation album - Pay It All Back Volume 2) On-U Sound
- 1990s
- 26 November 1997 (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (v/a LP - Pay It All Back Vol.1) On-U Sound
- 2000s
- 22 September 2004 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Moses (LP - 'Leaps & Bounds') On U Sound
See Also[]
- Adrian Sherwood
- Bim Sherman
- Prince Far I
- Roots Radics
- Mikey Dread
- Steve Barker
- Record Boxes: Simon Raymonde