Singers Meet The DJs – Midnight Rock

SINGERS MEET THE DJS – MIDNIGHT ROCK 198X

Midnight rock. This 1980s-era set catches the rub-a-dub era at a sweet spot, pairing singers and DJs over a single rhythm with a line-up that jumps from Bunny Lye Lye’s loose-limbed “Keep On Dancing” and Johnny Osbourne’s cheeky “Can’t Buy Me Love” to Sugar Minott’s “Dance Hall We Deh, ” which feels like the anchor cut here. The mix of deejays and melodic voices gives the whole thing a busy, street-level energy, and the presence of Buro Banton, Early B, Little John, Papa San and Peter Metro keeps it in that sharp-mid-80s lane where sound system chatter and songman hooks were running side by side. In the wider Midnight Rock catalogue, this sits neatly with the label’s knack for gathering strong, characterful voices around a rhythm that leaves plenty of room for personality.

Singers Meet The DJs Tracklist:

1. Bunny Lye Lye – Keep On Dancing
2. Buro Banton – Mc Peggy
3. Derrick Irie – Mad Them
4. Earl Cunningham – Your Name And Number
5. Early B – Sunday Dish
6. Jah Thomas – Shoulder Move
7. Johnny Osbourne – Cant Buy Me Love
8. Little John – Say What You Saying
9. Papa San – You Nuh Guilty
10. Peter Metro – Seven Heroes
11. Pliers – Everytime I Close My Eyes
12. Sugar Minott – Dance Hall We Deh