Taxi (label jamaïcain)

Taxi Records

Données clés

Fondation	Années 1970
Fondateur	Sly
Statut	Actif
Genre	Reggae, dub, raggamuffin, dancehall
Pays d'origine	Jamaïque

Taxi Records, ou simplement Taxi, est un label discographique jamaïcain de reggae.

Histoire

Taxi est fondé à la fin des années 1970 en tant que label discographique solo de Sly du groupe Sly and Robbie. Tous les artistes et groupes de reggae des années 1970 sont produits par le label : Gregory Isaacs, The Wailing Souls, Dennis Brown, Junior Delgado, Sugar Minott.

En 2019, le label sort sa compilation Reggae Masterpieces.

Discographie

Albums studio

1978 : Sly Dunbar & Various Artists - Simple Sly Man (Vigin/Taxi)

1. Bobby Thomas & Errol Francis - Cocaine Cocaine
2. Sly Dunbar - Top Rank
3. Althea & Donna - Mr Bassie
4. Bobby Thomas & Errol Francis - Dope Addict
5. Black Uhuru - Sun Is Shining
6. Althea & Donna - A Who Say
7. Bobby Annet Stennet - Nigger Whitie
8. Althea & Donna - Dance & Shake Your Tamborine

1979 : Sly Dunbar and Various Artists - Simple Sly Man (Gorgon/Taxi)

1. Side Walk Doctor
2. War Of The Gods
3. Depth Charge
4. Mickey Mouse
5. Battle Of The Titans

1979 : Sly Dunbar - Sly, Wicked and Slick (Vigin/Taxi)

1. Rasta Fiesta
2. Sesame
3. Bluesy Baby 2
4. Senegal Market Place
5. Mr Music
6. Queen Of The Minstrels
7. Dirty Harry
8. Oriental Taxi

1979 : Black Uhuru - Showcase (D-Roy/Black Rose/Taxi)

1. Leaving To Zion
2. General Penitentiary
3. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
4. Abortion
5. Natural Reggae Beat
6. Plastic Smile

1980 : Sly and Robbie - Gamblers Choice

1. Poker face
2. Pin Ball Machine
3. Deck Of Cards
4. Coon Can
5. Drunken Master
6. Parapinto
7. Bone Dice
8. Stapper Lee Rap

1980 : Sly & Robbie - Presents The Sixties, Seventies, Eighties Vol. II (These Precious Times)

1. Love You
2. Born To Love You
3. My Conversation
4. Hot Milk
5. Queen Majesty
6. Traveling Man
7. Armagidon
8. High Version
9. Make You Love Me
10. Keep That Night
11. Fatty Fatty

1980 : Sly and Robbie - Taxi Productions Presents The Sound of the 80's

1. Baltimore
2. Laying Beside You
3. Love & Devotion
4. Give Me Your Love
5. Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner
6. Sitting & Watching
7. Merry Go Round
8. Mr. Music
9. Queen Of The Minstrel
10. Fort Augustus

1980 : Sojie - Rebel Soldier

1. Alert
2. Stand Down
3. Ration
4. Ayatollah
5. Fire Call
6. Charge
7. Retreat
8. Reveille
9. Detention
10. Rebel Soldier

1980 : The Pearls - The War

1. Chanting Music
2. Girl Name Charm
3. Duke Street
4. You Can't Put The Blame On Me
5. She Waah Fi Dance With Me
6. Serious Time
7. Nuh Follow Bad Company
8. Any Weh Di Niceness Deh
9. The War
10. One In A Million

1980 : Gregory Isaacs - Showcase (RAS/Taxi)

1. Soon Forward
2. You'll Never Know
3. Motherless Children
4. Slave Driver
5. Mistake
6. Going Downtown
7. I'm Coming Home *

1981 : Sly & Robbie - The Sixties + Seventies + Eighties = Taxi (Island/Taxi)

1. You Don't Care
2. Bum Ball
3. Only Sixteen
4. You Have Caught Me
5. Rain From The Sky
6. When I Fall In Love
7. Conquer Me
8. Swing Easy
9. Soul Serenade
10. Who Done It
11. Stampede
12. I Should Have Known Better
13. Watermelon Man
14. El Pussy Cat Ska

1982 : Sly Dunbar - Sly-Go-Ville (Island/Taxi)

1. Slippin Into Darkness
2. Gonna Love You
3. Battle Of Jericho
4. Inner City Blues
5. If You Want It
6. River Niger
7. Hot Youre Hot
8. Unmetered Taxi

1983 : Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla (Island/Taxi)

1. Happiness
2. World Is Africa
3. Push Push
4. There Is Fire
5. No Loafing (Sit And Wonder)
6. Sinsemilla
7. Endurance
8. Vampire
9. Sinsemilla (Discomix)
10. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (Discomix)

1983 : Black Uhuru - The Dub Factor (Island/Taxi)

1. Ion Storm
2. Youth
3. Big Spliff
4. Boof´n´baff´n´biff
5. Puffed Out
6. Android Rebellion
7. Apocalypse
8. Back Breaker
9. Sodom
10. Slaughter
11. Cool Off
12. Destination Unknown
13. Fire And Brimstone

1983 : Linval Thompson - Ease Up (Taxi)

1. Ease Up
2. Ready For My Loving
3. Abortion Abortion
4. Ghetto Youths
5. Cream Of My Crop
6. Guiltiness On Their Mind
7. Long Time She No See Me
8. Raggamuffin Girl
9. Baby Father

1984 : Ini Kamoze - Statement (Island/Taxi)

1. Settle With Me
2. Babylon, Babylon
3. I Want It All
4. Jump For Jah
5. Call The Police
6. Taxi For Me
7. England Be Nice
8. Live A Little Love

1986 : Dennis Brown - Brown Sugar (RAS/Taxi)

1. Revolution Part One
2. Have You Ever
3. Hold On To What You Got - Version
4. Sitting And Watching
5. Revolution Part Two
6. Can't Keep A Good Man Down
7. All Over The World

1986 : Sly and Robbie - Sting

Face A

1. Maxi Taxi
2. Stone Wall
3. Sting
4. Out Law Jose Wales

Face B

1. Peter Gun
2. Land Of Rhythm
3. Pumping Iron
4. Twilight Zone
5. Roxanne

1986 : Sugar Minott - Sugar and Spice (RAS/Taxi)

1. Herbman Hustling
2. Don't Know Why I Love You
3. Love Of Jah
4. Rub A Dub Sound
5. Devils Pickney
6. Save Your Love For Me
7. Ain't Nobody Move Me

1986 : Yellowman - Girls them Pet (Moving Target/Taxi)

1. Tarzan
2. Rambo
3. Girls Pet
4. Crying Time
5. Stop The Rumour
6. Computerize
7. Love
8. Long Rider

1986 : VA - Sound of Taxi Vol. 1

1. Dennis Brown - Revolution Pt. 1
2. Home T Four - Love Is Where You Find It
3. Sugar Minott - Save Your Loving For Me
4. Half Pint - Night Life Lady
5. Ruddy Thomas - Long Last Love
6. Sly & Robbie - Stone Wall

1986 : VA - Sound of Taxi Vol. 2

1. Home T Four - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
2. Half Pint - Cost Of Living
3. Yellowman - Rambo
4. Sugar Minott - Ain't Nobody Move Me
5. Ini Kamoze - England Be Nice
6. Sly & Robbie - Rain Dance

1987 : Half Pint - Level the Vibes

Face A

1. Desperate Lover
2. Mama
3. She Gone
4. I Don't Like
5. Cost Of Living

Face B

1. Level The Vibes
2. When One Gone
3. Come Alive
4. Night Life Lady

1987 : VA - Taxi Connection Live In London !!!!

Face A

1. Sly and Robbie - Red Hot (4:50)
2. Sly & Robbie - When You're Hot You're Hot (5:39)
3. Ini Kamoze - Trouble You A Trouble Me (5:16)
4. Ini Kamoze - Call The Police (6:30)

Face B

1. Half Pint - One In A Million / Sensimillia (4:53)
2. Half Pint - Mr Landlord (4:25)
3. Half Pint - Greetings (4:26)
4. Yellowman - Reggae Calypso (8:55)

Sly and Robbie - Club Play

Face A

1. Triplet
2. Taxi Connection
3. Tarzan (Vocals: Yellowman)
4. Sting (Vocals: Robbie Lyn)

Face B

1. Herbman Hustling (Vocals: Sugar Minott)
2. Rub A Dub Sound (Vocals: Sugar Minott)
3. Revolution (Vocals: Dennis Brown)
4. Revolution Pt. II (Vocals: Dennis Brown)

Compilations

2005 : Sly and Robbie's Taxi Sound (Marking 30 Years of Taxi Records) (Auralux Recordings)

Disque 1 Face A

1. Devil's Pickney (4:15) - Sugar Minott
2. World-A-Music (4:06) - Ini Kamoze
3. Rub A Dub (4:29) - Sugar Minott
4. My Woman's Love (3:27) - Jimmy Riley

Disque 1 Face B

1. Billie Jean (4:57) - Shinehead, The Taxi Gang
2. Heart Made Of Stone (5:06) - The Viceroys
3. Let Him Go (3:05) - Black Uhuru
4. Fort Augustus (3:05) - Junior Delgado
5. Drunken Master (3:30) - General Echo

Disque 2 Face A

1. Revolution (Extended Mix) (6:26) Dennis Brown
2. Motherless Children (5:59) Gregory Isaacs
3. Going Down Town (5:15) Gregory Isaacs

Disque 2 Face B

1. Baltimore (Extended Mix) (8:25) - The Tamlins
2. Smiling Faces Sometime (Extended Mix) (8:35) - The Tamlins

2006 : Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs and Sugar Minott - Sly and Robbie Presents Taxi Trio (Taxi)

1. Dennis Brown - Sitting And Watching
2. - Revolution
3. - Revolution Part 2
4. - Revolution Part 3
5. - Have You Ever
6. - Hold On To What You Got
7. - Rub A Dub
8. Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward
9. - Tune In
10. - What A Feeling
11. - Mistake
12. - Never Know
13. - Going Downtown
14. - Slave Driver
15. Sugar Minott - Herbman Hustling
16. - Devil Pickney
17. - Tune In
18. Sugar Minott & Bounty Killer - Tune In
19. Sugar Minott - Going In Circles
20. - Fools Fall In Love

2005 : The Sixties Seventies Eighties Vol. II These Precious Times