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Taxi (label jamaïcain)

label de reggae jamaïcain fondé à la fin des années 1970 par Sly et Robbie
(Redirigé depuis Taxi Records)
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Taxi Records, ou simplement Taxi, est un label discographique jamaïcain de reggae.

Taxi Records
Fondation Années 1970
Fondateur Sly
Statut Actif
Genre Reggae, dub, raggamuffin, dancehall
Pays d'origine Drapeau de la Jamaïque Jamaïque

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Histoire

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Taxi est fondé à la fin des années 1970 en tant que label discographique solo de Sly du groupe Sly and Robbie[1]. 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[2].

Discographie

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Albums studio

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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

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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
 
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Notes et références

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  1. ↑ (en) Dominic Bell, « Sly and Robbie: 40 Year Taxi Ride », (consulté le ).
  2. ↑ « Reggae Masterpieces - A Taxi Records Anthology Vol.1 », sur reggae.fr, (consulté le ).
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