Sleeve Notes1979

Eye Of The Danger

Michigan & Smilie · 1979

Recording

Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd’s Studio One, with Michigan and General Smiley voicing the cut over a Studio One rhythm base. The track formed part of the 1979 Rub A Dub Style set issued on Studio One. It captured Michigan & Smiley at the start of the first wave of dancehall, when their double-deejay call-and-response style was helping define the new rub-a-dub approach. The song also extended Studio One’s practice of reworking classic riddims for contemporary deejay cuts. The track has remained part of Studio One’s catalog canon, appearing on later compilations such as Studio One Rockers, and it is still cited in sample and track-database references. Its link to the reused "Danger in Your Eyes" foundation keeps it visible in reggae history discussions.

ArtistMichigan & Smilie

Year1979

GenreCaribbean · Reggae

StudioStudio One, Kingston, Jamaica

LabelStudio One

ProducersClement "Coxsone" Dodd

How curators tag this

Reggae100%

Sound check

SamplesFig. B

Danger in Your Eyes

Don Evans and The Paragons · 1968 · sampled

Eye of Danger

Papa Michigan & General Smiley · 1979 · sampled-by

Year · 1979Fig. C

Mellow Mellow Right On

Lowrell Simon · 1979

Elevate Our Minds

Linda Williams · 1979

Disco Circus

Martin Circus · 1979

Spoonin' Rap

Spoonie Gee · 1979

All This Love That I'm Giving

Gwen McCrae · 1979

Same GenreFig. D

Mr. Brown (Remastered)

Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1971

Come as You Are

Little Roy · 2011

Shine

Aswad · 1994

Healing of the Nation (feat. Inner Circle)

Jacob Miller · 1978

White Horse

Speng Bond · 2013

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1970s

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