The Pressure

Shows

• Sat

  Apr 27

  Soul Runners Scooter Ra…
  Stroudsburg, PA, US | 10:00pm
  Soul Runners Scooter Rally #2
  Stroudsburg, PA, US

  Sat Apr 27 10:00pm
  

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• Fri

  Apr 5

  Rex Theater
  Pittsburgh, PA, US | 8:00pm
  Rex Theater
  Pittsburgh, PA, US

  Fri Apr 05 8:00pm
  

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• Fri

  Mar 22

  Howler's Coyote Cafe
  Pittsburgh, PA, US | 9:00pm
  Howler's Coyote Cafe
  Pittsburgh, PA, US

  Fri Mar 22 9:00pm
  

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• Sat

  Mar 2

  Mayne Stage
  Chicago, IL, US | 8:00pm
  Mayne Stage
  Chicago, IL, US

  Sat Mar 02 8:00pm
  

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  JUMP UP RECORDS celebrates the beginning of it's 20th Anniversary by creating JAMAICAN OLDIES PRODUCTIONS, a partnership with MAYNE STAGE to bring vintage Jamaican vocalists to Chicago every 3 months! Our second event is another amazing 2 day weekend! There were many popular Jamaican duos singing love ballads in early 60s: Stranger & Patsy, Keith & Enid, Alton & Eddie, Derrick & Patsy, Jackie Opel & Doreen Shaffer, and Lord Creator & Norma Fraser just to name a few. But perhaps the greatest duettist of them all was Roy Panton, who started recording in the late 50s with Stranger Cole and Eric "Monty" Morris, duetted with a young Millie Small, and produced a plethora of ska/rocksteady recordings with Yvonne Harrison that rode high on the Jamaican charts during the early 1960s. These powerful recordings touched the hearts of many and drew much inspiration from the Black American duo Shirley and Lee. Focusing mostly on themes of romance, many of these duet recordings acted as a springboard to catapult singers into successful solo careers. Millie Small was one such atrist, who as a teen sang alongside Roy Panton at Clement Coxson Dodd's Studio One. "Roy and Millie" had a hit with ‘We’ll Meet’, which stayed at #1 in the Jamaican charts for six weeks. The success of the duo's debut disc spurred Dodd to accelerate their output over the ensuing months, including "Never Say Goodbye', 'There'll Come A Day', and 'You're The Only One' among their most popular works from this period. Yet while Roy & Millie were fast becoming one of the island's leading acts, financial recompense from their recorded work remained meager, so in early in 1963 the pair switched to Lindon Pottinger's Gay Disc Records spawning the popular "Oh Shirley' and 'Marie', the latter becoming one of the biggest-selling Jamaican singles of that summer. That same year Prince Buster produced 'I'll Go' b/w 'Over And Over', and as the disc climbed the national radio charts the fate of the island's popular duo were being determined elsewhere. In 1963 Chris Blackwell brought Millie Small back to Britain, and the rest shall we say is history... After Millie Small's worldwide smash "My Boy Lollipop", a plethora of albums featuring early Roy Panton duets were released seeking to exploit the young singer's sudden popularity: "Millie And Blue Beat' issued by Melodisc/Blue Beat, 'Millie And Her Boyfriends'on Island/Trojan, and "Ska At The Jamaica Playboy Club" on Island. In addition, the Jamaican starlet was the main focus of a 1965 'Ready, Steady, Go!' TV special entitled 'Millie In Jamaica', a one hour show that included contributions from Roy Panton alongside Jimmy Cliff, Count Ossie, Prince Buster, Byron Lee, Louis Bennett, and Lord Jellicoe. Roy kept busy at this time cutting solo singles, but eventually teamed up with a new duet partner by the name of Yvonne Harrison, who was enjoying solo chart success at the time with "The Chase". As "Roy & Yvonne" they had their first hit with "Two Roads Before You" and it's flipside "Join Together, and they continued recording for several producers throughout the 60s, performed live with Byron Lee & The Dragonaires on the "All Island Tour", were featured on the first televised show in Jamaica at Kingston's Sombrero Club (which became part of the 1964 documentary "This Is Ska"), and recorded with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics. We at Jamaican Oldies Productions and Jump UP Records are proud to present the official North American album release for Roy Panton & Yvonne Harrison's first ever anthology, a collection of 17 rare studio recordings from 1960-1971. Released by Liquidator Music in Spain, these tracks have been cleaned and remastered for the first time, featuring songs performed both together and solo, including collaborations from Eric ‘Monty’ Morris, Millie Small, Anette and Glen Adams. Roy & Yvonne will be backed by THE PRIZEFIGHTERS from Minneapolis, who will perform a full set as well. We welcome them back after doing such an incredible job with STRANGER COLE last November! Opening the night will be THE PRESSURE, crucial vintage Jamaican rock steady from Pittsburgh. DJ Chuck Wren, Triton Soundsystem, Darren Reggae, and Feel The Rhythm DJs spin your favorite Jamaican oldies - strictly on vinyl. All this PLUS vendors selling original Jamaican vinyl, hand screened concert posters, JUMP UP RECORDS' massive mail order table and much more. 18+ show.

• Sun

  Feb 10

  Thunderbird Cafe
  Pittsburgh, PA, US | 6:00pm
  Thunderbird Cafe
  Pittsburgh, PA, US

  Sun Feb 10 6:00pm
  

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