Taxi (label jamaïcain)

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

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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)

Bobby Thomas & Errol Francis - Cocaine Cocaine
Sly Dunbar - Top Rank
Althea & Donna - Mr Bassie
Bobby Thomas & Errol Francis - Dope Addict
Black Uhuru - Sun Is Shining
Althea & Donna - A Who Say
Bobby Annet Stennet - Nigger Whitie
Althea & Donna - Dance & Shake Your Tamborine

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

Side Walk Doctor
War Of The Gods
Depth Charge
Mickey Mouse
Battle Of The Titans

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

Rasta Fiesta
Sesame
Bluesy Baby 2
Senegal Market Place
Mr Music
Queen Of The Minstrels
Dirty Harry
Oriental Taxi

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

Leaving To Zion
General Penitentiary
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Abortion
Natural Reggae Beat
Plastic Smile

1980 : Sly and Robbie - Gamblers Choice

Poker face
Pin Ball Machine
Deck Of Cards
Coon Can
Drunken Master
Parapinto
Bone Dice
Stapper Lee Rap

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

Love You
Born To Love You
My Conversation
Hot Milk
Queen Majesty
Traveling Man
Armagidon
High Version
Make You Love Me
Keep That Night
Fatty Fatty

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

Baltimore
Laying Beside You
Love & Devotion
Give Me Your Love
Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner
Sitting & Watching
Merry Go Round
Mr. Music
Queen Of The Minstrel
Fort Augustus

1980 : Sojie - Rebel Soldier

Alert
Stand Down
Ration
Ayatollah
Fire Call
Charge
Retreat
Reveille
Detention
Rebel Soldier

1980 : The Pearls - The War

Chanting Music
Girl Name Charm
Duke Street
You Can't Put The Blame On Me
She Waah Fi Dance With Me
Serious Time
Nuh Follow Bad Company
Any Weh Di Niceness Deh
The War
One In A Million

1980 : Gregory Isaacs - Showcase (RAS/Taxi)

Soon Forward
You'll Never Know
Motherless Children
Slave Driver
Mistake
Going Downtown
I'm Coming Home *

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

You Don't Care
Bum Ball
Only Sixteen
You Have Caught Me
Rain From The Sky
When I Fall In Love
Conquer Me
Swing Easy
Soul Serenade
Who Done It
Stampede
I Should Have Known Better
Watermelon Man
El Pussy Cat Ska

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

Slippin Into Darkness
Gonna Love You
Battle Of Jericho
Inner City Blues
If You Want It
River Niger
Hot Youre Hot
Unmetered Taxi

1983 : Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla (Island/Taxi)

Happiness
World Is Africa
Push Push
There Is Fire
No Loafing (Sit And Wonder)
Sinsemilla
Endurance
Vampire
Sinsemilla (Discomix)
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (Discomix)

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

Ion Storm
Youth
Big Spliff
Boof´n´baff´n´biff
Puffed Out
Android Rebellion
Apocalypse
Back Breaker
Sodom
Slaughter
Cool Off
Destination Unknown
Fire And Brimstone

1983 : Linval Thompson - Ease Up (Taxi)

Ease Up
Ready For My Loving
Abortion Abortion
Ghetto Youths
Cream Of My Crop
Guiltiness On Their Mind
Long Time She No See Me
Raggamuffin Girl
Baby Father

1984 : Ini Kamoze - Statement (Island/Taxi)

Settle With Me
Babylon, Babylon
I Want It All
Jump For Jah
Call The Police
Taxi For Me
England Be Nice
Live A Little Love

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

Revolution Part One
Have You Ever
Hold On To What You Got - Version
Sitting And Watching
Revolution Part Two
Can't Keep A Good Man Down
All Over The World

1986 : Sly and Robbie - Sting

Face A

Maxi Taxi
Stone Wall
Sting
Out Law Jose Wales

Face B

Peter Gun
Land Of Rhythm
Pumping Iron
Twilight Zone
Roxanne

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

Herbman Hustling
Don't Know Why I Love You
Love Of Jah
Rub A Dub Sound
Devils Pickney
Save Your Love For Me
Ain't Nobody Move Me

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

Tarzan
Rambo
Girls Pet
Crying Time
Stop The Rumour
Computerize
Love
Long Rider

1986 : VA - Sound of Taxi Vol. 1

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

1986 : VA - Sound of Taxi Vol. 2

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

1987 : Half Pint - Level the Vibes

Face A

Desperate Lover
Mama
She Gone
I Don't Like
Cost Of Living

Face B

Level The Vibes
When One Gone
Come Alive
Night Life Lady

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

Face A

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

Face B

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

Sly and Robbie - Club Play

Face A

Triplet
Taxi Connection
Tarzan (Vocals: Yellowman)
Sting (Vocals: Robbie Lyn)

Face B

Herbman Hustling (Vocals: Sugar Minott)
Rub A Dub Sound (Vocals: Sugar Minott)
Revolution (Vocals: Dennis Brown)
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

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

Disque 1 Face B

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

Disque 2 Face A

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

Disque 2 Face B

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

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

Dennis Brown - Sitting And Watching
- Revolution
- Revolution Part 2
- Revolution Part 3
- Have You Ever
- Hold On To What You Got
- Rub A Dub
Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward
- Tune In
- What A Feeling
- Mistake
- Never Know
- Going Downtown
- Slave Driver
Sugar Minott - Herbman Hustling
- Devil Pickney
- Tune In
Sugar Minott & Bounty Killer - Tune In
Sugar Minott - Going In Circles
- Fools Fall In Love

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

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Notes et références

↑ (en) Dominic Bell, « Sly and Robbie: 40 Year Taxi Ride », 5 mars 2012 (consulté le 6 janvier 2024).
↑ « Reggae Masterpieces - A Taxi Records Anthology Vol.1 », sur reggae.fr, 20 mars 2019 (consulté le 6 janvier 2024).

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[1] (en) Dominic Bell, « Sly and Robbie: 40 Year Taxi Ride », 5 mars 2012 (consulté le 6 janvier 2024).

[2] « Reggae Masterpieces - A Taxi Records Anthology Vol.1 », sur reggae.fr, 20 mars 2019 (consulté le 6 janvier 2024).