Sessions from Daddy Roy's King Sturgav Hi Fi
King Sturgav Hi Fi Tivoli Centre, Tivoli Gardens 4 January 1979
Featuring: U-Roy, Ranking Joe, General Echo, Horace Andy, Barry Brown, Errol Scorcher
Operator: Jah Screw
An absolutely top drawer line-up for this session in Tivoli Gardens. This one came from Brother Ruffhouse and I cleaned it up.
King Sturgav Hi Fi Royal Nova Lawn, St Mary 1982
Featuring: Josey Wales, Charlie Chaplin
Operator: Inspector Willie
Another nice taped in the dance session from the White Squall archives. Daddy Roy's set is in St Mary at the Royal Nova Lawn and as always the dance is real sweet. This one opens with the classic Studio 1 tune 'Please be true' from Alexander Henry and with the Colonel and Principal riding the version you now it's going to be a killer. Willie then goes down into the Dennis Brown selection, very nice to hear him play 'say what your saying'. He also spins, 'to the foundation' & 'revolution'. Then it's onto Don Carlos, always a favourite at Sturgav sessions. Josey, Charlie & Daddy Gav were running things at this time and this tape is a good example of why, the combination of Inspector Willie's great selection and the deejay's mic abilities was very hard to test!
King Sturgav Hi Fi Mandeville 1983
Featuring: Josey Wales & Charlie Chaplin
Operator: Inspector Willie
A session from when Sturgav were ruling the dancehalls with their Roots & Culture vibes..
King Sturgav Hi Fi Maypen 1983
Featuring: Daddy U Roy and Charlie Chaplin
Selector: Inspector Willie
Another great tape, one of the many highlights is when Inspector Willie drops I would have loved you by Linval Thompson and U Roy rides it inna fine style.
King Sturgav Hi Fi - New York 1983
Featuring: Josey Wales
Selector- Inspector Willie
Daddy Roy’s Sturgav set are on tour in the US and tonight its New Yorks turn to get the yard vibes. It’s the ‘Colonel’ Josey Wales controlling the mic for this section of the dance and this is when he was on top of his game so you know it’s gonna be ruff!Inspector Willie drops some Dennis Brown selection before going into the good old ‘Johnny Dollar’ rhythm for the Colonel to give us his big hit ‘leggo me hand’ and the new york crowd just cant get enough bawling forward time and time again. Inspector then gives Josey the classic ‘shank I shek’ and as he tells the story of the ‘shooting of Ronald Reagan’ the crowd are again forced to go wild.
Studio 1 rhythms are the order of the day for the next part of the session and Willie drops some classics for the cowboy to ride. We finish off with some nice Sugar Minott tunes making this another great Sturgav tape…
King Sturgav Hi Fi Lincoln Rd, Brooklyn, NY 22 7 83
Featuring: Josey Wales
Operator: Inspector Wille
AA short but very nice piece from Daddy Roy's Sturgav Hi Fi when they toured the USA in 83.
Inspector Willie plays a great selection from Sugar Minott, including the great 'come back to me' over the 'full up' rhythm, Josey rides part 2 then Willie draws the 'Kouchie' version and Josey draws a massive forward from the NY massive with his 'Have to burn' lyrics. Later over the great old 'Taxi' rhythm we get to hear the Colonel's wicked 'Bam bam'. Then it's into Dennis Browns 'love gotta hold on me' and Willie drops variations of the rhythm with Josey riding them all with style and there is much excitement when he drops his famous 'Cowboy style'
Another scorcher from daddy White Squalls archive, many thanks my friend............
King Sturgav Hi Fi Barbican December 1985
Featuring: Daddy U Roy, Josie Wales
Operator: Inspector Willie
This one features Daddy U Roy's King Sturgav set playing inna fine style in the Barbican area of Kingston 6, Jamaica.... Inspector Willie draws a great selection, as he always did. Including some killer Sturgav 'specials'... The mic duties fall mostly to the 'Colonel' Josie Wales but the 'teacher' Daddy Roy show's that he can still mash up the dance anytime he touches the mic....
King Sturgav Hi Fi Thompson Park 25-12-85
Featuring: Josie Wales, Brigadier Jerry, Yellowman...
Operator: Inspector Willie...
This is another fine session with U Roy's Sturgav Hi Fi. It's mainly 2 the hard way with Briggy and the 'Colonel' Josie Wales in a fine style at this Christmas night dance. King Yellowman makes a brief appearance begging the people to"stop the rumour on me" in answer to the rumours that where spreading in JA about him having cancer.
Inspector Willie draws some Cocoa Tea and Sugar Minott selection before going into some classic Studio 1 rhythms.
The last 6 minutes or so of this one is from a Sturgav session in Sav-La-Mar & it features U Roy, Junior Cat and Edi Fitzroy...
King Sturgav – Oracabessa, St. Mary, January 1986
Featuring: Charlie Chaplin, Brigadier Jerry, U.Roy, Colour Ranking,
Selector – Inspector Willie
“Daddy U.Roy year to year sound has been a mainstay of the dancehalls of Jamaica and this captures them very early on in 1986 (although it could well be 1985). “Principal” Charlie Chaplin and Brigadier Jerry, fresh from “foreign”, control things on this one, but there are short pieces from the “Teacher” U.Roy, with much appreciation from the crowd, and Colourman aka Colour Ranking. Strictly cultural vibes here.
King Sturgav Hi Fi vs GT House Of Leo, Cargill avenue 24-5-86 (Sturgav side)
Featuring: U Roy, Admiral Bailey, Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, Derrick Irie,
Willie Joseph, Little Twitch, Joe Lickshot
Operator: Inspector Willie
This is the Daddy Gav side to this clash and U Roy's set is on fire. As well as the resident DJ the Principle we get to hear some of the then new blood of MC's. Inspector Willie draws a great selection as usual making this a very entertaining & lively Sturgav session.
King Sturgav Hi Fi Duhaney Park 1987
Featuring: U Roy, General Trees, Principal Grundy
Operator: Inspector Willie
Veterans Daddy Roy and Principal 'Jah' Grundy are joined by Black Scorpio's General Trees for this fine Sturgav session
King Sturgav Portland July 1999
Featuring: Charlie Chaplin, Admiral Tibet, Sugar Minott, Daddy U Roy, General Trees, Little Twitch, Quench Aid,
Mikey Melody
Operator: Ilawi
King Sturgav are in Portland for this session. Even though the year is 1999 they are still playing in the old dancehall style and with Ilawi the 12 Tribes selector at the controls you know its going to be Worries!
Sugar ‘Booga’ Minott is on fire as always as he gives us classic after classic including Vanity, Roll River Jordan, Hang on Natty, Lovers race and more.
There is a very sad moment when Sugar asks for a minute’s silence in memory of Dennis Brown.
We also get a showcase from the great Admiral Tibet as he sings some of his tunes over Ilawi’s selection.
The new school is represented by vocalist Quench Aid.
Its not all singers as the deejays don’t fail to impress. Even though Daddy Roy is suffering from the flu he still manages to nice it up over an Everton Blender selection. Principal Chaplin is also on good form for this session.
