Gangster

Produced by Carl Dwyer for Sinbad Productions in 1995
Musicians: Sly Dunbar, Herbie Harris & Lloyd Willis

Sin-Bad A Than Them

Another hard to find treasure from Ninja B's collection, thanks.

When he stepped out from behind the mixing desk and picked up a microphone, reggae producer Carl Dwyer became Captain Sinbad, a swashbuckling DJ with scant output. Sinbad first appeared on-stage with the Sound of Silence sound system featuring Sugar Minott. A few late-'70s albums for Henry "Junjo" Lawes were released before his 1980 single with a young Little John, "51 Storm," became a Jamaican dancehall favorite. The year 1982 saw the release of the full-length The Seven Voyages of Captain Sinbad on Greensleeves, while 1983 found him on Dillinger's Oak label for the "Hotter Reggae Music" single and the CSA label for half of the Sinbad & the Metric System album (the other half belonged to Peter Metro). The Oak compilation "Again" arrived a year later and then Captain Sinbad disappeared, with Dwyer shifting his focus to production.

(David Jeffries, All Music Guide)

Cobra - Merceless Bad Boy

Not a Germain production, but a fine complement to the debut album. The first side warns West Kingston's gun-crazy youth while celebrating their culture. Even his respons to the Gulf War takes the form of addressing Bush and Hussein as a couple of ghetto rude boys. The second side deals just as succesfully with the other ragga preoccupation, girl business.