Augustus "Gussie" Clarke

One of the great dancehall and reggae producers, Gussie Clarke has been a successful Jamaican producer since the early '70s, when he helmed Big Youth's debut, Screaming Target, and the 1973 debut from I Roy. More known in Britain than in America, many of Clarke's early records were issued there by the Trojan label and as early as 1975 a cult fan base began to emerge around Gussie's dub sound. Later in the decade, Clarke worked on landmark tracks by Dennis Brown ("To the Foundation") and Gregory Isaacs ("Never Be Ungrateful") and eventually he presided over a two-volume set iss...