Gold Shop New Release

Witty Records

Gold Shop is pleased to announce a new partnership with one of the most iconic NY dancehall labels Whitfield “Witty” Henry’s Witty Records. Throughout the 80′s, Wittys Music Master Record Shop, and Witty record label were the pulse of the NY dancehall scene. His releases began with licensing tunes from his friends back in Jamaica like Prince Jammy, Junjo, Gussie Clarke and others, but by the mid 80′s Witty began focusing on his own production.  Some of the earlier productions featured rhythms that were made in Jamaica with vocals added by the popular artists of the time. As the label and the NY dancehall scene developed, Wittys became a home to some of the best NY artists like Shelly Thunder, Sluggy Ranks, Knight Rider, Trevor Sparks and others. Witty also employed some of the best NY musicians of this time, most notably John “Raf” Allen who played a lot of the classic Wittys rhythms, as well as legendary engineer Philip Smart, whose HC & F studios served as the home base for all of Wittys in house productions. Gold Shop plans to tell the whole Wittys story over a lengthy campaign of releases which will begin with these titles listed below.

MM200      LITTLE JOHN    CORK UP DANCEHALL

MM091     LITTLE KIRK    I DON’T KNOW

MM064     ECHO MINOTT   FOLLOW ME

MM201       NICODEMUS    EARTH & MOON

MM202       AL CAMPBELL   LEAVE THE HERBSMAN BUSINESS

MM203       TONY TUFF     COOL IT