The Revolutionaries (sometimes known as "Revolutionaires") is a Jamaican reggae band.
Set up in 1975 as the house band of the Channel One Studios owned by Joseph Hoo Kim, The Revolutionaries with Sly Dunbar on drums and Bertram "Ranchie" McLean on bass, created the new "rockers" style that would change the whole Jamaican sound (from roots reggae to rockers, and be imitated in all other productions. Beside Sly, many musicians played in the band: [R(Robbie Shakespeare) on (Bass)],Bertram McLean, Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan on guitar, Ossie Hibbert, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson, Robert Lyn or Ansel Collins on keyboards, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Noel "Scully" Simms on percussion, Tommy McCook, Herman Marquis on saxophone, Bobby Ellis on trumpet and Vin Gordon on trombone.
The band played on numerous dub albums and recorded as a backing band for artists like B.B. Seaton, Black Uhuru, Culture, Prince Alla, Leroy Smart, Gregory Isaacs, John Holt, The Heptones, Mighty Diamonds, I-Roy, Tapper Zukie, Trinity, U Brown, Errol Scorcher, Serge Gainsbourg among others.
Revival Dub Roots Now - 1976 - Well ChargeSounds Vol 2 - 1979 - BallisticSounds - 1976 - Channel OneVital Dub Well Charged - 1976 - VirginDread At The Controls - 1978 - HawkeyeDub Expression - 1978 - High NoteEarthquake Dub - 1978 - Joe GibbsJonkanoo Dub - 1978 - Cha ChaReaction In Dub - 1978 - Cha ChaSentimental Dub - 1978 - GermainTop Ranking Dub - 1978 - RootsmanBurning Dub - 1979 - Burning VibrationsDub Out Her Blouse & Skirt - 1979 - GermainDutch Man Dub - 1979 - Burning VibrationsGoldmine Dub - 1979 - GreensleevesOutlaw Dub - 1979 - TrojanDawn Of Creation - SagittariusDub Plate Specials At Channel One - Jamaican RecordingsGreen Bay Dub - 1979 - Burning VibrationsMedley Dub - High NotePhase One Dubwise Vol 1 & 2 - SprintSatta Dub Strictly Roots - Well ChargeDial M For Murder In Dub Style - 1980 - ExpressI Came, I Saw, I Conquered - 1980 - Channel One
Channel One - Maxfield Avenue Breakdown - Dub & Instrumentals - 1974-1979 - Pressure Sounds (2000)Revival - 1973-1976 - Cha Cha (1982)Roots Man Dub - 1979 - GG'sChannel One Revisited Dub - Top Beat (1995)Macca Rootsman Dub - Jamaican Gold (1994)The Rough Guide to Dub - World Music Network (2005)Agrovators Meets The Revolutioners At Channel One Studios - 1977 - Third WorldRockers Almighty Dub (Dubwise, Rockers, Bass & Drums) - 1979 - ClocktowerAgrovators Meet Revolutionaries Part II - MicronGuerilla Dub - 1978 - Burning SoundsThe Revolutionaries & We The People Band - Revolutionary Dub - 1976 - TrenchtownBobby Ellis And The Professionals Meet The Revolutionaries - Black Unity - 1977 - Third WorldDerrick Harriott & The Revolutionaries - Reggae Chart Busters Seventies Style - 1977 - CrystalSly & The Revolutionaries - Don't Underestimate The Force, The Force Is Within You - 1977 - J&LSly & The Revolutionaries - Go Deh Wid Riddim - 1977 - CrystalSly & The Revolutionaries With Jah Thomas - Black Ash Dub - 1980 - TrojanErrol Scorcher & The Revolutionaries - Rasta Fire (A Channel One Experience) - 1978 - BallisticOssie Hibbert & The Revolutionaries - Satisfaction In Dub - 1978 - Live & LovePancho Alphonso & The Revolutionaries - Never Get To Zion - 1978 - Trojan
