Big Joe
Big Joe (born Joseph Spalding in 1955) is a Jamaican reggae deejay and record producer, who recorded extensively in the 1970s and early 1980s. Spalding was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1955, and began his recording career in the early 1970s working with producer Harry Mudie. He then worked with producer Winston Edwards and had a hit single with "Selassie Skank". He moved on to record for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One and set up his own Small Axe Hi Fi sound system and a record label. In the 2000s Spalding had success as a hip hop producer and recording engineer.
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When You Bound You Must ObeyBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Heart to Be PureBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Human RaceBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Rocking Round TownBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Natty Gone a UKBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Natty All in a RowBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Living in SinBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Sufferation in the GhettoBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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Keep Rocking and SwingingBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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La pioggia, gli applausiBig Joe · Roots Reggae
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- 1 La pioggia, gli applausi
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- 2 Keep Rocking and Swinging
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- 3 Heart to Be Pure
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- 4 Rocking Round Town
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- 5 When You Bound You Must Obey
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- 6 Living in Sin
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- 7 Sufferation in the Ghetto
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- 8 Natty All in a Row
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- 10 Natty Gone a UK
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- 11 Human Race
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