Errol Thompson

Errol Thompson (29 December 1948 – 13 November 2004), better known as "ET", was a Jamaican record producer, audio engineer, and one of the first studio engineers to be involved in dub music.

Career

Thompson gained studio experience at Studio One, working alongside Joe Gibbs. He went on to work for Bunny Lee and in the 1970s he worked (along with Niney) as an engineer at Randy's Studio 17, in Kingston, Jamaica. Thompson engineered the first instrumental reggae album, The Undertaker by Derrick Harriott And The Crystalites, released in 1970.

While working at Randy's, Thompson engineered sessions by Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Wailers. Thompson worked alongside Perry at the mixing board and became familiar with how the Wailers' voices sounded, allowing him to set up the recordings accordingly. He also applied effects including reverb and delay, encouraged by Perry. He also applied effects including reverb and delay to their recordings, encouraged by Perry.

He went on to work with Joe Gibbs from 1975. Gibbs and Thompson were known collectively as the Mighty Two. Together they produced music by Junior Byles, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Althea and Donna, Prince Far I and Eek-A-Mouse...

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