Triston Palma - Showcase (Vinyl) -
Record Label............. Midnight Rock Music
Original Year............ 197x
Compressed by............ Dubwiser
Rip Date................. 11/15/2001
Size..................... 54MB
Release Type............. Reggae, Full Album
Number of Songs.......... 6
Track List
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01. Miserable Woman 6:25
02. Give Me A Chance 5:58
03. Sandra 6:07
04. The Girl I Love 7:19
05. Time So Hard 7:35
06. Run Around Woman 6:21
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39:45
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For the past 20 years, Triston Palma, one of Jamaica's
sweetest singers has been entertaining the international
reggae music scene. Triston was born and raised in Whaltham
Park on Delemere Avenue, Kingston 13. By the age of 10
Triston had already worked as a backing singer for the Soul
Syndicate band as well as Sugar Minott and Tony Tuff of the
African Brothers. His first recording was a song for
producer Bunny Lee's (Justice) label "Love Is A Message".
But Jah Thomas would record Triston's classic timeless hit
"Entertainment", it's one of his biggest hits to date.
Triston's big break came when he was showcased at the 1979
General Penitentiary Memorial Concert for Claude Massop.
From there the cheers from the crowd began and have never
stopped. During this time, the young singer started a label
with his friend Ossie Thomas called Black Solidarity. The
first hit on the label was called "A-Class Girl" followed by
"I'm Ready", "What a Bubbling", "Susan" "Give Me a Chance"
and "Spliff Tail", which all reached number one on the top
40 charts. At one time during these early days Triston was
so proficient that he had 9 songs in the top 40
concurrently. All of this while he was still a teenager.
The music of these times was original rockers.
Following this, the dominating sound that was herd was that
of the Roots Radics with there heavy drum and base influence
Triston and Jah Thomas released his Showcase album . During
these times Triston was seeing enough work releasing albums
"Joker Smoker", and for producer Linval Thompson,"Joker
Lover" and "Settle Down Girl". Then things changed the
computerized rhythms of the eighties hit the scene and
singers began to have a hard time. Still, Triston managed to
belt out a hit from time to time, including "Folly Rankin"
for George Pham. DJ's were the ones who were given the
riddims to ride with their slack lyrics for new producers.
Triston explains it like this: "That time, when it(music)
changed, was like people were more focusing on the slackness
part. So me kinda jus cool out a little. Not really cool
like finish, just ease out a likkel. His career became more
personal, He began to voice songs for himself as a
producer. These efforts resulted in the release of an album
on VP records "Three Against War" a collaboration with
artist Dennis Brown and then unknown Beenie Man. "Three
Against War" and "Miss Angela" and "Distress" were three of
the hits that reached international success.
Triston has always been an entertainer, from the early
demises of his father he was forced to take on the
responsibility of providing for his mother and sisters.
Living so close to the dancehall, having the Soul Syndicate
as neighbors, music was the natural thing to do. With many
youths loosing their lives to political violence and the
drug business this was the only alternative. Triston Palma
has never pursued another trade and has strictly made his
living from his music. "See'n me, I eat music. I sleep
music. I talk music. Everything I do is music, everything.
See'n me is music," he says.
More recently Triston and producer Steven Ibanez of SOL
Entertainment have linked up to release his latest outing
"Born Naked" on I & I Foundation Records. From this union
the Jamaican division of the label was created with the
release of several seven inch singles distributed by Sonic
Sounds. Some of the singles released are: "Ghetto
Vibes","The Struggle","Hottie Hottie Girl","Never Be
Ungrateful","Cool Down", and "Bad Boys" to name a few.
As Triston looks back over 20 year as an entertainer his
outlook is positive. "Hear me now. Times change, tings a
gwan, ya haffi jus' sing wey you know what's happening
around you. You can even mend some broken hearts or try to
heal some of the man dem wey a gwan with some dangerous
thing through the music. That's the only way we can deliver
a message, through the music.
enjoy!!!
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