Singers & Players

Singers & Players were a reggae collective made up of vocalists and musicians associated with Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound Records. They recorded five albums between 1981 and 1988.
Including artists such as Bim Sherman, Prince Far I and Mikey Dread they were regarded as a dub music supergroup. There was never any fixed line up to the group, and many different artists featured on each track and each album.
(Read more at Wikipedia).
== Links to Peel ==
John Peel played new Singers & Players releases regularly through the 1980s, having already given airtime to many of the artists featured in other guises. The DJ was also a long-time supporter of producer Adrian Sherwood's On U Sound label.
Long after Peel's death, former Cocteau Twins bassist Simon Raymonde picked Singers & Players debut LP "Revenge of the Underdog" for a record box of 1980s favourites selected from John Peel's Record Collection as part of an online series. (See Record Boxes: Simon Raymonde.)
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
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== Sessions ==
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== Other Shows Played ==
(Vocalist indicated where known)
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;1981
*06 October 1981 (with Prince Far I): Quanté Jubila (album - War Of Words) On-U Sound
*15 October 1981 (BFBS) (with Bim Sherman): Devious Woman (album - War Of Words) On-U Sound
;1983
*30 May 1983 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): African Blood (10") On-U Sound
*05 June 1983 (BFBS) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): African Blood (10") On-U Sound
*13 July 1983 (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sounds
*27 July 1983 (BFBS) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): African Blood (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sound
*08 August 1983 (BBC World Service) (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sound
*07 September 1983 (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (album - Staggering Heights) On-U Sound ON-U
*06 November 1983 (BBC World Service) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
*05 December 1983 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
*13 December 1983 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
;1984
*04 January 1984 (BFBS) (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Breaking Down The Pressure (10") On-U Sound
*31 March 1984 (BFBS)) Breaking Down The Pressure (album - Leaps & Bounds) Cherry Red BRED 58 / On-U Sound – ON-LP 33 
*31 March 1984 (BFBS)) Moses (album - Leaps & Bounds) Cherry Red BRED 58 / On-U Sound – ON-LP 33 
*02 April 1984 (BBC World Service): unknown track
;1987
*08 July 1987 (& Bim Sherman): The Need To Live (v/a LP - Bugs On The Wire) Leghorn
*04 August 1987 (& Bim Sherman): The Need To Live (v/a LP - Bugs On The Wire) Leghorn
;1988
*14 June 1988 (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*20 June 1988 (with Sister P): Holy Scripture (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*21 June 1988: To Be Free (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*21 June 1988 (Radio Bremen) (with Bim Sherman): Holy Scripture (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*25 June 1988 (BFBS) (with Bim Sherman): These Eyes (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*27 June 1988 (BBC World Service) (with Bim Sherman): To Be Free (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*06 July 1988 (with Delroy Katt): Boom Um Baff Um (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound ON-U
*16 July 1988 (BFBS) (with Delroy Katt): Boof Um Baff Um (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*26 July 1988 (Radio Bremen): Pneumatic (album - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*01 October 1988 (BFBS) (with Bim Sherman): Revolution (10") On-U Sound – DP2
*05 October 1988 (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (LP - Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
*06 December 1988 (Radio Bremen) (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (v/a album - Pay It All Back Volume 2) On-U Sound
*14 December 1988 (with Bim Sherman): Run Them Away (v/a album - Pay It All Back Volume 2) On-U Sound
;1989
*04 January 1989 (& Prince Far I): Water The Garden (v/a compilation album - Pay It All Back Volume 2) On-U Sound
;1990s
*26 November 1997 (with Prince Far I): Bedward The Flying Preacher (v/a LP - Pay It All Back Vol.1) On-U Sound
;2000s
*22 September 2004 (with Congo Ashanti Roy): Moses (LP - 'Leaps & Bounds') On U Sound
== See Also ==
*Adrian Sherwood
*Bim Sherman
*Prince Far I
*Roots Radics
*Mikey Dread
*Steve Barker
*Record Boxes: Simon Raymonde
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
* Other
Category:Artists