Bunny Lee

Edward O'Sullivan Lee OD (23 August 1941 – 6 October 2020), better known by the name Bunny "Striker" Lee, was a Jamaican record producer. Bunny Lee grew up in the Greenwich Farm area of Kingston, where his father was a shoemaker. Lee began his career working as a record plugger for Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label in 1962, later performing the same duties for Leslie Kong. He then moved on to work with Ken Lack, initially in an administrative role, before taking on engineering duties. Lee then moved into producing (i.e. financing) records himself, his first hit record coming with Roy Shirley's "Music Field" on WIRL in 1967.
Lee was a pioneer of the United Kingdom reggae market, licensing his productions to the Palmer Brothers (Pama) and Trojan Records in the early 1970s.
Lee was instrumental in producing early dub music, working with his friend and dub pioneer King Tubby in the early 1970s. Lee and Tubby were experimenting with new production techniques which Lee described as "implements of sound."
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== Links to Peel ==
Peel played many of acts that were produced by Bunny Lee on his shows, as well material released under his own name, especially from the 'King Of Dub' album in 1980. In addition, the DJ frequently featured Lee's work with dub pioneer King Tubby and many tracks credited to Lee's session band, The Aggrovators.
Bunny Lee also had a son with Marlene Webber, whose song, Right Track, was voted by Peel as his 7th favourite single of 1977 in his own 1977 Festive Fifty.
== Shows Played ==
;1980
*thumb|330x330px04 September 1980: Blood, Sweat & Dunza Dub (LP – King Of Dub) Clocktower
*06 September 1980 (BFBS): Easy Dread & Check This Dub (album - King Of Dub) Clocktower
*20 September 1980 (BFBS): King Zion Dub (album - King Of Dub) Clocktower
*25 September 1980: Easy Dread & Check This (LP - King Of Dub) Clocktower
*27 September 1980 (BFBS): Fancy Up A Dub (album - King Of Dub) Clocktower
*04 October 1980 (BFBS): Fancy Up A Dub (album - King Of Dub) Clocktower
;2000s
*05 March 2002 (& Sly & Robbie): Liquidator Dub (LP - At Dub Station) Jamaican
*18 April 2002 (Radio Eins) (& Sly & Robbie): Liquidator Dub (album - At Dub Station) Jamaican
*02 May 2002 (Radio Mafia) (& Sly & Robbie): Liquidator Dub (LP - At Dub Station) Jamaican
*14 August 2002: (& Sly & Robbie): 'None Shall Escape The House Of Dub (LP - At Dub Station)' (Jamaican)
;Compilations
(LP - Jumping With Mr. Lee 1967-68) Trojan
*Peel March April 1989 Lee Tape 33: Sensations: Long Time Me No See You Girl
*03 April 1989: Val Bennett & Bunny Lee All Stars: Jumping With Mr. Lee
*05 April 1989: Lester Sterling: Tribute To King Scratch
*11 April 1989 (Radio Bremen): Val Bennett: Jumping With Val
*13 April 1989: Slim Smith & The Uniques: The Beatitude
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Bunny 'Striker' Lee, Jamaican reggae producer, dies aged 79 (Guardian, Oct 2020)
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