Statistics

Roots Archives Overview

5,630
Albums
1,320
VA Compilations
8,255
Releases
10,196
Artwork
6,444
Artists
1,187
Labels
262
Studios

Most Represented Artists

King Tubby 109
Dennis Brown 83
Lee Perry 75
Gregory Isaacs 67
John Holt 67
The Wailers 61
Bob Marley 55
Delroy Wilson 55
The Revolutionaries 53
Scientist 52
Sugar Minott 51
Johnny Clarke 48
The Heptones 43
Augustus Pablo 41
Horace Andy 41

Most Represented Labels

Trojan 876
Island 272
Greensleeves 270
Studio 1 193
Heartbeat 191
Virgin 164
Doctor Bird 155
Burning Sounds 153
Pressure Sounds 136
Jamaican Recordings 96
Vista 94
Joe Gibbs 90
Wackies 88
Soul Jazz 87
17 North Parade 85

Most Represented Producers

Bunny Lee 389
C.S. Dodd 296
Lee Perry 207
Joe Gibbs 122
Henry Junjo Lawes 109
Prince Jammy 90
Linval Thompson 80
Duke Reid 74
Niney 72
Alvin Ranglin 65
Bullwackie 64
Roy Cousins 63
Jah Thomas 54
Phil Pratt 54
Robbie Shakespeare 52

Most Represented Engineers

Scientist 320
Sylvan Morris 319
King Tubby 282
Errol Thompson 271
Soljie Hamilton 207
Prince Jammy 204
Crucial Bunny 180
Maxie 178
Errol Brown 152
Ernest Hoo Kim 126
Barnabas 124
Sid Bucknor 99
Lee Perry 82
Karl Pitterson 72
Peter Chemist 66

Most Represented Backing Bands

The Roots Radics 304
The Revolutionaries 153
The Aggrovators 150
The Soul Syndicate 75
The High Times Band 72
The Taxi Gang 26
The Upsetters 26
The Wailers 26
We The People Band 24
Skin, Flesh & Bones 21
Fatman Riddim Section 20
The Gladiators 18
The Professionals 17
The Black Roots Players 15
The Inner Circle 13

Most Represented Studios

Channel One (Kingston, JA) 1098
King Tubby's (Kingston, JA) 571
Harry J (Kingston, JA) 456
Dynamic Sounds (Kingston, JA) 366
Joe Gibbs (Kingston, JA) 238
Randy's (Kingston, JA) 208
Tuff Gong (Kingston, JA) 159
Black Ark (Kingston, JA) 130
Treasure Isle (Kingston, JA) 123
Federal (Kingston, JA) 97
Studio 1 (Kingston, JA) 95
Aquarius (Kingston, JA) 90
Chalk Farm (London, UK) 55
Music Mountain (Kingston, JA) 53
Easy Street (London, UK) 44

Most Represented Drums

Sly Dunbar 673
Santa Davis 329
Style Scott 182
Horsemouth Wallace 177
Mikey Boo Richards 163
Carlton Barrett 109
Anthony Benbow Creary 101
Fish Clarke 48
Barnabas 36
Albert Malawi 31
Devon Richardson 31
Fabian Cooke 26
Max Edwards 26
Paul Douglas 25
Jah Bunny 22

Most Represented Bass

Robbie Shakespeare 622
Errol Flabba Holt 234
Lloyd Parks 229
Aston Barrett 149
Fully Fullwood 125
Bertram Ranchie McLean 85
Val Douglas 68
Errol Walker 60
Boris Gardiner 43
Jackie Jackson 41
Leroy Sibbles 40
Junior Dan 27
Larry Silvera 26
Clinton Fearon 25
Clive Hunt 21

Most Represented Guitar

Earl Chinna Smith 458
Bingy Bunny 261
Rad Bryan 223
Willie Lindo 216
Bo-Peep Bowen 208
Tony Chin 187
Dwight Pickney 140
Bertram Ranchie McLean 102
Sowell 88
Michael Chung 83
Ernest Ranglin 47
Geoffrey Chung 41
Hux Brown 41
Albert Griffiths 34
Fazal Prendergast 29

Most Represented Piano

Gladstone Anderson 173
Keith Sterling 89
Robert Lynn 77
Ansel Collins 70
Augustus Pablo 60
Franklyn Bubbler Waul 58
Bernard Touter Harvey 49
Errol Tarzan Nelson 41
Steele 34
Winston Wright 34
Ossie Hibbert 30
Jackie Mittoo 28
Harold Butler 26
Pablo Black 21
Theo Beckford 21

Most Represented Keyboards

Ansel Collins 145
Robert Lynn 95
Winston Wright 94
Gladstone Anderson 75
Bernard Touter Harvey 73
Keith Sterling 70
Steele 67
Earl Wire Lindo 54
Franklyn Bubbler Waul 54
Tyrone Downie 38
Errol Tarzan Nelson 37
Bobby Kalphat 31
Jackie Mittoo 31
Harold Butler 30
Augustus Pablo 28

Most Represented Percussion

Scully Simms 385
Uziah Sticky Thompson 338
Sky Juice 141
Bongo Herman 86
Barnabas 42
Ruddy Thomas 31
Ras Menilik Dacosta 30
Lee Perry 27
Alvin Haughton 23
Everton Carrington 18
Denzel Laing 16
Sydney Wolf 12
Jah Bunny 10
Jah Shaka 10
Teo Benjamin 9

Albums Released
by Year

1972 53
1973 58
1974 97
1975 118
1976 167
1977 195
1978 301
1979 268
1980 249
1981 233
1982 335
1983 311
1984 229
1985 211
1986 156