{"product_id":"cornell-campbell-my-destination","title":"Cornell Campbell - My Destination","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mighty Falsetto voice of Mr Cornell Campbell is another we believe, unsung hero of the Jamaican music scene.\u003cbr\u003eWho in our opinion should have broke through to a wider audience, than his cult status currently provides.\u003cbr\u003eWe have unearthed straight from the master tapes an album that was due for release around the mid 70’s.\u003cbr\u003eA few of these cuts, found their way out on limited 7”s, that were mainly for the domestic Jamaican market.\u003cbr\u003eBut as a complete body of work, never found a release until now.\u003cbr\u003eWe hope like us, once you have played the tracks, you will feel that this set of cuts, stands up amongst Cornell’s finest work.\u003cbr\u003eCornell Campbell (born 1948, Jamaica), made his first recordings in the early 1960’s for Coxone Dodd at Studio 1.\u003cbr\u003eTracks like ‘Under the Old Oak Tree’, ‘My Treasure’ and later as a duo with Roy Patton ‘Salvation’ and ‘Sweetest Girl’, were local hits on the Jamaican Sound Systems.\u003cbr\u003eA short spell with the Uniques was followed by his roll as lead vocalist with the Eternals, under the monicker of Don Cornell.\u003cbr\u003eTheir finest moment being the classic ‘Stars \/ Queen of the Minstrels’ cuts which still stand up today as some of Jamaica’s finest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1970’s saw Mr Campbell move on to work with producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee, for whom he cut most of his big tunes.\u003cbr\u003eHe and fellow singer Johnny Clarke, would become Bunny’s 70’s equivalent to his 1960’s stable of singers like Slim Smith, Pat Kelly and Ernest Wilson.\u003cbr\u003eThey would provide the voice to his many hits of the day.\u003cbr\u003eBunny not being called ‘Striker’ for nothing.\u003cbr\u003eCornell also had a series of hits around his theme as the ‘Gorgon’.\u003cbr\u003eThe mighty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efigure unbeatable at the dances in the Greenwich Town district of Kingston.\u003cbr\u003e‘The Gorgon’, ‘The Conquering Gorgon’.\u003cbr\u003e‘Natty Dread in a Greenwich Farm’.\u003cbr\u003eThese were all firm favourites at the dances in Jamaica.\u003cbr\u003eHe also worked with other notable producers around this time.\u003cbr\u003eWinston ‘Niney’ Holness “I Heart is Clean’, Tappa Zukie ‘Follow Instruction’ and culminating in a massive hit ‘Boxing’ in 1979 for producer Joe Gibbs.\u003cbr\u003eBut it was his time with Bunny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLee that set the levels for his record output.\u003cbr\u003eThis unreleased album is from this period in time, when Cornell Campbell never sounded sweeter......\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KINGSTON SOUNDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":53206771925319,"sku":"TRI-67812","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard Edition Black Vinyl 2025 RePress","offer_id":53206772252999,"sku":"TRI-67813","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/5d82852e7f2d0a48c2b443e2612a1bbb_8b0d90c0-e197-4219-bc81-7591f681258b.jpg?v=1769375442","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/cornell-campbell-my-destination","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}