Inturns

The Vocal Harmony Tradition Runs Deep Through Jamaican Reggae Music. The Viceroys Who Also Recorded Under The Name The Inturns Are Part Of That Tradition. The Pivotal Member Of The Group Is Wesley Tinglin Who Is The One Consistent Member And The Driving Force Behind The Band’s Longevity. Wesley Tinglin Had Learned Harmony Singing In Trenchtown From The Great Joe Higgs. After Forming The Original Viceroys Group With Daniel Bernard And Bunny Gayle Tinglin Did The Rounds Of The Usual Studios And Producers In The Kingston Recording Scene. First Stop Was Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle. Next Stop Was Studio One. Later Rocksteady Recordings Followed For Producers Derrick Morgan And Lloyd ‘Matador’ Daley.
Before The Name Change To The Inturns In The Mid 1970s The Group Recorded The Brilliant ‘Babylon Deh Pon Fire’ For Lee Perry At The Black Ark Under The Name Of Truth Fact And Correct. Clearly Frustrated At The Lack Of Financial Rewards Coming Their Way As The Viceroys The Inturns – Now Consisting Of Tinglin And A Neighbor Neville Ingram – Began Recording The Album Consider Yourself For Phil Pratt At Channel One Studios In Maxfield Avenue. The Recordings Began Around 1976 According To Phil Pratt. This Seems About Right As By The Sound Of The Album It Seems To Have Been Recorded By The Time Channel One Had Perfected Their ‘rockers’-Style Drum Sound. Engineered By Bunny Tom Tom Real Name Anthony Graham Aka Crucial Bunny The Channel One Signature Drum Sound Is Clear To Hear. Neville Ingram Was A Revelation As A Lead Vocalist And It’s His Distinctive Tones That Identify The Viceroys From The Mid 70s Onwards. Tinglin’s Songs Were Also Now Concise And Full Of Insightful References To Kingston Life. It Was A Dynamic Combination.The Song ‘Nothing Is Impossible’ Had Also Been Recorded By Winston Riley For His Techniques Imprint And Was Later Re-Recorded With The Roots Radics Band For Producer Linval Thompson. All Three Recording Are Excellent In Their Own Way But Phil Pratt’s Version Is Powerful And Has More Of A Steppers Feel Than The Other Versions. Noel Donlan Is Credited As Playing The Drums But It’s Also Probable That Sly Dunbar Played On Some Of The Tracks. ‘Ya Ho’ Was Also Re-Recorded And Renamed ‘Ja Ho’ For The Consider Yourself Set. This Is Perhaps Tinglin’s Most Well Known Song And Was Inspired By Pirate Tales In The The Caribbean Reader Journal That Were Popular At That Time In Jamaica. read less