Lipi Brown’s Selections - Simarons (Roots Reggae)

Jamaican natives, the Cimarons migrated to Britain in 1967 with a lineup consisting of Franklyn Dunn (bass), Carl Levy (keyboards), Locksley Gichie (guitar), and Maurice Ellis (drums); vocalist, Winston Reid joined in London. They were primarily session musicians in Jamaica, and backed many artists, including Jimmy Cliff. Their first LP In Time, on Trojan Records in 1974 featured a rendition of the O’Jays’ “Ship Ahoy“ which the purists ridiculed as lush and phoney; another track “Utopian Feeling“ was labele