Negril is an instrumental album originally released in 1975 from a session produced, arranged and mostly composed by Eric Gale, and including some of Jamaica's best-known musicians. It bears the name of an impoverished Jamaican seaside village which, in 1975, was yet to become a popular tourist destination and had unsophisticated accommodations, but a splendid beach and natural beauty which inspired Gale to memorialize it. Negril was recorded at the Harry J Studio in Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

. It was originally released in Jamaica by Micron Music Ltd. and in England by Klik Records (KLP9005). In 2003 it was issued as a CD by Roving Spirits (Japan). The CD is now out of print and, because it is not available for legal digital download, sellers demand high prices for used copies.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Eric Gale; except where indicated

1. "East Side, West Side"
2. "Negril Sea Sunset"
3. "I Shot the Sheriff
   I Shot the Sheriff
   "I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Bob Marley, told from the point of view of a man who admits to having killed the local sheriff, but claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy sheriff. He also claims to have acted in self defense when the sheriff tried to shoot him. The...
   
   " (Bob Marley
   Bob Marley
   Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
   
   )
4. "Rasta"
5. "Lighthouse"
6. "Negril"
7. "Red Ground Funk"
8. "Honey Coral Rock"

(Track order is for CD, not original LP)

Personnel

• Eric Gale
  Eric Gale
  Eric J. Gale was a leading American jazz and session guitarist.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gale began playing guitar at the age of 12. Although he majored in chemistry at Niagara University, Gale was determined to pursue a musical career, and began contributing to accompaniments for such stars as...
  
   - lead guitar, producer, arranger
• Aston Barrett
  Aston Barrett
  Aston Barrett , often called "Family Man" or "Fams" for short, is a Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian.-Biography:...
  
   - bass guitar
• Leslie Butler - organ, synthesizer
• Cedric Brooks
  Cedric Brooks
  Cedric "Im" Brooks, is a Jamaican saxophonist and flautist known for his solo recordings and as a member of The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, The Light of Saba, and The Skatalites.-Biography:...
  
   - saxophone, percussion
• Paul Douglas - drums
• Val Douglas - bass guitar
• Joe Higgs
  Joe Higgs
  Joe Higgs was a reggae musician from Jamaica. In the late 1950s and 1960s he was part of the duo Higgs and Wilson together with Roy Wilson...
  
   - percussion
• Sparrow Martin - drums
• Keith Sterling - piano
• Richard Tee
  Richard Tee
  Richard Tee was a pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger.Tee graduated from the High School of Music and Art and attended the Manhattan School of Music. Though better known as a studio and session musician, Tee led a jazz ensemble, the Richard Tee Committee, and was a founding member of the...
  
   - piano
• Uziah Thompson
  Uziah Thompson
  Uziah "Sticky" Thompson is a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active since the late 1950s. He has worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.-Biography:...
  
   - percussion
• Peter Tosh
  Peter Tosh
  Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
  
  - rhythm guitar, lead guitar
• Michael Johnston - executive producer
• Sylvan Morris - recording engineer
• Buddy Davidson - mixing engineer
• Trevor Campbell - art and cover design
• Recorded at Harry J. Studio, Kingston
• Mixed at Federal Recording Co.

Total time: 39:53

External links

• Revisiting Eric Gale's Negril by Howard Campbell. Jamaica Gleaner, June 17, 2008. URL accessed Nov. 1, 2009.
• Eric Gale/Negril URL accessed Nov. 1, 2009.
• Klik Albums URL accessed Nov. 18, 2009.