Sonia Pottinger – Prophecy I ( dedicated to Marcus Garvey )

Sonia Pottinger – Marcus Garvey
Label:Roots Music International
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:Netherlands
Released:1976
Genre:Reggae
Style: Dub

Sonia Pottinger OD (born 1943)[1] is a Jamaican reggae record producer.

The most important Jamaican woman involved in music business, Sonia Pottinger was the first female Jamaican record producer and produced artists from the mid 1960s until the mid 1980s.

Married to music producer Lyndon Pottinger, she opened her Tip Top Records Shop in 1965 and started to record musicians in 1966. The first single she issued was “Every Night” by Joe White & Chuck.[1] Other artists recorded during this period include Roland Alphonso. Throughout the rock steady and early reggae eras, she became very prolific with hits by The Ethiopians (“The Whip”), Delano Stewart, The Melodians (“Swing And Dine”), Ken Boothe, Alton Ellis and Toots & the Maytals, reelased on her Gay Feet, Tip Top, Rainbow, and High Note labels.[1] In the early 1970s her work was less prolific, but in 1974 she bought the Treasure Isle label from long time friend Duke Reid shortly before his death.

In the 1970s, she produced albums by Bob Andy, Marcia Griffiths, Culture, U Roy and Big Youth. Her most well known production is Culture’s Harder Than The Rest album, released in 1978.

In the dance hall era show produced Archie & Lynn’s “Rat in the Centre”. She retired from the music business in 1985