Freddie McKay

Real Name:
Freddie McLean
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Discography

Releases:
Picture On The Wall / Who Laugh Last (7", RP)   Studio One 1971
Susan (7", Single)   Mistic 1971
A Lonely Man (LP, Album)   Dynamic Sounds 1974
Oh Carol (7")   Attack 1974
Picture On The Wall (LP, Album)   Studio One 1974
It De Hay / Dub De Hay (7")   Ocean (2) 1975
Talking Love (7")   Treble (2) 1975
Take My Hand Oh Jah / Don't Make It Look So Bad (12")   Yah Congo Records 1977
The War Is Over (7")   GG's Records 1977
I've Been Hurt (12")   Gorgon Records 1978
When You're Smiling (12")   Gorgon Records 1978
Another Weekend / Live Together (12")   Greensleeves Records 1981
Show & Tell (12")   Soferno B Records 1981
When You're Smiling (CD, Album)   Rhino Records, Creole Records 2002
Mop And Cry / Pope Of Rome (Falling) (12", RP)   D.E.B. Music, Badda Music 2004
Santic Sampler (10")   Pressure Sounds 2005
Lonely Man (12", RP)   Niagara, Badda Music 2006
Take My Hand Oh Jah / You Want To Get I Out (12", RE)   Yah Congo Records, Digikiller Records 2009
Jah Love I (12")   Lucky Star  
Tear Drops (7", RP)   Sunshot  
Appears On:
Love Is A Treasure / Zazuka (7") Love Is A Treasure Trojan Records 1968
Im Flash Foward (LP)   Studio One 1977
Creation Rockers Volume 6 (LP) Sweet You Sour You (1971) Trojan Records 1979
Soul Defenders At Studio One (CD)   Heartbeat Records (2) 1991
Black Roses (Cass, Album) Picture On The Wall WEA International Inc., Magnasound 1993
Nightfall (CD) Come Along Jet Star Records 1998
Forward Jah Jah Children (2xLP, Comp) Picture On The Wall Earmark 2004
Soul Stomp (LP, Album) High School Dance Grover Records 2004
The Essential Bob Marley (CD, Comp) Picture On The Wall Mastercuts 2005
Studio One Dub Vol. 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Drunken Sailor Version Soul Jazz Records 2007
Studio One Kings (Comp) (2 versions) Pretty Looks Isn't All... Soul Jazz Records 2007
Studio One Roots Vol. 3 (2 versions) (I'm) A Free Man Soul Jazz Records 2007
Don't Stay Away / Picture On The Wall (7", RE) Picture On The Wall Treasure Isle  
Tracks Appear On:
Jamaica Today The Seventies (LP, Comp) Sweet You Sour You Studio One 1971
Creation Rockers Volume 4 (LP) Love Is A Treasure Trojan Records 1979
Creation Rockers Volume 6 (LP) Sweet You Sour You (1971) Trojan Records 1979
Rebel Music - An Anthology Of Reggae Music (Comp) (2 versions) High School Dance Trojan Records 1979
Street Corner-Ital Food (LP) Your Love Is Amazing GG's Records, GG's Records 1979
The Legend (LP, Album) I'm A Free Man Atra Records 1980
The Trojan Story Volume Two (2 versions) Our Rendezvous Trojan Records 1982
Rebel Music (2xCD) High School Dance Trojan Records 1989
Alvin Ranglin's GG Records: Holy Ground (Comp) (2 versions) Keep Your Big Mouth Shut Heartbeat Records (2) 1990
Duke Reid's Treasure Chest (2xCD, Comp) Love A Treasure Heartbeat Records (2), Heartbeat Records (2) 1992
Reggae's Greatest Hits Volume 6 (CD, Comp) Keep Your Big Mouth Shut Heartbeat Records (2) 1995
Treasure Isle Time (CD, Comp) Love Is A Treasure Heartbeat Records (2) 1995
Linval Thompson Presents: Jah Jah Dreader Than Dread (CD) Lonely Man, A Message Munich Records 1997
Reggae Revive Classic's - Original Music (CD, Comp) Come Down Sun, Come Do... Original Music 1997
The Heat Is On (CD) Blow Wind, Blow, How C... Charly Schallplatten GmbH 1998
The Lion Roars (CD, Comp, RM) Praising The Father, S... Charly Schallplatten GmbH 1998
Trojan Singles Box Set (3xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box, Ltd) Help Me Trojan Records 1999
Gems From Treasure Isle (3xCD, Comp + Box) Love Is A Treasure Charly Records Ltd. 2001
Le World... Reggae II (CD, Comp, Dig) Lonely Man Suave Records (3) 2001
Nice Up The Dance - Studio One Discomixes (CD, Comp) Love Is A Treasure Heartbeat Records (2) 2001
Nice Up The Dance: Studio One Discomixes (LP) Love Is A Treasure Heartbeat Records (2) 2001
Ready When You Ready (2xCD) Someone Is Watching You Smugg Records 2002
The Birth Of Trojan - Duke Reid Rocksteady 1967 (CD) Love Is A Treasure Trojan Records 2002
Trojan 12" Box Set (3xCD, Comp + Box) Rock A Bye Woman / Ver... Trojan Records 2003
Kingston Allstars Meet Downtown At King Tubby's 1972-1975 (Comp) (3 versions) Going Kingston Sounds 2004
Roots Of Dance Hall (2 versions) Thunder & Rain Auralux Recordings 2004
Down Santic Way (2 versions) I'm A Free Man Pressure Sounds 2005
Studio One Dub Vol. 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Drunken Sailor Version Soul Jazz Records 2007
Studio One Kings (Comp) (2 versions) Father Will Cut You Off Soul Jazz Records 2007
Studio One Roots Vol. 3 (2 versions) (I'm) A Free Man Soul Jazz Records 2007
Sun Is Shining (CD) I'm A Free Man Mojo Magazine 2007
Dub Sampler Vol 3 (CD, Smplr) Going Dub Jamaican Recordings 2008
Judge Sympathy - The Birth Of Trojan (11x7", Single + Box, Comp) Love Is A Treasure Trojan Records 2008
Delroy Wilson & Friends (LP, Comp) Pear Drops Justice (2)  
Hottest Hits Volume 2 (LP) Love Is A Treasure Treasure Isle  
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by ZzzirK Jun 25, 2009
Born 1947, St. Catherine, Jamaica, deceased 1987. Whis career spanned the rocksteady and reggae eras.

McKay first recorded for producer Prince Buster in 1967, his first hit coming the same year with "Love Is A Treasure", recorded for Duke Reid's Treasure Isle set-up. McKay then enjoyed a fruitful spell with Coxsone Dodd, recording a number of popular songs for Studio One backed by The Soul Defenders,[2] including "High School Dance", "Sweet You Sour You", and "Picture On The Wall", the latter the title track of his 1971 debut album. A second album, Lonely Man followed in 1974. McKay recorded a duet with Horace Andy in 1975, "Talking Love" which was also a hit in Jamaica. McKay enjoyed another hit in 1976 with "Dance This Ya Festival", which won the Jamaican Independence Popular Song Contest that year. McKay teamed up with Alvin Ranglin for the misleadingly titled The Best Of Freddie McKay in 1977, McKay now adapting to the prevailing roots reggae style. Creation followed in 1979, and Tribal Inna Yard in 1983. McKay maintained a faithful following until his death in 1987 from a heart attack.

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