Compass Point All Stars

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Compass Point All Stars were a renowned session band of Jamaican and Caribbean musicians associated with Compass Point Studios, known for their influential work on numerous reggae, dub, and new wave recordings in the late 1970s and 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf backing band
session band
activePeriod 1980s
late 1970s
associatedAct Black Uhuru NERFINISHED
Grace Jones NERFINISHED
Gwen Guthrie NERFINISHED
Ian Dury NERFINISHED
Jimmy Cliff NERFINISHED
Joe Cocker NERFINISHED
Kid Creole and the Coconuts NERFINISHED
Marianne Faithfull NERFINISHED
Robert Palmer NERFINISHED
Sly and Robbie NERFINISHED
Talking Heads NERFINISHED
The B-52's NERFINISHED
Tom Tom Club NERFINISHED
associatedWith Compass Point Studios NERFINISHED
basedAt Compass Point Studios NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Bahamas NERFINISHED
genre Caribbean music
dub
new wave
reggae
influencedGenre new wave pop
post-punk
reggae fusion
locationOfFormation Nassau, Bahamas NERFINISHED
notableMember Ansel Collins NERFINISHED
Barry Reynolds NERFINISHED
Mikey Boo Richards NERFINISHED
Mikey Chung NERFINISHED
Robbie Shakespeare NERFINISHED
Sly Dunbar NERFINISHED
Tommy McCook NERFINISHED
Tyrone Downie NERFINISHED
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson NERFINISHED
Wally Badarou NERFINISHED
notableWorkOn Black Uhuru album "Chill Out" NERFINISHED
Black Uhuru album "Red" NERFINISHED
Grace Jones album "Living My Life" NERFINISHED
Grace Jones album "Nightclubbing" NERFINISHED
Grace Jones album "Warm Leatherette" NERFINISHED
Joe Cocker album "Sheffield Steel" NERFINISHED
Robert Palmer album "Clues" NERFINISHED
Tom Tom Club debut album "Tom Tom Club"
producerCollaborator Alex Sadkin NERFINISHED
Chris Blackwell NERFINISHED
Steven Stanley NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic fusion of reggae rhythms with rock and new wave
heavy use of dub production techniques

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album "Nightclubbing" hasBackingBand Compass Point All Stars
subject surface form: Nightclubbing
album "Warm Leatherette" featuresBackingBand Compass Point All Stars
subject surface form: Warm Leatherette
single "Pull Up to the Bumper" associatedAct Compass Point All Stars
subject surface form: Pull Up to the Bumper