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'''Steve Barrow''' (born 29 September 1945) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[reggae]] historian, writer and producer.<ref name="midnightraver">[http://midnightraverblog.com/2013/03/29/masta-selecta-reggae-resurrecta-steve-barrow-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-blood-fire/ Steve Barrow Interview - Midnight Raver Site (29 March 2013)] Retrieved 21 April 2013</ref>▼
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▲'''Steve Barrow''' (born 29 September 1945) is a British [[United Kingdom|Britishreggae]] historian, [[reggaearchivist]], historian[[curator]], writer and producer.<ref name="midnightraver">[http://midnightraverblog.com/2013/03/29/masta-selecta-reggae-resurrecta-steve-barrow-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-blood-fire/ Steve Barrow Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807172133/http://midnightraverblog.com/2013/03/29/masta-selecta-reggae-resurrecta-steve-barrow-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-blood-fire/ |date=7 August 2013 }} – ''Midnight Raver'' Sitewebsite (29 March 2013)]. Retrieved 21 April 2013.</ref>
 
==Biography==
While at [[Honest Jon's]] record shop, he met Peter Dalton, with whom he later collaborated on writing ''The Rough Guide to Reggae''. Between 1979 and 1980, he was hired freelance by [[Island Records]] to compile a series of vinyl releases: ''Intensified'', ''More Intensified'', ''Catch The Beat'' and ''The Blue Beat Years''.<ref name="midnightraver" /> From the 1970s and up to 1992, Barrow compiled many albums and wrote liner notes for [[Trojan Records]] in London.
 
In 1993, Barrow co-founded, along with [[Mick Hucknall]], the [[Blood and Fire (record label)|Blood and Fire]] [[record label]], which specializesspecialises in reissuing older [[roots reggae]] and spiritual dubwise [[Music of Jamaica|Jamaican music]].<ref>[http://www.reggaenews.co.uk/interviews/steve_barrow.asp Steve Barrow Interview] -– ''Reggae News'' (Summer 2002)]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112095545/http://www.reggaenews.co.uk/interviews/steve_barrow.asp |date=12 January 2014}}. Retrieved 24 April 2013.</ref> Barrow's extensive knowledge of reggae was the catalyst for the creation of the Jamaican Reggae Archive Project which is funded and owned by [[Chris Blackwell]] with Barrow as ''de facto'' curator. Between 1994 and 1995, Barrow (along with [[Don Letts]] and Rick Elwood) conducted a series of interviews with Jamaican artists for the Archivearchive that aimed to preserve the history of the music;. theThe interviews and other related material were an important factor in the writing of the book ''The Rough Guide to Reggae''.<ref name="modculture">[http://www.modculture.co.uk/interview-doug-hadgraft-meets-steve-barrow/ Steve Barrow Interview] – ''Mod Culture'' website (10 March 2012). Retrieved 21 April 2013.</ref> The reggae author David Katz credits Barrow's personal recommendation to [[Trevor Wyatt]] of Island Records for his involvement in the compiling of the 1997 [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]] CD set ''Arkology''.<ref>[http://www.upsetter.net/scratch/words/outerview_sleeper_katz.htm David Katz Interview] -– ''Eternal Thunder'' (February 2001)]. Interview by Mick Sleeper. Retrieved 18 June 2013.</ref> In 2004, Barrow co-founded the reggae reissue label [[Hot Pot Music]].▼
Barrow was born in [[Forest Gate]], London in 1945. When he was young his family moved a short distance to the [[Manor Park, London|Manor Park]] area where he attended the [[East Ham Grammar School]] until 1962.<ref name="modculture">[http://www.modculture.co.uk/interview-doug-hadgraft-meets-steve-barrow/ Steve Barrow Interview - Mod Culture Site (10 March 2012)] Retrieved 21 April 2013</ref> After leaving school and working in various jobs he returned to full-time education at the East Ham College of Technology (1970–74) where he studied Graphic Design.<ref name="midnightraver" /> In October 1975 Barrow and Keith Stone took over the premises of All Change Records in Hanway Street (just off Oxford Street); a shop where Barrow had previously been a manager. Renaming it to Daddy Kool, they removed the soul and jazz records and concentrated on selling only reggae. On 29 September 1976 Barrow's partnership with Stone was dissolved and Stone retained the shop due to his majority stake-holding.<ref name="bloodfire">[http://inityweekly.com/2013/04/02/masta-selecta-reggae-resurrecta-steve-barrow-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-blood-fire/ Steve Barrow Interview - Inity Weekly Site (2 April 2013)] Retrieved 24 April 2013</ref> Barrow soon found employment at West Ham Post Office where he worked night-shifts sorting parcels while also occasionally working at Honest Jon's two London music outlets. While at Honest Jon's he met Peter Dalton whom he would later collaborate with on writing ''The Rough Guide to Reggae''. Between 1979 and 1980 he was hired freelance by [[Island Records]] to compile a series of vinyl releases: ''Intensified'', ''More Intensified'', ''Catch The Beat'' and ''The Blue Beat Years''.<ref name="midnightraver" />
 
▲In 1993 Barrow co-founded, along with [[Mick Hucknall]], the [[Blood and Fire (record label)|Blood and Fire]] [[record label]] which specializes in reissuing older [[Music of Jamaica|Jamaican music]].<ref>[http://www.reggaenews.co.uk/interviews/steve_barrow.asp Steve Barrow Interview - Reggae News (Summer 2002)] Retrieved 24 April 2013</ref> Barrow's extensive knowledge of reggae was the catalyst for the creation of the Jamaican Reggae Archive Project which is funded and owned by [[Chris Blackwell]] with Barrow as de facto curator. Between 1994 and 1995 Barrow (along with [[Don Letts]] and Rick Elwood) conducted a series of interviews with Jamaican artists for the Archive that aimed to preserve the history of the music; the interviews and other related material were an important factor in the writing of the book ''The Rough Guide to Reggae''.<ref name="modculture" /> The reggae author David Katz credits Barrow's personal recommendation to Trevor Wyatt of Island Records for his involvement in the compiling of the 1997 Lee "Scratch" Perry CD set ''Arkology''.<ref>[http://www.upsetter.net/scratch/words/outerview_sleeper_katz.htm David Katz Interview - Eternal Thunder (February 2001)] Interview by Mick Sleeper. Retrieved 18 June 2013.</ref> In 2004 Barrow co-founded the reggae reissue label [[Hot Pot Music]].
 
==Bibliography==
*''The Rough Guide to Reggae'' with [[Peter Dalton]], 1997 for the first edition, Rough Guides Limited, {{ISBN |1-85828-247-0}}
*''The Rough Guide Reggae: 100 Essential Cds'', 1999, Rough Guides Limited, {{ISBN |1-85828-567-4}}
*''King Jammy's'', with [[Beth Lesser]], 2002, ECW Press, UK, {{ISBN |1-55022-525-1}}
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://niceup.com/interviews/steve_barrow Steve Barrow Interviewinterview] at Niceup]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130514034132/http://bigmikeydread.podomatic.com/entry/2010-01-04T06_25_11-08_00 Audio Interviewinterview with Steve Barrow] at Big Mikey Dread Reggae Radio]
 
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