Spalding was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1955, and began his recording career in the early 1970s working with producer Harry Mudie.[1][2] He then worked with producer Winston Edwards and had a hit single with "Selassie Skank".[1][2] He moved on to record for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One and set up his own Small Axe Hi Fisound system and a record label.[2] In the 2000s Spalding had success as a hip hop producer and recording engineer.[2]
^ abLarkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, ISBN0-7535-0242-9, p.24-25
^ abcdMoskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN0-313-33158-8, p.29