“Sixpence” by Max Romeo

Vincent “Randy” Chin’s career in the music business was a winding tale from stocking jukeboxes, to owning a record shop, to then recording local Kingston artists. From his early success producing Lord Creator, Alton Ellis, and John Holt to his later productions with Bob Marley and the Wailers and Burning Spear, Randy’s Studio 17 and his Impact All-Stars house band are now considered legends of Jamaican music.

“Sixpence” was a 1975 single first released on Chin’s Impact! record label. It’s a hilarious play-on-word song, and although it was recorded during the roots time period of Reggae, it was a wink to the often humorous calypsonian music from the early 60’s.
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Max Romeo is still around and is currently in a battle over royalties for his music. I wish him well in his pursuit, as many of these fantastic artists from Jamacia passed away before they were ever able to receive the money they so rightly deserved for their talents and work.