NOEL ´´SKULLY´´SIMMS

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O percussionista jamaicano Noel 'Skully' Simms (a.k.a. Skitter) começou a carreira num Duo com Arthur Robinson conhecido como Bunny and Skitter..
Toca vários intrumentos de percussão  como o Akete,Bongo,Congos,Kette Drums,Tamborim
Skully começou sua carreira na gravação ainda nos anos 1950s,trabalhando para o Sir "Coxsone" Dodd. Mudou-se em 1961 para o selo de Prince Buster,o Wild Bells label. Assim como Sticky,trabalhou com quase todas estrelas jamaicanas,incluíndo Bob Marley,Peter Tosh,Pablo Moses,Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare,Burning Spear,The Congos ,Dennis Brown,Gregory Isaacs,Delroy Wilson, Leroy Smart,Sugar Minott,Prince Hammer, Albert Griffiths and Gladiators, Half Pint,U-Roy,I-Roy,The Itals e Lee Perry..
Muitas vezes em dupla com o amigo Sticky na dupla ´´Sticky And Skully´´...
Skully igualmente executou em diversas bandas, includindo The Aggrovators, The Revolutionaries, Roots Radics,e trabalhou com cantores renomados como Big Youth, Dillinger e trabalhou no The Heptones. Tocou também em uma banda de suporte para o Jimmy Cliff. Em gravações, é creditado sob muitos nomes diferentes, incluindo: Noel "Skully" Simms, Scully, Scully Simms, Skullie, Skully, Skully Simms, Zoot "Scully" Simms, Mikey Spratt, Scollie, Mr. Foundation,Zoot Sims e Skitter...
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 http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/1579

Also known as Skully, Mikey Spratt, Zoots Scully Simms, Scollie, Zoot Sims, Skitter.

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Appears on

• Christmas Vibes
• Freedom
• Head Shot
• Musical Fever
• Roots Of David
• Roots With Quality
• Sir Coxsone & Duke Reid In Concert At Forresters Hall
• Ska Bonanza
• Streets Of Ska
• Studio One Roots
• Studio One Roots 2
• Sunsplash Showcase
• Third World Disco Vol 1
• Trojan Dub Rarities Box Set

Albums engineered by Scully Simms

Engineer

• Prince Far I Meet Veros Artis - In Ram Packed Showcase In A Suitcase [1980]

As a musician

Percussions

• Abyssinians - Forward [1969-76]
• Aggrovators - Kaya Dub [197X]
• Aggrovators & King Tubby & Bunny Lee - Bionic Dub [1975-77]
• Agrovators Meets The Revolutioners - Agrovators Meets The Revolutioners At Channel One Studios [1977]
• Al Campbell - Ain't That Loving You [1978]
• Al Campbell - Late Night Blues [1980]
• Al Campbell - Rainy Days [1978]
• Al Campbell - Working Man [1980]
• Albert Griffiths & Gladiators - Country Living [1985]
• Alpha Blondy & Wailers - Jerusalem [1986]
• Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking [1978]
• Alton Ellis - Many Moods Of Alton Ellis [1978-80]
• Alton Ellis & Heptones - Mr Ska Bean'a [1980]
• Augustus Clarke - Black Foundation Dub [1976]
• Baba Dread - Earthman Connection [1978-79]
• Barrington Levy - Barrington Levy In Dub [1979]
• Barrington Levy - Money Move [1984]
• Barrington Levy - Poor Man Style [1982]
• Barry Brown - Far East [1982]
• Barry Brown - Love & Protection [197X-8X]
• Bebo - In A Dub Style [1985]
• Big Youth - Progress [1979]
• Big Youth - Reggae Gi Dem Dub [1978]
• Big Youth - Rock Holy [1980]
• Black Roots Players - Ghetto-ology Dubwise [1980]
• Burning Spear - Dry And Heavy [1977]
• Carl Campbell - Zion Dub [197X]
• Charlie Chaplin - Que Dem [1985]
• Clint Eastwood - African Youth [1978]
• Clint Eastwood - Death In The Arena [1978]
• Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Two Bad D.J. [1981]
• Colour Man - Kick Up Rumpus [1986]
• Congo - Congo Ashanti [1979]
• Congos - Heart Of The Congos [1977]
• Cornell Campbell - Fight Against Corruption [1983]
• Cornell Campbell - My Destination [197X]
• Cornell Campbell - Stalowatt [1976]
• Daddy Freddy (The D.J. Chemist) - Body Lasher [1986]
• Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel [1971]
• David Isaacs - Love & Devotion [198X]
• Deadly Headly Bennett & Ossie Scott - Deadly Headly Bennett Meets The Magnificent Ossie Scott [197X]
• Dean Frazer - Pure Horn [1979]
• Delroy Wilson - Nice Times [1983]
• Delroy Wilson - True Believer In Love [197X]
• Dennis Brown - Joseph's Coat Of Many Colours [1979]
• Dennis Brown - More [1982]
• Dennis Brown - Spellbound [1980]
• Dennis Brown - The Promised Land [1977-79]
• Dennis Brown - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow [1982]
• Derrick Harriott - Born To Love You [1979]
• Derrick Harriott & Revolutionaries - Reggae Chart Busters Seventies Style [1977]
• Desi Roots - Doing It Right [1980]
• Dillinger - Cup Of Tea [1980]
• Don Carlos - Spread Out [1983]
• Don Carlos vs Earl Cunningham - Prison Oval Clash [1980]
• Earl Chinna Smith - Sticky Fingers [1977]
• Earl Morgan - D.C. Dub Connection [1982]
• Earl Sixteen - Reggae Sound [1981]
• Earl Sixteen - Shining Star [1983]
• Earl Sixteen - Songs For A Reason [1983]
• Earl Zero - Visions Of Love [1979]
• Early B - Ghost Busters [1985]
• Early B & Malibu - My Friends Circle Jamaica [198X]
• Earth & Stone - Kool Roots [1976-78]
• Echo Minott - Rock & Calypso [1985]
• Echo Minott & Frankie Paul - Echo Minott Meets Frankie Paul [1986]
• Echo Minott Along With Sly & Robbie - Showcase [1984]
• Edi Fitzroy - Check For You Once [1982]
• Edi Fitzroy - First Class Citizen [1982]
• Edi Fitzroy - Youthman Penitentiary [1982]
• Ethiopian & Gladiators - Dread Prophecy [1986]
• Fatman Riddim Section - Fatman Reddim Section Meets Downtown Horns At Channel One [1979]
• Frankie Jones - Best Of Volume 1 [1986]
• Frankie Jones - Them Nice [1985]
• Frankie Paul - Alesha [1986]
• Frankie Paul - Strange Feeling [1983]
• Frankie Paul - Tidal Wave [1985]
• Freddie McGregor - Come On Over [1983]
• Freddie McGregor - Rhythm So Nice [1983]
• General Echo - Tribute To General Echo [1983]
• General Trees - Everything SoSo [1985]
• General Trees - Ghost Rider [1985]
• George Faith - Super Eight [1976]
• Gladiators - Back To Roots [1982]
• Gladiators - Naturality [1979]
• Gladiators - Serious Thing [1984]
• Gladstone Anderson - Sings Songs For Today and Tomorrow [1982]
• Glen Brown & King Tubby - Termination Dub [1973-79]
• Glenmore Brown - Dub From The South East [1972-76]
• Gregory Isaacs - The Best Of Vol 2 [1981]
• Half Pint - In Fine Style [1984]
• Harold Butler - Africa On My Mind [1978]
• Harry Mudie & King Tubby - Harry Mudie Meet King Tubby's In Dub Conference Vol 2 [1977]
• Harry Mudie & King Tubby - Harry Mudie Meet King Tubby's In Dub Conference Vol 3 [1978]
• Heptones - Changing Times [1986]
• Heptones - Journey From Caltone To Treasure Isle To Studio 1 [196X-7X]
• Heptones - On The Run [1982]
• Heptones - Party Time [1977]
• Heptones - Unreleased Night Food & Rare Black Ark Sessions [1976-77]
• Horace Andy - In The Light [1977]
• Horace Andy - In The Light / In The Light Dub [1977]
• Horace Andy - In The Light Dub [1977]
• Hugh Griffiths - Mother Africa [198X]
• Hugh Mundell - Mundell [1982]
• Hugh Mundell - The Blessed Youth [1978-81]
• Hugh Mundell - Time And Place [1980]
• Hugh Mundell Featuring Lacksley Castell - Jah Fire [1980]
• Itals - Brutal Out Deh [1981]
• Itals - Give Me Power [1983]
• Ja-Man All Stars - In The Dub Zone [1976-79]
• Jackie Edwards - The Original "Mr. Cool Ruler" [1983]
• Jackie Mittoo - In Cold Blood [1977]
• Jacob Miller - Greatest Hits [197X]
• Jah Frankie Jones - Satta An Praise Jah [1977]
• Jah Screw - Herb Base Function [1986]
• Jah Stitch - No Dread Can't Dead [1976]
• Jah Stitch - Original Ragga Muffin [1975-77]
• Jimmy Cliff - Unlimited [1973]
• Jimmy London - Hold On [1977]
• Jimmy London - It Ain't Easy Living In The Ghetto [1980]
• Jimmy London - The Jimmy London Collection [197X]
• Jimmy Riley - Put The People First [1982]
• John Holt - Just The Two Of Us [1982]
• John Holt - Super Star [1978]
• Johnny Clarke - King In The Arena [1978]
• Johnny Clarke - Superstar Roots Disco Dub [1977]
• Johnny Clarke & Delroy Wilson & Doreen Shaffer - Lovers Rock Vol 2 [197X]
• Johnny Osbourne - Folly Ranking [1980]
• Johnny Osbourne - Warrior [1981]
• Johnny Osbourne - Water Pumping [1983]
• Johnny Osbourne Meets Roots Radics - 1980-1981 Vintage [1980-81]
• Judy Mowatt - Black Woman [1980]
• Junior Byles - Rasta No Pickpocket [1986]
• Junior Delgado - Bush Master Revolution [1982]
• Junior Delgado - More She Love It [1981]
• Junior Delgado - Taste Of The Young Heart [1979]
• Junior English - Naturally High [1978]
• Junior Reid - Original Foreign Mind [1985]
• Justin Hinds - Travel With Love [1982-84]
• K.C. White - Try A Little Happiness [1982]
• K.C. White - Try A Little Happiness [198X]
• Keith Hudson - From One Extreme To Another [1979]
• Ken Boothe - Showcase [1978]
• Ken Boothe & Tyrone Taylor - Two Of A Kind [1987]
• King Sounds - Come Zion Side Happiness [1979]
• King Sounds & Israelites - There Is A Reward [198X]
• King Tubby - African Love Dub [1974-79]
• King Tubby - Dub Like Dirt [1975-77]
• King Tubby - Dub Mix Up [1975-79]
• King Tubby - King Tubby's Lost Treasures [1976]
• King Tubby - Majestic Dub [197X]
• King Tubby & Friends - Rod Of Correction Showcase [197X]
• King Tubby & Prince Jammy - Dub Gone 2 Crazy [1975-79]
• King Tubby Meets Roots Radics - Dangerous Dub [1981]
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate - Freedom Sounds In Dub [1976-79]
• Knowledge - Judgement [1980]
• Knowledge - Rasta Don't Take Bribe [1978X]
• Knowledge - Words Sounds And Power [1978]
• Kojak - Life Is A Journey [198X]
• Lady Ann - Vanity [1983]
• Larry Marshall - Throw Mi Corn [197X]
• Lee Perry - Roast Fish, Collie Weed And Corn Bread [1978]
• Lee Perry - Soundz From The Hotline [1976-79]
• Leroy Brown - Face To Face [198X]
• Leroy Brown - Prayer Of Peace [1976]
• Leroy Sibbles - Now [1980]
• Leroy Sibbles - Selections [1985]
• Leroy Smart - Ballistic Affair [1977]
• Leroy Smart - Exclusive [1984]
• Leroy Smart - Leroy Smart & Friends [1976-78]
• Leroy Smart - Superstar [1977]
• Linval Thompson - Love Is The Question [1978]
• Linval Thompson - Rocking Vibration [1978]
• Linval Thompson - Six Babylon [1979]
• Linval Thompson & Friends - Whip Them King Tubby [197X]
• Linval Thompson & Wayne Jarrett & Ranking Trevor - Train To Zion Dub [1981]
• Little John - Early Days [198X]
• Little John - True Confession [1984]
• Little Roy - Tafari Earth Uprising [197X]
• Lone Ranger - Rosemarie [1981]
• Lone Ranger - Rosemarie Meet DJ Daddy [1981-82]
• Lord Sassafrass - Pocomania Jump [1985]
• Martin Mandingo Williams - Afrikan History [1983]
• Meditations - Greatest Hits [197X]
• Meditations - Guidance [1978]
• Michael Palmer - Angella [1984]
• Michael Palmer - Ghetto Living [1985]
• Michael Palmer - Lick Shot [1982]
• Michael Palmer - Pull It Up Now [1985]
• Michael Palmer - Sweet Daddy [1985]
• Michael Prophet - Consciousness [1979-80]
• Michael Prophet - Michael Prophet [1981]
• Mighty Diamonds - Reggae Street [1981]
• Mighty Diamonds - Stand Up To Your Judgment [1978]
• Mikey Dread - African Anthem [1979]
• Mikey Dread - Evolutionary Rockers [1979]
• Monyaka - Classical Roots [1983]
• Nathan Skyers - Dem A Fight I [1983]
• Nicodemus Junior - Snakes And Ladders [1983]
• Nigger Kojak & Liza - Showcase [197X]
• Noel Phillips - Youth Man Vibrations [1981]
• Nuroy & Uroy - The Originator [1976]
• Osbert Maddo - You Wanna Turn Me On [1982]
• Pablo Moses - In The Future [1983]
• Paragons - Now [1982]
• Paragons - Return [198X]
• Pat Kelly - Srevol [198X]
• Pat Kelly - Talk About Love [1978]
• Peter Ranking & General Lucky - Jah Standing Over Me [1982]
• Peter Tosh - Mama Africa [1983]
• Peter Tosh - No Nuclear War [1987]
• Peter Tosh - Talking Revolution [1978]
• Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread & Alive [1981]
• Phillip Frazer - Blood Of The Saint [1982]
• Prince Alla - Heaven Is My Roof [1979]
• Prince Alla - King Of The Road [1982]
• Prince Alla - Only Love Can Conquer [1976-79]
• Prince Alla - The Best Of Prince Alla [1980]
• Prince Alla & Junior Ross - I Can Hear The Children Singing [1976-79]
• Prince Far I - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter IV [1981]
• Prince Far I Meet Veros Artis - In Ram Packed Showcase In A Suitcase [1980]
• Prince Hammer - World War Dub Part 1 [1979]
• Prince Jammy - Dub War Vol. 1 [1985]
• Prince Jammy - Fatman vrs. Shaka In A Dub Conference [1980]
• Prince Jammy - Kamikazi Dub [1979]
• Prince Jammy - Strictly Dub [1981]
• Ranking Barnabas - The Cold Crusher [197X]
• Ranking Dellinger - Superstar [1977]
• Ranking Joe - Armageddon [1982]
• Ranking Joe - Disco Skate [1981]
• Ras Midas - Rastaman In Exile [1980]
• Ras Midas - Stand Up Wise Up [1984]
• Revolutionaries - Jonkanoo Dub [1978]
• Revolutionaries - Reaction In Dub [1978]
• Rico Rodriguez - That Man Is Forward [1981]
• Robert Ffrench - The Favourite [1985]
• Robert French - Mr French Showcase [198X]
• Robert French - Showcase In A Dancehall Style For All The Roots [198X]
• Rod Taylor - If Jah Should Come Now [1979]
• Roots Radics Meets King Tubbys - More Dangerous Dub [1981]
• Roots Radics Meet Mighty Revolutionaires - Outernational Riddim [1980]
• Roots Radics Meet Soul Syndicate - Roots Radics Meet Soul Syndicate In Dub [198X]
• Royals - Moving On [1981]
• Royals - Ten Years After [1978]
• Sammy Dread - Early Days [198X]
• Scientist - Crucial Cuts Vol 2 [1984]
• Scientist - Dub Landing [1981]
• Scientist - Scientific Dub [1978-80]
• Scientist - Scientist Meets The Space Invaders [1981]
• Scientist - Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires [1981]
• Scientist - Scientist Wins The World Cup [1982]
• Scientist - The Best Dub Album In The World [1980]
• Scientist & Prince Jammie - Dub Landing Vol: 2 [1982]
• Scientist vs Professor - Dub Duel At King Tubby's [1983]
• Scratch And Company - Chapter 1, The Upsetters [1970-76]
• Seke Molenga & Kalo Kawongolo With Lee Scratch Perry - From The Heart Of The Congo [1977]
• Sir Coxsone Sound - King Of The Dub Rock Part 2 [1982]
• Sister Candy & Purpleman - Laserbeam [1983]
• Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare & Various Artists - Unmetered Taxi [198X]
• Sly Dunbar & Various Artists - Simple Sly Man [1978]
• Sly & Revolutionaries - Don't Underestimate The Force, The Force Is Within You [1977]
• Sly And The Revolutionaries With Jah Thomas - Black Ash Dub [1980]
• Soferno B - Soferno B In Dub 1980 Style [1979]
• Soul Explosion Band - Too Much Confusion [1979]
• Sugar Minott - African Girl [1981]
• Sugar Minott - Bitter Sweet [1979]
• Sugar Minott - Black Roots [1980]
• Sugar Minott - Ghetto-ology [1979]
• Sugar Minott - Herbman Hustling [1984]
• Sugar Minott and Leroy Smart - Rockers Awards Winners [1984]
• Tappa Zukie - Escape From Hell [1977]
• Tappa Zukie - Tapper Zukie In Dub [1976]
• Tapper Zukie - Blackman [1978]
• Techniques - I'll Never Fall In Love [1983]
• Tenor Saw - Fever [1985]
• The Yabby You Vibration - Deliver Me From My Enemies [1977]
• Tommy McCook & Aggrovators - Disco Rockers [1977]
• Tony Tuff - Presenting Mr Tuff [1981]
• Toots & Maytals - Knock Out ! [1981]
• Travellers - Black Black Minds [1977]
• Trevor Hartley - Innocent Lover [1979]
• Tyrone Evans - Don Evans [1983]
• U Brown - Repatriation [1979]
• U Brown - Weather Baloon [1978]
• U Roy - Jah Son Of Africa [1978]
• Uglyman v/s Little John - Dance Hall Clash [1986]
• Upsetters - Blackboard Jungle Dub [1973]
• Upsetters - Kung Fu Meets The Dragon [1975]
• Various Artists - Allform [1983]
• Various Artists - Baffling Smoke Signal [1976-78]
• Various Artists - Clive Hunt Ruff'N'Tuff [1982]
• Various Artists - Every Mouth Must Be Fed [1973-76]
• Various Artists - High Times All Stars Explosion [1985]
• Various Artists - Junjo Presents A Live Session With Aces International [1982]
• Various Artists - King Jammy In Roots [197X-8X]
• Various Artists - Open The Gate [1974-76]
• Various Artists - Reggae All Star [1979]
• Various Artists - Revive Reggae Classics [198X]
• Various Artists - Rite Sound Reggae Story [1980]
• Various Artists - Roots Of Dance Hall [197X]
• Various Artists - Sunsplash Showcase [1981]
• Viceroys - Brethren And Sistren [1983]
• Viceroys - We Must Unite [1982]
• Vin Gordon and Upsetters - Musical Bones [1972-75]
• Wailing Souls - Wailing Souls At Channel One [197X]
• Welton Irie - Army Life [1982]
• Welton Irie - Ghettoman Corner [1977]
• Willie Lindo - It's Not Too Late [1977]
• Willie Lindo - Tuned In Reggae [1980]
• Willy Williams - Unity [1986]
• Winston McAnuff - What The Man A Deal Wid [1978]
• Winston Wright - Melody Of Love [1977]
• Yabby U - Jah Jah Way [1980]
• Yabby You - Beware [1978]

Congos

• Desi Roots - Doing It Right [1980]
• Gladiators - Back To Roots [1982]
• Prince Far I - Voice Of Thunder [1981]
• Ras Midas - Rastaman In Exile [1980]
• Stanley Beckford and Turbines - Africa [1971-73]
• Upsetters - Scratch, The Super Ape [1976]

Akete

• Pablo Moses - Pave The Way [1981]

Bongo

• Derrick Harriott - Born To Love You [1979]
• I Roy - Heart Of A Lion [1977]
• Sammy Dread - Sammy Dread Is Mr Music [1982]
• Winston Jarrett and Righteous Flames - Man Of The Ghetto [1977]
• Winston Jarrett and Righteous Flames - Ranking Ghetto Style [1980]

Ketta Drums

• Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3 [1977]
• Scratch And Company - Chapter 1, The Upsetters [1970-76]

Tambourine

• Sly and Revolutionaries - Go Deh Wid Riddim [1977]