Rico's Combo were a studio

Recording studio

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 band, that recorded on the Planetone

Planetone

Planetone was a label that issued Jamaican Ska recordings in the early 1960's.-History:The labels founder was Sonny Roberts. It is possible that this was the first black owned label in England.The basement studio was located at Cambridge Road, London....

 label

Record label

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 in the early 1960s.

History

The group, led by the Jamaica

Jamaica

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n trombonist

Trombone

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 Rico Rodriguez

Rico Rodriguez

Rico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...

, recorded some ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 records for the Planetone record label in the early 1960s. When Rodrigues was not present on the recordings

Sound recording and reproduction

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, the group would go by the name of The Planets.

Two tracks from this group, "London Here I Come" and "Hitch and Scramble", appeared on the Rodriguez's Trombone Man Anthology 1961-1971 CD.

Members

• Rico Rodriguez
  Rico Rodriguez
  Rico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...
  
   - (Trombone)
• Lovett Brown - (Saxophone)
• Mike Elliott
  Mike Elliott (saxophonist)
  Mike Elliott is a saxophonist who was born in Jamaica on 6 August 1929. He played on Ska recordings in the early 1960s as well as some Pop / Soul hits in the late 1960s.-Early 1960s:...
  
  - (Saxophone)
• Jackie Edwards - (Piano)

Discography

• "London Here I Come" / "Midnight In Ethiopia" - Planetone RC 1
• "Planet Rock" / "You Win" - Plantone RC 4
• "Hitch and Scramble" / "Gee's Boogie" - Planetone RC 6
• "Mighty As A Rose" / "Tell All Those Girls" (The Marvelles) - Planetone PT 35