Richard Bell (record producer) explained

Richard "Bello" Bell is a Jamaican record producer and label-owner who launched the Star Trail label in around 1989 along with Garnet Dalley.^[1] He began by producing artists such as Beres Hammond and Hugh Griffith, but had his greatest successes in 1992 with Garnett Silk's "Hello Africa", Yami Bolo's "Non-stop Loving", and other successful singles by Leroy Smart and General Degree. Bell has also worked with leading dancehall artists including Capleton, Sizzla, and Anthony B, with whom he had a long and successful relationship between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s,^[2] and long-established singers such as Gregory Isaacs, Mykal Rose, and Everton Blender.

Bell is one of the best-known adherents of the Bobo Ashanti branch of Rastafari in Jamaican music,^[3] and his Star Trail records was one of the leading labels in the resurgence of Rastafari in reggae of the mid-1990s.^[4]

Productions

Beres Hammond - Love Affair (1992)
Fleshy Ranks - Bustin Out (1994)
Beres Hammond - In Control (1994)
Everton Blender - Lift Up Your Head (1994)
Gregory Isaacs - My Poor Heart (1994)
Nardo Ranks - Cool and Humble (1995)
Beres Hammond - Expression (1995)
Capleton - Prophecy (1995)
Beres Hammond - Love From a Distance (1996)
Everton Blender - Piece of the Blender (1996)
Beres Hammond - Getting Stronger (1997)
Tony Rebel - If Jah (1998)
Anthony B - Universal Struggle (1998)
Derrick Lara - All About Life (1999)
Determine - Freedom Chant (1999)
Third World - Generation Coming (1999)
Norris Man - Persistence (2000)
Anthony B - That's Life (2001)
Beres Hammond - Love has no Boundaries (2004)

Notes and References

Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books,, p. 307
"Fire pon UWI, Anthony B speaks in Reggae Studies lecture series", Jamaica Observer, 4 December 2002
Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn., Rough Guides,, p. 373
Campbell, Howard (2007) " Anthony B looks for long 'Life of a Ras'", Jamaica Gleaner, 16 September 2007