Richard "Bello" Bell is a Jamaican record producer and label-owner who launched the Star Trail label in around 1989 along with Garnet Dalley.Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, , p. 307 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,"Fire pon UWI, Anthony B speaks in Reggae Studies lecture series", Jamaica Observer, 4 December 2002 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,Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn., Rough Guides, , p. 373 and his Star Trail records was one of the leading labels in the resurgence of Rastafari in reggae of the mid-1990s.Campbell, Howard (2007) " Anthony B looks for long 'Life of a Ras'", Jamaica Gleaner, 16 September 2007
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)
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