Roy Rankin (b. Roy Fearon, 18th January, 1952) ) & Raymond Naptali (b. Raymond McCook, 15th January, 1961) were a successful early 80's combination deejay duo from England.
Raymond Naptali started deejaying for Fatman HiFi in 1980. Previously he had chatted for the london Sound System Serge Hifi.
They released one album together on the CF label (the owner Ribs, later of Unity Hifi, was Roy Rankins brother) and a number of 12" discos, mostly on KG Imperial, a label belonging to the North London Soundman, Fatman. Raymond Naptali also released a solo album.
Raymond Naptali (left) and Fatman
Late Night Session | 1982 | CF | CFLP 001 |
Trouble Possee (Raymond Naptali) | 1982 | CSA | CSLP 3 |
Disc Jockey In A 81 Style / African Daughter | 1981 | KG Imperial | KG 007 | Producer Robert |
New Cross Fire / Brixton Incident | 1981 | KG Imperial | KG 006 | Producer Robert |
Go Deh In A Late Night Blues, Late Night Session / Babylon Policy (Roy Ranking & U-Brown), Peaceful Something (Roy Ranking & U-Brown) | 1981 | KG Imperial | KG 004 | Producer Fatman & Robert |
ABC (Raymond Naptali) / Dirty Rat (Raymond Naptali) | 1982 | Sir George | SG 003 | Musicians: Roots Radics, Prod & Mix: Brightly, Channel One. Both tunes extended. |
Love Trap (Cornell Campbell & Raymond Naptali) / Professor At The Controls (Bunny Lee & Fatman) | 1983 | Shuttle Records | SH 001 | |
Any Riddim (Raymond Naptali) / On My Way (Raymond Naptali) | 198x | Fatman Studio | … | Released in '85? |
Dance Hall Scrounger (Roy Rankin) / Talk To Me Proper (U Brown) | 198x | CF | CFD 004 | Produced and arranged by Ribs |
My Bubbler (Raymond Naptali) / Version (Georgie Posse) | 198x | Sir George | SG 010 |
The CSA Collection Volume 1 or Reggae Music All Right | 1983 | CSA | CSLP 9 |
Dee-Jay Super Clash | 1984 | CSA | CSLP 16 |
Sir George Party | Sir George |