DR ALIMANTADO

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Dr Alimantado, born Winston James Thompson, also known as The Ital Surgeon (Kingston, born 1952) is a Jamaican reggae singer, DJ, and producer.

Thompson was born in Kingston in 1952, where he adopted the Rastafarian faith at an early age. He honed his talents on local sound systems such as Coxsone Dodd's Downbeat and Lord Tippertone, and started to record very young under various names (Winston Price, Winston Cool, Ital Winston, or Youth Winston). His first recordings were for Lee "Scratch" Perry and Bunny Le ...