[1] He attended St. Elizabeth Technical High School before moving to Kingston, where he worked for a shoe company and was a reservist in the Jamaica Defence Force.
[1] On his return to Jamaica he was employed by Rupie Edwards as the branch manager of the Success Records shop at Half Way Tree.
He also began recording again, including the 1973 single No Jestering (later versioned by Augustus Pablo), and the follow-up Miss Wire Waist, which topped the UK reggae chart when it was issued there in 1975, and was backed by The Skin, Flesh and Bones band, who later became The Revolutionaries.
This was picked up for release by independent label UK Records after Dave Cash started to play it on his Capital Radio programme, and it quickly got to number 2 on the station's 'Hitline' listeners' chart.
[1] Carl Malcolm is also a percussionist and drummer, whose Rockers, One drop rhythm and Steppers styles can be heard on The Melodians' Swing & Dine;,[4] Pat Kelly's Butterflies;[5] and on Glen Brown's album, The Way to Mt.