I present to you: Linton Kwesi Johnson! 1) 5 Nights Of Bleeding "Ritual of blood in the blues dance Broke glass splintering, fire Axes, blades, brain blas' Rebellion rushin' down the wrong road Storm blowin' down the wrong tree And Leroy bleeds near death on the fourth night In a blues dance, on a black rebellious night, it's War amongs' the rebels
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QuoteHound DogCan someone help me here, what is the best Skatalites cd to get. I know they only existed for about 2 year, the original lineup anyway, so was wondering what their best album was to get. I rather like Foundation Ska compilation released by Heartbeat: Listen to samples here. All the major tunes are there except for Guns of Navarone, which is included in most ska compilati
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Although the golden age of reggae ended in 1985 (when it entered the digital age), occasionally the island still brings forward som great artists and songs. One such performer was Garnett Silk who sadly passed away in 1994. Just listen to this song: , Babylon Be Still from the album Silky Mood.
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QuoteHairball I've been a reggae fan since late '70's when my older bro used to deejay a reggae show for a college station. His old vinyl collection is priceless, but now there's so many new re-issues that most of his old stuff is readily available. There's always rarities being found and reissued, it's like an bottomless pit! And by the way, fair warning... I di
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QuoteRockman[ 23 rocksteady rare ones....Thangs like Suicide from Alva Lewis ...What Kind Of Man - The Cool Cats... Sweet Song For My Baby - Pratt&Boothe......Low pulsed - Totally Priceless stuff Yeah Rockman, some nice songs on that album! Downloaded a few from emusic some time ago. Favorite is Safe Travel from Phil Pratt himself. Also liked the tracks with Horace Andy and Ken Boot
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QuoteHairballRod Taylor - Over The Border- Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana Nice selection there, Hairball. Two great roots classics!
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Interested in reggae, but don't have much money? Now you can download lot's of classic reggae songs issued by the legendary Trojan label for free! And it's prefectly legal to! >< Just register on . Once you' ve done that you can start downloading all the reggae songs you need. MP3 quality is good: 192 kbps. No DRM. No spyware and viruses. Lots of other genres of mus
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We've already come to page 4 of this reggae thread, and still no one has mentioned Dennis Brown? This will not do! Here's a live version of Cassandra from 1989: The original version of this song is from 1974. Some of my other favorite tunes by Dennis are: - What About The Half (1972) - Concentration (1972) - No More Will I Roam(197?) - Want To Be No General(1979?)
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Thanks and praise for starting this great thread, Baboon Bro! Got me listening to reggae again (and costing me a fortune, buying all these records from Ernies). This video proves that there still is made reggae in Jamaica with real instruments instead of computers. Horace Andy, still going strong.
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QuoteHound DogYes, its all the same sort of quality and excellent. I just looked on Ernie's site and they still have it. I found it by doing a search for Peter Tosh Dvds. Here is the link to the page its on. Not sure if that will work but just do the search I mentioned above and you'll see it. Thanks, man, couldn't have found it without your help! Have now ordered this
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QuoteHound DogHey wanted to let you know turnersmemo that I got that 1979 Montego dvd in the mail yesterday and it is amazing. Great concert footage of Burning Spear, Tosh, Thrid World and Marley. Each of them do sets of about 5 songs, Marley a few more. And the quality is really good considering how old it is. Good for you, man! Found a clip from this DVD on the tube, a passionate performance
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Oh, yes lot's of times. Bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who, Radiohead, Pink Floyd,R.E.M.,U2, Tindersticks. Even The Beatles. But I always come back to my first love: The Rolling Stones!
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Quotetoomuchforme[ their answer "Hip-O Select is having territorial issues within Universal which prevents us from shipping into the UK or the EU. This was not a business decision on Hip-O Select's part or SureSource. We would both love to ship to you. We are making efforts to rectify this matter and hope to have it resolved within the next few months. We appreciate your und
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Here's one of my favorite reggae clips on the tube, Johnny Clarke singing None Shall Escape in Prince Jammys studio (or is it King Tubby's studio) in 1982: I think it's even better than the original version from 1974. Bass how low can you go!
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QuoteRockmanHere ya go Sohoe .... Damn fine release... A man of your impeccable tastes needs it..... Interesting compilation, Rockman, thanks for the tip! It is available on vinyl from Ernies,found some samples here: . Many highlights, Wages Of Crime by Joe Higgs is one of them. Speaking of Joe Higgs here's a great song from the Life Of Contradiction LP (1975): which a
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Quotetoomuchforme[ it seems not available on CD, just LP ?? This album has been difficult to track down on CD for years, but recently Hip O Select released a limited edition. I bought mine here here:. Bit expensive, but worth it IMO.
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QuoteHound DogI got it from this web site. Great selection of reggae here.. www.ebreggae.com Yeah great site. Ernies's! >< I have bought tons of records there lately. No one can't beat those prices, just check out their "blow out sale items". Ordered the new Augustus Pablo box (4 cd + 1dvd) there yesterday. Bargain, only 35$!
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QuoteHound DogNot sure if you ever saw this but I just ordered a dvd called Sunsplash music fest. 2, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1979. Bob Marley, Third World, Peter Tosh, etc. Didn't know about that one, Hound Dog. Will check it out!
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QuoteSohoe<<-BTW often wondered whether the story in Bass Culture involving Brian Jones' mellotron was true! Couldn't remember that one, had to look it up. On page 376 Dennis Bovell tells about recording Matumbis first demo in 1973, a cover of Hot Chocolates Brother Louie: . The song was meant as a joke but Trojan (notorious for "softening up" reggae for the e
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QuoteHound DogNice footage, are there any shows from Issacs or Burning Spear out there on dvd. There are some newer dvds, but love to see some vinatage stuff. Just watched the movie Rockers recently, interesting stuff. Yes, Rockers is great. One of many higlights is Burning Spears' acapella version of Jah No Dead! Sadly there isn't much vintage reggae out there on DVD. There
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QuoteBaboon BroPrince Busta, sorry: Buster - Ganga Plant (1970) The melody used on this Buster tune sure did sound familiar! Took me a while to place it though, it's Message From A Black Man By the Temptations:
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QuoteHound DogHey turnersmemo funny you bring up that book, I just bought it and had it arrive from Amazon yesterday, what a great book. All sorts of cool things in it. Also just got some early Burning Spear (Rocking Time and Studio One Presents), such great roots reggae. And Gregory Issacs, Mr. Issacs, check out the song Get Ready. Gregory Isaacs, yeah, this tread needs some vintage Mr Isa
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After listening to some «stone cool reggae», maybe you wanna learn a little more about the music? There's more to reggae than Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, you know! I recommend Roger Steffens & Peter Simon's Reggae Scrapbook: It gives a chronological overview of the history of reggae with lot's of rare fotos and replicas of flyers, record covers an
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Keeping the rasta spirit alive; Chezidek with "Call Pon Dem" from 2007. Great contemporary reggae tune! >< Taken from the Greensleeves album “Inna Di Road". From : This soulful chanter always had a special love for positive cultural music and his African Roots, which lead him to Rastafari; his love for righteousness earned him the moniker Mel-Chezidek which he l
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Wonder what the lyrics in reggae songs are all about? Jamaican patois is not always easy to understand. Here's an glossary: Babylon = The corrupt etablishment or the police. Baldhead = A straight person, someone who is not a rastafarian. Bandulu = Criminal. Chalice = A pipe for smoking «the herb». Cuss-cuss = An argument. Downpressor = Someone wo oppresses you. Dun
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CDs i've recently bought (and enjoyed a lot): 1) Marvin Gaye: The Master 1961-1984 (4 cd "earbook," only 10 bitish pounds from play.com! Bargain!) 2) Portishead: Third ("Electronic krautrock". New album. Sometimes sad, sometimes scary!) 3) Scientist & Prince Jammy: Dub Landing vol 1-2 (Dub from the early 80s. Cool!) 4) Various Artists: Duke Reids Treasure Chest
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This list sounds almost right to me. I would like to see 2 changes: - The first stones album should have been included in the " good" category instead of Goats Head Soup. - In the "not for everyone" category i would have replaced Between The Buttons with Undercover.
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Some of my guilty pleasures: Mick Jagger - Hard Woman Falco - Jeanny John Miles - Music Kim Wilde - Cambodia and lot's of other 80's hits
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Another great reggae classic: Dr Altimantado - Born For A Purpose Although best known for his DJing/toasting (many of his early singles in this style can be found on the album Best Dressed Chicken in Town, a big seller in 1978), here the good doctor is singing. The song tells of his Rastafarian faith supporting him after bus driver had driven into him in Kingston in December 1976 causin
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