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I've just discovered this thread!!!!!
@kayak23 that "Eek A Mouse - Ganja Smuggling" track is amazing! I like reggae but know nothing about it, thank you, I know what I'm listening to on the drive home tonight!
Oh yeah, Vaughn Benjamin from Midnite died the other day. 5th of November I think. 😐
jairaj
If you like Eek a mouse try Yellowman I do love a bit of the mouse tho
this may be my favourite all time roots track ( I don't think I posted it earlier)
Now this I have posted somewhere before but its worth a second or third go for the totally absurd lyrics
Has anyone mentioned Horace Andy yet? IIRC he was brought back out of obscurity by recording with massive attack who funded a greatest hits album for him
HOpe not too many repeats from me. apologies if there is
This one never fails to trigger real nostalgia in me
A bit of lovers rock from the King of the lovers?
Toots and the Maytals - many of you might know this from the clash and others. Perhaps Ska rather than roots
Third world?
Lee "scratch " Perry - one of the key pioneers of reggae and a warning of how too much Ganja can mean you lose touch with reality. He produced much of the early reggae and helped forge it into a recognisable form along with people like Max Romeo and the Uppsetter
Sanchez - lovely voice, some very dodgy covers 😉
Can you tell yet this is a bit of an obsession of mine?
Well maybe - I keep onthinking of more tunes worth a mention
Bonus dodgy cover! Extra points if you know the original
Most weeks there's a King Shiloh / Bredda Neil reggae n roots show in Redlight Radio streamed from Facebook. It's usually a Weds evening here in Oz so no idea what time it's on in UK but you can restream old shows an ting.
I found this the other day and I like it. There. I said it. It's kind of a "sing some cliched reggae vocals" kinda track but the more I listen, the more I like it's cheese-pop-reggae sound.
Oh and if anyone is in Western Australia, the local reggae show, Jamdown Vershun, which has been going for 40 years, has a party on in Freo from 5pm til late. Big @ass sound system, djs and bands. Oh and it's nudging 40c here too...
Dub Fx
Bonus dodgy cover! Extra points if you know the original
Bread, if I’m not mistaken. I didn’t look it up, just relying on my increasingly shonky memory!
Not sure if this counts as ‘heavy, heavy roots reggae’, but it is keeping the spirit alive - rather fond of the album this comes from.
Not so heavy but still a lickle bit nice
This popped up whilst driving today, not only is it a very good tune it is also very much of the moment.
Had to be done really. Sorry 😂
Nothing to add to the playlist (although I'm really enjoying it) however, I had a big double take at the last one, and I'm only now disappointed it's not a dub roots version of the seminal Wedding Present album, based on the cover alone
Found this stream, 24/7-365! Not sure how they do that but meh...
Thanks for that 24/7/365 stream Kayak.
Lucifer Lucifer you son of a bitch
If I ever catch you I'll lock you in a box and throw you in a ditch
RIP Bunny Wailer, another legend gone. A couple of big names lost in the last couple of weeks (U-Roy & Bunny).
Or what about X-O-Dus, Factory Records only reggae release...
Nobody’s put up any King Tubby, so to rectify that…
And how about Sly and Robbie do King Tubby…
While we are on a dub tip...Iration Steppas rereleased some of their classics late last year.
https://bandcamp.com/tag/iration-steppas
I managed to miss this thread somehow... always liked a bit of Scientist (Dub Landing was a fav), Mikey Dread, The Congos. My collection of vinyl came from regular post-pay-day visits 'up town' to Daddy Kools in Dean Street.
You gotta love this vid, I Roy tune too: