Heavy, heavy roots Reggae.

Monster dub

YouTube bagga

Got a 3 hour drive ahead of me… Any decent mixes out there?

I like this one.

Here you go Aphex

Nice mix by a friend of a friend. Bit of a mashup, and don’t be put off by the gentle intro, lovely though it is

On work PC so I can’t see anything posted beforehand as YouTube is blocked and I don’t know if this qualifies as heavy, heavy roots reggae but have a bang on this one as someone once said.

If you like it then look up anything by The Upsetters or Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

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

https://youtu.be/CRSwjhYmAY4

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?

Ok I’ll stop now! ( maybe)
https://youtu.be/9o_jVHmU_V4
https://youtu.be/XDvzigpBuwE

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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJsudoY8vGk

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.

Nice early Friday night vibes: