important questions
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 April 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
Yah B. Yoo
right on, shakey, thanks!
― marcos, Monday, 14 April 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
than king yoo
― j., Monday, 14 April 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
she did roll her eyes when she heard me say that big-youth line, "certain place on king street they say there is a car bomb. so it is, baby."― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkthat big-youth line works better coming from him than from a 46 year old commercial litigator.― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkhaha, that line is definitely Big Youth at his coolest, I totally get the temptation to try it. I haven't downloaded this yet. is Big Youth's "Is Dread in a Babylon" on this? the super long "dreeeeaaaaaad" on that song is the zenith of roots deejaying for me― rob, Friday, March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that big-youth line works better coming from him than from a 46 year old commercial litigator.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha, that line is definitely Big Youth at his coolest, I totally get the temptation to try it. I haven't downloaded this yet. is Big Youth's "Is Dread in a Babylon" on this? the super long "dreeeeaaaaaad" on that song is the zenith of roots deejaying for me
― rob, Friday, March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i don't think he says "car bomb" - i think it's "car park"
― marcos, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
(daniel esq maybe it won't sound so ludicrous now coming from you!)
― marcos, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
right now i think my favorite two songs from shakey's mixtape vol. 1 are jah lion "wisdom" (that bass line is fucking craaaaaazyyyyy) and big youth "lightning flash (weak heart drop), there is so much tension in these songs
need to check out mixtape vol. 2 more
― marcos, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
That Johnny Clarke song is one of my favorites of his.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 18 April 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
"none shall escape.."? yea, it's really great. lots of great versions out there, too, "magnum force" , "jah jah dub"
― marcos, Friday, 18 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
I have it on a collection of Clarke Bunny Lee productions.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 18 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbeCAY7oLwA
― marcos, Friday, 18 April 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
"Blood Dunza" is my other favorite from that comp.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 18 April 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
lol i don't think he says "car bomb" - i think it's "car park"― marcos, Friday, April 18, 2014
― marcos, Friday, April 18, 2014
car park? car park? this is outrageous.
(daniel esq maybe it won't sound so ludicrous now coming from you!)― marcos, Friday, April 18, 2014
she would say i sound ludicrous all the time, no matter what i'm saying. so it 'tis.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 18 April 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
haha
― marcos, Friday, 18 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
I note Blood + Fire have an actual release in today's record store shenanigans. It'll be good to have them back.
― Tim, Saturday, 19 April 2014 07:22 (ten years ago) link
is it a new blood & fire release, or just a repressing of an old blood & fire release?
really looking forward to blood & fire releasing new material.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 19 April 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
new, from FACT magazine: dubbing is a must: a beginner's guide to jamaica's most influential genre.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 19 April 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
"Mr Know It All" by Gregory, Ossie Hibbert production; think it's new, but it may be in a B&F release I've not heard.
― Tim, Saturday, 19 April 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
It was an extra track on B&Fs version of mr. isaacs.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 19 April 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link
Or at least a version of that track is.
Ah ok, I've an old vinyl copy of that so I never paid it much mind.
― Tim, Saturday, 19 April 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
anyone choose an album cover for these mixtapes. here are two i like for that purpose:
http://reggaealbumcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ranking.jpg
http://www.doncarlosreggae.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/suffering.jpg
two striking, classic covers.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 20 April 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Novelties, but I've been listening to the underrated (imo) Trojan Country and Beatles boxes. It's amazing how easily anything can be reggae-fied, but especially stuff with strong melodies. It's such great Sunday morning music.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 April 2014 15:02 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iDF6oZb4vo
jah jah go down a rome and throw one stone / it hit pope paul and babylon fallpretty upbeat for a song about the apocalypse and throwing rocks at the pope
― am0n, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
xp to daniel, i'm using this image as an album cover for mixtape vol. 1:
http://www.sixaxle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/u-brown-1024x688.jpg
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
other photos from the same shoot were used in a compilation of linval thompson productions i have called "jah jah dreader than dread"
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
am0n i'm digging that tune
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
linval thompson is emerging as my favorite artist in these comps (prince far i is a close second)
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Love reggae mixes. Lends itself really well to that.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
I just downloaded the two mixes, which are of course awesome. Should iTunes put them in order for me? I have a feeling the tracks are all scrambled up, a mixed-mix.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
everything has track numbers, it should work out...?
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
First mix was more messed up for me, but I figured it out.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
You should get Negrea Love Dub and Rocking Vibration by Linval Thompson.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
wow bunny wailer's "blackheart man" is really really great
― marcos, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
yeah! wish I could find copies of his other late 70s solo stuff
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link
despite its nearly ubiquitous praise, i think i prefer other black ark stuff to heart of the congos? especially super ape. the production is amazing on HOTC but i think there are a few songs that are on the weaker side (children crying, can't come in). ark of the covenant is sublime though
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
ha you just knocked 2 of my favs and praised 1 of my least fav
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
i think i also like "roast fish collie weed and cornbread" more than HOTC
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
can't agree on heart of the congos, which i think is one of the greatest albums ever made, from any genre. but i agree about the general greatness of super ape, which is another near-perfect album.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Colombia Colly is my fav. Perry production. More enjoyable to me than HOTC.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
columbia colly is great, i need more of it in my life
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
lol is there any reason why shanachie would replace the original album artwork of 'king tubby's meets rockers uptown' :http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/e2/fc/6d2e828fd7a001dac4e30110.L.jpgwith this:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61aDsmCPhML._SX300_.jpg???
i got a used copy 10-11 years ago and i didn't know until pretty recently that there was an original, different album cover. i kept thinking "wow this album is great but why is the artwork so shitty?"
― marcos, Friday, 2 May 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha waht is that
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
replacing fantastic, creative, evocative cover-art with more sterile, uninteresting, flat new covers is a longstanding tradition with reissues.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 2 May 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
another examplehttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pPTXuUr%2BL._SY300_.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JT5SDVTNL.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PleQeqDZL._SY300_.jpg
― marcos, Friday, 2 May 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
the original marcus garvey artwork is fucking incredible. i don't get it.
oh yeah, that one is the worst example of this nonsense.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 2 May 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
just d/ld thishttp://s.pixogs.com/image/R-150-2691593-1300495697.jpeg
― stadow shevens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 May 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
that's a four-album box-set, iirc. how is it?
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 9 May 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link
on first listen it's pretty solid, there are a handful of (presumably later, mid-80s maybe?) tracks that are kind of jarring. Already familiar with a smattering of other tracks from the other Dennis Brown comps I have. Don't really hear anything that betters the best of his stuff with Perry or Niney but like I said this is just first impressions
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 May 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link