If I and I were a carpenter
― Recnac and my 📛 is Yrral (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 November 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
Should have capitalized the last word
― Recnac and my 📛 is Yrral (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 November 2018 13:19 (five years ago) link
starting to think Prince Far I never made a bad record
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 August 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
I haven't heard a bad one, but they are fairly homogenous. I have 5 or so, but I really only listen to the Cry Tuff compilations and Voice of Thunder.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 15 August 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
Cry Tuff volumes are all topshelf, but sometimes I just wanna hear him read some bible psalms, you know?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 August 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
Just a quick revive to praise jah once more for the Silvertones 'Cheating and Lying' track upthread. Fire.
And I don't suppose this is new to anyone but was listening to Don Carlos on Friday night and this is just immense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi8m2gMvpA8
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
so good
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
I'm feeling this atm
https://youtu.be/FM9AGbJgTSI
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 21:25 (four years ago) link
Pass me the lazer beam
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
Cornell Campbell on the same backing track as that Don (Mc?)Carlos track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S67xXlDQTKU
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
Decent looking show on BBC4 tonight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00095ky
A treasure trove of tapes from the golden age of reggae has been salvaged and provides the soundtrack to the compelling story of the family behind the legendary Randy's Studio 17.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 11 October 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
This "Sound of Macka Dub" (apparently the only album credited solely to Carleton and Family Man) is dope as hellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaxpkW5WHYg
― Οὖτις, Friday, 18 October 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Barry Brown, "Mr. C.I.D."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHj97-qNI1I
― Pierre Delecto, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
^on this fantastic comp: https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Biggest-Dancehall-Anthems-1979-82-The-Birth-Of-Dancehall/release/527989
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
or maybe it isn't on that?? confusing it w/a diff comp I guess.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
Must've been confusing it with this comp: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Trojan-Dancehall-Roots-Box-Set/release/639850
Which is good too. All those 3 disc Trojan comps are good, if not the best sound quality.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
yeah those were a real gateway drug for me
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
wish I had the cash to scoop up more of them when they were being released
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
I need a proper run at some Dancehall stuff - feels like a hole I need to fill.
Meanwhile, these Strangeness of dub Morley Radio shows look pretty killer: https://www.morleyradio.co.uk/programmes/the-strangeness-of-dub-ep1/Midway through episode 1 and there's a *monstrous* Count Ossie nyabinghi jam.
― Ngolo Cantwell (Chinaski), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
i was not familiar with ranking ann until hearing her on this recent nts special - https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-ranking-ann-21st-january-2019 - enjoy for a perfect mix of early dancehall, dub, 80s roots
― marcos, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
?! nice find
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
this Errol Sly & Ranking Ann "Love In Your Heart / Moonlight Lover" track is dope
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
Digging this. Those crazy delay feedback chops on the second track <3 (I forget how to characterize that exact effect where the delay is feeding back on itself and you get these detuned pitch sweeps, but it's what the Crystallizer plugin is emulating, probably some Eventide thing originally?).
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
Topical, and cool to actually see a dub mix go down in real time (Scientist):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA8OBQMt9WY
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHT
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
bangerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD3ihdZFZiM
― Οὖτις, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
otm. The rest of that comp is dope too iirc
― rob, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
dang that's a good songthank you for posting! i am a dub/reggae idiot
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 3 April 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
it's a great comp, stuff was all new to me, had been previously unaware of the Jamaican expat reggae scene in Vancouver (iirc?)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
That sounds great. All I know about Summer records is the Noel Ellis LP, which is really good. Alton's lad - I thought that was Toronto-based but I could well be wrong.
― Tim, Friday, 3 April 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
Yeah its Toronto, my bad
― Οὖτις, Friday, 3 April 2020 23:08 (four years ago) link
This isn’t as good plus a lot of it’s more (eccentric) soul than reggae but if you’re curious about the TO history: https://lightintheattic.net/releases/45-jamaica-to-toronto-soul-funk-reggae-1967-1974
― rob, Saturday, 4 April 2020 04:04 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlL0q6Uv8Ls
New Zion Trio (Jamie Saft, Hamid Drake, Brad Jones), ДОМ, 05.02.20
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Sunday, 19 April 2020 13:20 (four years ago) link
saft's beard is positively brahmsian
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 19 April 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
Here's an unremarkable slice of lovers that turned out to be precisely what I wanted to listen to this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtOb1OuDt1w
I was looking through some records earlier and pulled this out; my copy has even less information on it than the copy photographed for Youtube! It just has "James" hand-written on the label. Thought I'd look up the catalogue number on discogs and here it is. Derrick Lara's one of those names that I feel I've always known was good but I've never really dug into. I wish I'd been more into lovers in the 80s when this stuff was really, really cheap.
― Tim, Monday, 20 April 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
"Even if a fish'd keep his mouth shut, he wouldn't get caught..."
I love this Johnny Osbourne tune, "Fish Mouth" (Techniques production) (NB the "Come Back Darling" LP is one of those that's more of a Techniques comp than an Osbourne LP but it is brilliant all the way through and if you can lay hands on the 2-CD trojan version from a while back it's 5o tracks of this stuff and fantastic):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhKJ5tintQs
Today I learned of this I-Roy version on it, what a treat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ast5PlbNSg
When he starts the second verse with his regular "keep on coming through the door" business but he's just warming up and he starts absolutely blazing, I love I-Roy so much.
― Tim, Friday, 12 June 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
Just came across that Ernest Ranglin NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert curmudgeon posted upthread. Fun stuff.
― Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 August 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
Every time I listen to some Delroy Wilson I wonder why I bother listening to anything else
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
Love that Summer Records comp mentioned above
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nh5CapYICg
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5OqFSlMTKc
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
I've given up on ever getting a copy of Jesus Dread but this will help: Pressure Sounds have re-pressed Yabby You's Conquering Lion.https://pressuresounds.bandcamp.com/album/conquering-lion-expanded
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
Don’t give up! I found the LP box set in my local shop for $65. The lid had some issues but the vinyl was in great shape.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 26 February 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
I've been immersed in these Cry Tuff Dub Encounter LPs by Prince Far I, they sound so finely balanced and precise. Exemplary. Also some of Adrian Sherwood's earliest big outings?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 11:05 (two years ago) link
I think the 1st one was Sherwood and the 2nd Prince Jammy. And then 3 is Sherwood again, i think. Not 100% sure on that one. Such a great series.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
So solid. According to discogs Sherwood mixed all four.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
odd. i have vol 2 on Virgin's Front Line label and it says mixed by Prince Jammy.
but, i see discogs says All versions mixed and overseen by Adrian Sherwood (Uncredited)
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
Good stuff for dubheads posted this past week: https://dubreggae.tumblr.com/post/673948657498849280/one-of-historys-best-music-lists-better-than
One of history’s best music lists – better than Pitchfork’s, Rolling Stone’s, or Elvis Costello’s – was made by a teenager named Snoopy in the summer of 1977. In the London music newspaper Black Echoes, he published his 125 favorite albums from the golden age of dub reggae. Forty-four years later, thanks to a lucky break, I found him.
An interview with Snoopy (Paul Nagle) follows. Here's the list as it was published.
https://imgur.com/a/MdNsaAK
And here's a 77-hour Spotify playlist from the list, compiled by Max Abelson, the writer of the tumblr post.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01EoObotBce4Bww4oWwFB2?si=96945d98a11e4f88
― Everybody Loves Ramen (WmC), Monday, 24 January 2022 23:06 (two years ago) link
read this yesterday - had never heard of him or the list. so great!
― stirmonster, Monday, 24 January 2022 23:18 (two years ago) link
ska is good too!
― xzanfar, Monday, 24 January 2022 23:29 (two years ago) link