this is the closest thing i can think of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au8XQriJRV4
It fits I think - there's a vague offbeat chop to it.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry if someone mentioned it (I didn't see it), but the ultimate one for me here is probably Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved." Sick of most of the Marley standards, but this one holds up very well for me. Rhythm track is fantastic. (And though I don't have my BPMs book handy, I'm guessing it's somewhere in the 114-116 range? Maybe even faster... which certainly adds to its disconess.)
― sw00ds, Friday, 21 May 2010 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
If you want something very cheesey and obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0lquPk6hg
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
serious disco-euro-reggae vibes from the brand new Aeroplane track posted on official i love music thread for AEROPLANE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcxELgEH06U
― I DIED, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ze records...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEQhf9GwSE&feature=related
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:18 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGM7XXTxn00
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, and what with the Alex Sadkin production, fat reggae-esque-bass and the reggae-influenced percussion, I guess this band sort of belongs here too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYwEv38AIPE
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Which also brings me to wonder whether stuff like International Observer and The Orb fits in here too?
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:51 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWuoGZAz94c
^ OH DUH!
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:53 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z29kgmDKrY8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjuWsmzOeNg
― ☆, Friday, 21 May 2010 08:59 (fourteen years ago) link
"Genius of Love" obv
― The Reverend, Friday, 21 May 2010 09:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Stevie, you may be right about Junior and Imagination lacking reggae, though I wouldn't call them "just funk" -- Imagination were more disco I'd say, and Junior obviously had a pop Stevie Wonder thing going on.
aw yeah, definitely. and apologies if it seems i'm playing genre cop here. imagination were *weird, and brilliantly so. and 'mama useta say' is a genius single, i've always wanted to search and see if Junior had any other such greatness in his discography.
― Worth waiting for the fannypunch at 4.02 (stevie), Friday, 21 May 2010 09:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Thinking lots of British pop-funk stuff from the early '80s (not just Linx, who I mentioned above, but also Junior, the Quick, Imagination, David Grant solo) could fit here as well. (Hot Chocolate obviously a major inspiration for that whole scene.)
Nah, I don't discern much reggae there. Same for Hot Chocolate, I don't think they had any reggae influence at all.
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:49 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvu8FzEt14
lol u rong
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't actually see that! Just as well!
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:57 (fourteen years ago) link
It was their first single (on Apple Records) - a reggae cover of 'Give Peace A Chance'. It's terrible btw.
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah right, I've never heard that before
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 11:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Not missing much tbh!
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 11:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't imagine how you couldn't hear reggae in, say, "Brother Louie."
― xhuxk, Friday, 21 May 2010 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
This site even calls the Stories version "a cover version of a British pop-reggae hit about an interracial marriage," so my ears can't be completely crazy. (It was apparently also covered by the British reggae band Matumbi, fwiw.)
http://www.superseventies.com/sw_brotherlouie.html
― xhuxk, Friday, 21 May 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't really remember their version of "Brother Louie" tbh. NickB has just proved they started off as a reggae band, so I can't argue against that! I don't hear too much reggae in their big hits however, but possibly it's the singing that gives them a Caribbean flavour
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EH5GFP2Otk
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 21 May 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEAMc56iuLA
― ☆, Friday, 21 May 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stclvX_QaQ
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
(Although I guess the upbeat on that one is more Motown than reggae)
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
xhuxk, I'll see your Name of the Game and your All That She Wants and I'll raise you The Land Of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz.
― Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 21 May 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Have these 2 back-to-back on a playlist I've been addicted to all spring. You really want the extended 12" version of the Jennifer Lara, but this'll have to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AlcLFNX-JI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jp7nuVwKqY
― The Amy Misto Family Knife (Plasmon), Saturday, 22 May 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
that jennifer lara song is nice, never heard it before
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 22 May 2010 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
and by nice i mean niiiiiice
I have I'm In Love pt. 2 as well as pt. 1 but they're not mixed combination style.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 22 May 2010 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
that jennifer lara song is so good! wish i'd bought it when i had the chance.
got this one the other day:Bits & Pieces aka sly & robbiehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPyLoznoGE
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Saturday, 22 May 2010 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
apologies if this was already posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LSCXP0p-Wc
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Sunday, 23 May 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
that steel an' skin thing is like my reggae disco holy grail!!!
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, took me a while to find a copy, but holy shit, it's great. thanks to the original poster for the tip.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Bob-A-Rela too. I love that kind of groove.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Gino Soccio - "Steady Operator"
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
that jennifer lara is a cover of a track by evelyn champagne king
― jaime, Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
also there is a cover of this by a reggae singer whose name is escaping me right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K6N619lSos
― jaime, Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i think there was a thread like this over at djh a while ago? i think some people referred to a qv track as "cod reggae".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFm5BmoupX8
― jaime, Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I've started collating a lot of the suggestions on this thread into an epic dj mix. will try and get a YSI soon.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 30 July 2010 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Good thread. I actually made a little mix as intro music for a friend's band that starts off like this then goes dub, er then ends in Gregory Isaacs.
http://soundcloud.com/citizen-smith-1/raving-tonight
― Citizen Smith (Jamie T Smith), Friday, 30 July 2010 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Chain Reaction - comprising Bobby Davis, Bruce Ruffin (no relation) and Dave Barker ('Dave' of '...and Ansel Collin')were a strange Philly type soul/ reggae crossover, with great singing - I have two LPs by them, one - Indebted to You - on Gull c 1976 and one a bit later - Chase a Miracle(?). When I got the latter I thought it was a different group of the same name: the first record could have come from Philly, the second unmistakably from JA via NW10...both fine in their own way, though.
― sonofstan, Friday, 30 July 2010 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice mix, Jamie! I think betablog tripled sales of that Steel an Skin album with this thread...
― elephant rob, Friday, 30 July 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ha! though i still need my own vinyl copy of it for playing out :P
― beta blog, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone have/heard this Disc 'O' Lypso comp? the Other Music email newsletter tells me it was just reissued.
― Spencer played 'Where have all the flowers gone' on her saw (elephant rob), Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, I've finished the mix - it's in two parts. Here's the first part, the next one will be posted up in a few days/weeks/when i get a moment. Enjoy!
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2010-dj-dog-latin-steady-operator-disco-reggae-mix-cd-1
― village idiot (dog latin), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's part two
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2010-steady-operator-disco-reggae-mix-cd-2
Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread.
Tracklisting for both mixes:
Part 1Clout – Sunshine BabyRichard Ace – Stayin AliveGino Soccio – Steady OperatorBlondie – Die Young Stay PrettyBob-A-Rela - MoneySly & Robbie – SuperthrusterAeroplane – We Can’t FlySusan Cadogan – ShameJohnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The JudgementBelle Epoque – Miss Broadway300 Degrees – MoneyJackson Jones - Put Your Pants OnLaid Back – Fly AwayCoati Mundi – Me No Pop IThird World – Try Jah LoveTonetta 777 – Devil DevilI Roy – AlphabetJanet Kay – Silly Games
Part 2Boney M – Nightflight to VenusAural Exciters - Spooks In SpaceTalking Heads – I Get Wild Wild GravitySteel & Skin – Afro Punk Reggae DubMarianne Faithfull - Blue MillionaireThe Slits – Heard It Through The GrapevineStevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin)Kalyan – Disco Reggae (Tony’s Groove)King Tubby – Sir Niney’s RockBlood Sisters – Ring My BellJames Chance & the Contortions – Contort YourselfSka Boys – Norwegian Wood DiscoThe Selector – On My RadioThe Beat - Mirror In The BathroomHortense Ellis – I Can’t Stand The RainStorm – It’s My HouseJennifer Lara – I Am In LoveFamily Choice - Reggae Beat Goes OnLizzy Mercier Descloux – Sun Is Shining
These won't be up long so I've allowed downloading.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Part one is gone. Any chance it's coming back?
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
*sigh* yeah, unfortunately soundcloud won't let me have enough space to host both mixes :-( if you have gmail i could try forwarding it to you?
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
or if anyone can host both, would be even better!
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link