love most of the jah stitch stuff ive heard
― marcos, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
I only have that single and Dread Inna Jamdown but yeah he seems p reliably great
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
meant to post this last week, i heard this eek a mouse tune during a reggae program on one of my local college radio stations, i was impressed esp not being very familiar w/ eek a mousehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dmxg3nEQIs
― marcos, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
produced by linval thompson, roots radics are backing band
dude is a legend obviously but ... tbh that goofy name has always put me off
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
ha me too, then i heard this and in search of that starker, sparser post-roots early dancehall sound i started to get really intrigued
― marcos, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
Wa Do Dem is a classic, especially of that particular sound. check out "Ganja Smuggling"
― rob, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRb7mprbj54
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 January 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
good footage! what's the year?
― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
good number of white hippies in the audience
no idea what year this is, late 70s by the look of it
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 January 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Think that footage is from the undercard of the One Love Peace Concert from '78, most famous for this:
http://jamaicans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bob-Marley-joins-the-hands-of-Michael-Manley-Edward-Seaga.jpg
― Tim, Friday, 13 January 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
hmm yeah looks like it
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 January 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
It passed me by when it was announced, but VP has reissued Pick A Dub by Keith Hudson, with the original artwork and a second LP of the vocal versions.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 13 January 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Trenchtown Mix-Up by the Gladiators has to be one of the best reggae albums in history. Literally no bad songs on it at all. How can I lobby for a reissue?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 16 January 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
It's still available isn't it? On CD at least. It's a good one for sure.
I see that "Madness" by the Maytones is being reissued soon, that's a belter.
― Tim, Monday, 16 January 2017 12:06 (seven years ago) link
yeah i meant on record. it's just brilliant.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 16 January 2017 12:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vFeWqVTnY
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 January 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
wtf @ munchkin voice chorushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPO6yFXrIWo
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
haha
― marcos, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
I can't think of any other reggae song I've heard that uses that particular trick, it really jumped out at me. got a few more 45s recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZUxRWt-wK8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHqD4r1-opchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh2s-qeTqXM
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
don't think I have ever been so bummed about a website going black for months on end as I am about roots-archives
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 May 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
anyone know where this footage is from?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGf7gr_dmyU
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
this, I think: https://www.discogs.com/Augustus-Pablo-Various-The-Mystic-World-Of-Augustus-Pablo-The-Rockers-Story/release/1491449
― rob, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
longer version of same Pablo footage iwth live concert footage. great find :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piyxGr53lIo
― grapsta, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
I lol'd
http://www.whydoyoulikeit.com/2017/10/reggae-albums-that-look-like-heavy.html?m=1
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
hah, i bought Blackheart Man back in the day especially because I liked the metalness of the cover
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
solid album
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
blackheart man is excellent, i tend to go to that one more than the actual wailers albums
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
the Wailers' collective discography (early rocksteady stuff, Lee Perry era, the two with Bob, and then Bob, Peter and Bunny's solo albums) represents a pretty weird cross-section of reggae when you think about it. I'm not sure what I like the best, but it's probably Catch a Fire and Burnin'.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
god i love that Massive Dread sleeve
― brimstead, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
I've never heard/seen that one!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
not dub-related per se but since this seems to be the general vintage reggae repository thread of late, I just got this book: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/dancehall-book-the-rise-of-jamaican-dancehall-culture which is p fantastic. (I have the comp too, which is a p good general overview of the biggest/canonical stuff)
was reminded of marcos' interest in that early dancehall/Roots Radics sorta sound but I can't remember if that was mentioned on this thread or some other one. anyway... good stuff!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
this album's pretty great, super-spaceyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP0eOtZ0Q9M
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 May 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
xp that's definitely a blind spot for me. would love to know more about 80s dancehall
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Thursday, 31 May 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
that book looks rad xp
― marcos, Thursday, 31 May 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
and yea that sound has continued to be really intriguing to me
i love the vocals on that sister spliff tune!
― marcos, Thursday, 31 May 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
there's an intermediary period between '79, when the roots and heavy dub stuff starts to get less popular, and the release of Under Mi Sleng Teng. So like from '80 - '85 or so you have the stirrings of dancehall but the deejays are still backed by bands like the Radics, with this real tight, dry sound. Then once Sleng Teng hits sounds change dramatically.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 May 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
guys like General Echo, Lone Ranger, Trinity, Sugar Minott, and esp Barrington Levy are all at their peak around that time
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 May 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
the Beth Lesser book is fantastic. tbh I don't remember the writing particularly well (a lot of that history would have been pretty familiar to me by the time I read that), but even apart from that it works as a thick coffeetable book with amazing photography.
that pre-Sleng Teng era is indeed great. Shakey is otm and I'd add Yellowman and Eek-a-Mouse too. dog latin, the Greensleeves 12" Rulers comp for Junjo Lawes could be a nice place to start listening (79-83).
― rob, Friday, 1 June 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
That’s a great recommendation. The run of Scientist Dub LPs off that era of Junjo rhythms are some of the best too (think the recent expanded versions give some good context with added vocal / DJ versions but I haven’t picked any up yet).
― Tim, Friday, 1 June 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
I wasn't sure which thread to revive! Anyway...
Warding off the end of summer listening to a) lots of Blood and Fire (Horace Andy In The Light/In the Light Dub, Darker than Blue, Glen Brown, Impact All Stars) and, most recently, the Noel Ellis album, which is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxXRQgCoz9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptW6foThQrw&start_radio=1&list=RDptW6foThQrw
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 31 August 2018 09:50 (five years ago) link
Last embed: Noel Ellis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbjizpAR6QM
Noel Ellis is dope, that one's new to me!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 31 August 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
yea that noel ellis tune really is. he had that reissue release on light in the attic a while back, maybe 10 or 12 years ago? it's all good but that one is probably the best on it. iirc he was a toronto dude?
― marcos, Friday, 31 August 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
Alton Ellis' son? Was previously unaware of him.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 31 August 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
Yes. Really good LP, a highpoint of Canadian reggae!
I've been listening obsessively to side 2 of "Bobby Bobylon" as usual.
― Tim, Friday, 31 August 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
xp yea his son!
― marcos, Friday, 31 August 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
Bobby Bobylon is so good! Maybe it just fell thru the cracks for me personally, but I wasn't even aware of it until like after 10+ yrs of heavy digging into reggae. It should get more mentions as one of the best.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 31 August 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link