thanks!
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 10 March 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
honestly could have made it twice as long but stopped at the 1 1/2 hour mark
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 10 March 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
gonna listen later. anxious to see the track-listing.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 10 March 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
shakey thanks this is awesome!
― marcos, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
sometimes i feel like this kind of reggae/dub is the best music ever made
― marcos, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 21:17 (ten years ago) link
the organ in black man time!
― marcos, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
i knew that i've heard "black man time" before, i was thinking hard about it and when i got home i looked through a bunch of cds and realized i have it on this really old trojan comp that has an album cover the looks like "best party jams of 1990"
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-609856-1267562798.jpeg
― marcos, Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
it's a really great comp, tons of really heavy, minor key reggae in the vein we've been talking about, though less of the rasta esoterica lyrical content.
― marcos, Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
and i felt like i've heard that organ line and backing track somewhere else, too, and there's actually another tune on this same compilation that has it -- lloyd parks, slaving. here's the two of them side by side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIJyoKAspE
― marcos, Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fosrew5Q-ts
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 13 March 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
'sometimes i feel like this kind of reggae/dub is the best music ever made'
fixed.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 March 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
I do too. I can go weeks without listening to anything made outside of a tiny section of Kingston between 74-82.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 13 March 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
your display name kind of gives that particular game away ..
― mark e, Thursday, 13 March 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
shakey, this mixtape is great. thank you.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 14 March 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link
Wtf at that lloyd Parks cover image
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 March 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
Downloaded the mix - thanks! Sounds killer so far.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 14 March 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
Exactly what humorist (horse) said above.
― Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 14 March 2014 09:11 (ten years ago) link
this mix is on point shakey, thanks.
late to the party, but this cut off of that Studio One Roots comp mentioned upthread hits this same minor key+it shall be dread+righteous rastaman spot for me. and its infectious as hell, one of cornell campbell's best joints:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNoB-ed9DNE
― kyenkyen, Friday, 14 March 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
^^^yes!
― marcos, Friday, 14 March 2014 14:01 (ten years ago) link
what was most eye-opening, so far, has been the linval thompson songs. blood gonna run is unbelievable. should'a played it during "occupy" protests! no, wait . . . well, maybe.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 14 March 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
haha
there is more where that came from in Linval's catalog
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 March 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
also, glad people are digging the mix!
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 March 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
compiling it I was kinda struck by how little certain deejays got into this style - Dillinger definitely did it, but that was the lone I-Roy cut that I could find that felt like it fit. U-Roy never did this kind of thing afaict.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 March 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
i've kind of been digging big youth's style a LOT lately
― marcos, Friday, 14 March 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
interesting you mention the deejays, because your mixtape reminds me that -- in many respects -- "toasting" isn't my thing. there's something about the vocal tics that go with the style, e.g., the almost slurred vocal delivery and speaking/singing over the original material, that doesn't appeal to me. but (a) when i like it, i like it a lot; (b) i can see where the format is perfect for the niche you wanted to explore, and (c) it turns out that some of the people labelled as "toasters" (or, i guess, deejays) don't sound much like the typical style, e.g., the yabby you song on your mixtape, which sounds more like a straightforward reggae singer.
man, some of the discoveries on this mixtape -- e.g., linval thompson's blood gonna run; yabby you's walls of jerusalem; willie williams' armageddon time; rod taylor's jah jah is calling; keith hudson's jonah -- are beyond amazing.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 14 March 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
that whole Yabby You album is insanely good
http://dreadinababylon.com/images/Yabby_You_-_Chant_Down_Babylon_Kingdom-Vinyl-%20F.jpg
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 March 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
I have heard one Linval Thompson song,and it is one of my favorites of all time; apparently I need Shakey's mix
― Reality, that incessant contrarian (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 14 March 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
i'm just totally struck by how many reggae artists i know without knowing a lot individual names. i never heard of linval thompson but when i listened to the mix i'm like "oh yea, the guy who sings jah jah is the conqueror." i have so many reggae albums that depending on whether it's a dub album or a toaster album or the singer/band's album they are all labeled and credited differently, so it can be hard to know who created the original tune.
― marcos, Friday, 14 March 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
I have heard one Linval Thompson song,and it is one of my favorites of all time; apparently I need Shakey's mix― Reality, that incessant contrarian (Drugs A. Money), Friday, March 14, 2014
― Reality, that incessant contrarian (Drugs A. Money), Friday, March 14, 2014
the blood & fire linval thompson comp is a must-have.
shakey, i've never even heard of that yabby you before. is it out of print? can't see it on itunes, for instance.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 14 March 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
no idea. Roots Archive notes it was also issued as "King Tubby meets Vivian Jackson" and has this alternate sleevehttp://www.roots-archives.com/artwork/albums/thumbs/7765.jpg
I think I got it from a random d/l somewhere
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 March 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
and yeah he is more like a singer than U-Roy-style toaster
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 March 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
King Tubby Meets Vivian Jackson is the alternate title for Yabby You's second (I think) album Walls of Jerusalem. A lot of it's on Jesus Dread, but not that track.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
Which I guess is also the same as that Chant Down Babylon Kingdom LP above.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:26 (ten years ago) link
these actual versions are on jesus dread? not saying they're not; i just don't remember it that way.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:26 (ten years ago) link
Jamaican releases are super fucking confusing.
otm
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:27 (ten years ago) link
Yes songs from this LP are on Jesus Dread on the second disc.
The first disc is Conquering Lion and versions/dubs of that record. Second is the bits of second Yabby You record and versions/dubs and various Prophet, Wayne Wade cuts.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:28 (ten years ago) link
Walls Of Jerusalem / Vivian Jackson & the ProphetsJerusalem Dub / King Tubby'sThe chilling opening track to the powerful album of the same name - also released underthe title 'Vivian Jackson Meets King Tubby'. Yabby's heartfelt lyric on the crucifixion ismade more moving by its complete lack of ambiguity. The dub shows why Tubby sharedcredits on the album.
King Pharaoh's Plague discomix / The Prophets & TrinityPlague of Horn / Tommy McCookKing Pharaoh Dub / King Tubby'sJesus Dread / Trinity meets DillingerFar too many discomix releases were little more than cynical attempts to run seven inchesworth of music onto twelve inches, at an exorbitant price. Not the case here; it's difficultto believe that this was actually the official B-side. Yabby You and Trinity sing out as iftheir very lives depended on it - 'alright, alright, alright'. As if that wasn't enough, apreviously-unreleased sax cut keeps up the pace, ushering in a further dub mix fromTubby and taken from the 'Walls Of Jerusalem' album. The last cut of this great rhythmhas Trinity (and Dillinger) enthusiastically endorsing the power of the Yabby You sound,and testifying to its popularity on London's reggae scene in the mid-seventies. 'Nattyhumble in a Four Aces club, natty humble in a Noreik'.
Chant Down Babylon Kingdom discomix / The Prophets & TrinityChanting Dub / King Tubby'sHornsman Chant / Tommy McCookThe A-side of the aforementioned 12" discomix, and a real tour-de-force for all involved.The dub track is from the 'Walls Of Jerusalem' showcase LP; Tommy McCookís tough saxversion is previously unreleased. Each cut stands on its own merits, but the cumulativestrength of vocal, deejay, dub and instrumental workouts is quite awesome.
Fire In A Kingston / Vivian Jackson & the ProphetsFire Dub / King Tubby'sYabby tours the war zones that were Kingston's ghettos in the election year of 1976; therhythm was played by Sly & Robbie at Channel One. Both cuts appeared on 45 and on the'Walls Of Jerusalem' album
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link
So four of the six vocals in either full length or discomix format and four of the six dubs as well.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:31 (ten years ago) link
Lol I mean amusingly EVEN in the sleeve notes they refer to the same album by two different names.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:32 (ten years ago) link
And neither are the name above Chant Down Babylon Kingdom. (o_O)
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
Jamaican releases are super fucking confusing.― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, March 14, 2014
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, March 14, 2014
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
Either way all those tracks are fucking amazing. Jesus Dread is one my favorite B&F releases.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Also like that there is grammatical error on King Tubby Meet Vivian Jackson...
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
i gotta re-explore jesus dread. i know i've said that before. it gets lost among a lot of other releases. another thing i recall about jesus dread is that it's really only a handful of instrumental tracks, maybe with yabby you laying different vocals on top of it? that made it a bit harder for me to get into the album, i think.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 15 March 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
Well the same songs are versioned a bunch but those versions are mostly killer so I don't get complaining about it. There's no lack of vocals on either disc either (Yabby You or various toasters or eventually proteges like Michael Prophet and Wayne Wade).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
I mean all five of these share the same backing but you won't hear me complaining:
Jah Vengeance / Vivian Jackson & the Sons of JahRevenge / Tommy McCookFreshly / DillingerNatty Dread On The Mountain Top / Tappa ZukieGwan & Lef' Me / TrinityTubby's Vengeance / King Tubby's
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 01:23 (ten years ago) link
Or counting either since uh that's six tracks.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 March 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
so, the linval thompson album where blood gonna run and money money come from appears to be african princess, with songs recorded from 1975 -- 1983, but mostly from 1975 -- 1976. it's available on itunes, but there's almost no real information floating around the web on the album.
anyone heard it/have opinions on it? i love those two songs immensely, and the rest of the songs on the disc (from the snippet samples) seem to be working in a similar vein.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 15 March 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
I got both tracks off a vinyl album called Cool Down on Clocktower Records.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 15 March 2014 02:49 (ten years ago) link