Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide

Sorry I don't buy the argument he's putting forth. I don't see the Island recordings as being terribly innovative (esp. given the almost mind-boggling quality of the dub/roots productions of that period or particularly influential on JA recordings (at certainly not much more so than many other influences of the period). I also don't believe any of the Marley Island riddims are among the most versioned.

WANT this whole album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK1yx1NWsM4

shakey about your mixtape -- what places/albums did you pull that stuff from? just curious, it is all pretty great

is that info not in the MP3 ID tags...? Tracks are from the following:

Linval Thompson "Cool Down"
Trinity "Shanty Town Determination: 1976-1978"
Max Romeo "War Ina Babylon"
Prince Far I "Under Heavy Manners"
Yabby You "Chant Down Babylon Kingdom" (altho per discussion upthread there seem to be a lot of different names for this release)
Dr. Alimantado "Best Dressed Chicken in Town"
Jah Lion "Columbia Colly"
Prince Alla "Only Love Can Conquer: 1976-1979"
Jah Stitch "Dread ina Jamdown"
Big Youth "Dreadlocks Dread"
Keith Hudson "Rasta Communication"
Willie Williams "Armagideon Time"
I-Roy "Gussie Presenting I-Roy"
Prince Jazzbo and the Upsetters "Ital Corner"
Prince Far I "Livity"
Dillinger "Top Ranking Dillinger"
Rod Taylor "Can't Stop Us Now" (this is a comp of Linval Thompson productions)

yeah, i've spun that comp shakey a few times.
good stuff.
ta muchly.

working on a vol 2 but it may be a bit

....

a bit what ..

the suspense ..

lol a bit = a little while
is all

YES
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17xFbtWPoU8/ThzG9j7szRI/AAAAAAAAASQ/JMYPqeRaTvA/s400/final_judgement-jah_lloyd.jpg

Last Poets quote surprised me on this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BCgR8ix9QY

man, fellow idiots could not go wrong w/ this studio one rocksteady comp from this year

http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=35191

sweetly sublime

I have doubles of the silk screened Yabby You comp on Pressure Sounds from last year and the red, gold and green vinyl 10" box set for Blackboard Jungle if anybody wants to trade for some stuff.

this?

I almost just bought this yesterday... altho I dunno what I would have to trade, I don't have anything I wanna let go of lol

xp, to j. - i've seen that comp, was curious about it. i've been listening to the ironsides one a lot, it's really, really good: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=30376

so are basically all the soul jazz studio one comps good? it seems like it. or are there any spottier ones i should avoid?

Yes, that's the Yabby You comp (Deeper Roots).

lol i heard that paul and linda mccartney had record some music at black ark, so i went searching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i81XhlC-bIc
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24057jQUwNM

xp, to j. - i've seen that comp, was curious about it. i've been listening to the ironsides one a lot, it's really, really good: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=30376

omg thanking you marcos

just picked up this jack ruby comp

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/467/MI0002467607.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

and the club ska 67 comp

http://offbeatska.com/images/clubska67_cover.jpg

expecting great things.

I made another mixtape

awesome; thank you. when you have the time, greatly appreciate it if you'd list, here, the source materials for the songs. i've added almost all the source albums to my itunes "wish-list," and i'll likely do the same here.

i have a brilliant jack ruby compilation/reissue thing - 'jack ruby hi-fi'

the album is basically 4 * 10 minute tracks.

tracklisting:

1. Johnny Clarke, "None Shall Escape The Judgement" (Enter Into His Gates With Praise)
2. Errol Alphonso, "Chant Jah Victory" (Jesus Dread (1972-1977))
3. Prince Far I, "Psalm 1" (Psalms For I)
4. Big Youth, "Wolf In Sheeps Clothing" (Natty Cultural Dread)
5. Dillinger, "No Chuck It" (CB 200)
6. Freddie Mckay, "Guide Us Jah Jah" (Can't Stop Us Now)
7. Ranking Joe, "Look In A Youself Black People" (Shaolin Temple)
8. Prince Alla, "I Don't Want To Be Late" (Only Love Can Conquer 1976-1979)
9. Vivian Jackson And The Prophets, "Run Come Rally" (Jesus Dread (1972-1977))
10. U Brown, "Don't Kill Your Brother" (Revelation Time)
11. Linval Thompson, "Jah Jah The Conqueror" (Ride on Dreadlocks 1975-1977)
12. The Abyssinians, "Satta Massagana" (Satta Massagana)
13. Yabby U, "Chant Down Babylon Kingdom" (Chant Down Babylon Kingdom)
14. Jah Woosh, "Judge Them Jah" (Gathering Israel)
15. Prince Far I, "Siren" (Free From Sin)
16. Singers & Players, "Alla la - Dreadlocks soldier" (Leaps & Bounds)
17. Jah Lloyd & King Tubby, "No Tribal War" (A Double Helping Of Jah Lloyd And King Tubby)
18. Prince Jazzbo & the Upsetters, "Ital Corner" (Ital Corner)
19. Johnny Clarke, "Enter In To His Gates With Praise" (Enter Into His Gates With Praise)
20. Jah Woosh, "Jah Call" (Gathering Israel)
21. Dillinger, "Mr. Wicked Man Know Yourself" (Top Ranking Dillinger)
22. Wayne Wade, "Man Of The Living" (Jesus Dread (1972-1977))
23. Linval Thompson, "Cool Down Your Temper" (Ride on Dreadlocks 1975-1977)
24. Singers & Players, "Moses" (Leaps & Bounds)

xp

is that pronounced 'yabby yoo' or 'yabby oooo'???

important questions

Yah B. Yoo

right on, shakey, thanks!

than king yoo

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 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"

(daniel esq maybe it won't sound so ludicrous now coming from you!)

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

That Johnny Clarke song is one of my favorites of his.

"none shall escape.."? yea, it's really great. lots of great versions out there, too, "magnum force" , "jah jah dub"

I have it on a collection of Clarke Bunny Lee productions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbeCAY7oLwA

"Blood Dunza" is my other favorite from that comp.

lol i don't think he says "car bomb" - i think it's "car park"

― 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.

haha

I note Blood + Fire have an actual release in today's record store shenanigans. It'll be good to have them back.

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.

new, from FACT magazine: dubbing is a must: a beginner's guide to jamaica's most influential genre.

"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.

It was an extra track on B&Fs version of mr. isaacs.

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.

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.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iDF6oZb4vo

jah jah go down a rome and throw one stone / it hit pope paul and babylon fall
pretty upbeat for a song about the apocalypse and throwing rocks at the pope

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

other photos from the same shoot were used in a compilation of linval thompson productions i have called "jah jah dreader than dread"