Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide

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"

am0n i'm digging that tune

linval thompson is emerging as my favorite artist in these comps (prince far i is a close second)

Love reggae mixes. Lends itself really well to that.

I just downloaded the two mixes, which are of course awesome. Should iTunes put them in order for me? I have a feeling the tracks are all scrambled up, a mixed-mix.

everything has track numbers, it should work out...?

First mix was more messed up for me, but I figured it out.

You should get Negrea Love Dub and Rocking Vibration by Linval Thompson.

wow bunny wailer's "blackheart man" is really really great

yeah! wish I could find copies of his other late 70s solo stuff

despite its nearly ubiquitous praise, i think i prefer other black ark stuff to heart of the congos? especially super ape. the production is amazing on HOTC but i think there are a few songs that are on the weaker side (children crying, can't come in). ark of the covenant is sublime though

ha you just knocked 2 of my favs and praised 1 of my least fav

i think i also like "roast fish collie weed and cornbread" more than HOTC

can't agree on heart of the congos, which i think is one of the greatest albums ever made, from any genre. but i agree about the general greatness of super ape, which is another near-perfect album.

Colombia Colly is my fav. Perry production. More enjoyable to me than HOTC.

columbia colly is great, i need more of it in my life

lol is there any reason why shanachie would replace the original album artwork of 'king tubby's meets rockers uptown' :
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/e2/fc/6d2e828fd7a001dac4e30110.L.jpg
with this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61aDsmCPhML._SX300_.jpg
???

i got a used copy 10-11 years ago and i didn't know until pretty recently that there was an original, different album cover. i kept thinking "wow this album is great but why is the artwork so shitty?"

hahahaha waht is that

replacing fantastic, creative, evocative cover-art with more sterile, uninteresting, flat new covers is a longstanding tradition with reissues.

another example
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pPTXuUr%2BL._SY300_.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JT5SDVTNL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PleQeqDZL._SY300_.jpg