HAJAH - SKA DUB REGGAE

[eFestivals]

He He, can you show this?

Oh, and Lee Perry ...

As Scratch says of Rodigan ...

"Rodigan, go to hell".

It's a sentiment I quite approve of.

(I've been listing to Rodigan's shows since around 1978 ... his ego gets bigger, he gets worse ).

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The best voice in reggae? That'll be Junior Byles....

I've been a big reggae fan since the late 70s, but had never even heard of Byles until John Peel played 'Fade Away' on his show sometime in 1989 (I've still got the tape ).

But for fans of Scratch you'll probably know this one as it's been part of his more recent shows (Scratch produced this version, but there's a Niney-produced version too)

One Love.

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and for those who only do mainstream, here's Nancy...

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One Love.

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Sweet, Sweet,Sweet like Cane Sugar made into Rum.

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Long forgotten thread.

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[LondonTom]

Is that White Guy the actual singer?! His voice!

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Is that White Guy the actual singer?! His voice!

yup. I saw them live a few weeks ago - they were excellent.

A few years ago there was some white reggae/toasting act that were a part of the Glasto bands competition (I forget what they were called), and the guy toasting did it in full Jamacian patois ... and I spoke to him afterwards, and he was a nicely spoken guy from Surrey.

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More sad news this week, we saw the loss of John Holt. 1,000 volts of Holt was an album I grew up with, always there or thereabouts, The King of Covers, always sweet. We are inevitably loosing the Reggae greats in this time. Long may they be remembered, I'm sure they will.

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http://youtu.be/Xi1pbkUeT0E

[eFestivals]

I was lucky enough to see his last live show - at One Love Festival this summer - and I've quite possibly taken the last photos of him performing too.

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/onelove/2014/galleries.shtml?b=12

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I was lucky enough to see his last live show - at One Love Festival this summer - and I've quite possibly taken the last photos of him performing too.

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/onelove/2014/galleries.shtml?b=12

Nice you saw the Swansong Neil. Glad to see he was still playing almost to the end, such a talent, been listening to little else this week.

[JoeyT]

Thanks for bringing Babilondon to my attention Neil.

Really starting to get in to dub. Any others I may not have heard of I need to listen to?

[eFestivals]

Thanks for bringing Babilondon to my attention Neil.

No problem.

Having seen them live myself, I brought them to Boomtown's attention too ... tho, as it happened, a few days after I sent my mail Boomtown's booker was on the same bill as them, so I suspect Boomtown would have picked up on them anyway.

Really starting to get in to dub. Any others I may not have heard of I need to listen to?

I'm always nervous when someone says 'dub'. It's come to mean so many different things.

Care to give me an idea of the sorts of acts you're meaning, for me to work from?

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[JoeyT]

So far I've been listening to I guess you could call them the bigger acts?

Gentleman's dub club, Mungo's hi-fi, Fat Freddy's drop, Dub pistols

[tjamest]

Try going back to mid 70's to Early 80's Jamaca which is often thought as being the 'golden age' of both roots reggae and dub. King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Keith Hudson, Lee Perry, Prince Far I....there is alot to chose from. There are also some excellent compilations on lables like Trojan, Blood and Fire or Virgin's Front Line which could be good starting points.

Also maybe look at Adrian Sherwood's On U Sound labels and check out some of Mad Professors work for a slightly different take on it.

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So far I've been listening to I guess you could call them the bigger acts?

Gentleman's dub club, Mungo's hi-fi, Fat Freddy's drop, Dub pistols

I'd call them the not-so-good acts.

(tho in a modern context, they're pretty much all that there is. )

Try some of these....

Adrian Sherwood

African Head Charge

Alborosie

Alpha Blondy

Althea & Donna

Anthony Red Rose

Aswad

Barrington Levy

Bim Sherman

Black Uhuru

Blackbeard

Bunny Wailer

Burning Spear

Bushman

Culture

Damian Marley

Dennis Bovell

Dennis Bovell's Dub Band

Dennis Brown

Dillinger

Eek A Mouse

Gregory Isaacs

Hollie Cook

Horace Andy

Ini Kamoze

Jashwha Moses

Joe Higgs

John Holt

Johnny Clarke

Joshua Moses

Julian Marley

Junior Byles

Junior Murvin

King Tubby

Lee Scratch Perry

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linval Thompson

Max Romeo

Misty In Roots

Nas & Damian Marley

Pablo Gad

Pablo Moses

Peter Tosh

Prince Jammy

Sly & Robbie

Steel Pulse

Stephen Marley

Tapper Zukie

The Abyssinians

The Congos

The Mighty Diamonds

The Twinkle Brothers

Tippa Irie

U-Roy

YT

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I'd call them the not-so-good acts.

(tho in a modern context, they're pretty much all that there is. )

Try some of these....

Adrian Sherwood

African Head Charge

Alborosie

Alpha Blondy

Althea & Donna

Anthony Red Rose

Aswad

Barrington Levy

Bim Sherman

Black Uhuru

Blackbeard

Bunny Wailer

Burning Spear

Bushman

Culture

Damian Marley

Dennis Bovell

Dennis Bovell's Dub Band

Dennis Brown

Dillinger

Eek A Mouse

Gregory Isaacs

Hollie Cook

Horace Andy

Ini Kamoze

Jashwha Moses

Joe Higgs

John Holt

Johnny Clarke

Joshua Moses

Julian Marley

Junior Byles

Junior Murvin

King Tubby

Lee Scratch Perry

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linval Thompson

Max Romeo

Misty In Roots

Nas & Damian Marley

Pablo Gad

Pablo Moses

Peter Tosh

Prince Jammy

Sly & Robbie

Steel Pulse

Stephen Marley

Tapper Zukie

The Abyssinians

The Congos

The Mighty Diamonds

The Twinkle Brothers

Tippa Irie

U-Roy

YT

Truly Magnificent list, you missed a few though... as have I, there are so many, many more..... Jamaican Music is a bottomless fountain of Glory...

As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

Abyssinians

Augustus Pablo

Don Carlos

Inner Circle

Jacob Miller

Knowledge

Lucky Dube

PRINCE JAZZBO

Melodians

Prince Far-i

Sammy Dread

Sugar Minott

Trinity

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Jamaica Pop. 2.715 million

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