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top 5 reggae songs & best album?
Salad
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delving beyond Bob Marley aside as we are all familiar with him ....
Reggae is not a genre I have ventured far into, so would be interested to check out some recommendations
My limited selections:
1. Kingston Town - Alborosie
2. Declaration of Rights - The Abyssinians
3. Lion Rock - Culture
4. Picture On The Wall - Naturalites and Realistics
5. Stepping Razor - Peter Tosh
Album: The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
Reggae is not a genre I have ventured far into, so would be interested to check out some recommendations
My limited selections:
1. Kingston Town - Alborosie
2. Declaration of Rights - The Abyssinians
3. Lion Rock - Culture
4. Picture On The Wall - Naturalites and Realistics
5. Stepping Razor - Peter Tosh
Album: The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
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Two Sevens Clash - Culture
Best Chicken in Town - Dr Alimantato
Heart of the Congos - The Congos
Dub meets Punk Rock uptown - Various VG compilation
Something by the Mighty Diamonds and by The Gladiators.0 -
The Skinhead Moonstomp by Symarip was popular with Charlton Skins in the 60's as were people like Toots and the Maytals, John Holt, Derrick Morgan and Desmond Dekker.
The saturday night disco at Blackheath and Bluecoats school was the place for the different mobs to meet up but usually ended in a brawl. I don't think the discos lasted very long.0 -
Now were talking, I felt left out with the folk one the other day,
Pure lovers rock for me,
1 -Aint no love - Cornel Campbell
2 - Sweet like honey - Leroy Mafia
3 - Country Living - the wild bunch
4 - I specialise in good girls -Keith Douglas
5 - side show - Barry Biggs
In fact anything by Barry Biggs, Gregory Issacs or Jimmy Cliff as well
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Two Sevens Clash - Culture
I Need A Roof - The Mighty Diamonds
We Need Love - Johnny Osborne
Trying to think of the August Pablo tunes I like...0 -
54-46 was my number - Toots and the Maytals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjBiZSfM08
Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rb13ksYO0s
It-Mek - Desmond Dekker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-V9Y752OYs
Al Capone - Prince Buster -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDx6_-WbLs
you gotta walk and don't look back - Peter Tosh -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o4Fgh0KW_4
Best album?
Probably the soundtrack to "The harder they come" - Jimmy Cliff
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Tighten up Vol II0
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Tighten up Vol II
on Trojan, and was it Red Red Wine? at about the same time?0 -
Sit Right Down .. Toots & the Maytals
I'm Still in Love with You ... Alton Ellis
Guns of Navaronne .. The Skatalites
Waiting in Vain ... Bob Marley
Uptown Top Ranking .. Althea and Donna
and LOTS more that I used to dance and huff and puff to in my long ago well spent youth0 -
Pure 60's
1) Return of the Django - Upsetters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckyfb1B1h7U
2) Live Injection - Upsetters (Lee Perry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHmrMIj5X38
3) Big Seven - Judge Dread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Tko909E2U
4) Clint Eastwood - Upsetters (Lee Perry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOmRQmt5fMs
5) The Israelites - Desmond Decker (Don't wanna end up like Bonny and Clyde Wooooh the Israelitesaaah)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5JHGi0awgc
Album - Prince Buster0 -
Alex / Deadred - are your choices more ska than reggae, no doubt the boundaries are blurred.0
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Blue Beat perhaps, not Ska
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Good question I would say Reggae. Ska was early to mid sixties in fact there used to be a club down the side of Woolwich Arsenal Station known as the Ska Bar but I was too young to get in!0
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I'm talking Reggae/Dub here not Ska..(as a LWMCT I am a big aficionado of mid 70's dub)
Songs...too many to mention, but a few here
Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement
Linval Thompson - Dread are The Controller
Niney the Observer - Blood and Fire
King Tubby - The Champion Version
Prince Jammy & the Aggrovators - Wreck up a Version
Album
Various Artists - If Deejay was Your Trade (The Dreads at King Tubby's 1974-1977) -- cracking LP0 -
Tighten up Vol II
Got it on vinyl ....... still gets a frequent playing.
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1. The Uniques - My Conversation
2. Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
3. Pete Tosh - Downpressor
4. Stephen Marley - Iron Bars
5. Toots & The Maytals - Revolution
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1. Police & Thieves - Junior Murvin/Clash
2. In the dark with you - Greg Brown
3. Isreallites - D Dekker
4. Uptown Top Ranking - Althea and Donna
5. Waiting in Vain ... Bob Marley
1001 Pass the dutchie musical youth0 -
Anything by Judge Dread . :¬)0
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TOOTS!!!0
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Untold Stories - Buju Banton
Screaming Target - Big Youth
Barbwire - Nora Dean
Fire Pon Rome - Anthony B
Black Woman and Child - Sizzla
Ask me again tomorrow and some of those will certainly change0 -
Max Romeo: "Evry night me go to sleep...."
Dave & Ansel Collins: "I.... am the Magnificent!"
The Maytals: "Stick it up mister...."
Classics.0 -
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Place Mash Up - Sanchez
Here I come - Barrington Levy
Your Honour - Pluto
Picture On The Wall - The Naturalites
Wild Gilbert - Lovindeer
All eighties I think, the time I was into reggae. List would change tomorrow.0 -
Good call, forgot about this song....used to love it with the quality lyrics...'I'm broad, i'm broad, i'm broader than Broadway.'
Here I come - Barrington Levy
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Gotta agree with the last 2 posts 'Here i come' would be in my top 5 without doubt.
also
Rise in the strength jah - The viceroys
Money in my Pocket - Dennis Brown
African people - Various artists
Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin
54-46 was my number - Toots and the Maytals
Guess who's coming to dinner - Black Uhuru
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So many to choose from. Couldn't name just 5. All of these are classics in their own way.
How Long - Pat Kelly (voted best Jamaican song 1969 I think it was)
54-46 that's my number - The Maytals
Dancing Mood - Dalroy Wilson
007 - Desmond Decker
Everything I Own - Ken Boothe
Uptown Top Ranking - Althea/Donna
Rough & Tough - Stranger Cole
Jamaica (Dog war) - Prince Buster
Ten Commandents - Prince Buster
Madness - Prince Buster
Anything by Black Uhuru is good
A good compilation CD to get is 'One Step Beyond'. A good mixture of Ska, Blue Beat, Rock Steady & Reggae. Songs like One Step Beyond (Prince Buster), Train to Skaville (The Ethiopians), Guns of Navarone (The Skatalites), Monkey Man (The Maytals), 007 (Desmond Decker), Long Shot Kick the Bucket (Pioneers), Madness (Prince Buster), Bonanza Ska, Red Red Wine, 54-46, Israelites (Desmond Decker), Return of Django (Upsetters), Swan Lake (the Cats), Skinhead Moonstomp. Also newer stuff from The Beat, Bad manners, UB40, Madness and The Specials.
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UB40 and Paul Young should be taken out and shot for crimes against great songs. And Madness and the Specials should be punished for margianally lesser crimes.
Will only add, Rudy, a message to you - Dandy Livingstone, Time Hard - The Pioneers and possibly Train to Skaville - the Ethiopians.0 -
Also by Dandy Livingstone, Suzanne beware of the devil. Plus anything by U-Roy0
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Burning Spear- Marcus Garvey0
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Some great suggestions here guys, thanks.
My input (no particular order):
It Keeps Rainin' (Tear from My Eyes) - Bitty McLean
Double Barrel - Dave & Ansell Collins [Ska really]
Come Away - Luciano
Music Is Life - Beres Hammond
Silly Games - Lindy Layton
Albums - Music Is Life (see above) - Beres Hammond
Home- Spearhead
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Fattie Fattie - Clancy Eccles
Long shot kick the bucket - Pioneers
No Woman No Cry - Bob0
