Do you like dub, or vocal? Older, newer? Ska, rocksteady, roots, rockers/reggae, lovers, rubadub/dancehall? It's a huge genre.
i'm not much into ska or dancehall. old or new doesn't matter much, just as long as it's something i can get with. any recommendations? cd, lp, whatever.
ok - i know you said no comps - but i have to tell you, two amazing compilations came out recently of Niney's productions...they're comps, but of one man's work, so not a comp-comp.
seriously - Niney is a quiet storm. heavy, beautiful and not to be messed with.
I have been enjoying the shit outta this...High-C hipped me to it. For some reason it slides under the radar...copies on ebay go unbidded on (!?) I think its great:
Hopeton Lewis "gooving out on life" fucking killer versions of "funky kingston" and "express yourself"
Oh and a word on compilations, reggae records on original can be very very expensive, a lot is 45 only, condition is almost always an issue, and with old records still in print the presses are often done using reprocessed vinyl and old lathes, stamps, etc. and sound terrible. There's no shame in getting comps or legit, well-done reissues.
Oh and a word on compilations, reggae records on original can be very very expensive, a lot is 45 only, condition is almost always an issue, and with old records still in print the presses are often done using reprocessed vinyl and old lathes, stamps, etc. and sound terrible. There's no shame in getting comps or legit, well-done reissues.
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Freddy McGregor - Bobby Bobylon
Earth, Roots, & Water - Innocent Youths
Winston Riley - Meditation Dub
Horace Andy - Skylarking
Hugh Mundell - Time & Place
Barrington Levy - Poorman Style
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish & Cornbread
would be good to grab an early wailers best of, such as African Herbsman on Trojan.
Found one of those this weekend, great listen.
j, thanks for the list.
How, and why, did I miss that thread?
maybe you were spacing out?
so nice!
The Napolean Dynamite of Dance Hall?
Ha!
Yeah I read that but he probably thinks of Elephant Man instead of Roots Radics.
SELL OFF!!!!!!!!
Hidden Treasures vol. 2
i haven't heard vol. 1.
seriously - Niney is a quiet storm.
heavy, beautiful and not to be messed with.
Hopeton Lewis "gooving out on life" fucking killer versions of "funky kingston" and "express yourself"
Cool Collie
"darker than blue" on blood and fire
Get this it's soul strut approved.