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not bob, or lee perry. bored of bob...
Toots & the Maytals
yellowman
Eddy Grant 😆
King Tubby? Eek-A-Mouse? Burning Spear? Sugar Minot?
I don't know really. Pends what you like, innit? Heavy Dub, Roots, Lovers Rock, Ska, Dancehall, etc.
Spend a day on YouTube, check stuff out, one thing will probbly link to other things and so on. You'll be able to find stuff you might not otherwise have thought about.
Let's get the Tubbyfication levels up a bit:
The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Just the best.
Burning spear, Handsworth revolution. Traditional beats . . . . from Birmingham
The Abyssinians: Arise; [b]Satta Massagana[/b]
Black Uhuru: Sinsemilla
Burning Spear: [b]Marcus Garvey / Garvey's Ghost[/b]
The Congos: [b]Heart of the Congos[/b]
The Heptones: [b]Party Time[/b]
Ijahman Levi: Haile I Hymn (Chapter One)
Junior Byles: Curly Locks
Junior Murvin: Police and Thieves
Max Romeo: War Ina Babylon
Soul Syndicate: Harvest Uptown, Famine Downtown
Seconding the below recommendation for Trojan box sets. Also, Lee Perry's Arkology.
The site [url= http://www.reggae-reviews.com/ ]Reggae Reviews[/url] is my favorite place to check out artists or albums... v helpful to me.
Dr Alimantado
Black Uhuru
Mad Professor for a bit of dub...
Just off the top of my head
Albums weren't altogether the *thing* by Jamaican artists. A couple of reggae era records which I'd say were essentials are:
-Equal Rights by Peter Tosh
-Heart of the Congos by The Congos
If you then get into the whole compilation thing, then see if you can track down some of the great output from Blood and Fire records, including I Roy (Don't check Me With No Lightweight Stuff - classic toasting), anything by King Tubby, Prince Jammy and the like for dub. Big Youth is great, too.
Or, look at the various boxsets from Trojan - they've got some great stuff too, all the way from ska, through rocksteady, reggae, roots, lovers, dub. Any style you like....
You need to check out the 100% -600% Dynamite series from Soul Jazz records. Anything on the Studio One label. Also check out the soundtrack to The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff. Early Sly Robbie
[url= http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/index.php ]http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/index.php[/url]
In fact, the sun makes me want to listen to I Roy rightaboutnow. Hey!
Sister Nancy - Bam bam
Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
The Upsetters - Live Injection
Tribute to The Martyrs - Steel Pulse
Barrington Levy - Best of... Broader Than Broadway
Forces of Victory - Linton Kwesi Johnson (Love the dub!!)
blood and fire by niney the observer.
JIMMY CLIFF
SUGAR MYNOTT
GREGORY ISAACS
LKJ - Dred beat an blood.
Burning Spear's 'Marcus Garvey' is a personal favourote, as is the dub version of the same album 'Garvey's Ghost'.
+1 for the Congos' Heart of the Congos and the Heptones' Party Time.
Also, Jimmy Cliff's The Harder they Come soundtrack. At the dubbier end, Keith Hudson's Pick A Dub is a fave.
If you find an old late 70's UK band called 'Tradition' get it. For modern stuff I like a bit of smith and mighty.
+1 LKJ
+1 Barrington Levy
Supercat
Jah Shaka
Bundle of stuff from the On-U-Sound system
A load of Trojan stuff, Tighten up series
It's a shame that reggae never went properly mainstream in the 70's.
I think the big stations like R1 were a bit reluctant to put out this style of music. DOn't know why, but I suppose they were not too sure that people would like it, but then these broadcasters have never been trail blazers in new/alternative music.
+1 for Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
It's a shame that reggae never went properly mainstream in the 70's.
I don't know, look at what happened when it did go mainstream. UBflipping40. Urgh.
Bitty McLean.
Chaka Demus and Pliers.
Shaggy.
All excellent suggestions so far. Has anyone mentioned the master - Lee Perry ?
For a more contemporary UK take on Dub reggae, checkout
The Bush Chemists
The Disciples
Alpha & Omega
The Rootsman
Zion Train
Iration Steppas
[url= http://www.myspace.com/560226132 ]And of course tracks 2 & 3 from here[/url]
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution, a brilliant album. the big single of of this was Klu Klux Klan, a true classic.
Tapper Zukie, another great artist. 'Stop The Gun Shooting' is pretty relevant today.
All excellent suggestions so far. Has anyone mentioned the master - [b]Lee Perry [/b]?
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therein lie the drawbacks of danger surfing at work and skim reading the posts
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
[nostalgia]Aah, Brummie folk music [/nostalgia]
damien marley: welcome to jamrock
the upsetters: return of the super ape
peter tosh: legalise/bush doctor
culture: international herb/two sevens clash/production something
aswad: new chapter/new chapter of dub
abysinnians: 19.95 plus tax
john holt: peacemaker/1000 volts of holt
misty in roots: roots controller/earth
augustus pablo/ anything by
mighty diamonds
jacob miller
freddie mcgregor
alton ellis
king tubby
max romeo
johnny osbourne: truth and rights
jackie mittoo
the skatalites
black uhuru
johnny clarke
lord tanamo
toots and the maytals
burning spear
the heptones
u-roy
ziggy marley
dennis brown
Chantells, Children of Jah is nice
Matumbi ..."points of view" brilliant album but maybe a bit jolly if you're into the harder more serious stuff
+1Chantells, Children of Jah is nice
Dr Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town
Toots, Congos, LKJ, Jonny Clarke also all +1
10ft Ganga Plant are pretty good....
damien marley: welcome to jamrock - top tune used on follow me - recent though
here's a little compilation for ya courtesy of Mojo magazine...
Mojo Presents:
We Need Love - Johnny Osbourne
Get up and Get it - Jacki Mittoo
Surfin - Ernest Ranglin
Bionic Dub - Bionic Dub
Simmer Down - Bob Marley
Africa - The Gaylads
The Answer - Lone Ranger
Train to Skaville - Jackie Mittoo & the Soul Brothers
Push Push - Lloyd & Devon
Queen of the Mistrels - The Eternals
I want Justice - Delroy Wilson
Reggae Feet - Lloyd Williams
Nice up the Dance - Michigan & Smiley
Coconut Rock - The Skatalites
Hang on Natty - Sugar Minot
apologies for the Boring Bob track.
Kev
i got that freebie with mojo too!, did you get the freebie from mojo that was for what would have been bob's 60th bithday? it was called sun is shining.
When a man is tired of Bob Marley he is tired of life - Some top recommendations though.
Most of the Trojan box sets are pretty good;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=trojan&x=18&y=18
mmb... I copied mine from a mate. It's a top compilation, not a bad track on there.
Kev
Easy Star all stars - interesting dub covers of the Floyd and the Head.
Max Romeo: War Ina Babylon
Easystars All Stars: Dubside of the Moon, Radiodread & Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Dub Band
Let's not forget...
Smiley Culture
yeah... albums weren't really a reggae ting (do you see what I did there?..)
I'm loving Althea and Donna's work this past week I have to say..
Matumbi ..."points of view" brilliant album
Oh man, shall be reliving da ting in the mornin me tinks
blo00dy hell just seen this, you handsome ba st ards, i will compile a list of ALL your suggestions and purchase snippets of each one to see what i like. thanks tonnes.. some suggestions i've heard the names of before , some are a giant mystery.
Bit more Culture:
My favourite British reggae band, now reformed and playing again!:
And these compilations are superb, still got my vinyl copies!
[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frontline-Box-Set-Various-Artists/dp/B00005LIQH ]The Frontline. [/url]
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Rhythm & Sound ( aka dub techno dons Basic Channel)
sadly they have split up and are no longer working together