Re: and on... reggae

From: Simon Booth (simon.booth@pobox.com)
Date: Sun Apr 29 2001 - 18:05:48 CEST

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    B&F and Pressure Sounds are both very heavy and release deep underground
    reggae classics. B&F's early dub reissues were good, but the new
    reissues are mind boggling. My fave is Glen Brown & King Tubby one,
    always a pleaser. I haven't kept up with the releases since B&F stopped
    pressing vinyl though. A shop in the UK is pressing the vinyl now, but
    it comes at a very high price.

    Also, look out for any Trojan Records compilations, they always good.
    Wasn't there a Black Ark compilation put out two years ago by
    Mango/Island? I only got the sampler and it was fantastic. The era the
    compilation was highlighting of course was Lee Perry's genius work at
    his Black Ark studio. I was listening to the classic Jah Lloyd album
    that Lee recorded, and I wasn't paying attention, but suddenly I
    realized in the song there was a sample of a screechy door opening and
    closing. Supposedly Lee Perry is credited with inventing sampling, but
    can anyone confirm or deny this?

    On the shopping note, Turntable Lab has a nice selection of reggae on
    their site. I picked up a bunch of reissues I've been looking for for
    years (Max Romeo's War ina babylong - classic Black Ark recording, the
    Upsetter's Super Ape, Hugh Mundell's Africa must be free by 1983, Jah
    Lloyd - Colombia Colley). They also have a bunch of awesome early
    dancehall which I've been digging lately and was very influential on hip
    hop (Sister Nancy's bam bam, Tenor Saw's Ring the Alarm). Now, I hope
    they get the Wayne Jarrett Under mi sleng teng 7" back in stock (classic
    dancehall, can be heard being cut up by DJ Vadim on betalounge).

    simon.

    >>
    >
    > OK, I'll bite.
    >
    > For a newcomer to reggae, I would HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend a boxed set on
    > Island called TOUGHER THAN TOUGH: THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC. Four CDs of
    > some of the best reggae ever made, in all styles, with superb liner notes by
    > Steve Barrow. I go back to that set again and again.
    >
    > The most consistently excellent reissue labels: Blood and Fire, and Pressure
    > Sounds. Both have multiple samplers available that you can get for cheap.
    >
    > For something new and interesting in the reggae department, I happen to love
    > the Japanese band Dry & Heavy. They have two albums easily available, FULL
    > CONTACT and ONE TOUCH, plus a remix album by King Jammy that features dubs
    > of tracks from the two other albums.
    >
    > I'd also echo Denise's earlier high rating for the new collection on
    > Heartbeat, NICE UP THE DANCE, a collection of Studio One discoplates. With
    > 8-minute mixes being the norm in dance culture, reggae tracks often seem too
    > damn short! But these extended mixes are just what the doctor ordered.
    >
    > _____________________
    > Mark Turner
    > nugroove@pacbell.net
    > www.jazzadelica.com
    > _____________________
    >
    >
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