The Vulcans - Star TrekThe Upsetters - Long Sentence
Both synth driven science-fiction instrumental reggae;
The Upsetters- Bird in HandRicky and Bunny - Bush Weed Corn Trash
Both with a sound that sounds way more devotional/earthy/spiritual (forget the subject matter of the second track)than the oft-quoted Abyssinians or late Ethiopians. Yabby You is another good one in this vein.
King Tubby and Harry Mudie - various dubs
STRINGS!!
Impact Allstars - Easy Come DubSantic Allstars - Shooter Dub
Crazy FX and synth driven dub that provides relief from the (albeit brilliant) 'normal' King Tubby sound.
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― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Sunday, 6 October 2002 13:27 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Taylor Parkes, Sunday, 6 October 2002 18:01 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 7 October 2002 17:59 (10 years ago) Permalink
― jon (jon), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 07:01 (10 years ago) Permalink
― jon (jon), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 09:09 (10 years ago) Permalink
not really long enough this thread...
what about
andy capp - pop a topking tubby - a rougher version
two dub tracks that seriously melt the fabric of reggae
― village idiot (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 16:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Is "Pop a Top" a hard, minimalistic dancehall track? If it is . . . was one of my favorite 45s until I lost it.
I suspect not. There's a review here:
http://www.smallaxepeople.com/thesmallaxepeoplereviews.htm
It sounds interesting.
Also, I think Dillinger, like, CB 200 and his other keyboard heavy, disco-y stuff, fits this "extraordinary reggae" description.
― bamcquern, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
Burning Spear - 'doorpeep ' the late 60s single version. like something from another planet.
Most of Burning Spear's output sounds otherworldly
― Daniel Giraffe, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 07:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Where's Dr. C's LONG answer? I'd definitely like to read it.
― adamj, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 09:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Pop A Top" is actually a very early dub single, but by comparison to later stuff it's completely bonkers.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 10:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Geoffrey Chung, UFO
^ more early use of synths
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 10:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
How could I forget!
Impact All Stars, Extraordinary Version
... has tape rewinding and various odd effects
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 10:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
Also, there's at least one Lee Perry track that's backwards... not to mention various of his tracks from the mid-70s using drum machines and rhythm boxes and samples from TV programmes
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 10:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
there was one lee perry production i heard that just stops completely, then gets ushered back in by that zombie/cow noise he's so fond of. I can't for the life of me find it again.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 10:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
More from Scratch, "Cow Thief Skank" = splices together three different tracks, he did this on a few tracks but never so bizarrely as here. Also, can't remember the name of the track, but there's one where he (seamlessly) splices in a few bars from The Chi-Lites' "Give More Power to the People".
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 10:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
Isn't that Station Underground?
― Remember me, but o! forget my feet (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 11:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
That's the one
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 11:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Along these lines, I once heard a reggae instrumental with R2D2 synths on it. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 11:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
LONG answer coming up at some point!― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, October 7, 2002
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, October 7, 2002
still waiting . . . want to read yr post!
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 9 May 2010 01:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Dr. C, Dr. C., Dr. C.,paging Dr. C,, come back
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 May 2010 00:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 05:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
Silly in a Paul McCartney's 'Ram'-style silly.
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 08:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
BTW Reggae fans... these compilations are fucking fabulous http://extramusicnew.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/nascente-pres-bass-culture-box-set/
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 09:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
I wonder whether this:
there was one lee perry production i heard that just stops completely, then gets ushered back in by that zombie/cow noise he's so fond of
was "Life" by Prodigal Creator off the back of (one of) the UK 12" issues of "Conscious Man" by the Jolly Brothers?
I wonder whether the "backwards" Perry thing Tom was thinking of was "Evol Yenoh", b-side of "Honey Love", same backing track but with the vocal track run backwards.
I wonder why I don't remember anything about this thread.
My offering: "Bubble Up" by Wayne Jarret, Wackies production, flutes sound like they're underwater (it's on the LP "Bubble Up" which was renamed "Showcase" for the reissue, or have I got that the wrong way round?).
― Tim, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 10:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
Oh and I kinda think everyone knows this but the fading in and out high pressure trombone on "Flat Foot Hustling" by Dillinger maybe fits the bill here.
― Tim, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 10:56 (9 months ago) Permalink
DL what's the mastering like on those Nascente comps? They look good to me (nice mix of stuff I know and stuff I don't) but so often with these not-too-pricey comps you get duff sound and so they just stay on the shelf.
― Tim, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Sounds very very good. And yeah, even though I've got dozens of good reggae comps there's not that much crossover on these with what I already have and most of the songs are great!
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:05 (9 months ago) Permalink
Thanks!
― Tim, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
some of my favorites already posted. upsetters - lizard stick another good one, sounds like some kind-of alien reggae
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
prob should mention the Serge Gainsbourg's "Aux Armes Et Caetera" here huh
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
holy shit at this Vulcans album mentioned in the initial post btw
― giallo pudding pops (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 22:55 (9 months ago) Permalink
Granny Danger - I'm a big fan of that Serge dub album.
What about '60s ska and rocksteady? I find a lot of Desmond Dekker's stuff extraordinary simply because of the phrasing and cadence he uses. Really imaginative structures that twist and turn like the human consciousness...
This is also on the Nascente comp and I love it:
Not sure if they belong on here, but I find them extraordinary.
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 08:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, April 7, 2010 6:22 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this track is tremendous
― mizzell, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
Just realised the desmond dekker track I posted earlier is a new version with hardly any of the original's charm.
Here's the versh I was talking about
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 22:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
That's fantastic, dl - and with a lot of charm, as you say!
Also liked the UFO track - esp cos it uses that great Breakfast in Bed rhythm as a v effective ground.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 2 August 2012 18:35 (9 months ago) Permalink
― queequeg (peter grasswich), Friday, 3 August 2012 05:14 (9 months ago) Permalink
Finding myself a little bored by searching out 'seminal' roots reggae, only to find it 80% of the time adhering to the same overall sound with minor variations (I love that sound, but.....), I'm on the prowl for more singular examples of reggae in the roots era, tracks that are strikingly different from the sonic norm, or suggest some unexplored furrow of 70s/early 80s Jamaican music.
the assumption is always that there *is* some unexplored furrow out there, and not just another rut
― the late great, Friday, 3 August 2012 05:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
Hmmm. I'd argue that some of this stuff isn't too "extraordinary," but there you go. I would suggest (though it's out-of-print) the excellent double CD on Trojan of Roy Shirley recordings called "Music Is The Key." He performed what was arguably the first rocksteady song, "Hold Them," produced by Joe Gibbs, and to some extent his only well-known song. But Shirley had an extraordinarily odd, quivery voice and was probably about ten years before his time (I shudder to think of what marvels Black Ark-era Lee Perry and him would have produced.) Check out this incredible bit of live footage (music starts at about 1:14, but the whole thing's cool):
The small local crowd is going nuts, and Shirley puts on a great performance. I especially love his song "My Bride," which is too odd to describe. Can't find it on YouTube, but it's on the Trojan compilation of his stuff.
Doctor Alimantado is pretty cool too. Famously championed by Johnny Rotten and quoted by the Clash ("like the doctor who was born for a purpose" in "Rudie Can't Fail"), Alimantado sang and toasted and squealed and most of it was pretty great. His classic is "Best Dressed Chicken In Town," a weird deejay tune in a dub style:
But I also like the straight forward roots of "Born For A Purpose," which is probably his most famous tune - a more frenetic and dubby version of something like a GG Alvin-produced Gregory Isaacs track, it defies a lot of the convention of its time by being very metronomic and still kind of loony:
George Faith's "To Be A Lover" album is a classic Black Ark production, but differs from others of the era (Congos, Jolly Brothers, Junior Murvin) in being highly indebted to southern soul (he covers William Bell and Lee Dorsey, among others) but not really sounding anything like it. Pretty widely available too, which is a plus. Check out the title track:
Joe Gibbs' mid-70s dub stuff really stood out for its intense rhythms (here, I think is one of Adrian Sherwood's big influences), weird sound effects and general grooviness. Any of the four volumes of "African Dub Almighty" are great, but the third is the ultimate one, and the Pressure Sounds "No Bones For Dogs" release is chock full of great stuff.
here's a great track from the third "African Dub Almighty" album:
There's a period of Mikey Dread's career where he was the leading *original* roots producer, which is probably best heard on "World War III" or "Beyond World War III," which are more or less the same album. One of them is still easy to get. Here's the title track:
― crustaceanrebel, Friday, 3 August 2012 06:14 (9 months ago) Permalink
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
speaking of mikey dread
― the late great, Friday, 3 August 2012 06:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:34 (9 months ago) Permalink
I've been listening to this one all night. Might just fit here.
― Moka, Friday, 3 August 2012 07:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
And its dub but Scientist meets the Space Invaders is in line with op.
― Moka, Friday, 3 August 2012 07:55 (9 months ago) Permalink
that Roy Shirley clip upthread is great
second the Best Dressed Chicken in Town rec, that album is amazing
― giallo pudding pops (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 3 August 2012 15:35 (9 months ago) Permalink
^love this
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:05 (9 months ago) Permalink
So I mentioned the Bass Culture comps on Nascente upthread and I was so taken by them I wrote this gushing review on the Quietus http://thequietus.com/articles/09951-bass-culture-compilation-review
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 6 September 2012 13:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
MAybe not 'extraordinary' but extraordinarily great. Just played this 4 times in a row.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 13 September 2012 22:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
moka, was going to post "golden hen", you beat me to it....
― m0stlyClean, Friday, 14 September 2012 00:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
Lots of Keith Hudson is extraordinary but I'm No Fool came on random today and it made me think of this thread.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 September 2012 01:33 (8 months ago) Permalink
i don't even understand this thread but here's a couple tracks i've always felt were on their own particular vibe
― the late great, Friday, 14 September 2012 01:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
cool japanese/jamaican collabo. this track has it all: spacey vocals, some funkish gtr action, a great trombone solo, even a santanesque interlude!
― cock chirea, Friday, 14 September 2012 02:37 (8 months ago) Permalink
a trombone solo?
― the late great, Friday, 14 September 2012 03:05 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah, 2:39 to 3:25. that's a trombone.
― cock chirea, Friday, 14 September 2012 03:25 (8 months ago) Permalink
sweet, haven;t heard a dope trombone solo since the first groove armada album
― the late great, Friday, 14 September 2012 03:33 (8 months ago) Permalink
if you like jamaican music and trombones this is essential:
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 September 2012 04:31 (8 months ago) Permalink
This thread should just be about absolutely amazing reggae tracks by now.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 14 September 2012 10:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
Since the early 1990s Twinkle Brothers have been regularly collaborating with the Polish band Trebunie-Tutki in which they fuse reggae and traditional music from the Tatra Mountains.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:18 (8 months ago) Permalink
just listen to the atmosphere and textures in this track. keith hudson was a master.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:37 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah i am listening to this album tonight, it is extraordinary
― the late great, Thursday, 20 September 2012 06:02 (8 months ago) Permalink
heeeeeeeeaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvyyyyyyyyyyy
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 20 September 2012 13:30 (8 months ago) Permalink
think i could listen to nothing but lee perry and k hudson productions rest of my life and be content
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 September 2012 16:17 (8 months ago) Permalink
thx for the heads up on that Keith Hudson track, never heard that before
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 16:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
that whole album (Rasta Communication) is excellent. did any other reggae producer use lap steel guitar before that?
― rob, Thursday, 20 September 2012 18:53 (8 months ago) Permalink
chinna smith used it on occasion. RC was '78, right? don't know if i've heard anything w/Chinna playing steel lap prior to that tho.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
chinna is credited on RC, so I'm guessing that's actually him on the steel lap?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:12 (8 months ago) Permalink
must have been
― the late great, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:23 (8 months ago) Permalink
that Vulcans album is so cool
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:50 (3 days ago) Permalink