https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6nuY5nipw
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:12 (eleven years ago) link
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):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNDXanDd8fg
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu97ctxg8hk
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6pIONWxTbs&feature=related
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYVfzUNGec
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2rBi_L4NKc
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ3XAobAHVw
― crustaceanrebel, Friday, 3 August 2012 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjpzL5Ow9qY
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:20 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rB8mp-K6fk
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
speaking of mikey dread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJxB2xIAN28
― the late great, Friday, 3 August 2012 06:30 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHDT0CoXeJ8
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 06:34 (eleven years ago) link
I've been listening to this one all night. Might just fit here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uKjNLMKpyA
― Moka, Friday, 3 August 2012 07:53 (eleven years ago) link
And its dub but Scientist meets the Space Invaders is in line with op.
― Moka, Friday, 3 August 2012 07:55 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3JYo7ECP_vo/RxuiWaiEudI/AAAAAAAAAEA/zag2DeaOABQ/s320/African+Roots.jpg
^love this
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
MAybe not 'extraordinary' but extraordinarily great. Just played this 4 times in a row.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvCT7PY4KrU
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 13 September 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
moka, was going to post "golden hen", you beat me to it....
― m0stlyClean, Friday, 14 September 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
i don't even understand this thread but here's a couple tracks i've always felt were on their own particular vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8922mn6X8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wwj7T2hEv4
― the late great, Friday, 14 September 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
cool japanese/jamaican collabo. this track has it all: spacey vocals, some funkish gtr action, a great trombone solo, even a santanesque interlude!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUfVUfe7NQ
― cock chirea, Friday, 14 September 2012 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
a trombone solo?
― the late great, Friday, 14 September 2012 03:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, 2:39 to 3:25. that's a trombone.
― cock chirea, Friday, 14 September 2012 03:25 (eleven years ago) link
sweet, haven;t heard a dope trombone solo since the first groove armada album
― the late great, Friday, 14 September 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
if you like jamaican music and trombones this is essential:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VYK6JDG4L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 September 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
This thread should just be about absolutely amazing reggae tracks by now.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 14 September 2012 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhC_0KSZks
just listen to the atmosphere and textures in this track. keith hudson was a master.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 September 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i am listening to this album tonight, it is extraordinary
― the late great, Thursday, 20 September 2012 06:02 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm8xGgMh4ro
heeeeeeeeaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvyyyyyyyyyyy
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 20 September 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
must have been
― the late great, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
that Vulcans album is so cool
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 17 May 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
seeing dog latin mention Aisha's wonderful Creator, reminded me of this song, which Aisha covers, tho I love the Faybiene Miranda original:
http://youtube/-phUA8P1wuw
was wondering if anyone knew the specifics of why it was banned. It mentions politicians and people heeding the call, but that's p small beer surely.
that mournful brass one of my favourite sounds in reggae - and I realise this is very well known, but it is extraordinary:
http://youtube/csZ-Vo4GwX4
(the ken boothe/i roy black, gold and green/red, gold and green track feels like the platonic ideal of this sound).
also - don't know enough to know whether its spurious to associate that sound with a strand of heavily politicised reggae of the 1970s (the songs here 75, 75, 72 respectively) but it seems right.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 15 June 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
f'ing youtube, swear the embedding rules rotate on a daily basis.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 15 June 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, but dub-lovers should try and source the Scientist album "The Best Album In The World." It really is one of the greatest dub albums, and for a genre that can rely upon similar sounds a lot of the time, it's got a really special vibe.
― issiahtwofour, Saturday, 15 June 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
doesn't sound like it was too unusual an occurrence.
Q: OK, the stations didn't have any obligation to explain to you why they banned your song, the authorities just banned whatever for whatever reason or purpose. But did you hear any explanation somewhere afterwards why they banned this tune specifically?
A: Sure. Oh, I heard that it was considered like sort of an outcry or call for people to resist or to sort of rise up against the government, which I thought was strange because of PNP at the time.
Q: Yeah, Manley.
A: And I was like... just really feeling them (laughs)! So I didn't know why they would've considered this... I mean, it was clear it was about Marcus Garvey. But I guess it was also clear that it was speaking directly to the hearts of the people. Because at the same time I think three tunes at that time that had been banned from not only radio airplay but supposedly sound systems wasn't supposed to be playing it either on the streets, it was 'War' (The Wailers) and 'Discrimination' by Ras Karbi.
(xpost. to myself. classy.)
will see if I can check out that album tho.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 15 June 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
sometimes i get to the stage where i think i've heard most of the best reggae stuff and then something amazing comes my way, quite by accident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31sbAMcIHSU
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 10:29 (nine years ago) link
Christmas has me feeling generous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDhRVljOQKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOQ3Fd7v80I
― chrisulloa, Thursday, 24 December 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
Christmas a come - Eek a Mouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsBBhSSSjqA
― mom, Thursday, 24 December 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
can anyone recommend some spooky roots and dub? I don't mean stuff like 'Scientist rids the world...' which is a great album of course, but is a bit cartoonish and horror-show. I kind of just want something with a genuinely spooky vibe.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
Yabby You
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 16:51 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wgJsHaaf3w
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
this Glen Brown/King Tubby album that got discussed recently on the Dub/Reggae: An Idiot's Guide thread, "Termination Dub (1973-1979)"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbztSVL8sxA
Heart of the Congos spooky as heck.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
definitely. altho I figure everyone knows that album
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
dog latin there was some significant discussion of roots reggae w/ major dark apocalyptic vibes in this thread Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide (which has tended to be the main reggae dub thread fwiw) including some various mixtapes created by outic that have exactly what you are looking for
― marcos, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
main reggae dub thread fwiw
well older reggae/dub, more accurately, it is not the rolling thread to discuss current stuff obv
― marcos, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
thx for the kind words marcos - i was trying to find a working link to one of those mixtapes but it looks like I deleted them :(
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjOU3rC7uY
wayne jarrett satta dread followed by dub version, both spooky but especially dub version
xp ha i listen to those mixtapes all the time!
― marcos, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJB1g57bTk
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - not super extraordinary by Scratch's standards but could be the only reggae tune that has a sneeze in it
― paolo, Thursday, 13 October 2022 07:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIq23AiLlJs
From the same album, this one is extraordinary because it could be the only reggae tune that has the word 'clammy' in the lyrics. Unless I'm mishearing the chorus. Which is possible
― paolo, Thursday, 13 October 2022 07:58 (one year ago) link
YouTube recommended me some 'non-metal albums for metalheads' vid for some reason and Return of the Super Ape was in the thumbnail
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 13 October 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
roy smith - “bondage”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGJdgVnx0dE
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 00:18 (ten months ago) link
That is some extraordinary reggae.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 11:29 (ten months ago) link
Yeah that's great!
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Thursday, 20 July 2023 09:52 (ten months ago) link
The guitar part in Skinhead Moonstomp which seems to be trying to experiment with slide in a minimal way and may sound more fitting in a spacerock or noise lphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVTI7mR4GJI
I heard it on a compilation set a couple of weeks ago and it stood out at the time and I've wondered if there was a widely known backstory to it since. seems a bit avant or cod avant for a band of the ilk to be playing at the time. Sounds like the connecting bits in a wilder exploration by somebody like Hendrix or similar from the more psychedelic scene around the time it was recorded in 1970
― Stevo, Thursday, 20 July 2023 10:32 (ten months ago) link