Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide

would love to hear the extended versions

cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a78VLY5KzY

yeah, that's it. the other is a dubby "horns mix"

"There is another Scientist/Jammy disc on Auralux too called DC Dub Connection, I think. That came out last couple of months."

a mint cd edition of this turned up in the 50p bin today :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHLiJNjn2fg

cool! i don't know sugar minott

This may be my favorite Sugar Minott song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSr6zEjzRU

What do Ilxors think of the UK-based Prince Fatty/ Mungo's Hi-Fi/Congo Natty/Hollie Cook dub axis?

i really love the congo natty album.
for all its sonic chaos and excess, its a great sounding album (and yes, adrian sherwood is probably to blame for this !).
i only have the first couple of prince fatty albums, and they are pleasant enough and fun. sunny afternoon festival reggae.
hollie cook : the first album kinda of went nowhere for me as the best track(s) had already appeared on the prince fatty album, howwevber, if i see the dub version i will get it.
as for mungo's, again, i only have the album that was released on rockers revolt a few years back, and it's ok though i have never been a big fan of the dancehall genre (though in recent times i have succumbed more and more).
question : is the soundclash album between mungo and prince fatty worthy ?

...and my vote goes to...

http://inappropriateplank.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dr-alimantado-front.jpg?w=470&h=468

man this 4-disc Heptones "Party Time" set is insane

cool! i don't remember feeling totally impressed with the regular lp but i'd be willing to scope out the 4-disc!

http://www.npr.org/event/music/340636520/ernest-ranglin-tiny-desk-concert?autoplay=true

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVp1mauGnU

can anyone tell me if this is an original cut or is he using a riddim from some other song here?

http://www.riddimguide.com/tunedb/riddim_Cocaine%20In%20My%20Brain/

It's an original.

thx

killer tune

news to me, but found this through googling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdnXgdl6tbg

Just heard a great song by the Itals. Where to begin with them?

Just heard a great song by the Itals. Where to begin with them?
--Josh in Chicago

I like Brutal Out Deh and The Early Recordings: 1971-1979.

2nded

strings on this are a trip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESasEHZjbDw

all the Tubby/Mudie albums are good, but that track is the best. I have a strong memory of playing that for my Dad a few years ago and him really liking it

Just heard a great song by the Itals. Where to begin with them?
I second The Early Recordings: 1971-1979. Harmonies are killer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FB7Vb4Wa3Y

speaking of harmonies i often feel like there is not much that tops mighty diamonds right time

Acquired:
http://www.pressure.co.uk/media/articles/fullsize/341.jpg

How does it compare to vol 1?

well it's more focused on material from Chant Down Babylon Kingdom era - one of my favorite records, which I've wanted on vinyl for a long time - so it scratches that particular itch really well. Stop Your Quarrelling is great. I'm inclined to say I like this one more than vol 1 but I haven't really sat with it long enough to say definitively.

Yeah, I love Chant Down Babylon Kingdom. I'll probably pick it up. Thanks.

p good liner notes too

loads of Tapper Zukie lately

for ex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z061E3Hayy0

rad. all i have is tapper zukie: in dub and it is totally fucking awesome

This is a mashup bootleg and I haven't seen any official release of it but I love it. Elvis Presley vs The Wailers - Crying at the Chapel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOgqKv8yJD0

so far I'd say Man Ah the Warrior is the best Tappa

of what I've heard anyway

There's several reggae/dub mashups/mixes on youtube but I haven't heard many interesting ones. I think there's a Sam Cooke one that was made by the Heptones. Any similar examples to this Elvis/Wailers mashup that are good?

Also if you haven't heard the Rhythm Rulers Mudies Mood compilation it's amazing. Here's a spotify link http://open.spotify.com/album/72y8tlcZ49Zaso24JYXHpO

and some youtubes of my favorite ones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aW-t83f2Wo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVzuDrr7NuQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ArI0PiM-Ng

is Man A Warrior the one that uses the bassline from Papa Was a Rolling Stone?

hadn't occurred to me but yeah I guess the title track does do that

i know we've talked about it before but damn jah lion colombia colly is just TOO GOOD

started reading Katz' "Solid Foundation" - only up to the rock steady chapter so far though

More chapters than me...

Unrelated to that--
Am curious about Jah9 who is gonna be live nearby me in February. Only 2 mentions on ilx that I saw.

Katz's prose is as leaden as ever. I am starting to get a sense of the intricate webbing of relationships that built reggae though.

He's a really terrible writer sadly. Which is too bad because source material is obv rich.

yeah he's a weird mixture of authoritatively detailed and totally boring

I was hoping this book was a bit more Please Kill Me/We Got the Neutron Bomb style but no

Yeah writing it as actual oral history might have been better.

iirc, it's sort of like super-long liner notes to a massive box set. I remember liking it more than yall seem to, but I read that at peak roots obsessiveness

curmudgeon: you probably saw that Avocado song I posted to last year's reggae thread. I've maybe heard one or two more songs by her, and that was the best one though she's well liked by the roots revival crowd. LargeUp would probably have some more stuff.

I liked Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley better than Solid Foundation.

I like the Rough Guide to Reggae better than either.