Silly in a Paul McCartney's 'Ram'-style silly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ9xcEOTdaE
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 08:32 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks!
― Tim, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:17 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKQt6TnkJkc
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit at this Vulcans album mentioned in the initial post btw
― giallo pudding pops (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaN2zlSc1yU
This is also on the Nascente comp and I love it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tkajISweIU
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 (eleven years ago) link
Geoffrey Chung, UFO
^ more early use of synths
― 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 (eleven years ago) link
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkfyzRI6S8
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb-BwfPydP4
― queequeg (peter grasswich), Friday, 3 August 2012 05:14 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (ten 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
Cameroonian reggae anyone?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOvL0P2Says
Pasteur Lappe - Babette D'o (Rastawoman)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
https://assets.themodernhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/67WorningtonRd_JSouteyrat-2400px-14431-1600x1067.jpg
just saw this on the modern house
― Indexed, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
Cool place! But omg that price is insane.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
The illuminated "prescriptions" sign in the next room is some try-hard "I love drugs me" bullshit but I cannot lie I love most of the decor
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
framed copies of bob marley legend, harder they come and two sevens clash? i’m not sure you could get more basic if you tried, even allowing for that ugly ass decor.
― the late great, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
save that framing records shit for your pizza parlor or something, what a waste
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 17:32 (one year ago) link
I mean I agree there too, records should be on your turntable or in your rack, not on your wall
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 18:56 (one year ago) link
Also p sure one of those Marley records is some 21st century compilation, but when I catch myself even starting to sneer at such behaviour I quicly realise it's me who's being the asshole
But also reggae sleeves can be absolutely majestic, these are not they. I could understand wanting to frame, say, Dread In A Babylon.
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
fwiw there's a jamaican flag on the wall in another room. maybe they don't even own a record player. who cares.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
honestly sneering on the internet at ppl who chooseto advertise their terrible taste (whether in interior design or reggae albums) is pretty low in the hierarchy of my asshole-ish behaviors and one i’m happy to continue indulging in
besides imo if you spend 2.5M to gussy up a shoebox w modernist glass, metal siding and wood paneling and then stick a bunch of thrift store reggae records - framed, at that! - in frames on the wall, you’re the asshole. although, in their defense, i did spy a soul jazz comp, plus i guess the thrift store reggae finds match the thrift store furniture
― the late great, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
or maybe i’m the asshole for not editing my posts better, who knows?
― the late great, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
records in frames just looks weird and stupid to me, maybe if they were signed or something? who cares indeed
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
idgaf about taste i sneer at people for being rich bourgeois scumbags.
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
anyway bummer revive
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
Where are you finding reggae in a thrift shop? All I can find is Al Hirt all over the damn place.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 13 October 2022 01:54 (one year ago) link
That Lacksley Castell album is great.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 13 October 2022 07:46 (one year 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 (nine months ago) link
That is some extraordinary reggae.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 11:29 (nine months ago) link
Yeah that's great!
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Thursday, 20 July 2023 09:52 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link