I found Veal's dub book much less dry than his book on Fela. I'm enjoying it.
"Basically what slow it down is that … a man like for a more relaxed stage of movement. The foot movement and the jigglin,’ it nice but it tired you out … you want to feel good and you and your queen just a move steady—you no want a whole heap of foot movement like you get on the dance floor and just create a mash. You just go there and lock and position yourself and rub-a-dub and sip your beer or your spliff or whatever. The whole mood of it—you just cool, you just mellow."
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 24 June 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
i've listened to shakey's blood gonna run mixtape far more than any other album this year. it's so great. i've even come to love some of the toasters, and that's not normally my thing at all. the big-youth tracks crackle with revolutionary energy. i wish shakey would put together a vol. 2, if there's enough tracks to make it work.
Is there any chance anyone could put up these mixes again? The Dropbox links above don't work any more :-(
― toby, Friday, 8 July 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
yeah I think I moved those awhile ago, will re-post if I can find them but I'm not sure
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 July 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
found 'em
Vol 1: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wlku2kpjjifbs7a/AACBeaEm8pyJhMVk4BJY2rM-a?dl=0Vol 2: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/517kscvshytylke/AAAs2F_P5WUYzxgYQiyFHjl7a?dl=0
I could probably do a volume 3 if people are interested
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 July 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
Thanks! V much looking forward to these. Judging from the reaction upthread I'm sure a third volume would be popular...
― toby, Friday, 8 July 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
Message to the Ungodly: Dreader Than Dread Dub Sounds Vol 3
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
Tracklisting:
1. Dreada Dread - Jacob Miller (Tenement Yard)2. Simpleton Badness - Tappa Zukie (Man ah Warrior)3. Message to the Ungodly - Niney the Observer (Sing It Wicked Style)4. Valley of Joeasephat - Smith and the Prophets (Yabby You: Deeper Roots)5. Blackman Land - Prince Far I (Message from the King)6. None of Jah Jah Children No Cry - Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus (Rastafari)7. Holy Mount Zion - Wayne Jarrett (Showcase Vol. 1)8. Free Black People - Burning Spear (Spear Burning 1975-1979)9. The Great Psalms - U-Roy (Dread in a Babylon)10. Sufferation - Tyrone Taylor (Sufferation: The Deeper Roots of Niney the Observer)11. Revolution (Total Destruction) - The Heptones (Party Time Deluxe Edition)12. Chant Down Babylon - Sylford Walker (Lamb's Bread)13. Africa Must Be Free by 1983 - Hugh Mundell (Africa Must Be Free by 1983)14. Lion Dub - Linval Thompson (Negrea Love Dub)15. Open the Gate - Dennis Brown (So Long Rastafari)16. Only Jah - Earl Zero (Only Jah Can Ease the Pressure)17. I'm Gonna Hold On - Sugar Minott (Black Roots)18. Oil in a Babylon - General Echo (Teacher Fi Di Class 1979-1980)19. Robin Hood - Barrington Levy (Robin Hood)20. Don't Touch I Dread - Barrington Spence (Yabby You: Deeper Roots)21. Rastaman Dub - Horsemouth Wallace (Original Armageddon Dub)22. On That Day - Philip Fullwood (Spear Burning 1975-1979)23. Judgment On the Land - Tappa Zukie (The Man From Bozrah)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
sweet, thanks again outic
― marcos, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
I'm a huge fan of these mixes
thx - my pleasure!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
awesome! thx for the links
― moullet, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
full disclosure this mix is heavier on the roots and less so on the dub side, I wasn't too strict about style, was going more for consistent tone and content etc
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
Love these mixes too. Thanks for sharing. Don't think I had Vol.3.
A few years back I made a little fade in/fade out mix of some dub/roots tunes. I may have posted it before but since folks are digging this vibe I thought I would toss it out again.
http://biznotic.com/music/badcompany.mp3
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 14 July 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
Thanks Οὖτις and brotherlovesdub -- these mixes are great!
― city worker, Thursday, 14 July 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
i have a mix from awhile back and accompanying dub versionmixmix dub
― am0n, Thursday, 14 July 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
huh did not know that Junior Ross & the Spears track/album thx amon!
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
its from this comp
― am0n, Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
Both albums on that comp are amazing.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
Add mine to the voices eagerly anticipating checking these mixes out. Thanks to both of you for those.
In the meantime just wanted to say I was really touched by Beres Hammond's Rockaway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj-E-YnyLK4
Maybe kind of corny but I feel like that message really resonates right now.
― viborg, Sunday, 24 July 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
my first reggae 45 purchase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW3mCOO83g4
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
a good one!
― marcos, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
love most of the jah stitch stuff ive heard
I only have that single and Dread Inna Jamdown but yeah he seems p reliably great
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 August 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
meant to post this last week, i heard this eek a mouse tune during a reggae program on one of my local college radio stations, i was impressed esp not being very familiar w/ eek a mousehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dmxg3nEQIs
― marcos, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
produced by linval thompson, roots radics are backing band
dude is a legend obviously but ... tbh that goofy name has always put me off
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
ha me too, then i heard this and in search of that starker, sparser post-roots early dancehall sound i started to get really intrigued
― marcos, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
Wa Do Dem is a classic, especially of that particular sound. check out "Ganja Smuggling"
― rob, Thursday, 25 August 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRb7mprbj54
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 January 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
good footage! what's the year?
― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
good number of white hippies in the audience
no idea what year this is, late 70s by the look of it
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 January 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Think that footage is from the undercard of the One Love Peace Concert from '78, most famous for this:
http://jamaicans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bob-Marley-joins-the-hands-of-Michael-Manley-Edward-Seaga.jpg
― Tim, Friday, 13 January 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
hmm yeah looks like it
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 January 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
It passed me by when it was announced, but VP has reissued Pick A Dub by Keith Hudson, with the original artwork and a second LP of the vocal versions.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 13 January 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Trenchtown Mix-Up by the Gladiators has to be one of the best reggae albums in history. Literally no bad songs on it at all. How can I lobby for a reissue?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 16 January 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
It's still available isn't it? On CD at least. It's a good one for sure.
I see that "Madness" by the Maytones is being reissued soon, that's a belter.
― Tim, Monday, 16 January 2017 12:06 (seven years ago) link
yeah i meant on record. it's just brilliant.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 16 January 2017 12:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vFeWqVTnY
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 January 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
wtf @ munchkin voice chorushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPO6yFXrIWo
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
haha
― marcos, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
I can't think of any other reggae song I've heard that uses that particular trick, it really jumped out at me. got a few more 45s recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZUxRWt-wK8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHqD4r1-opchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh2s-qeTqXM
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
don't think I have ever been so bummed about a website going black for months on end as I am about roots-archives
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 May 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
anyone know where this footage is from?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGf7gr_dmyU
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
this, I think: https://www.discogs.com/Augustus-Pablo-Various-The-Mystic-World-Of-Augustus-Pablo-The-Rockers-Story/release/1491449
― rob, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
longer version of same Pablo footage iwth live concert footage. great find :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piyxGr53lIo
― grapsta, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
I lol'd
http://www.whydoyoulikeit.com/2017/10/reggae-albums-that-look-like-heavy.html?m=1
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
hah, i bought Blackheart Man back in the day especially because I liked the metalness of the cover
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
solid album
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
blackheart man is excellent, i tend to go to that one more than the actual wailers albums
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link