itt post youtubes of old reggae* 45s (*i.e. jamaican funk, ska, soul, dub, rocksteady, dancehall etc.)

Holy crap at this Sir Collins track. Monstrous.

It's a good one. Had this stuck in my head most of yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2AftBc754E

Lady Saw - Sycamore Tree

my 12 year old, soon to be step daughter, is always singing this one

She certainly has better taste than I did at age 12.

When my sister brings my one year old niece round I always stick on some dub music because she finds it calming (my niece, not my sister). I'm giving her a head start in life!

Sycamore Tree is all time!

She certainly has better taste than I did at age 12.

And than I did too, although I did like Jamamican music when I was that age as there was so much of it in the top 40. Janet Kay's "Silly Games" was the one that opened the gates for me.

i do think children often seem to be drawn to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do06nYT3O-c

black harmony - "don't let it go to your head" (1979)

there's a whole compilation on the internet jukebox and it absolutely smashes. lovers rock girl groups ftw.

i love a good ILM coincidence - i just found the Laser Records 12" of this this week. So good.

I’ve been revisiting this early 90s dancehall favourite of mine, I have mused over the years whether Steely‘a piano on this is supposed to touch an Italo House kind of feeling. Chaka Demus is good, I think, but a bit one paced and so best in small doses. Spanner Banner is Pliers’s brother.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IDO_vk5ywY

brentford all stars — "greedy g" (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWO1eItBas

looking at vinia mojica features i missed+found this tasty one-off-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8YLSTATSPs
ticklah feat vinia mojica - "deception" (2007)