> Maybe we can get a reggae thread going too as I'm just starting to
> get into reggae recently.
OK, I'll bite.
For a newcomer to reggae, I would HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend a boxed set on
Island called TOUGHER THAN TOUGH: THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC. Four CDs of
some of the best reggae ever made, in all styles, with superb liner notes by
Steve Barrow. I go back to that set again and again.
The most consistently excellent reissue labels: Blood and Fire, and Pressure
Sounds. Both have multiple samplers available that you can get for cheap.
For something new and interesting in the reggae department, I happen to love
the Japanese band Dry & Heavy. They have two albums easily available, FULL
CONTACT and ONE TOUCH, plus a remix album by King Jammy that features dubs
of tracks from the two other albums.
I'd also echo Denise's earlier high rating for the new collection on
Heartbeat, NICE UP THE DANCE, a collection of Studio One discoplates. With
8-minute mixes being the norm in dance culture, reggae tracks often seem too
damn short! But these extended mixes are just what the doctor ordered.
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Mark Turner
nugroove@pacbell.net
www.jazzadelica.com
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