B&F and Pressure Sounds are both very heavy and release deep underground
reggae classics. B&F's early dub reissues were good, but the new
reissues are mind boggling. My fave is Glen Brown & King Tubby one,
always a pleaser. I haven't kept up with the releases since B&F stopped
pressing vinyl though. A shop in the UK is pressing the vinyl now, but
it comes at a very high price.
Also, look out for any Trojan Records compilations, they always good.
Wasn't there a Black Ark compilation put out two years ago by
Mango/Island? I only got the sampler and it was fantastic. The era the
compilation was highlighting of course was Lee Perry's genius work at
his Black Ark studio. I was listening to the classic Jah Lloyd album
that Lee recorded, and I wasn't paying attention, but suddenly I
realized in the song there was a sample of a screechy door opening and
closing. Supposedly Lee Perry is credited with inventing sampling, but
can anyone confirm or deny this?
On the shopping note, Turntable Lab has a nice selection of reggae on
their site. I picked up a bunch of reissues I've been looking for for
years (Max Romeo's War ina babylong - classic Black Ark recording, the
Upsetter's Super Ape, Hugh Mundell's Africa must be free by 1983, Jah
Lloyd - Colombia Colley). They also have a bunch of awesome early
dancehall which I've been digging lately and was very influential on hip
hop (Sister Nancy's bam bam, Tenor Saw's Ring the Alarm). Now, I hope
they get the Wayne Jarrett Under mi sleng teng 7" back in stock (classic
dancehall, can be heard being cut up by DJ Vadim on betalounge).
simon.
>>
>
> 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.
>
> _____________________
> Mark Turner
> nugroove@pacbell.net
> www.jazzadelica.com
> _____________________
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