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     Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 247 Registered: 01-2005 |
I always loved Eek-A-Mouse - Wah-Do-Dem. It's my favorite raggae album of all time. I love the Mouse's singing/dee jaying delivery and lyrics. Black Uhru - Red, is my second favorite. I use to play both of these a ton back in the 80's. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 890 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wah-Do-dem is good Michael I agree, although that style is not my favourite within reggae. I must have over 500 Reggae albums from the Rocksteady period (1967-69), early Reggae (1969-1973), Roots Reggae (1974-1979) through to Dancehall (1979-1983). I dont care for Ska, not sure why and anything after 1983 or so is just computerized nonsense imo. My collection covers all the major players - Slim Smith, Delroy Wilson, Big Youth, U Roy, Burning Spear, Marley, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Culture, Horace Andy, Sugar Minnott, Black Uhuru and many more. Favourite albums are Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear Two Sevens Clash - Culture Sinsemilla - Black Uhuru Anything that Horace Andy, Wailing Souls, Burning Spear did on Studio One records Most releases on Pressure Sounds and Blood and Fire which are the two main UK rerelease labels are top notch. There is rarely a day goes by that I do not play at least one Reggae album. | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 257 Registered: 07-2005 |
Like a bit of Augustus Pablo, but I am no way and expert | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 610 Registered: 03-2005 |
You have a serious lot of stuff Kevin. I have a lower tolerance for ska than either Rocksteady or reggae but I can listen to Skatalites records anytime. For me they are borderline jazz. The best early Maytals also hold up really well. My favorite reggae albums are probably "In the Dark" by Toots and the Maytals and "Long Shot" by the Pioneers. | ||
| Cichli Suite Member Username: Cichli_suite Post Number: 174 Registered: 08-2004 |
Anything by Horace Andy, The Abyssinians, Two Sevens Clash by Culture Does calypso count? I'm a big fan of The Mighty Sparrow | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 879 Registered: 03-2006 |
Reggae, for me, is primarily about three names: Marley, Toots and Jimmy Cliff. I guess tbe unifying thread is that all three are really strong songwriters. And my favorite single reggae song would probably be a three way tie between Pressure Drop, Many Rivers to Cross and Uptown Top Ranking (by Althea and Donna)... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 36 Registered: 09-2006 |
Love many of the above, especially Toots, Pablo, Big Youth, and though Marley at times gets flak for being loved by everyone from acolytes to fratboys, he's great too. My very favorite though my very favorite is a Brit: Linton Kwesi Johnson. He put on a staggering show at Bumbershoot a few years ago. Also like to put in some kind words for a band that often gets dismissed as being too pop but who I often find mesmerizing, especially on their earlier albums: UB40. Also the "Tougher than Tough" compilation is great as either an introduction or an exemplary overview. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 902 Registered: 05-2005 |
Allen, LKJ is a legend. His first two albums are indispensible, the 3rd, Bass Culture is just merely great. UB40 - King, Burden of Shame and One in 10 are fantastic, the rest imo is awful | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 38 Registered: 09-2006 |
Agreed on LKJ's LPs...in fact to my ears he's never come close to making a bum record. Love his fourth, "Tings and Times" even though it's too damn short, and even his two live ones are killers. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 251 Registered: 04-2006 |
there is no doubt that the congos - 'heart of the congo' is the best reggae album i ever heard. despite that classic i love bim sherman's miracle. reggae was very popular in the seventies in germany. but in the main it was only marley and tosh - and i couldn't hear it anymore. all those dullness. but on u-sound brought it back on the map. prince far i for example. great. dub was it. king tuppy. augustus pablos melodica. lee perry. and for sure LKJ was only a favourite. musically and politically. but altogether reggae was only one colour on my canvas. and still is. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 922 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andreas, I think reggae was very popular everywhere in the 70s, not just Germany. The 70s is what is known as "the golden era" among reggae fans. People like Marley, Burning Spear, Culture, The Congos, Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs all made their best music in that decade. For anybody looking for an introduction to reggae, I second Allen about Tougher than Tough | ||
| Wolfgang Steinhardt Member Username: Berbatov Post Number: 23 Registered: 09-2006 |
Though it happened three months ago I heard it only yesterday and as far as I know it wasn't mentioned on the board yet: Joseph "Culture" Hill died while on tour in Berlin, 57 years old. Just so many Two Sevens Clash fans out here, maybe some of them in retard like me... | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1139 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wolfgang - I posted the following post in the "RIP Art Lee" thread on the 19th August. Joseph Hill, the lead singer from the mighty reggae group Culture has died while on tour in Berlin. I'm guessing he would be early 50s. I think we are now at the stage in the history of popular music where the artists we grew up with could be dying on an almost monthly basis. For those not familiar with Culture, their album Two Sevens Clash is one of the few along with Burning Spear and Marley which sometimes makes those 100 (or 200/300 etc) Greatest Albums list. I for one, shall play it tonight and raise a glass to Joseph. RIP | ||
| Wolfgang Steinhardt Member Username: Berbatov Post Number: 24 Registered: 09-2006 |
Kevin, another quality award for the board - I wasn't aware of your post! I'm going to raise my glass and vegetables tonight, Joseph and Jah won't mind that I'm a little bit late... Anything you can recommend to start with Dennis Brown (so many compilation stuff, I'm just lost...)? Thanx in advance... | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1144 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wolfgang, anything that Dennis did with the producer Niney The Observer is pretty much essential. The compilation Some Like It Hot covers lots of this collaberation, another good one is The Promised Land. Visions and Wolf and Leopard are good studio albums to own, in as much that most Reggae studio albums are normally a collection of singles anyway | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 976 Registered: 05-2005 |
Steel Pulse, basement 5 and Lee Scratch Perry on the car cd over the weekend as I travel through the west midlands countryside and back. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 127 Registered: 08-2006 |
This thread caused me to pull out the great 4-CD Jamaican comp, "Tougher than Tough." While it repeats a lot of stuff I already have, there's a lot of amazing music I'd never heard. In fact, some of my faves on the set are by unknowns (to me, at least). Good luck recording this weekend, Spence. |