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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Reggae Sunday at S.O.T.S
Acting Strange -- David Isaacs (More David Isaacs here.)
Babe and Suckling -- The Gladiators
Broadway Jungle -- Toots and The Maytals
Kinky Griner - Prince Buster
Carolina -- Prince Buster
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Reggae Sunday!
A bagful of Reggae to make the gloomiest mood go away!
Comes and Goes -- The Melodians
Thunderball -- The Upsetters
So Long Baby -- The Marvels
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Happy Reggae Sunday!
Playlist
Funny Man -- Freedom Singers (Studio One)
Mun Dun Bu -- Im and David (Freedom Sound, Studio One)
They Don't Know -- Jimmy London (A Little Love)
Pee Pee Cluck Cluck (a.k.a Uncle Joe ) -- The Melodians
Bla Bla Bla -- Toots and The Mayatls
Enjoy!
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Bla Bla Bla -- Toots and The Mayatls
Enjoy!
limelinx
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Reggae Sunday Again!
Playlist
Don't Trouble Trouble -- The Maytals
Moon Hop -- Sound Dimension
Tighten Up -- Untouchables
Everybody Needs Love -- Lloyd Charmers
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Reggae Sunday at SOTS
SOTS Sundays belong to Reggae
Playlist
Ernie Freeman --- Live It Up
The Skatalites -- Latin Goes Ska
Roy Bennett -- I Dangerous
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Reggae Sunday
Are You Ready? Are You Ready?
Here comes another Reggae Sunday at SOTS
Playlist
Soulful -- Big L
Crystal Ball -- Peter Tosh
My Girl -- Lee Perry/Upsetters
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Reggae Sunday
What a gorgeous Sunday! Sunshine, blue skies again ... and I am in da mood for some Reggae. Let the good times rule!
Hugh Malcolm -- Good Time Rock
The Kingstonians -- Hold Down
Karl "Cannonball" Bryan and The Harry J Allstars -- Soul Special
(All titles are from Reggae Pressure -- Boss sounds 1969-1970)
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Reggae Sunday at SOTS
Playlist
Sugar Minott -- Change Your Ways
The Crystalites -- Stop That Man
Desmond Dekker -- Go And Tell My People
Llans and his Celestials -- Choo Choo Ska
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Reggae Sunday!
Happy Sunday to everyone!
Playlist
Termites -- Love Up Kiss Up
Count Matchuki -- Movement
Lloyd Charmers -- Follow This Sound
Max Romeo -- Nice Time
Saturday, September 18, 2010
AudioBlog#12_ReggaeForAKick
It seems I can't get my audioblogs finished in time to be posted every Friday ... So, I am late again. But this one is right on time for a Reggae Sunday!
Tease Me -- Chaka Demus
This Is Thunder -- The Dingle Bros. and Baba Brooks Band
Little Did You Know --The Techniques
Don De Lion -- Don Drummond
Don't Fool Young Girls -- The Gladiators
Peggy -- Toots and The Maytals
Express Yourself -- Hopeton Lewis
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Toots & The Maytals -- Monkey Man
Let's All Have A Reggae Monday!
I know, it's almost Tuesday! But that darned everyday life keeps interfering with my musical life.
The song is said to be a punch aimed at the producer Leslie Kong. Leslie Kong, in 1961, started his
own record label after he had met Jimmy Cliff and heard him sing My Dearest Beverley. Kong named
his label Beverley's after that song.
own record label after he had met Jimmy Cliff and heard him sing My Dearest Beverley. Kong named
his label Beverley's after that song.
Kong also recorded Bob Marley's first single and worked with numerous Reggae and Ska greats such as
Desmond Dekker an John Holt.
This is funny: King Kong just dropped the girl; threw her at the crowd. I don't think he did that in the movie. Or did he?
I guess I'll have to watch the film again. Anyhow, this is a great clip.
I guess I'll have to watch the film again. Anyhow, this is a great clip.
Monkey Man lyrics
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Tell you baby, you huggin up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye
Tell you baby, you huggin up the big monkey man
I've seen no sign of you, I only heard of you
huggin up the big monkey man
I've seen no sign of you, I only heard of you
huggin up the big monkey man
It's no lie, it's no lie
Them a tell me, you huggin up the big monkey man
It's no lie, it's no lie
Them a tell me, you huggin up the big monkey man
Now I know that, now I understand
You're turning a monkey on me
Now I know that, now I understand
You're turning a monkey on me
The song reached # 47 in the British charts.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Carl Bradney -- Slipping Into Darkness
Reggae Sunday!
Slipping Into Darkness, (Soul From Jamtown, Darker Than Blue)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Byron Lee -- In The Mood, Derrick Harriot -- Laugh It Off, Desmond Dekker -- First Time For A Long Time,
Reggae Sunday!
In The Mood, Byron Lee and The Dragonaires (Reggae Round The World)
Laugh It Off, Derrick Harriott (Trojan Reggae Brothers)
First Time For A Long Time, Desmond Dekker, (First Time For A Long Time)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Jackie Mittoo -- Drum Song, El Bang Bang
Time for another REGGAE Sunday at S.O.T.S
Here comes the champion on the keyboard -- Jackie Mittoo. He was a founding member of the legendary Skatalites, and he left his mark on music history by influencing many a young musician with his work at the famous Studio One.
Jackie was born in Browns Town, Jamaica March 3, 1948. He died of cancer in 1990.
| Biography | by Jason Ankeny |
 Keyboard virtuoso Jackie Mittoo was among the true legends of reggae -- a founding member of the Skatalites and an extraordinarily prolific songwriter, he was perhaps most influential as a mentor to countless younger performers, primarily through his work as the musical director at the famed Studio One. Born Donat Roy Mittoo in Browns Town, Jamaica on March 3, 1948, he began playing keyboards at the age of four, and was rarely far from a piano through his teen years, performing professionally in groups including the Vagabonds and the Vikings. He frequently skipped school to play with the house band at nearby Federal Studios, and it was there that he met producer Coxsone Dodd, who recruited Mittoo for recording sessions when the scheduled pianist failed to appear on time. While attending Kingston College, he began jamming with fellow studentAugustus Pablo, and they eventually formed a trio -- the Jackie Mitree -- which performed his original compositions.By 1962, Mittoo was earning attention across the island for his work in the band the Sheiks, one of Jamaica's most sought-after club attractions. Despite rechristening themselves the Cavaliers Orchestra, their popularity continued to soar without missing a beat. When Dodd opened Studio One in Kingston in 1963, he tapped Mittoo to serve as musical director; in the years to follow he played on virtually every disc the studio produced, arranging much of the material and helping develop new songs until they were sufficiently polished to meet standards. By the early months of 1964, he set about forming a new band with Studio One session regulars Tommy McCook, Lloyd Brevette and Lester Sterling, as well as the Cavaliers'Lloyd Knibb and Johnny Moore. Dubbing themselves the Skatalites, they were to become the quintessential ska band of the period; also featuring the legendary trombonist Don Drummond, the group lasted just 14 months -- from June 1964 to August 1965 -- but their influence on music worldwide remains incalculable. After the Skatalites split, Mittoo began a solo career, scoring a major hit with his rendition of the Heptones "Fatty Fatty." The instrumental smash "Ram Jam" followed in 1967, and resulted in a series of instrumental LPs, among them In London, Evening Time, Keep On Dancing, Now and Macka Fat. At the same time, Mittoo continued his relentless pace at Studio One -- according to the terms of his basic arrangment with Dodd, he received payment upon delivering five new rhythms a week, which over the years resulted in literally thousands of compositions which he both produced and arranged. Among Mittoo's greatest contributions of the mid-to-late 1960s were "Darker Shade of Black" (the basis for Frankie Paul's "Pass the Tu Sheng Peng"), Freddie McGregor's "Bobby Babylon," Alton Ellis' "I'm Still in Love with You," the Cables' rock steady anthem "Baby Why" and "Feel Like Jumping," Marcia Griffiths' first hit. In 1970, his "Peanie Wallie" was also versioned by the Wailers, becoming the hit "Duppy Conqueror." Mittoo relocated from Jamaica to Toronto, Ontario in 1968, one of many reggae performers who found a home among the clubs lining the city's Yonge Street area. He returned to Kingston regularly, however, and was closely aligned with Dodd and Studio One throughout the decades to follow. In Toronto, Mittoo also accepted a day job working for the Canadian Talent Library, an organization which worked to ensure that a sufficient amount of Canadian music was broadcast over national radio airwaves. By 1972, he had lived there for four years, and as such his work now qualified as "Canadian content," so for the CTL he recorded the album Reggae Magic, which launched the hit 'Wish Bone." During the mid-1970s, Mittoo also traveled to England to record a series of LPs with Bunny Lee; during the next decade, he worked regularly with Sugar Minott as well. In 1989, Mittoo joined the reunited Skatalites, but health problems soon forced him to bow out; he died of cancer on December 16, 1990. (http://www.allmusic.com) | |
Drum Song
El Bang Bang
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Dave Barker -- Love Me Baby
Reggae Monday!
My new kitchen still hasn't been completely installed yet, and I will have to put up with a few more days of hammering, drilling, sawing etc., so I'll post another track w/o much talk again.
Monday, October 5, 2009
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