We Remember Bob Andy Tribute

Respect to Keith 'Bob Andy' Anderson OD
1944-2020
A selection of his music sung by various artists
...feel the soul....
Friday Night Rewind Show on rastfm.com 3 April 2020

Continuous mix 2 hours

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 Bob Andy songs have been performed by a host of artists in all eras. Bob's early compositions and arrangements of pop songs into reggae were widely used by many of his contemporaries at Studio One and became reggae standards that have since been covered in every decade. Tracks like Going Home, Feeling Soul, Sun Shines For Me, I Got To Go Back Home, I Don't Want To See You Cry, Desperate Lover & Too Experienced have been covered countless times already (in fact most of the tracks on his Songbook compilation LP, Studio One)

Two albums of special interest: Bob Andy & Friends - Songs of Bob Andy (Jove 1993) is a UK-led effort created by the likes of Gussie P, Mad Proffessor and Mafia & Fluxy with UK and JA singers. Bob Andy's Dub Book As Revealed To Mad Professor (Ariwa 1988) is the only dub companion set to date and employs some original riddims alongside Mad Professor's new reworkings of others while making use of a prototype digital sampler. Also check out the Taj Mahal cover of Desperate Lover from 1976

Of course Bob Andy was an amazing singer in his own right. The humanity & humility in his songs and their simplicity together with his warm, soulful delivery makes listening an endearing and inspiring experience. Four of his own releases are included here. He served widely in an ambassadorial role for reggae music in recent decades, working as head of A&R for Tuff Gong for many years. He also tried his hand at acting and dancing. The Jamaican government conferred the Order of Distinction on Keith "Bob Andy" Anderson in 2006 for his contributions to Jamaican music

DUBIT meets Siamrootsical Culture Session

 RastFM #LoveReggaeMusic Show 47 09/06/2018
RASTFM UNITY SESSION

a heartical Poland-UK combination
DUBIT meets PAUL ROOTSICAL for a culture session
Strictly conscious vibes

Nuff respect to the man Dubit every time!

 DUBIT IN DUB I TRUST :) Reggae/Roots/Dub/Steppa vinyl selection. Live every 2nd Tuesday 8:30-10pm (GMT+2) on http://BigUpSession.com  Homemade DUB Webradio..

Stay tune!

 Continuous mix 3:45 hrs

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Brentford Road Roots Part 2 - Studio One

Brentford Road Roots Selections Part Two.

Vocal - deejay - dubwize... Coxsone Dodd kept up with all the musical trends of the time and recorded some devastating roots rhythms right through the 70s into the 80s.

Riddim like the Drum Song, Rocking Time, Satta Masagana, Mean Girl, Conquer Me, Something On My Mind, Door Peep, Heptones Gonna Fight and the excellent Take A Ride/Truth and Rights (both cuts here). All killers. Rare sides from Winston Francis, George Allen, Linval (Linton) Cooper, the Jay Tees and deejay Jah Scotchie.

Continuous mix. 79 minutes.

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Thanks again to SELECTOR BRIXTON RAT in Budapest

for so many wicked & hard to find vinyl rips.. Respect mi lion...

Big Up Xterminator 1999 - Massive R at the Control Tower

Big Up Xterminator Mix - Massive R at the Control Tower. Dub-heavy mix of some of the biggest tunes out of phillip Burrell's Xterminator camp 1994-99, put together by selector Massive R. Riddim like Sweep Over My Soul, Babylon Cowboy, Repatriation, General and Ulterior Motive, voiced by Sizzla, Luciano, Ras Shiloh, Mikey General, Louie Culture, Beres Hammond and Al Campbell. Wicked dubs from Soldjie... Nuff respect Massive!!

Continuous mix. 78 minutes.
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Phil Pratt All Stars - Reggae Showcase Super 1969-76

 Phil Pratt All Star Showcase
The best of Sunshot. Comprehensive selection of killers on the legendary Sunshot and Channan Jah labels. Draws on the influential producer's output during the early reggae era, the transition from melodious rocksteady to the more militant roots music. With the Sunshot Band (the future Revolutionaries) and Bobby Kalphat providing cutting edge rhythm tracks Pratt was able to call on the leading vocalists and deejays of the day but, like close contemporaries Lee Perry, Glen Brown, Sidney Crooks, Bunny Lee and Niney, wasn't afraid to experiment and give opportunity to lesser known artists. His sound is notable for enduring vocal quality over choppy, solid roots riddim. Of interest here is the emergence of  of the 'flying cymbals' drum sound. Good balance of singers, deejays and version. Great riddim like Strange Things, What About the Half, Black Magic Woman, Envious, Talk About Love, Artibella, Heart is Gone, Going the Wrong Way, etc...

 Continuous mix. Total 280 minutes. Repost...

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Rising Son - Peace Man/Jah Suckie - Peace Inna Jamdung 7''

9 track pre-release collection.
The legendary Rising Son meets Lester Johnson on the Ta Shi label. Pure roots and culture from 1976. Peace Man, peace man, peace man, mi seh peace youth man... Counteraction from deejay Jah Suckie with Peace Inna Jamdung. Dread dub versions. All-time classic...

Also from Rising Son, Every Man Must Have A home/Dub & Jah Jah Robe, both on the New Flower imprint produced by Al Campbell in 1976-77.
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Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1981

 

Finally re-upping some more old mixes - back by popular demand - Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1981. Roots-dancehall carry the swing, led by the Roots Radics at Volcano & Thompson Sound. The usual Y-2-Y format - vocal, dubwise and deejay cuts. 

Riddim like the Back Off, Who No Waan Come, Catch Dem Jah Jah, Follow Fashion and Trials & Crosses  (Linval Thompson) Another One Bites The Dust, Shank I Sheck, Gunman, Rope In and Heavenless (Junjo Lawes) and Hugh Mundell's Pop No Style (Rockers) and many more.... Engineering and dubs by Scientist, Barnabas and King Tubby. Riddims from The Roots Radics, Rockers All-Stars, Sly & Robbie and The Rebel Regulars.

Continuous mix. Total 158 minutes. Repost...

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Linval Thompson Meets Scientist

Linval Thompson Meets Scientist Mixtape

Linval Thompson's mighty roots & dancehall productions. Backing tracks mainly from the Roots Radics with a few by the Revolutionaries and date from 1979 to 1983 though some fresh vocal cuts were voiced around 2000 by the likes of Yami Bolo, Junior Reid & King Kong. The amazing energy and creativity of the period is reflected in the general heaviness of the music and the predominance of original rhythms used. Only one or two 'staple riddims' feature here. Although Linval shared the same rhythm section as Junjo Lawes and some of the same riddims his sound could hardly be more different, less polished with little use of horns creating a sparser, deeper vibe.

Thompson produced several fine Scientist lps in the early 80s; Scientist In Dub Vol. 1, Meets The Space Invaders, Dub Landing 1 & 2, Encounters Pac Man... These albums provide most of the dubs here which are paired up when possible with their respective vocal & deejay versions, finally making sense of some of those mystery Scientist dubs.

Part 1 starts with some tuff rootsy material, alternating between the Radics and Revolutionaries but the dancehall vibes soon take hold! Riddim like the Babylonian, Unfaithful Children, Jumping For Jah, Life Table (features the rare alternative take of Horace Andy's Spying Glass), Live In Love, Mr Officer, A Message, Dreadlocks Nah Run, Do You Remember, Follow Fashion, Pick Up The Pieces, Can't Stop Us Now, Too Poor, Rainy Days, Terrorists In The City, Rub-A-Dub Session, Everyday Rain.and a personal favorite of mine Ketch A Fire/Poor & Humble

 

Part 2. Heavyweight dancehall business with the Roots Radics. Riddim like I'm A Dreadlocks, Things Couldn't Be The Same, We Must Unite, Don't Worry, Waan Come, Rootsman Skanking, Holding On To My Girlfriend, Ringcraft, Sensi Party, Jailhouse, Rise In The Strength Of Jah, two Freddie Mcgreggor classics Short Man & Peaceful Man, Eek-a-Mouse's mournful Struggle and the sound system killing Curfew. Money Problem is a Revolutionaries rhythm track with cuts by Wayne Jarrett & Ranking Trevor/Superstar

 

Continuous mix total 3hrs10 -- 120+ tracks

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Special request to Style Scott who was murdered October 2014. The Roots Radics, Creation Rebel & Dub Syndicate sticks man helped revolutionize reggae music with the Radics' stripped-down dancehall rhythm patterns and continuing to push the boundaries with On-U Sound. His drumming is consistently a key element in the Thompson sound here. Seriously one of the greats... RIP

 

Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection - Winter 1981-82

Continuing re-upping the series. Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection - Winter 1981-82. The mighty Roots Radics rule the dancehall into '82... Vocal and dubwise, singers & deejays. Rhythm track like Holding Onto My Girlfriend and Rise In The Strength Of Jah, from from Linval Thompson. Hey Mr. Babylon, Ba Ba Boom, Cuss Cuss, Diamonds & Pearls and the mighty Mad Mad (including Diseases & Boneman Connection), from Junjo Lawes. Also on Vocano is Barringtom Levy's brilliant Tomorrow Is Another Day. Both hits for Junjo by the 10 year old deejay wonder Billy Boyo are also here including the inspiring One Spliff A Day. Al Campbell's lovers rock hit Got To Love You is self-produced. Riddims exclusively by The Roots Radics, engineering and dubs by Scientist and Barnabas. 

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Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1982

I'm slowly getting round to re-upping these year-to-year mixes one by one. Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1982. '82 is pure dancehall business. Vocal and dubwise. This year new producers come through, man like Toyan and Ranking Dread. Little John and Triston Palmer represent a new generation of singers.

Riddim like Rootsman Skanking, Big Ship & Do You Remember (prod. Linval Thompson), Shut Up (Ranking Dread), Heptones Gonna Fight & Answer (Clive Jarrett), Boom Him Up Now, Cuss Cuss, Just Talking, Fat She Fat, Heavenless & Real Rock, (Volcano), I Will Never leave My Love, Bushman Connection, Janet Sinclair & Itie Titie Girl (Toyan), Joker Smoker & Joker Lover (Jah Thomas), Dancehall Stylee (Al Campbell),  Taxi & Full Up (Lloyd Campbell).

Rhythm tracks from The Roots Radics, Family Man, The Taxi Gang, Reggae Regular, Hi-Times, The Rhythm Roulettes, The Congos and I-nity Rockers. Engineering and dubs by Scientist, Mad Professor, Errol Thompson, Ranking Dread and Soldgie.

Continuous mix. Total 159 minutes.

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Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1984

Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1984. Solid pre-digital dancehall mixtape. This was a year when the singers carried the swing with several landmark reggae hits. Vocal and dubwise selections.

CD1 leads with some killer Ken Boothe before hitting with Carlton Livingstone's massive 100wt of Collie Weed on Volcano's Hot Milk. More tuff riddim like Worries In The Dance, Darker Shade Of Black (Pass The Tu Sheng Peng), Lecturer, I Can't Hide and some wicked cuts on the Shank I Shek. Featuring Ken Boothe, Carlton Livingstone, Scion Success, Michael Palmer, Robert Ffrench, Pad Anthony, Barrington Levy, The Viceroys, Frankie Paul, Yellowman, Barry Brown, Charlie Chaplin, Wailing Souls and Al Campbell. Productions from Sly & Robbie, Junjo Lawes, Winston Riley, Jah Thomas, H. Wright and Myrie Lewis. Riddim from The Taxi Gang, The Roots Radics and The I-Life Band.

CD2 Prince Jammy is predominant by the end of the year. Riddim like Heavenless, Answer, Drifter, Throw Mi Corn, Stop That Train, Cuss Cuss (including Johnny Osbourne's crucial Rewind), Get A Lick (One In A Million), Love Won't Come Easy, World A Reggae Music (Boom Shackalack) and the mighty Stalag. Featuring: Patrick Andy, Michael Palmer, Larry & Alvin, Tetrack, Charlie Chaplin, Johnny Osbourne, Half Pint, Frankie Paul, Puddy Roots, Delroy Wilson, Hugh Hugh Madoo, Wayne Smith, Junior Reid, Leroy Smart, Sammy Dread, Michael Prophet, Scion Success and Echo Minott. Productions from Sly & Robbie, Prince Jammy, Gussie Clarke, H. Wright and M. Lewis. Riddims from The Taxi Gang, Hi-Times and The Roots Radics.

Continuous mix. Total 157 minutes. Repost..

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Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1987

Year 2 Year 12'' Discomixes 1987. This series came out as a curious collection of mainly back-releases in '87 and precious little was fresh. No Jammys, no Music Works, no Techniques here... Its an eclectic mix of styles and periods, mixing up roots from the late 1970s, pre-digital dancehall and contemporary UK productions. Good listening, but hardly cutting edge at the time. Productions from Augustus Pablo, Tommy Cowan, Augustus Clarke, Willie Lindo and Kangal. 1987 contrasts sharply with the other Year-2-Year volumes in that it dips into the archives (no Jammys, no Tubbys here). Features the Winnie Mandela hit tune by Carlene Davis, interesting in retrospect...

 
 Continuous mix. Short and sweet at 33 minutes. Repost..
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Year 2 Year Discomix Collection 1986

Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1986. Vocal and dubs, human and digital riddim. Featuring: Nitty Gritty, Beres Hammond, Al Campbell, Peter Metro, King Kong, Junior Murvin, Tony Tuff, Tonto Irie, Junior Delgado, Gregory Isaacs, Freddie McGregor, J.C. Lodge, Johnny Osbourne, Cocoa Tea and Carlene Davis. Productions mostly from Jammys though tunes by Gussie Clarke, Robbie Lynn, Willie Lindo & Joe Gibbs feature also.

Continuous mix. 77 minutes. Repost...
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RIP Philip Burrell... Long Live Xterminator!

 RIP PHILIP FATIS BURRELL 

Legendary Xterminator producer Philip Burrell died at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston on Saturday evening, Dec. 3rd 2011. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and had been hospitalized ever since. He finally fell into a coma and on Saturday morning before passing away later in the day. He was 57. 


The Kingston born (and UK raised) producer and promoter cut his 1st track with Sugar Minott in 1984 before going on to establish his Kings & Lions and Vena labels, recording hits with a range of singers and deejay through the late eighties and gaining a reputation for promoting unknown local youths. Greater success came later with Xterminator (Exterminator) Records, set up in 1989, providing strings of hits and ground breaking releases throughout the 1990s. The Firehouse Crew and Sly Dunbar provided many of the riddims, teaming up with veteran engineer Soldgie to add fire to the new roots revolution. This was heavy, reverb-soaked roots reggae at its best with a big UK steppas influence (though they were equally at home with lovers and dancehall). Cocoa Tea, Beres Hammond, Luciano, Sizzla, Jah Cure, Fred Locks, Gregory Isaacs, Mikey General, Prince Malachi, Spanner Banner, Frankie Paul, Charlie Chaplin, Ini Kamoze, Sanchez, Chezidek and Turbulence all revived or started their careers and put out accomplished LPs/sides with him. Luciano's Where There Is Life and Messenger sets are as sublime as Sizzla's Praise Ye Jah and Cocoa Tea's Tune In were stunning. Fatis also deserves recognition for releasing a number of excellent dub albums, something that had not been done much in JA for years.

Fatis Burrell had a resonant and  lasting impact on the reggae scene, influencing a whole generation of new producers in JA and Europe into the new millennium, and his name must ha fi rank alongside the greats: Man like Junjo Lawes, Sugar Minott, Glen Brown, Niney, Gussie Clarke, Donovan Germain, Bobby Digital, Bulwackies and even Bunny Lee... His legacy is continued by Karim Burrell and the new look Xterminator Records, Kush-I, Jesse Royal, et al., putting out some irie new rhythms. Check them in 2012...

BIG UP XTERMINATOR!!!




Big Up Xterminator Mix - Massive R at the Control Tower. Dub-heavy mix of some of the biggest tunes out of Phillip Burrell's Xterminator camp 1994-99, put together by selector Massive R. Riddim like Sweep Over My Soul, Babylon Cowboy, Repatriation, General and Ulterior Motive, Wicked dubs from Soldjie... Nuff respect Massive!!

Continuous mix. 78 minutes.
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Philip 'Fatis' Burrell - From Vena to Xterminator 1986-94. Crucial Vena Records-Xterminator retrospective. Charts the evolution from late-80's digital dancehall producer to new roots pioneer in the mid 1990's. Dancehall business mix it up with reality tunes. Features: Supercat, Yellowman, Frankie Paul, Charlie Chaplin, Sanchez, Sugar Minott, Ninjaman, Pinchers, Leroy Smart, Tiger, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Macka B, Spanner Banner, Ini Kamoze, Beres Hammond and Josie Wales.

Digitally remastered continuous mix. 52 minutes.
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Phil Pratt All Stars - Showcase Super 1969-76

 Phil Pratt All Star Showcase. 
The best of Sunshot. Comprehensive selection of killers on the legendary Sunshot and Channan Jah labels. Draws on the influential producer's output during the early reggae era, the transition from melodious rocksteady to the more militant roots music. With the Sunshot Band (the future Revolutionaries) and Bobby Kalphat providing cutting edge rhythm tracks, Pratt was able to call on the leading vocalists and deejays of the day but, like close contemporaries Lee Perry, Glen Brown, Sidney Crooks, Bunny Lee and Niney, wasn't afraid to experiment and give opportunity to lesser known artists. His sound is notable for enduring vocal quality over choppy, solid roots riddim. Of interest here is the emergence of  of the 'flying cymbals' drum sound. Good balance of singers, deejays and version. Great riddim like Strange Things, What About the Half, Black Magic Woman, Envious, Talk About Love, Artibella, Heart is Gone, Going the Wrong Way, etc...

 Continuous mix. Total 280 minutes.

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BIG UP CAZZY a big thanks for the comments. Keep sharing the links... ;)

Big Up Xterminator 1999 - Massive R at the Control Tower

Big Up Xterminator Mix - Massive R at the Control Tower. Dub-heavy mix of some of the biggest tunes out of phillip Burrell's Xterminator camp 1994-99, put together by selector Massive R. Riddim like Sweep Over My Soul, Babylon Cowboy, Repatriation, General and Ulterior Motive, voiced by Sizzla, Luciano, Ras Shiloh, Mikey General, Louie Culture, Beres Hammond and Al Campbell. Wicked dubs from Soldjie... Nuff respect Massive!!

Continuous mix. 78 minutes.
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