Dr Roots' Tribute to Lee 'Scratch' Perry

 

Dr. Roots Roots Cypher Show #643

Tribute to Lee 'Scratch' Perry

 

 

Fine salute to the brilliantly chaotic Upsetter, moving between his much celebrated productions and his very unique vocal offerings from across the years. The Upsetter of all upsetters! This is the most complete & rounded two hour tribute that I've heard yet.

 

Broadcasting direct outta Greensboro NC each weekend, radio host & selector Brian Greene aka Dr. Roots always comes with a refreshingly rootikal, conscious & widely varied program. Nuff upcoming & lesser known, underground artists rub shoulders with all the roots legends as the doctor literally leaves no stone unturned! I for one always love to listen up... Consciousness and wadada love, Selah

Check out his  mixcloud for more episodes 

 

Thanks & respect to the Doc every time... Word, sound and power!

 

Return To The Black Ark Chapters 1 & 2

 

Mighty Lee 'Scratch' Perry productions 1973/4-1979

Focus is strictly on the man's later works at the famous studio. Cream of the crop roots selection. A mix of classics & rare tracks from the Sleng Teng & Siamrootsical collections

Glorious vocal selections alongside nuff dub version & b-side, together with recordings by the few deejays who pass through. Upsetting the nations...

The 1st unity special on hearticalfm.com Oct. 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Continuous mix. Total 6 hours

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Check out Paul Rootsical's FRIDAY NIGHT REWIND SHOW & THE OLDIES BUT GOODIES with Puppa Slengy each & every week for your weekly fix of upful reggae music. Its a Friday night jamboree!

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Nuff respect to RSR

thanks for the inspiration man 👍👍

RETURN TO THE BLACK ARK: LEE PERRY UNITY SESSION

 

UNITY JAMBOREE on hearticalfm.com

this Friday

By special request we make a

RETURN TO THE BLACK ARK

LEE PERRY - THE UPSETTERS - 

BLACK ARK ALL-STARS

 

Paul Rootsical meets Puppa Slengy

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Selections from about 1974 to 1979

roots n culture with a little lovers

Get your rizzla ready!

We're making it a full evening from 6PM UK until late so come and join us, pop in the chatroom to share some vibes

 

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nuff respect to RSL and rootsman Ben 

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@PuppaSlengy

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Who Is Mr. Brown? Wailers Special 1968-72

 

In a mellow mood - time for some Peter, Bunny & Bob

THE WAILERS 1968-72

 The Wailers were incredibly prolific in the years between leaving Studio One and signing for Island. Included here are no fewer than 70 key compositions but this is far from the full story. While of course Bob leads the way Peter & Bunny both also take turns on lead vocals. Productions from Lee Perry, Leslie Kong, Bunny Lee, Allan 'Skill' Cole + the Wailers themselves. Also included are some of Bob & Peter's solo work from that time (JAD, Joe Gibbs, Upsetter). Considered by some to be Bob Marley's best, most creative period. With the exception of two rock steady tracks on Wail 'N Soul 'M 1968 - Hurtin' Inside & Burial - this is a strictly reggae affair so lively up yourselves...

Friday Night Rewind on hearticalfm.com
every week 6PM UK time

 

Continuous mix 2.5 hours

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(parts 1&2)

Summer Solstice Late 80s Free Festival Special

Summer Solstice Free Festival Special

Punky Reggae Party '89

Going back to another time and space... back to the heady days of free festivals, the convoy, 'new age' travelers an' all that... Focus is on bands who played the festival circuit in the late-80s, leading with RDF aka Radical Dance Faction aka Military Surplus.

Continuous mix 2 hours

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The UK free festival scene that begun in the late 60s basically ended with Castle Morton in '92 after which our rights & freedoms were heavily curtailed. Years following Stonehenge 'Battle of the Beanfield' 1985 were marked by clashes with police & political activism in line with the Miner's Strikes and Poll Tax riots and were a last hurrah for the alternative lifestyle before pay2go culture completely took over. Hard drugs also took their toll. Bring back the old freedoms, squatters rights & some of that super hashish!

Massive respect to RDF.

Uffington White Horse Beltane Festival 1989

photos by Dick Short & Mandy Price many thanks...

Classic Rock Steady - Riding High

Classic Rock Steady from Treasure Isle, Studio One, Harry J's, Derrick Harriott, Amalgamated (Joe Gibbs), Dynamic, Bunny Lee.... The original reggae-dancehall! Many original versions of big rhythm tracks. A few rudie songs too...

Continuous mix. 2 hours
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Rewind Show on rastfm.com

10 Dec 2020

MIGHTY UPSETTER BLACK ARK SELECTION

UPSETTER NIGHT ON RASTFM 31 May 2019

 Puppa Sleng Teng & Paul Rootsical play back to back - unity clash style

All-star 1970s Black Ark selection from the archives. vocal & dubwise, hit tunes & obscurities. Magical madness from Lee 'Scratch' Perry, a true genius...

Part 1 focuses mostly on the early-mid seventies

Part 2 mid-late 70s - seriously deep organic roots music.

Continuous mix. Total 6 hours!

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Remember... the REWIND SHOW is live each Friday 6-8pm UK, followed directly by the OLDIES BUT GOODIES SHOW from 7pm France time
It's the FRIDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE on rastfm.com 

Come join in!

 

 

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The Heptones Keep On Pushing - Tribute

THE HEPTONES - KEEP ON PUSHING

Special tribute on the Rewind Show

www.rastfm.com 22nd Feb 2019

One of the most influencial vocal groups ever, Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn, came together in 1965. They went on to voice a long string of classic hits for Coxsone Dodd up to 1971 in rocksteady and then reggae styles. The 1st half of this mix is pure Studio One.

 The trio went on to record essential LPs with, among others, Harry J's, Lee Perry, Niney the Observer & Joe Gibbs right through the 70s. Leroy Sibbles eventually left the Heptones to pursue a solo career in 1978 so roots man Naggo Morris was invited to step up & join the group. Their last really big hit came in 1980 - Mr Ska Bean'a with Alton Ellis - a massive tune!

 

Continuous mix. 2 hours

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From The Heart Of The Black Megaton - Lee Perry

 LEE PERRY & THE UPSETTERS

FROM THE HEART OF THE BLACK MEGATON

Irie Sundays Show on Rastfm
 

Deep roots Black Ark selection. Brings together 4 of my favorite Lee Perry LP compilations - Heart Of The Ark 1&2 and the accompanying Megaton Dub 1&2 + EXTRA TONNAGE from several sources including 7''s & the Excaliburman LP. Classic Upsetter productions

Continuous mix. 2 hours

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On-U Sound Breaking Down The Pressure Mixtape

 On-U Sound - Breaking Down The Pressure

Adrian Sherwood, Singers & Players & Dub Syndicate

RastFM #LoveReggaeMusic Show 62 October 2018

 

Astounding vibrations from the On-U Sound collective..

A distictive sound, cutting edge technology and a top-ranking group of musicians built around Dub Syndicate's Style Scott & Flabba Holt made On-U front runners in the UK roots scene from around 1980 onwards with a series of classic 10'' 'DISCO PLATE' releases. Sherwood pulled together a select number af artists to form the Singers & Players, including Congo Ashanti I, Prince Far I, Bim Sherman, Creation Rebel & Mikey Dread, who released several lps & eps during the 1st half of the 80s

Sherwood formed African Head Charge with percussionist Bongo Iyabinghi in 1981 as a vehicle for his more experimental journeys and the label gained a big reputation for leftfield music, making lps with the likes of Lee Perry, Gary Clail, Tackhead, Barmy Army (!!), New Age Steppers & Mark Stewart & Mafia. A soundtrack to the 1980s stoner scene in the UK. He stayed with the roots reggae thoughout though, going on to work with Little Roy, U Roy and others. He also formed 2 Badcard with longtime collaborater Carlton 'Bubblers' Oglivie in the mid-90s

 

I'm really pleased to present this one. Coherently consistant vibes throughout. Selections run from about 1980 to 2006. Focus is on signature On-U Sound heavy roots but of course we journey off to the outta regions a few times...
Fulljoy people
 
Giving thanks to Adrian Sherwood & On-U In The Area

Remembering top ranking stcksman Style Scott. 4 years have gone since he was taken from us. RIP breda 

Continuous mix. 3 hours.

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One time in 1991 I was at a rave on the roof of the Himalayas in the hills above Manali, India. Sometime around the trippy dawn the djs decided they'd played enough and shut it down so i took over the system with my cassette copy of this then brand-new Lee Perry LP. The tekno djs hated it but you should've seen how the people skank so. Scientific dancehall! 

BOOMSHANKA

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Boomrush Spotlight

Boomrush Promotions Special

The sound of reggae in Europe now

Eclectic reggae & dancehall mix 2017 

 Highlighting the works of Boomrush Records & Boomrush Promotions in recognition of their hard work supporting independent labels and artists in Europe through direct promotion and the Global Reggae Charts. Features a crop of new releases from small labels right across Europe & the UK. Europe-based and Jamaican artists. Something different. Highlights include tracks from the Yoha & Dragon Tribe LP The Sound Of My Soul, Spruddy One, Keishera and the new Lee Perry & Subatomic Sound System album Super Ape Returns to Conquer.

 

RastFM #LoveReggaeMusic Show episode 26 - 16/12/2017
Each saturday night 8pm UK time

Check out the amazing Princess Culture from here in the UK

What a talent and she's only 12!

Continous mix 3hrs

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One to bookmark...

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Special thanks to Felix Rühling of Boomrush

for sending all these tunes & forworking so hard to get the message out

EVER BLESS

Going Back to My Roots

Paul Rootsical meets Brixton Rat

for an old school roots session on Rastfm

Classic 70s and early 80s selection.
Two old bredren look back...

Two shows back to back - one level vibe

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 BIG TINGS A GWAN

SATURDAY NIGHTS ON RASTFM

Brixton Rat's Bike No License Show 18:00 GMT

#LoveReggaeMusic show with Paul Rootsical 20:00 GMT

 

Debut #LoveReggaeMusic Podcast on RastFM

Debut promo show on RastFM 04-29-2017
#LoveReggaeMusic  
Strictly positive reggae music... 2hr show.
Jah Jah love inna wi 

 This week we big up the Captain FREDDIE MCGREGOR, showcasing his latest LP TRUE TO MY ROOTS. The album definitely lives up to is name - everything you'd expect from a Freddie set. If you don't already have a copt GET ONE! Massive title track on the Heavenless.

Various cuts of some massive riddims from across the years. Version excursions on the Adowa Triumph, Since I Threw the Comb Away, Ali Baba, Creation Rebel, Dub Organizer, Weather Balloon, Heavenless, Children of the Emperor, Problems/Lovers Mood, Imperial Crown, Shank I Shek, Hypocrites & the Rope In.
Big thanks to Sleng Teng, Shikydraks and all the RastFM family for making this happen. Blessed love. 



Thanks to all who tuned in. This is a taster of things to come on this weekly show, more love higha medi... but I'll have a mic for next week... 5pm Saturdays = 16:00 UTC

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History of Jamaican Music - SKA DAYS 1959-66 - Tilos Radio Hungary

A History of Jamaican Music broadcast on  
TILOS RADIO Hungary 
with host Brixton Rat.
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 The roots of Jamaican music and reggae are explored in a series of 2hr shows. Pure vinyl selection from vintage revival enthusiast Brixton Rat's extensive rarities collection. Episode 1 gets things started in 1959 wth a whole heap a R&B, mento and revival sides from Coxsone Dodd. Subsequent shows chart developments into the the ska era with, among others, nuff Studio One, Treasure Isle and Prince Buster productions and some interesting information and commentary on musical developments of the times. The show is ongoing with more to follow so watch this space....

All thanks go to Mike for bringing us this great show...