One of my old mixes compiled in 2001. Big up Reggaesoullover...
Early Roots Reggae 1968-72
Collection of reality songs from the late 60s into the early 70s. Led by the likes of Count Ossie, Don
Drummond, Joe Higgs and Alton Ellis (and many rasta musicians) and
finding a home at Brentford Road - Studio One, influences from the
Kingston Rasta communities like Back a Wall, Caribbean political
awakenings and social awareness was increasingly reflected in the music.The ska optimism of independence soon turned to despondance & lyrics turned more to local everyday living conditions, while the music became less relient on US influences as artists looked to Africa for inspiration. Themes like poverty, inequality & justice were increasingly prevalent, laying the foundations of the 70s roots era to follow
Continuous mix 157 minutes. Repost...
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Collection of some early Rasta and Rastafari-inspired recordings from Jamaica in the 1950's & 60's. From mento-calypso & Jamaica quadrille into ska.
CD1: Prince Buster, Lord Lebby, King Bravo, Lord Ivanhoe, Chin's Calypso Sextet, Count Alert, Lyn Tait, Hubert Porter, George Moxley, Derrick Harriott, Lord Laro, Audley Williams, The Mighty Terror, Sampson The Lark, Alerth Bedasse, Lord Messam, Lord Invader, Bootsie Grant, Reynaud's Calypso Clippers, Lord Tickler, Webb Ralston, The Drumbago Orchestra, The Mellow Larks, Kenneth Richards, Don Drummond, The City Slickers, Count Lasher, Bunny & Skitter, Bibi & The Astronauts, Delroy Wilson, Cornell Campbell, Stranger & Ken, Justin Hinds & The Dominos, Count Ossie and Baba Brookes.
CD2: Count Ossie, Lord Lebby, Drumbago, Bunny & Skitter, The Folkes Brothers, Lascelles Perkins, Higgs & Wilson, Clancy Eccles, Hershang, The City Slickers, Owen Grey, Laurel Aitkin, The Wailing Wailers, Desmond Dekker, Don Drummond & The Skatalites, Winston & Bibby, Justin Hinds & The Dominos, Stranger Cole, The Maytals, Delroy Wilson, Bongo Man Byfield, Prince Buster, The Gaylads, The Conquerers, The Ethiopians and Sugar Belly. Repost..
Continuous mix. Total 158 minutes.
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Early Roots Reggae 1968-73
Collection of reality songs from the late ska era, through rocksteady, to the beginnings of reggae. Led by the likes of Count Ossie, Don Drummond, Joe Higgs and Alton Ellis (and many rasta musicians) and finding a home at Brentford Road - Studio One, influences from the Kingston Rasta communities like Back a Wall, Caribbean political awakenings and social awareness was increasingly reflected in the music. The ska optimism of independence soon turned to
despondance & lyrics turned more to local everyday living
conditions, while the music became less relient on US influences as
artists looked to Africa for inspiration. Themes like poverty,
inequality & justice were increasingly prevalent, laying the
foundations of the 70s roots era to follow
Continuous mix 157 minutes
-download cd1-
-download cd2-
