King Volts 1986

A lost favourite of mine from back when I was a youthman inna di Newcastle area. The original King Volts tape recorded on Tyneside around 1985-86. The reggae collective formed in 1982 in Fenham, Newcastle and were regulars on the Northeast gig circuit during the mid-80s, supporting visiting acts like Black Roots.  They became popular on the alternative scene and later the West Yorkshire reggae scene after a move to Bradford where they quickly built up a local following alongside their King Volts Sound System while traveling to play at festivals. Key members emigrated and, sadly, the band split for good after a reunion gig in 1988. 

 King Volts at the time of these recordings comprised Cess - lead vocals & song writer (still pops up on the music festival scene), Steve - bass guitar, Igger - guitar, Dan - drums, Jo - vocals and keyboards and Anna - flute, clarinet & vocals with Martin on the mixing desks. Anna's flute and Igger's classical guitar helped elevate the compositions to a whole other level.

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Live @ Tumbling Inn Bradford 1987

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Morgan Heritage 20 Year Tribute Mix

Morgan Heritage 20

Celebrating two decades of amazing music from the grammy award winners. Ever since their breakthrough hits for Bobby Digital in 1996 a new single or album release has always been a much anticipated event and when the Heritage roadshow come to town its just pure fyah... Troddin' in their late father Denroy's footsteps Heritage favour an uptempo, rootsy sound and are at their best doing tuff reality songs and inspiring spirituals. The band's grammy this year for the Strictly Roots album was long overdue and is seen as a 'lifetime achievement'' award. Its great to see them finally get the recognition they've so long deserved.

With such an extensive and essential back catalogue to choose from and too little space here, focus is more on singles and collaborations than on album tracks. Productions from, among others, Digital B, Jammys, Xterminator,  Flava Mcgregor, Kickin, Penthouse,  Massive B, Fat Eyes, Richie Stephens, Oneness, Jukeboxx, Don Carleon, Denroy Morgan and Heritage's own 71 Records, HMG and GTBC (Good To Be Conscious). Alternative versions by Cocoa Tea, Chezidek, Sizzla, Shabba Ranks, I-Wayne, Capleton, Anthony B, King Kong, Richie Spice, Beenie Man, Ras Shiloh, Bushman, the Marleys and Military Man. 

Continuous mix. Two hours. 66 tracks.

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Fyah Family Official Mixtape - Tony D Clutcheye Meets Mighty Lion Sound

Fyah Family Mixtape

Tony D Clutcheye Meets Mighty Lion Sound

Spanish Town artist Tony D is a cultivated songwriter with a sweet melodic voice similar at times to Wayne Wonder, Lukie D, Tony Curtis, Thriller U or Richie Stephens. Linked closely with Little Kirk and the Shocking Vibes Crew through the 90s, he has gone on to work with the likes of Black Scorpio, Bobby Digital, Stone Love and Creative Sounds, the onetime MC equally at home voicing lovers, dancehall and cultural sides. Tony D currently resides in Florida, building a solid reputation stateside and internationally as a performer and conscious artist.

Fyah Family features recent material including a series of strong reality songs like Everything About Jah, They Don't Know, Give A Little Bit More on Iron Gate Sound's Lion Inna Den (aka Baltimore) riddim and two tuff Irie Ites recordings: Dem No Loyal on the Diamond (Tonight) & Jungle Out Deh on the Soulful Spirit. A couple of specials for Mighty Lion, including a killer on the Heavenless.

Dem No Loyal EP

Give thanks Dennis for linking up... Positive vibrations

Dactah Chando - Ansestral LP 2016

Dactah Chando - Ansestral 2016

Achinech / Boomrush Records  release 

I only recently heard of Dactah Chando through this excellent new LP though its actually the 4th studio album by the Canarian rootsman singjay. Producer Umberto Echo creates a richly textured and varied soundtrack of upbeat roots & dancehall rhythm tracks with a definite African-world music flavour. Full horn section and backing vocals from Sara Lugo. The strictly positive, conscious lyrics and vybz are reminiscent of the legendary Chillian band Gondwana. Its a creeper that grows and grows on you with each listen. 5 stars.....

Available now on I-Tunes and Amazon

Alto Grado (High Grade) new single 

 

Positivo single

Live 2016

Give thanks to Boomrush records for working hard to lift positive reggae music up across Europe and around the globe,,,, Respect due.

Hold A Medi 2016

Hold A Medi... Heartical Roots Mix 2016.

Fresh new roots selections mix it with a few choice cuts from down through the years.

Starts with an excursion on Overstand's Mile High with typically strong cuts by Morgan Heritage & Bushman. Linval Thompson gets back on the Train to Zion (Voiceful), together here with massive 90s cuts from Digital B. Misik Muzik's Creamy Corner is a killer update of the Ice Cream Love/He Prayed and lines up with Volcano originals. Warrior King makes a strong contribution with the hit Niceness. XTM Nation recently put out a long awaited set of old and new songs by Ini Kamoze. His cut of Ernest Wilson's classic Channel One riddim I Know Myself runs nicely with BDF's 2011 version (Heartical). Singer Irie Souljah mashes it up on a rocking cut of the Heavenless (Nice Time). Alpha Blondy's latest LP includes an intriguing duet with Ijahman Levi. 

VP records have recently made another succesful foray into direct production lately collaborating with longtime producer Clive Hunt with great results - crisp vocal versions alongside textured dubs with an emphasis on a more traditional reggae sound like on their His Imperial Majesty, a relick of the Rod Taylor track from 2006 (Capleton & Luciano both get to voice it again). Two tracks from VP's excellent We Remember Dennis Brown set are here, including Crown Prince daughter Marla Brown doing a crucial take on Words of Wisdom alongside Mutabaruka. Serious...

So sit back, take a sip, tune in and hold a medi...

 

 

Continuous mix 90 minutes.

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Negus Roots Special Part 1

Negus Roots focus mix.

Mighty roots and rub-a-dub classics from producers Robert and Michael Palmer.

 Loosely centred around the Negus Roots 12'' collection, throwing various album tracks and rarities into the mix. This UK label released mainly exclusive Yard recordings (Channel One, Tuff Gong), alongside a few UK rhythm tracks after 1982 with session band Original Rockers. Part one covers 1980-82 with several killer sides from leading artists Junior Reid, Don Carlos and Lacksley Castell backed by the Negus Roots Players (essentially the Taxi Gang & We The People). Heavy-duty dub versions from engineer Errol Brown.
Resident deejay in rhe area Papa Tullo level the vibes throughout.

 

 

Negus roots used exclusive, mainly original riddim and didn't voice over or recycle much.  Two crucial takes of the Milk And Honey make a happy exception. Surprisingly good lovers rock interpretations of Rose Royce's Wishing On A Star and Barbara Streisand's The Way We Were by Rose Windross aka Rose Marie.

Continuous mix. 90 mins.

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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...

Delroy Melody Mixtape - Rooftop Salutes

Rooftop salutes Delroy Melody Mixtape. 

 Rooftop Sound from Portsmouth UK come with a rocking tribute to this crucial but little known singer from St. Elizebeth, Jamaica. Has strong Sugar Minott vibes. Good balance of roots, lovers and dancehall starting with songs from his brilliant Dread Must Be Fed LP (around 1979?? featuring rhythms from Sly & Robbie & Roots Radics). Tracks from various producers through the 80s to the present including some wicked specials.

Roots killer Ease Up the Pressure on a deadly cut of the Unchained backed by Studio One musicians.

Maximum respect to the Rooftop posse & Selector Dave. 

Pure niceness....

Carlene Davis - I Remember (Boss LP 197X)

Carlene Davis - I Remember (Boss Records LP 197X)

Brilliant early album from the Canadian songstress. Produced by Sydney Crooks in the mid-late 70s?  Vintage, classic vocals over bouncy mid-70s rhythms. The outstanding track is a sensational duet with Johnny Osbourne - When I Call Your Name. He also does backing vocals on Right Time Of The Night. This surprise LP came into my possession quite by accident when i'd bought a large batch of reggae 12s a few years back. Included are 3 extra Crooks produced 12''s on Pioneer.

 

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Healing Of The Nation

 

GANJA IS THE HEALING OF THE NATION... Hi-Grade Ganja Anthems

Request to all herbalist, all italist - near and far... Haffi FourTwenty each and every time...  The Kind Bud, sensi, Thai stick, charas, oil, black, slate or 00 hashish - gi wi di whole a dem and free up di trees!

Original C-90 tape mix from back in 2001. Topical 70s 80s 90s & new releases of the time brought together. From Pablo Moses, Black Uhuru, Jah Lion and Horace Andy to Triston Palmer and Barrington Levy to Capleton, Sizzla, Morgan Heritage and Junior Kelly. All kind of styles.

Continuous mix. 90 mins.

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Misty In Roots Extended Discomixes Parts 1 & 2 by RasLeroy

Misty In Roots Extended Discomixes Part One by 

Selector RasLeroy

Crucial Misty In Roots selection. First six Misty singles circa 1978-80. Full studio cuts blend with the dubs.

Six One Penny

 Oh Wicked Man

See Them A Come

How Long Jah

Rich Man

Salvation

Zapatta

Viva Zapatta

Misty In Roots Extended Discomixes Part Two
 Misty In Roots singles circa 1981-83. Heavyweight dub sides.

 Jah Jah Bless Africa
Peace and Love
Bail Out
Wondering Wanderer
Cry Out For Peace
Poor and Needy
Follow Fashion

Continuous mix. 90 minutes total.

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Thanks & respect Ras Leroy.

Vocal & Dub By Special Request

Vocal & Dub - By Special Request 

Collection of roots reggae singles mainly from the 70s inna discomix stylee
Selection built around a requested playlist

Continuous mix. 97 minutes

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 Excursions on some vintage Black Ark rhythm tracks - Ketch Vampire, Police and Thieves and the stunning When Jah Come & Dreadlocks In The Moonlight (two of my favorite songs ever). Bunny Lee's Death In The Arena and Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks. Niney the Observer come with the Wolves and Leopards & the Rockstones' Promised Land. Channel One selection like the I Need A Roof and Going Home. Two Gregory Isaacs pre release - Love Light & Black A Kill Black on African Museum. Tapper Zukie meets Prince Allah on the Bosrah/Dub Organizer riddim. Clive Hunt aka Lizzard roots killer Jehosophat from the Satta I LP. Classics from Spear, Culture and Ijahman Levi. UK 12'' selection from Aswad, Misty and Steel Pulse.

BIG UP ReggaeSoulLover Birmingham

The Best of Prince Lincoln & The Royal Rasses Tribute Mix

 

Prince Lincoln Thompson Tribute Mix -

Love The Way It Should Be

 

Paying homage one of my favorite artists, the late, great Prince Lincoln. Brings together some of the best songs from throughout his solo career (1976-1997). Multi-instrumentalist Thompson is best known for deep, profound and slightly unusual roots music. Hit tunes Kingston 11 & Humanity (Neville King) have long been grassroots blues party killers complete with stunning version sides. Lincoln started out in rocksteady group The Tartans before passing through Studio One, starting his own label (God Sent) in the mid-70s and moving into self-production. Despite being signed up by Ballistic and then United Artists wider success eluded him so he wasn't very prolific, making a total of only 6 vocal albums with a smattering of singles on God Sent into the 1990s. Similar in style and substance to Roy Cousins & The Royals, Rasses music also takes a little time to penetrate but enters deeper and deeper into the conscience with each play. I wore out two of his lps (True Experience & Rootsman Blues) back in my youth.

 

Features several self-releases and collaborations with Daddy Freddie, Prince Jammy and fellow Tartans members Cedric Myton & Devon Russell. Covers of Bob Andy's Revelation and Bob Marley's African Herbman, Jah Live & Want More. All three of his amazing Studio One recordings are here.

Continuous mix. 2hrs.
 

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DJ Herbal T - Digital B 90s Dancehall Vinyl Mix

DJ Herbal T presents... Digital B 90s Dancehall Vinyl Mix

Straight outta Nottingham, Herbal T mash it up again on the turntables with some dangerous Bobby Digital dancehall selections from the dawn of the 90s on riddim like the Bangarang, Wicked In Bed and the rollicking Jump & spread Out / Duck Dance. Balance of singers & deejays: Cocoa Tea, Admiral Tibet, Clement Irie, Johnny P, Johnnie Osbourne, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott and the irrepressible Shabba Ranks among others.

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Nottingham crew BIG UP....

DJ Herbal T presents... Cool Mi Down - SUMMER DANCEHALL MIX

DJ Herbal T presents... Cool Mi Down

SUMMER DANCEHALL MIX

Selector DJ Herbal T come again with another kicking vinyl selection... 

Penthouse Recs Vs Steely & Clevie 1991-93. Riddim like the NANNY GOAT,  
LOVE ME FOREVER, FATTIE FATTIE and the crucial DOUBLE TROUBLE / CUSS CUSS. 
Vybz Vybz....

Continuous mix.  48 mins.
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RESPECT DUE SELECTOR!

Play Me Some Roots Rock Reggae

Play Me Some Roots Rock Reggae 

 

 

 More conscious roots music for 2011 from Yard & Broad. Cruciality from Joggo, Mojo Morgan and Tarrus Riley. Perfect responds to sentencing in Miami with Hold On Buju. Another highlight is Rasta Chant by Jah Over Evil (J.O.E.) - formerly Lil' Joe, recorded just hours before his untimely death from a brain aneurism...RIP. Jahson Ites brings the vibes all the way from Tonasket, Washington

Riddim like Gorilla (Necessary Mayhem), Nyabinghi (Bombrush), Box Guitar (Tiger), Delly Ranks' Saudi Arabia (Pure Music), Fuss & Fight (John John) I-Love (Rootsdown) and the essential Prisonbreak from Bassrunner

 

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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...

BRENTFORD ROAD ROOTS PART 1 - STUDIO ONE

BRENTFORD ROAD ROOTS SELECTIONS PART 1.
Studio One 70s & 80s roots reggae vinyl mix.

Excursions on timeless, original riddim like Burning Spear's Joe Frazier, Prince Lincoln's  

True Experience, The Royals' Pick Up The Pieces, Ballistic Affair, Throw Me Corn, Is It Because I'm Black and The Abyssinians' mighty Declaration Of Rights. Some great rareities like Horace Andy's Illiteracy, The Willows' Send Another Moses and Lloyd Forrest's crucial Where Its At.

Continuous mix. 79 minutes.

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Thanks again to SELECTOR BRIXTON RAT in Budapest

for some great vinyl rips.. Respect every time...

Holding A Tight Ship - Roots Reggae 2011

 

Renewing links on some of my older mixtapes...

Sailing A Tight Ship 2011 

 

Strictly Roots N Culture...

Riddim like Ghetto Youths' mighty Jah Army, Backstabbers (Oneness), Skateland Killer (Maximum Sound), Jaguar (Weedy G), Bush Doctor (Penthouse) Mo Bay (In The Streetz) and the essential, atmospheric Captain from Yard Vybz, the leading version of which marks a major comeback for Wayne Marshall - a powerful reality tour-de-force... Captain Sinbad also makes a surprise return (and in fine form!) with Worldwide Rebellion. The 25th anniversary of the death of Peter Tosh is marked with tributes from Anthony B and Bushman. Micheal Rose & Capleton revisit the 1985 Black Uhuru anthem, Solidarity (Thriller)

 

 

 Mixcloud stream added bonus tracks:

 

Anthony John - Come Together

Melody Makers - Works To Do

Colin B - Be Still

Daweh Congo - Ship Ahoy / Gussie P - Dub Ahoy

  Lutan Fyah - Stand In My Way / Turbulence - Go Down Babylon

/ Natural Black - Love Gonna Conquer Evil

Luciano - Call On Jah

 Roger Robin - Tribulation

Anthony John - Time To Grow / Jah Warrior - Time To Dub

Daweh Congo - Live & Be Happy / God A Bless

 

Continuous mix. 79 minutes. Repost...

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King David Style - Kaleidoscope Hi-Fi meets Timeless Reggae Show

Kaleidoscope Hi-Fi

Live session at the New Beehive Bradford March 2016.

A Reggae Springtime Special. Kaleidoscope hosted guest selector 

King David outta Sheffield and it was pure niceness when he brought his  

Timeless Reggae Show vybz to Bradford for the first time! Strictly 7'' pre-release - tune after tune - riddim pon riddim. 

Selectors Spaceport7, JarrettMC & Paul Rootsical heat up the place with roots reggae and dancehall. Some real classic revival selections here from JarrettMC. Give thanks...

 Nuff I-preciation to David & Jarrett...

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อีสาร - ทานตะวัน ๒๕๔o - Isaan - Than Tawan 2540

ทานตะวัน - อีสาน (๒๕๔๐) Isaan - Thantawan 1997.

ปริพนธ์ 'ไฝ่' วัฌนช่า - วซินะกร 'โอ๊ะ' จริยไพบูลย์ -วัชราภรณ์ 'ตั้ว' เทพพงษ์

ชุดเพลงเพื่อชีวิตที่หายากจริงๆ อัดออกจากเทปเก่าๆ ของเรา... คูณภาพเสียง - พ่อใช้ได้... เพลงบ้านนอก เรื่องสิ่งแวดล้อมธรรมชาติ... ดีๆ เย็นๆ สบายๆ ตั้ง 12 เพลงฉบับนี้

Little known and hard to find album from Isaan, a Thai 'songs for life' group. Than Tawan (Sunflower) has 12 easy going Thai country style songs with predominantly rural and environmental themes Its long been a favorite of ours. Taken from the original cassette tape.

THIS IS NOT A REGGAE ALBUM
Thanks and respect to Fai and all the band, love the music...

68MB 192kbps Repost...

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