Saturday 16 October 2010

Lovers & Rockers: A Reggae Selection

I'd intended this to be an all-British Lovers Rock, Roots & Dub mix, but for whatever reason it didn't work out like that - a few interlopers crept in. Still, I don't like to be a purist for the sake of it, and the results are pretty fucking classy. And it's still mostly British.

All from original 12s, except where stated. I've given the record label, and the year it was released if it was on the label too!

Janet Kay – Silly Games (Pressure 12” 1984)
Winsome – Home Breaker (Fine Style 12” 1986)
Charmain Burnett – So I Can Love You (Hawkeye 12”)
Cornell Campbell – Talk About My Baby (Third World 12”)
Blood Sisters – Ring My Bell: One Blood Dub (Ballistic 12” 1979)
U-Roy – Trenchtown Rock (from Virgin LP ‘Dread in a Babylon’)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natural Mystic (Daddy Kool 12”)
Session in Session – Bad Things (Hawkeye 12” 1981)
Dennis Brown – No More Will I Rome (Time 12”)
Jah Screw – Dance Dub (Time 12”)
Jammy – Jah Love Rockers Dub (from Blood & Fire LP ‘dub gone crazy’)
D-Roy Band – Trenchtown Skank (D-Roy 12” 1978)
Cultural Roots – Mr Boss Man Version (Germain 12”)
U- Brown – River John Mountain (Virgin 12” 1978)
Jah Shaka – Very, Very Good Dub (from Shaka LP ‘Commandments of Dub 5’)
Aswad – Warrior Charge (from Island LP ‘Showcase’ 1981)
Natural Ites – Jah Works Mamma (CSA 12” 1983)

Can't get enough of that Blood Sisters dub. It's about as good as a song can be...


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