Well here we are, a two an a half hour mix of 54 tunes recorded at the afroba, and all played off original sevens, to promote the REGGAE STEADY GO vintage vinyl sessions on 9th/23rd JULY 2011. This mix covers the years 1959 to 1969, and it is hoped to produce a second one covering the years 1970 to date, eventually.
The mix is roughly, especially the first half, in date order, and some of the pre 1963 tunes, pre Busters Madness, would not normally have got through quality control, certainly on headphones! However it was a pretty random mix, pulling them out straight from the crates, and I wanted the spirit and the timeline to come through rather than the “audio”.
The tracklisting is below, but I also created another, which follows the main mix, and is a dialog rundown of the tunes. Enjoy-Jim.
BLUES BUSTERS----LITTLE VILMA.
OWEN GRAY-----MASH IT
CLUE J----EASY SNAPPING.
DUKE REID----DUKES COOKIES.
FOLKES BROTHERS (BUSTER)----CAROLINA.
THE SOUNDS----“SHUFFLIN”.
ERIC MORRIS----HUMPTY DUMPTY.
LAUREL AITKEN----BAR TENDER.
DERRICK MORGAN/PATSY----FEEL SO FINE.
CLUE J.----LITTLE WILLIE.
TOP GRANT----SUZIE.
RICO’S COMBO----YOUTHS BOOGIE.
DON DRUMMOND----SCHOOLING THE DUKE.
DESMOND DECKER----HONOUR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER.
PRINCE BUSTER----MADNESS.
LORD KITCHENER----DR. KITCH.
BLUE FLAMES----RIK’S TUNE.
MILLIE----DON’T YOU KNOW.
THE SKA KINGS----JAMAICA SKA.
PRINCE BUSTER----SHE LOVES YOU.
BUSTERS ALL STARS----CAPTAIN BURKE.
SKATALITES---GUNS OF NAVARONE.
THE CARIBBEATS----BELLS OF ST. MARYS.
PRINCE BUSTER----PRINCE OF PEACE.
BABA BROOKS----GUNS FEVER.
TOMMY McCOOK----SKA JAM.
WAILERS AND SOUL BROTHERS----SKA JERK.
WAILERS----HE WHO FEELS IT KNOW IT.
ROLANDO AL.----PHOENIX CITY.
JACKIE MITTO----KILLER DILLER.
DESMOND DEKKER----GET UP EDINA.
ROLANDO AL.---FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE/DR. RING DING/CLEOPATRA.
PYRAMIDS----TRAIN TOUR TO RAINBOW CITY.
THE ETHEOPIANS----THE WHIP.
BOBBY AITKEN----KISS BAM BAM.
WAILERS----DANCING SHOES.
RIGHTEOUS FLAMES/BUSTER----LET’S GO TO THE DANCE.
JOYCE BOND----THIS TRAIN.
GRANVILLE WILLIAMS----HI-LIFE.
SONNY BURKE----GUINEA PIG.
HOPETON LEWIS----ROCKSTEADY.
MR. FOUNDATION----ALL RUDIES IN JAIL.
SOUL AGENTS----GET READY IT’S ROCKSTEADY.
KEITH McCARTHY----EVERYBODY RUDE NOW.
GLEN ADDAMS----COOL COOL ROCK STEADY.
MARCIA GRIFFITHS----FEEL LIKE JUMPIN’.
CORNEL CAMPBELL/ETERNALS----QUEEN OF THE MINSTREL.
LENNIE HIBBERT----VILLAGE SOUL.
DAVE AND ANSEL COLLINS----MONKEY SPANNER.
DERRICK MORGAN----MOON HOP.
MAYTALS----MONKEY MAN.
SYMARIP----SKINHEAD MOONSTOMP.
THIS MIX IS A “JAZZISNOTAFOURLETTERWORD” PRODUCTION.
