Test Match Special
Retired cricketer Derek Pringle (formerly of England and Essex) talks to the Jamaican Gleaner ahead of the England V’s West Indies series and gives them his Reggae top 10: Heart of The Congos – The...
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A couple of articles in the Gleaner that are worth a read; a very short piece by Mel Cooke about Dennis Brown’s classic, Promised Land and a longer piece pondourously titled “Reempowering the Unsung...
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A rocksteady style: Jump And Shout
So here is another old mix from my old podomatic site. This is called Jump And Shout. As I said in Feb 2007 when this first appeared: A Rocksteady mix focussing mainly on the later period circa 1968...
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7 days on ebay
I thought it would be interesting to have a quick look at what’s been selling on ebay this last week. What was cheap, what definitely wasn’t and who got ripped off. It would be impossible to monitor...
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Seven more days on ebay
Another seven days watching the goings on in the reggae vinyl sales sections on ebay. People are strange, ebay is strange – whatever… Earlier this week a copy of the quality instrumental Eastern...
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Solomonic Sevens
The Japanese Dub Store crew have just re-issued another four Bunny Wailer 7″ singles (all are on the Solomonic label unless indicated): Wailers – Pass It On / Trod On Wailers – Arabs Oil Weapon / Dubd...
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Ebay Tales: dubplate dupes?
An almost regular look at the last seven days of reggae vinyl sales on ebay. How to make money on ebay – lesson 1. Buy a copy of 7 Inch Auction, an LP released by Peckings in 2004. Take Ska Diap by...
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The Story Of Trojan Records – again?
When Trojan announced they were producing a “The Story Of Trojan Records” box set I’d have to say I was just a little underwhelmed, after all Trojan have been producing Trojan Story compilations since...
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Lucky Sevens
Trojan have put out a number of quality releases this year, latest off the block and up there with the best of them is a box set of seven singles which are described with good reason as some of the...
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The Bass Culture Four
Bass Culture is a series of four double CD releases covering Jamaican music from the mid 60′s to the mid 80′s. Subtitled This Town Is Too Hot! for ska and rocksteady, Boss Sounds for early reggae up...
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