reggae

Non, Non, Non – Melaaz

April 6, 2009

A version excursion…..from Melaaz offering up a French re-rub of the Dawn Penn’ reggae classic No, No, No. I first heard Gilles Peterson drop this heavy 12″ on his radio show on Kiss (UK 1995) it took me a fair few years of digging before it finally turned up!! The bass and strings on this [...]

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Max and Jon’s Midnight Music Selections

February 7, 2008

Coke Escovedo – I wouldn’t change a thing (unique) The Controllers – The people want music (juana) 1976 Personal Touch – It ain’t no big thing (p&p) Zulema – Telling the world good-bye (sussex) 1973 Prince Phillip Mitchell – I’m so happy (atlantic) Gwen McCrae – Cradle of love (cat) 1976 Alfie Davison – Love [...]

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dread flimstone – from the ghetto

July 29, 2007

Over the years licensing deals between record labels have thrown-up some tasty results. When Eddie Pillar & Acid Jazz hooked up with LA based label Delicious Vinyl the brand new heavies benefited from heavy US promotion & dj remixes – check the lunar dub & eclipse mixes of stay this way by Dave Morales. Eddie [...]

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Mikey Dread – “African Anthem” – Operator’s Choice

May 24, 2007

Essential dub purchase. Picked out of the dub section of a coffee shop / art gallery in falmouth that sold vinyl and cds in the basement. When I asked the feller behind the counter what he thought of it he said: “That one’s very…………..idiosyncratic” (,”)

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