The Reggae Thread

[GisserD]

enjoying this today....

 

 

[Reggaebass]

5 minutes ago, GisserD said:

enjoying this today....

 

 

Yeah, good tune Gisser 

[SumOne]

Can anyone ID this first Dennis Bovell track? 

 

 

 

The Album sounds like it'll be good. I don't buy much vinyl anymore but this is on my Christmas list to santa! 

Edited November 8, 2024 by SumOne

[Frank Blank]

3 minutes ago, SumOne said:

Can anyone ID this first Dennis Bovell track? 

 

Come With Me - Dennis Bovell & Dennis Curtis.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2024 by Frank Blank

[Reggaebass]

10 minutes ago, SumOne said:

Can anyone ID this first Dennis Bovell track? 

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17qW7kNSgW/

Sounds like come with me, think it’s on the essential album 

[Reggaebass]

Those tracks sound amazing, the third one reminds me of Joshua Moses Home, I’ll definitely be looking into that cd or album, is it available yet , it was mentioned on reggaeville but I haven’t seen it 

Edited November 8, 2024 by Reggaebass

[SumOne]

2 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Those tracks sound amazing, the third one reminds me of Joshua Moses Home, I’ll definitely be looking into that cd or album, is it available yet 

Yeah, it's sounding good. I always like Dennis Bovell. Available from 15th November. 

[Reggaebass]

Just now, SumOne said:

Yeah, it's sounding good. I always like Dennis Bovell. Available from 15th November. 

Nice one thanks, I’ll look into that 

[Reggaebass]

4 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Nice one thanks, I’ll look into that 

I don’t do FB, but it looks like the same clip on YouTube 

 

[Reggaebass]

Joshua Moses  Africa is our land, great riddim 

and version 

 

[Reggaebass]

On 08/11/2024 at 09:37, Reggaebass said:

Can anyone ID this first Dennis Bovell track

This got me looking at his new album , so I listened to The Essential Anthology again and being a big Matumbi follower from when they first started I also looked at what Dennis Bovell had produced , I recognised that first track but from a remix, I think this is the original from when he was in Matumbi  but doing other things at the same time, as he went under a few different names like 4th Street Orchestra, African Stone, Dennis Matumbi,

the one I’d like to hear is his dub version of Joshua Moses Africa,

here’s a few of his others 

and here’s another which is probably better known as A Little Way Different, probably one of my favourite Basslines 

and dubwise ,around 77  the B side of blood ah go run 

 

[Reggaebass]

Was listening to some Barrington levy earlier and came across this which I haven’t heard for a while 

And from around 1981 

 

[Reggaebass]

I’m liking this tune today, nice beat and i might start learning the Bassline tomorrow 

 

[Reggaebass]

We haven’t had any sugar minott for long time , this is definitely in my top 5 by him, sweet tune 

and this from around 1980

 

[Reggaebass]

Great video here of Third World and dancing on the floor, a classic track that I remember well, pretty sure it’s Richard Daley on bass But I don’t recall seeing that bass , any idea what it is, looks like it’s got 2 precision pickups 

 

[ezbass]

49 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

But I don’t recall seeing that bass , any idea what it is, looks like it’s got 2 precision pickups 

Might be a BC Rich Eagle.

 

[Reggaebass]

8 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Might be a BC Rich Eagle.

 

Nice one ez, thank you, I think you’re right as the headstock looks the same, quite a cool bass 

[ezbass]

37 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Nice one ez, thank you, I think you’re right as the headstock looks the same, quite a cool bass 

I’m pretty sure Bernard Edwards and Skeet Curtis used them too.

[SumOne]

On 09/11/2024 at 12:36, Reggaebass said:

This got me looking at his new album , so I listened to The Essential Anthology again and being a big Matumbi follower from when they first started I also looked at what Dennis Bovell had produced , I recognised that first track but from a remix, I think this is the original from when he was in Matumbi  but doing other things at the same time, as he went under a few different names like 4th Street Orchestra, African Stone, Dennis Matumbi,

the one I’d like to hear is his dub version of Joshua Moses Africa,

here’s a few of his others 

and here’s another which is probably better known as A Little Way Different, probably one of my favourite Basslines 

and dubwise ,around 77  the B side of blood ah go run 

 

 

Great stuff. He deserves more recognition, I'd go so far to say that in my books he's the greatest UK reggae artist of all time. 

[Frank Blank]

 

[Reggaebass]

Been going through quite a few albums by Culture lately and even though it’s probably one of the most popular by them it’s still a favourite of mine, lovely Bassline by Ranchi McLean 

and this is a lovely song by Joseph Hill

 

[Reggaebass]

Taking you back with this one from Johnny Clarke 

 

[SumOne]

Milton Henry is new to me, but what I've heard is good. Not much available online though.

 

 

https://www.reggae-vibes.com/news/2022/12/milton-henry-passed-away-at-age-72/

[Reggaebass]

I’m normally into my early 80s roots and dub but I was going through The Ethiopians tracks and here’s a couple I really liked , Good Ambition has a nice Bassline 

We’ve probably had this before but it’s worth another play Engine 54

 

[BassAgent]

Just found this 1964 BBC documentary about ska. Excellent film.