The Reggae Thread

[Frank Blank]

On 25/01/2022 at 20:00, Bunion said:

One of my favourite tunes, 

 

 

and one of my favourite covers 

 

 

Just to add to this…

 

 

[Reggaebass]

Two very different tunes for a Friday, the first I’ve never heard before, nice riddim 

and the second one some of you might know , a great song from Pat Kelly 

 

[Reggaebass]

Delroy witter ,  nice Bassline 

And a bit of Half pint 

 

[SumOne]

Scientist 'Vampires' arrived today. I've got a bit of a collection going on and all these are decent, 'pac-man' is next on the list.

 

 

 

Licensing issues mean some are sold as 'Scientist' (mixed) while others are 'Junjo' (engineer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes) and some are 'Linval' (Producer Linval Thompson).

 

 

[Reggaebass]

25 minutes ago, SumOne said:

Licensing issues mean some are sold as 'Scientist' (mixed) while others are 'Junjo' (engineer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes) and some are 'Linval' (Producer Linval Thompson).

Thanks for that, I did wonder what the difference was as I’ve got Junjo wins the World Cup 👍

[SumOne]

3 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Thanks for that, I did wonder what the difference was as I’ve got Junjo wins the World Cup 👍

 

I think the recordings are exactly the same, I guess there wasn't a contract and over time the Mixer, Engineer, and Producer have each claimed credit (it just leaves the Roots Radics to stake their claim!).  

[Reggaebass]

5 minutes ago, SumOne said:

 

I think the recordings are exactly the same, I guess there wasn't a contract and over time the Mixer, Engineer, and Producer have each claimed credit (it just leaves the Roots Radics to stake their claim!).  

Thanks, that’s a really great collection you got there 

[Reggaebass]

Great scientist track here, my lady’s dub 

 

[Reggaebass]

On a little Dennis brown one this morning 

 

[Reggaebass]

On to the Twinkle Brothers now 

 

[Reggaebass]

A couple from Bitty McLean , the first one I decided to learn , nice Robbie Shakespeare  Bassline 

Both from the album Movin on 

 

[Reggaebass]

Happy Friday 

.you will recognise this one 

 

[Reggaebass]

Skin tight funky feel 

 

[SumOne]

 

[Maude]

On sky arts now, 'Rudeboy' Story of Trojan Records. Followed by Toots and The Maytals, From the Roots. 

Obviously more Ska orientated but should be of interest. 

 

[Teebs]

20 minutes ago, Maude said:

On sky arts now, 'Rudeboy' Story of Trojan Records. Followed by Toots and The Maytals, From the Roots. 

Obviously more Ska orientated but should be of interest. 

 

Bloody dêja vu!

 

[Maude]

Double Barrel. 😉

[Reggaebass]

8 hours ago, Maude said:

On sky arts now, 'Rudeboy' Story of Trojan Records. Followed by Toots and The Maytals, From the Roots. 

Obviously more Ska orientated but should be of interest. 

 

Thanks Maude, Rudeboy is a great one, there’s some good old footage on that one ☝️

[skilamalink]

On 27/01/2022 at 13:12, Reggaebass said:

Any idea what bass Robbie is playing here, I’ve never seen him play this one 

 

I have searched far and wide but can't work it out. There is what looks like a name on the headstock but I can't make out what it says. Could it be the cheap and cheerful back up bass for the studio?
It's a great video for seeing his thumb technique. Does he ever use the bottom string?

[skilamalink]

 

[skilamalink]

I am digging through the Twinkkle Brothers back catalogue thanks to @Reggaebass and this one that got a few listens today. "I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, 'That piece of halibut was good enough for...'"

 

 

[Reggaebass]

2 hours ago, skilamalink said:

I have searched far and wide but can't work it out. There is what looks like a name on the headstock but I can't make out what it says. Could it be the cheap and cheerful back up bass for the studio?
It's a great video for seeing his thumb technique. Does he ever use the bottom string?

Yeah, I had a quick search and couldn’t find a bass similar , I’ve seen Robbie play 5s often and I’ve rarely  seen him use the low B, he seems to play the 5 as a 4 🙂

[Reggaebass]

7 minutes ago, skilamalink said:

I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, 'That piece of halibut was good enough for

That’s great 😀 , what did she say 

[Reggaebass]

 

[Nail Soup]

interesting article on the origin of the Sleng Teng rhythm 

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g02027/okuda-hiroko-the-casio-employee-behind-the-sleng-teng-riddim-that-revolutionized-reggae.html?fbclid=IwAR2Vyrap3ZE6ZCbeKHAPjnwVXMkuvaYoNIybaG3wdertPR2yA-BcwWIoUbM