BassAgent Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 (edited) Also very curious about all your ways of listening to reggae and ska. Do you have an extensive vinyl collection, or stylistically curated Spotify playlists? I do both: I have two big playlists with respecetively vocal and dub reggae, but also have a collection of about 80 albums, mainly pre-1980. I'm very picky about what I buy on vinyl. My most prized reggae record is a 2nd pressing of Johnny Osbourne's Truths & Rights. Love that album. Edited December 10 by BassAgent 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 10 Author Share Posted December 10 (edited) 27 minutes ago, BassAgent said: Also very curious about all your ways of listening to reggae and ska. Do you have an extensive vinyl collection, or stylistically curated Spotify playlists? I still have my vinyl collection starting from around 1977 so I like flipping them sometimes, I don’t use Spotify much as I find it quite limited, there’s a lot on YouTube now, even some of the rare recordings so I use that a lot Edited December 10 by Reggaebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 12 hours ago, BassAgent said: Also very curious about all your ways of listening to reggae and ska. Do you have an extensive vinyl collection, or stylistically curated Spotify playlists? I do both: I have two big playlists with respecetively vocal and dub reggae, but also have a collection of about 80 albums, mainly pre-1980. I'm very picky about what I buy on vinyl. My most prized reggae record is a 2nd pressing of Johnny Osbourne's Truths & Rights. Love that album. I saw Johnny Osbourne play live earlier this year and he still puts on a great show. 3 rewinds of 'truth and rights', I don't think anyone there was getting quite as hyped for it as I was! I have a lot of dub and reggae vinyl, but I more often use Spotify for the convenience - with various quite specific playlists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandro Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 On 10/12/2024 at 10:08, BassAgent said: Also very curious about all your ways of listening to reggae and ska. Do you have an extensive vinyl collection, or stylistically curated Spotify playlists? I do both: I have two big playlists with respecetively vocal and dub reggae, but also have a collection of about 80 albums, mainly pre-1980. I'm very picky about what I buy on vinyl. My most prized reggae record is a 2nd pressing of Johnny Osbourne's Truths & Rights. Love that album. To digress for a second, while I expect it from 90s Dancehall it still surprises/amazes me (though I should know better by now) when I hear a beat or rhythm that I had no idea predates a song that I listened to years ago. Never heard 'Truths and Rights' before, but it instantly took me back to Richie Spice (Youths Dem Cold). Only to realise the Richie Spice song I know contains bits from this and a Dennis Brown song I also never heard before. Thanks gents for allowing me to get to know this stuff! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 35 minutes ago, Tandro said: Never heard 'Truths and Rights' before, but it instantly took me back to Richie Spice (Youths Dem Cold) Very much Tandro, Truth and Rights is quite a classic, and I really like the Richie spice tune, so many reggae/dub riddims have been used for many years, I’ve heard quite a few on house and jungle mixes that my boys listen to, I find Riddimguide and whosampled good fun to go through sometimes, John Holt - Police In Helicopter is one that’s been used a lot, like here, it’s one of my favourite Basslines to play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 Don't forget Truths & Rights is made on the Take A Ride riddim: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 4 minutes ago, BassAgent said: Don't forget Truths & Rights is made on the Take A Ride riddim: Yeah, I think the original was recorded in studio one in the early 70s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 Yep, Take A Ride is the original, from 1972. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandro Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 WHAT!!! Mind blown again gents. The thing is I am accustomed to 90's dance hall riddims being used in tons of songs, and they are popular to me as that is what I am familiar with. But I never expected that Richie Spice song that I've been listening to for years and was very popular when it came out, to be based on anything else. And then to now learn the Johnny Osbourne song is based on a previous one...I just find all this way cool. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 17 minutes ago, Tandro said: I just find all this way cool Same here, I’ve spent hours even days researching certain songs, like where they were recorded and who the musicians were, it was a fairly small community of artists and musicians back then so lots of the same people played on many different recordings, there were only about 10 main bass players in the early days too, and different studios had their own house band, you can go down quite a rabbit hole sometimes and it leads you many other things , I love the history 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 45 minutes ago, Tandro said: WHAT!!! Mind blown again gents. The thing is I am accustomed to 90's dance hall riddims being used in tons of songs, and they are popular to me as that is what I am familiar with. But I never expected that Richie Spice song that I've been listening to for years and was very popular when it came out, to be based on anything else. And then to now learn the Johnny Osbourne song is based on a previous one...I just find all this way cool. If you want to do a deep dive: check out Riddimguide.com. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted Thursday at 09:56 Share Posted Thursday at 09:56 Ride the riddim! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted Thursday at 10:26 Author Share Posted Thursday at 10:26 Truth and rights, don chandlers playing is sweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandro Posted Thursday at 10:36 Share Posted Thursday at 10:36 Awesome!!! Thanks @Reggaebass @BassAgent @SumOne for the education! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted Friday at 19:35 Author Share Posted Friday at 19:35 I enjoyed listening to these earlier, the isolated drums and bass is really interesting, I’ve played this many times but I noticed a few subtle notes I’d missed before, cut to the sections in the description . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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