The Reggae Thread

[taunton-hobbit]

And this was my introduction to 'proper' black music, in a shop cellar pretending to be a club, somewhere off the Harrow Road in Harlesden with an amazingly nice sound guy and a gentle black audience ..........

 

[Reggaebass]

8 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said:

And this was my introduction to 'proper' black music, in a shop cellar pretending to be a club, somewhere off the Harrow Road in Harlesden with an amazingly nice sound guy and a gentle black audience ..........

 

Great one,👍 I’ve never heard that, google says 1962 

[taunton-hobbit]

I'll just drop this one -

 

[Reggaebass]

I’ll leave this one here 🤞

 

[taunton-hobbit]

Used as a playout theme for years ...........

Edited June 8, 2021 by taunton-hobbit

[taunton-hobbit]

And before anyone asks, yes I do have the Pioneers original (!)

 

 

[Reggaebass]

Time to rumble the speakers 

 

[taunton-hobbit]

 

[Waddo Soqable]

8 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

I’ll leave this one here 🤞

 

Woah ! There's and amazing collection of different styles in one there !.. from Ska, thru R&B, Jump, Jazz and some Country almost Rockabilly guitar !  Brilliant 👍

[taunton-hobbit]

One for a summer evening -

 

[Reggaebass]

And another 

 

[Reggaebass]

I’ve been catching up on some earlier Aswad , you don’t hear this one often, great Bassline 

 

[Waddo Soqable]

14 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

I’ve been catching up on some earlier Aswad , you don’t hear this one often, great Bassline 

 

Some great footage in the vid !

[Waddo Soqable]

14 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

And another 

 

That's another one that takes you right back, not heard this for so so long !

[Reggaebass]

29 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Some great footage in the vid !

Yeah 👍 i think it’s from the film rockers, I remember this bit from the film 

 

[Waddo Soqable]

4 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Yeah 👍 i think it’s from the film rockers, I remember this bit from the film 

 

That's simply awesome 👍  I'll have to hunt for the fillum of course now !

[Waddo Soqable]

On a different tack, the Alton Ellis track a bit earlier made me think of this one..

 

[Reggaebass]

4 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

On a different tack, the Alton Ellis track a bit earlier made me think of this one..

 

Tune ☝️

[Waddo Soqable]

Rockers, whole film seems to be on U tube luckily !

https://youtu.be/few1U6Vx4yo

I'll put it as just a link so it doesn't slow the thread down even more !

[Reggaebass]

 

10 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Rockers, whole film seems to be on U tube luckily

The music was good , but I don’t think the film was all that , same with, The harder they come with jimmy cliff, Countryman was another 

[Reggaebass]

From the film countryman, classic tune, promised land 

 

[SumOne]

1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said:

On a different tack, the Alton Ellis track a bit earlier made me think of this one..

 

Top Rankin'!

[SumOne]

14 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

 

The music was good , but I don’t think the film was all that , same with, The harder they come with jimmy cliff, Countryman was another 

Babylon though is a great film, and great soundtrack.

[Reggaebass]

11 minutes ago, SumOne said:

Babylon though is a great film, and great soundtrack.

Ah yeah, I forgot about that one, with brinsley Forde, must watch that later 

[Reggaebass]

8 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Ah yeah, I forgot about that one, with brinsley Forde, must watch that later