Reggae and dub

[Gabba Flamenco Crossover]

no. mainly because they jump around a great deal and don't include any information about the artists/producers/context- an issue with most soul jazz releases, unfortunately.

The new orleans ones are very well documented, to be fair.

 

[droid]

While we are on the topic, what about good really deep dub records? I've always been into the dub vibe but don't actually have much of the music- King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown and Pole and... thats about it. I'll look into the Trojan comp.

Theres almost too many to mention, but the reversioning of Bim Shermans's Ghetto Dub by King Tubby, Jammy and Adrian Sherwood blows me away every time. Its quite a late LP, with some digital effects in the mix, but its extremely melodic and beautiful stuff.

One of King Tubbys last LP's I think....

 

[matt b]

The new orleans ones are very well documented, to be fair.

yeah, sorry i was referring to their reggae releases.


i'm not slagging soul jazz, mind

 

[rivetrenuck]

hie there

Came across this post somehow, but i myself am new to reggae, and with the help of so many blogs and this forum, i have discovered quite a lot, but i would love investigate "Ska" and ummm i dont know if this is an appropriate name but "Skinhead"?

The only 2 bands i have came across is Laurel Aitken and Bad Manners.

Thanks

 

[paolo]

I don't know much about ska/two-tone either, but you can't go wrong with The Specials

 

[Woebot]

Came across this post somehow, but i myself am new to reggae, and with the help of so many blogs and this forum, i have discovered quite a lot, but i would love investigate "Ska" and ummm i dont know if this is an appropriate name but "Skinhead"?

The only 2 bands i have came across is Laurel Aitken and Bad Manners.

Thanks

hi there.

hmm.

there's a distinction between original jamaican ska best represented by these two classic comps
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Intensified-Original-Ska-1962-1966/master/192886
http://www.discogs.com/Various-More-Intensified-Original-Ska-1963-67-Vol-2/master/202299
(which are probably on cd as well)

the original ska was made in 1960s jamaica

there was a ska revival which happened around the 2-tone label in very early 1980s coventry (in the uk) which involved bands like the specials, madness, the beat, the bodysnatchers, the selector, bad manners etc (but also bands like the police!)

http://www.discogs.com/label/Two-Tone+Records

check this brilliant compilation
http://www.discogs.com/Various-This-Are-Two-Tone/release/404894
(or this)
http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-2-Tone-Story/release/1791242

also this brilliant old lp
http://www.discogs.com/Specials-The-Specials/release/442524

to be honest that's the best stuff. the band fishbone had quite a fun take on ska in the late eighties as well. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fishbone if you like bad manners and laurel aitken you would probably enjoy them as well

 

[crackerjack]

Came across this post somehow, but i myself am new to reggae, and with the help of so many blogs and this forum, i have discovered quite a lot, but i would love investigate "Ska" and ummm i dont know if this is an appropriate name but "Skinhead"?

The only 2 bands i have came across is Laurel Aitken and Bad Manners.

Thanks

If you want the early stuff you can probably pick this up for a tenner.

If you want to dabble in the original ska I'd recommend Vols I and II of this or a 'best of' by Skatalites or Don Drummond (the same thing, to a large extent), though go careful with the former cos they were around for a lot longer so it's not all ska.

and I'd obviously endorse what's been said about The Specials and add the first albums by Madness and The Beat.

 

[rivetrenuck]

Thanks!

Thank you very much, thats already plenty for a good grounding.

Thank you for taking the time.