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roachboy · 03-13-2007, 05:04 PM

there is SO much great reggae.
i would start with an older compilation called respect to studio one.
finding that is like finding a window onto a motown that you didnt know about.

to wit:

http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Studio.../dp/B00000045A

a primer on this earlier history of the music:

http://niceup.com/history/ja_music_59-73.html

o yeah: see "the harder they come" too---you dont want to drift away into the american stoner take on reggae--it is linked to social conditions in ja very tightly and it's better not to forget this.

or maybe you'd like dub:

http://www.dub.com/

a nice introduction with tons of stuff to stream.

there is a ton more, but you have to start somewhere and these are good somewheres, i think.

03-13-2007, 05:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	there is SO much great reggae. i would start with an older compilation called respect to studio one. finding that is like finding a window onto a motown that you didnt know about. to wit: http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Studio.../dp/B00000045A a primer on this earlier history of the music: http://niceup.com/history/ja_music_59-73.html o yeah: see "the harder they come" too---you dont want to drift away into the american stoner take on reggae--it is linked to social conditions in ja very tightly and it's better not to forget this. or maybe you'd like dub: http://www.dub.com/ a nice introduction with tons of stuff to stream. there is a ton more, but you have to start somewhere and these are good somewheres, i think. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite