I just found a slew of reggae releases I didn't know about. The rest of this year is going to be very kind on the ears with new and "new" releases from Dennis Brown, Ras Shiloh, Israel Vibration, and I-Wayne whose upcoming album features a duet with the legendary LADY G!!! BooYah!Dennis Brown receives a post-humus release on Sphinx Records. The album is called Dennis Brown and Friends , it w...
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of a rhythm better known in its later incarnation. I suspect that most of you who have read this far will be familiar with "Dread Lion" from the Upsetters 1976 LP "Super Ape" - it features vocals from the Heptones, melodica by Augustus Pablo, flute by Egbert Evans, and some rather loud explosions. Some of you might also recognise it as the rhythm for Prince Jazzbo's "Natty Pass Through Rome", a...
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was one of the greatest reggae singers ever. In addition, he was, until his horrific cocaine habit took hold of him, a truly lovely man - polite, hospitable and modest, and a consummate professional performer.As a teenager he cut two marvellous albums with Niney the Observer - "Just Dennis" and "Deep Down", in 1974 and 1975, before shifting allegiance to Joe Gibbs, then returning to Niney for t...
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to rectify his almost total absence from MOG is difficult, even if you restrict your choice to (say) Niney the Observer or Joe Gibbs; between 1974 and 1980 he just made so many great records - "Wolf and Leopards", "Westbound Train", "Cassandra", "How Can I Leave", "Stay at Home", "Conqueror", "Blood City", "Sitting and Watching", "Whip Them Jah" and dozens more. I've finally gone for an extende...
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here is a scorching but largely forgotten 12" 45 released on Earl "Chinna" Smith's High Times label, round about 1981 - one of Dennis' best singles, IMHO.Waaaay back in March 1979, Chinna played guitar in Dennis' touring band when they played Edinburgh, and so it came to pass that, at about 3 o'clock the next morning, in an hotel room, a three part harmony version of Keith Hudson's "Satan Side"...
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I just found a slew of reggae releases I didn't know about. The rest of this year is going to be very kind on the ears with new and "new" releases from Dennis Brown, Ras Shiloh, Israel Vibration, and I-Wayne whose upcoming album features a duet with the legendary LADY G!!! BooYah!Dennis Brown receives a post-humus release on Sphinx Records. The album is called Dennis Brown and Friends , it w...
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| 3 Passion of Love |
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