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Reel Up Selector!: Junie Ranks Brings Back Di Love!
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Sunday, October 9, 2011. Junie Ranks Brings Back Di Love! Nuff great info inna diss hearticle from Cecelia Campbell-Livingston. Writing for the Jamaica Observer. Junie Ranks who reigned in the 80s with songs such as Cry Fi Mi Boops. Is today singing a different tune. Known for risqué songs, the female deejay who is now based in the United States is all about bringing back the love in dancehall. Released on her own J-Ranks label, Bring Back De Love. A song about icons in the business. Is about calling bac...
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Roots from the YARD: Medley Train
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For the love of music. Wednesday, February 08, 2012. This is going to be the last medley-themed post for a while. It's a double helping of deejay goodness over backing tracks featuring Ken Boothe and the Cables. First up is ' Rhythm Train. The other tune, ' Roots and Soul. Anyway, here are some of the original vocals used in these two singles - I hope you enjoy them. Where have all the links gone? Please don´t give up this wonderful blog! IF U GUYS CAN, ADD THIS TO YOUR BLOG. PASTE AND COPY IN BROWSER.
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Roots from the YARD: April 2011
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For the love of music. Sunday, April 24, 2011. Are 3 roots tunes selected pretty much at random: 'Mellow Up Yourself' by Bonnie (Bunny) Gayle, 'Land Of Our Birth' By George Whyte and the Black Liberators, and 'I Man A Grass Hopper' by Pablo Moses. They all came out in 1975, but that's a pretty tenuous connection and completely unintentional. Treble C is the English release. George Whyte, who knows? Links to this post. Back to my youth! Lovers rock isn't the most highly-regarded form of reggae. When y...
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Roots from the YARD: A bit of a mystery
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For the love of music. Saturday, December 03, 2011. A bit of a mystery. Something a little different this week, some UK digital roots. When I picked up this 10" white label from Daddy Kool's at the start of the nineties, they couldn't remember what it was called or who it was by. Someone later called me it was ' Authorised Rock. By Keety Roots so I just went with that. Pretty nice actually.reminds me of some of Pablos digital productions, but maybe sounds better! Horn parts are good too. Subscribe to: Po...
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Roots from the YARD: More Medley
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For the love of music. Sunday, January 15, 2012. So here it is, ' Seven In One (Medley). I hope you enjoy. The voice of reason. The four songs on Side one are -. 1 You Cant Be Happy (cover of Until You Love Someone by Holland-Dozier Holland, first cut by the Four Tops ). 2 Muey Bien (My Friend). 3 You Wont See Me. 1 Rudie Bam Bam. 2 Rude Boy Gone A Jail. 3 Tables Gonna Turn. The voice of reason. I invite you to check my roots and culture blog at http:/ marleyarkives.wordpress.com. Buy me a pint?
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Roots from the YARD: January 2011
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For the love of music. Thursday, January 27, 2011. Here's something I picked up years ago off Andrew Neale's mailing list - some of you who were around and buying records in the nineties might remember it. I've always liked the vocal, a you-done-me-wrong-but-I-still-love-you sort of thing with a jaunty organ line and some nice unpolished harmony vocals: I've always wondered who the two vocalists were. Links to this post. Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Paid-up member of the deejay cult. Get In The Groove.
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Roots from the YARD: July 2011
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For the love of music. Friday, July 29, 2011. I've got a real treat today, a mid-seventies Upsetter production: you may already know it, but if you don't now's the time. It's a Canadian press of ' Shining Light. By the Mystic Eyes; if the rhythm sounds familiar, try 'Everywhere I go somebody sees me me, I can't hide'. I really like the horns on this song and wish that I could find a dub. It's also great that the vocal and arrangements are so completely different to the original. Links to this post. To be...
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Roots from the YARD: El Manisero
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For the love of music. Friday, December 16, 2011. I usually try to avoid posting stuff that's been reissued, but today's an exception. I've recorded this single off a 13-year old cassette tape, and it's by one of my favourite bands. It's ' Peanut Vendor. By the Light Of Saba: if you don't know them already PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go and pay their pension by buying one of their reissues on Honest John's record label - all are excellent, so whichever one you get you will not regret it. Buy me a pint?
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Roots from the YARD: March 2011
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For the love of music. Wednesday, March 23, 2011. It's a good little while now, me no fling down no legs. Winston Heywood, ' Bam-Sa-Bo. Here's a taste of Winston Heywood's later work:. Links to this post. Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Yes, the wife's away and I'm bored - so here's another post. 'Let Your Tear Drops Fall'. The dub starts off very nicely with little drop-out soloing the backing vocals, but gets a bit samey after that. The melodica is one of the things I like best about the a-side, but on th...
