50 Years of DUB 🙌
Originally released in 1974 ‘Pick A Dub’ showcased the enduring strength and pivotal importance of the rhythm to the development of Reggae & Dub and Keith Hudson’s complete mastery of the genre and the unqualified praise that followed its release was fully justified - The album’s “austere sonic qualities” are awe inspiring, the superb rhythms are given full rein unencumbered by extra effects and studio trickery, and the overall effect is as mesmerising now as it was 50 years ago.
🎚️ A quick Dub lesson from the one called Mikey Dread and Prince Jammy (before he was crowned #KingJammy 👑)
Tune ID: Junior Reid ‘Jailhouse Rock’ / Prince Jammy ‘Conspiracy On Neptune’ - check the Greensleeves Records LP ‘Prince Jammy Destroys The Invaders’ 🔊🔊🔊
Style can’t spoil #SisterNancy ‘Bam Bam’ 💥
NATTY DREAD TAKING OVER!!
#TuneOfTheDay from CULTURE 🔥🔥🔥
As featured on the evergreen #TwoSevensClash LP - now listed as a Rough Trade ‘Essential’ 🙌
“Sound, Words and Power conquer all…”
🇯🇲 The original Super Ape Lee Scratch Perry (official) the Upsetter in the #BlackArk with a message for the world!
🎥 A quick history of #Rocksteady from one of it’s originators #HopetonLewis 🇯🇲 ‘Take It Easy’ 🔊
🇯🇲 The great Bunny Striker Lee’s musical legacy has been preserved for generations to come thanks to the work of his son, Young Striker, and the Bunny Lee Museum team 🙌
📍 Located at 17 Burns Avenue, Kingston JA
→ Check digorgonreggaelandtours.com for the info 👀
🙌 Highlighting another cut from our latest #FreddieMcakay reissue of ‘Creation’ 🔊
‘Rainbow’ was written by Curtis Mayfield and sang by Gene Chandler in 1962. Naturally Jamaica had to respond with a counteraction and Wentworth Vernal, a founding member of ‘The Termites’, stepped up with his version in the early 70’s on the Studio One imprint. A glorious obscurity if there ever was one! Freddie’s version was made later on and became a real deep cut 🔥🔥🔥
Check it → https://17np.lnk.to/creation
🇯🇲 Nuff artists passed through Randy’s #17NorthParade!
🎥 Custodian Carl Lauder talks us through the history…
Picking up Dubs @ A-1 Records #NewYork!
Big restock of some crucial Dub, Roots and Rub-A-Dub now in the racks including this Keith Hudson classic 🙌
🔥 RANKING JOE in fine style!!
Now on 7” vinyl in all good record stores! Go deh!
🔊 Brand new 45 drops today!
Support your local record store and run go grab this Barrington LEVY tune quick!
🎥 A short history of Randy’s #17NorthParade VP Records with Miss Pat 🇯🇲 #TBT
🎥 #FlashbackFriday Style and fashion with The Cool Ruler Official Gregory Isaacs taking a walk up Chancery Lane towards #IdlersRest and the corner of #17NorthParade #Kingston #Jamaica 🇯🇲
“Downtown at 17 North Parade was the hub for everybody who loved music…”
- Miss Pat VP Records 🇯🇲
🎥 Studio17movie #TBT
🇯🇲 Original Jamaican Drum & Bass 🔥
📍 Coney Island Reggae
🔊 Chanter Sound
TUNE ID: Freddie McKay - Nah Mek It Look So (Version)
Before finding his own style the late, great #DelroyWilson was heavily influenced by the top US soul singers of the day, most notably Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder & #LouRawls 🙌
Stream Delroy Wilson - ‘The Cool Operator’ now → http://DelroyWilson.lnk.to/TheCoolOperatorAlbum
🙌 Culture - ‘Two Sevens Clash’ now added to Rough Trade Essentials!
“Two Sevens Clash is one of roots reggae’s greatest achievements, if not the crowning one, a brilliant fusion of bright synthesizer whirls, wah-wah grooves, and spiritual edification.
Conceived from a vision had by frontman Joseph Hill while riding the bus; the year 1977 would have its moment of reckoning. Drawing on an obscure Marcus Garvey prophecy, Hill foresaw July 7th, 1977 as a day where past injustices would be avenged. Upon release, the album spread throughout the island, whose buoyant melodies and militant Rastafarian teachings resonated in equal measure.
Two Sevens Clash’s legacy extends well beyond its own. As the album made its way to the UK, it found new fans in Joe Strummer and Johnny Rotten. Punk’s affinity for the genre is well-documented in The Clash’s cod reggae flourishes and the eventual fusion of the genre with Bad Brains. While punk acts as a sonic inversion to reggae’s sprightly uplift, the militant radicalism at the music’s core is kept intact.
Amid a tumultuous 1977, Kingston businesses and schools closed the day the sevens clashed, simultaneously confirming Culture’s cultural prevalence and how seriously their words were taken. Even if Hill’s prophecies didn’t come to fruition, it cemented his art as one of great influence, resulting in one of the defining reggae releases of all-time.”
- Rough Trade
🔴🟢🟡 Now available as a deluxe triple vinyl / double CD 🇯🇲
