ROY & DIZZY + THE FABULOUS SHOEMAKERS Valley of the dolls + Bye bye love (la fud del records)

This one is from the legendary label La fud del records...Roy & Dizzy (i guess it's Roy "tenor" Grant and Johnny "dizzy" Moore) are paying tribute to the great King Curtis (american Sax) with the theme from "the valley of the dolls' that used to be a huge succes sung by Dionne Warwick at that time. A great reggae instrumental adaptation ! The flip side is an organ cut of "bye bye love" from the Everly brothers ! Early reggae stuff...

BUNNY HEWITT - Wheel o rock (1977 Wince)

Don't know anything about that one...A bit out of key in the begining, this Bunny Hewitt must have been on e of the hundreds of toasters at that time. Still it's an original riddim on a small label, and i love that 7" and hope you'll enjoy it too !

RINGO & WELTON IRIE - Higgler move (Gemini)

Great combinaison on the "never let go" riddim...so i suppose that should be a 1983 tune...
Biiiiiiiiiim !

PABLO MOSES & REVOLUTIONARY DREAM BAND - 2011 01 @ VAUREAL Le Forum live + interview

NEW VIDEO FROM THE LIVE AND DIRECT WEBSITE !
5 great tracks with an interview from the rastaman
"a revolutionary dream" "more than you can chew" "born to be bad" "Mama yeah Africa" & "A step before hell"

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KENNETH POWER - You wrong fi trouble Joshua + Joshua row us home (1972 Pressure beat)

Political stuff back from the 1972 elections in JA. Kenneth Power is a pseudonym, cause it was too dangerous for singers to do it under their real name...Now we know that Kenneth power is Eddie Ford on the A side, and the famous duo DJ Carey Johnson & Lloyd Young on the B side...Clearly Pro PNP and Greeetings Michael "Joshua" Manley (and his rod of correction) they did a couple more singles in that vein. You'll also nbotice that they took the rasta theme (tough not original) "so long" for the riddim...Almost 40 years later this one is no more political but historical...Hope you'll like it !

JAH WALTON + ROOTS RADICS - Senator Dee + version (papular demand)

I'm quiet busy these days and you see that i don't really post much things last months...So i'm changing my way to do my things and will post my new singles on you tube...It's almost the same thing (except for download but you'll have to connect to my channel when you'll wanted to hear the songs) but it takes me much less time cos i ain't got to do a clip and create a link etc...Hope it goes well for you !
Let's start with a Killer tune from Jah Walton A.K.A Joseph Cotton called "senator Dee" on the heptones "ting a ling" studio 1 riddim...It's a self production and pretty rare...but wicked for any rub a dub lover! Enjoy it

THE ORIGINAL WAILERS - 2011 04 06 @ CERGY L'observatoire

Here is our latest vid to date...THE ORIGINAL WAILERS, a band that includes both Junior Marvin & Al Anderson, the famous guitarists that plays with Bob on his last years...They're doing a fine job, so support them when they'll play in your town !
Here is the beginning of the gig with 3 Marley covers "natty dread" "rastaman vibration" & "war/no more troubles"...Hope you'll like it!
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MO KALAMITY - 2011 02 04 @ PARIS New morning

That one comes french singer Mo kalamity. This is a special acoustic set made for an all acoustic reggae night @ the new morning jazz club. Nice vibes here, just check it !

MAD PROFESSOR & JOE ARIWA - 2011 03 03 @ GUYANCOURT La batterie

A very freesh video from early in the month...
Mad professor and his son Joe Ariwa played on some serious stuff !
Just check the singers over here...Earl Sixteen with Macka B over Max Romeo's "i chase the devil" followed by Sister Audrey and her "english girl" in combinaison with U roy's "true born african" and Yabby U "tell dem" to finish the clip...
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THE MAD LADS + ALTON ELLIS - Losing you + tumbling tears (1969 Studio 1)

"Losing you" is one of the few tunes the legendary mad lads ever recorded. Famous with their massive "ten to one" studio 1 hit song, lead singer was the ever green Ricky Grant. The 1st version i've ever heard of that song was by the heptones, a good one produced by Niney in 1978 sung by Earl Morgan. Originaly, "i can't get over losing you" come from the great american band The delphonics, recorded one year earlier than the mad lads in 1968, as the flip side of their big tune "la la means i love you", that one being covered by jamaican superstar Alton Ellis...that we will hear too with "tumbling tears" wich i think he personally wrote. Great studio 1 stuff, tough there's 3 differents version of "losing you" included in one mix (LOL). If both tunes were recorded in 1969 with home band sound dimension, this 12" was remixed and issued in 1977, as the reverb & delay can recall...

THE MAD LADS : Losing you
ALTON ELLIS : Tumbling tears

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