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Scratched out and scratchy, seven inch singles

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Here’s a mix called “Have you seen me record middle?” that was inspired by a Facebook post the other day about the M Robinson “Follow you” single that had a lack of information on the label.

It led us to have a butchers through our 7″ singles yesterday and on this mix have included some (mainly Jamaican) singles with scratched-out artist/tune names and hand written tune details. Here’s the tracks:

Ewan & Jerry With The Carib Beats – Get on the right track (00.04)
Stranger & Patsy with Baba Brooks Band – Yeah yeah baby (03.23)
The Heptones – A change is gonna come (06.23)
Hugh Roy/Tommy McCook & The Supersonics – Mabrouk (09.07)
Bells Group – Kingston 13 (11.37)
Earl Curry – One Whole Year Baby (14.08)

If you love a scratched out label and lack of information on records, this one is for you!

Crying on boxing day

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Heard on the radio this morning, one we didn’t know about by The Heptones with a tune called Crying Over You, production services by one Lee Perry at The Black Ark studios. Wonderful stuff!

And here’s a version with Jah Lion on the microphone.

You bring me joy in the morning

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQS3mIL_n8

A few tunes for this cold, dark night. The first was heard on Monday morning at 7.15 while  on the way to work feeling very cold and miserable. Out of the blue comes the familiar bassline of Coco Tea’s Lonesome Side blasting out of the pushbike soundsytem of the guy who rides on the pavement on his way to and from work in Brockley who pumps out a varied selection of tunes (Disco, Funk and Reggae). Big up the Brockley pavement-riding pushbike soundsystem bloke!

The second, Ranking Joe‘s Natty General as heard on last week’s David Rodigan show when he did a history of the “General” Rhythm. There’s a lovely dub on this cut with some serious filtering/knob twiddling around the 4.20 mark and some heavy baseline business. Tune!

The last and no means least is from The Heptones – You Can’t Hide from Jah featuring a nice keyboard  hook as heard earlier today on the sound tape Soul to Soul, Lovebird club, Jamaica 1979 on the excellent Who Cork The Dance website.

Keep warm and as Terry C. on the Echo Beach radio show says “Stay Irie my friends.”

Weeds on the wire

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Socialism train

Socialism Train – 19 in a socialist reggae style

Big thanks to Steve Barker from the excellent On The Wire on BBC Radio Lancashire for supplying this ace reggae chart for us. On The Wire has been playing the best in reggae, dub, electronica, ambient and all sorts of eclectic business weekly for over 30 years and is available Saturday midnight here and available on listen again here.

So here’s the tunes and there’s some crackers on here. If the tune is not featured, click on the links to view on youtube.

Cheers again to Steve for the chart, shouts to Fenny and Jim at On The Wire too. Keep up the good work!

1. Ethiopians – Socialism Train
2. The Mighty Diamonds – I need a roof

3. The Heptones – Equal rights
4. Peter Tosh – Get up, stand up
5. Burning Spear – Social living
6. Abyssinians – This Land is for everyone

7. Derrick Morgan – People’s decision
8. Max Romeo – Socialism is love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYExnnp7AI
9. Dillinger – Crashie First Socialist

10. King Tubby – Big Youth King Tubby fights against capitalism
11. Freddie McGregor – I’m a revolutionist
12. The Youths – We a socialist (version)
13. Prince Jazzbo – Step forward youth

14. Jeb Loy Nicholls – To be rich (Should be a crime)
15. Still Cool – To be poor is a crime
16. Johnny Clarke – Declaration of rights
17. I Roy – Every mouth must be fed
18. Gregory Isaacs – Working class

19. Screechy Dan – Raise Your Glass Fi Di Working Class

In a sunday afternoon Oglander stylee

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Bsq8UHHCEAAqWmiBig shout to A Robbins for letting us know about the great Sunday Ska/Reggae/Rocksteady special this weekend in Deptford Fun City organised by the Soft Wax crew. Special selector this Sunday the one David Katz. It’s free to get in, runs from 6pm-11pm at The Duke, 125 Creek Road, Deptford SE8 3BU. There’s a record stall and good food, which sounds well up our street! Which gives us an excuse (we dont usually need one!) to fling up a couple of scorchers on this scorching afternoon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVDpkX3vYMs

The Heptones – A change is going to come – Studio 1

The Heptones / Jah Buzz / Freddie McGregor – Equal Rights

 – Studio 1 Discomix 12″