Pete S Posted August 6, 2010 Posted August 6, 2010 This is the first part of what will hopefully be an interesting and exciting look at the history of Jamaican music from it's inception in 1958* when the Jamaican people began to make their own music available on vinyl, up until maybe 1970 by which time the music has gone through many different phases and the halcyon days are replaced by mundane roots music and string-laden pop reggae. Up until 1958, with the exception of some one off dub plates recorded specifically for sound systems, the music played in Jamaica was almost exclusively American - from Jazz to Rhythm & Blues. Jamaican musicians, as we will see, put their own spin on the New Orleans R & B sound, and Jamaica's first indigenous music made specifically by and for Jamaican people was born. But there are many, many websites where you can read about the music and the people that made it, my job is to simply bring you the music, so here is where it all begins. +++++ *During these podcasts, please don't take the dates as gospel, as many records popular in Jamaica weren't issued in the UK until a year or 18 months later, so dates on record labels can sometimes be misleading. +++++ THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC 1958 -1962 - SWEET BALLADS, RHYTHM & BLUES, AND THE BIRTH OF SKA +++++ Here we document the first domestic Jamaican productions, most of which are in either the R & B or ballad style. This is a long podcast and there's a chance you may become bored if you're hankering after the faster ska sounds, but a lot of this material stands up on it's own merits and is pretty enjoyable. By the time you reach the last four tracks of this show, you will be able to recognise the very beginnings of the Ska sound and notice the subtle re-arrangement of the New Orleans sound, invented by the musicians accentuating the offbeat - you'll see what I mean. ***** https://podcastmachin.../episodes/27519 ALTON & EDDY - MY HEAVEN / LAUREL AITKEN - BARTENDER / THE BLUES BUSTERS - DONNA / LASCELLES PERKINS - LONELY MOMENTS / DERRICK & PATSY - LOVE NOT TO BRAG / OWEN GRAY & THE JETS - ROCKING IN MY FEET / THE JIVING JUNIORS - DEAREST DARLING / RICO & DUKE REID'S ORCHESTRA - DUKE'S COOKIES / LAUREL AITKEN - LOW DOWN DIRTY GIRL / CLANCY ECCLES - RIVER JORDAN / CHUCK & DOBBY - TILL THE END OF TIME / LAUREL AITKEN - JUDGEMENT DAY / THE FOLKES BROTHERS with COUNT OSSIE - OH CAROLINA / DUKE REID & HIS GROUP - PINK LANE SHUFFLE / DERRICK MORGAN - FAT MAN / HIGGS & WILSON - MANNY OH / OWEN GRAY - JENNY LEE / KEITH & ENID - WORRIED OVER YOU / OWEN GRAY - MASH IT (PARTS 1 & 2) / JACKIE EDWARDS - TELL ME DARLING / DON DRUMMOND & HIS GROUP - DON COSMIC / CLUE J & HIS BLUES BLASTERS - SALT LANE SHUFFLE / THE MELLOW LARKS - TIME TO PRAY (ALLELUJAH) / OWEN GRAY - ON THE BEACH / ROY & PATSY - MY HAPPY HOME / BILLY COOKE - IRON BAR (with King Stitt intro) / THE BLUES BUSTERS - LITTLE VILMA / HIGGS & WILSON - SHA BA DAH / RICO RODRIGUEZ & HIS BLUES BAND - BLUES FROM THE HILLS / THEOPHILUS BECKFORD - EASY SNAPPING / ERIC MONTY MORRIS - HUMPTY DUMPTY / PRINCE BUSTER - OPEN UP BARTENDER / RAYMOND HARPER - AFRICAN BLOOD. ******* Next Episode - 1963-1964 THE SKA TAKES OVER (I estimate that this series will run to 10 episodes: 1958-62 R & B, BALLADS 1963-64 SKA TAKES OVER 1964-66 RED HOT SKA (this will be in 2 parts) 1966-67 SOUL OF JAMAICA - ROCKSTEADY (another 2 parter) 1968 EARLY REGGAE BOSS SOUNDS 1969 MORE BOSS SOUNDS 1969-70 REGGAE HITS THE CHARTS 1970-71 DJ'S TAKE OVER I was only going to post one per week, so if you want the lot in advance on cd you'll have to bribe me LOL. At the end of this series you'll have heard around 300 of the most important and greatest records ever made in Jamaica)
TOAD Posted August 6, 2010 Posted August 6, 2010 BTW IRON BAR IS FROM THE 1990s LP OVER DUBBED WITH KING STITT VOCAL ! THE VOCAL WAS LORD TANNAMO
Pete S Posted August 6, 2010 Author Posted August 6, 2010 BTW IRON BAR IS FROM THE 1990s LP OVER DUBBED WITH KING STITT VOCAL ! THE VOCAL WAS LORD TANNAMO Not really, the recording is from 61-62, the King Stitt intro is from the Dancehall 62 LP like you say but not the actual track.
Pete S Posted August 6, 2010 Author Posted August 6, 2010 Ok then what has it come out on, I don't get what you mean? Iron Bar by Billy Cooke came out as a single on S E P. Early 60's.
Guest andrea c Posted September 4, 2010 Posted September 4, 2010 the link doesn't work. i know almost all of the tracks but i'd like to listen to ones i don't know. ANDREA This is the first part of what will hopefully be an interesting and exciting look at the history of Jamaican music from it's inception in 1958* when the Jamaican people began to make their own music available on vinyl, up until maybe 1970 by which time the music has gone through many different phases and the halcyon days are replaced by mundane roots music and string-laden pop reggae. Up until 1958, with the exception of some one off dub plates recorded specifically for sound systems, the music played in Jamaica was almost exclusively American - from Jazz to Rhythm & Blues. Jamaican musicians, as we will see, put their own spin on the New Orleans R & B sound, and Jamaica's first indigenous music made specifically by and for Jamaican people was born. But there are many, many websites where you can read about the music and the people that made it, my job is to simply bring you the music, so here is where it all begins. +++++ *During these podcasts, please don't take the dates as gospel, as many records popular in Jamaica weren't issued in the UK until a year or 18 months later, so dates on record labels can sometimes be misleading. +++++ THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC 1958 -1962 - SWEET BALLADS, RHYTHM & BLUES, AND THE BIRTH OF SKA +++++ Here we document the first domestic Jamaican productions, most of which are in either the R & B or ballad style. This is a long podcast and there's a chance you may become bored if you're hankering after the faster ska sounds, but a lot of this material stands up on it's own merits and is pretty enjoyable. By the time you reach the last four tracks of this show, you will be able to recognise the very beginnings of the Ska sound and notice the subtle re-arrangement of the New Orleans sound, invented by the musicians accentuating the offbeat - you'll see what I mean. ***** https://podcastmachin.../episodes/27519 ALTON & EDDY - MY HEAVEN / LAUREL AITKEN - BARTENDER / THE BLUES BUSTERS - DONNA / LASCELLES PERKINS - LONELY MOMENTS / DERRICK & PATSY - LOVE NOT TO BRAG / OWEN GRAY & THE JETS - ROCKING IN MY FEET / THE JIVING JUNIORS - DEAREST DARLING / RICO & DUKE REID'S ORCHESTRA - DUKE'S COOKIES / LAUREL AITKEN - LOW DOWN DIRTY GIRL / CLANCY ECCLES - RIVER JORDAN / CHUCK & DOBBY - TILL THE END OF TIME / LAUREL AITKEN - JUDGEMENT DAY / THE FOLKES BROTHERS with COUNT OSSIE - OH CAROLINA / DUKE REID & HIS GROUP - PINK LANE SHUFFLE / DERRICK MORGAN - FAT MAN / HIGGS & WILSON - MANNY OH / OWEN GRAY - JENNY LEE / KEITH & ENID - WORRIED OVER YOU / OWEN GRAY - MASH IT (PARTS 1 & 2) / JACKIE EDWARDS - TELL ME DARLING / DON DRUMMOND & HIS GROUP - DON COSMIC / CLUE J & HIS BLUES BLASTERS - SALT LANE SHUFFLE / THE MELLOW LARKS - TIME TO PRAY (ALLELUJAH) / OWEN GRAY - ON THE BEACH / ROY & PATSY - MY HAPPY HOME / BILLY COOKE - IRON BAR (with King Stitt intro) / THE BLUES BUSTERS - LITTLE VILMA / HIGGS & WILSON - SHA BA DAH / RICO RODRIGUEZ & HIS BLUES BAND - BLUES FROM THE HILLS / THEOPHILUS BECKFORD - EASY SNAPPING / ERIC MONTY MORRIS - HUMPTY DUMPTY / PRINCE BUSTER - OPEN UP BARTENDER / RAYMOND HARPER - AFRICAN BLOOD. ******* Next Episode - 1963-1964 THE SKA TAKES OVER (I estimate that this series will run to 10 episodes: 1958-62 R & B, BALLADS 1963-64 SKA TAKES OVER 1964-66 RED HOT SKA (this will be in 2 parts) 1966-67 SOUL OF JAMAICA - ROCKSTEADY (another 2 parter) 1968 EARLY REGGAE BOSS SOUNDS 1969 MORE BOSS SOUNDS 1969-70 REGGAE HITS THE CHARTS 1970-71 DJ'S TAKE OVER I was only going to post one per week, so if you want the lot in advance on cd you'll have to bribe me LOL. At the end of this series you'll have heard around 300 of the most important and greatest records ever made in Jamaica)
Pete S Posted September 4, 2010 Author Posted September 4, 2010 the link doesn't work. i know almost all of the tracks but i'd like to listen to ones i don't know. ANDREA Strange because it's definitely working on the site https://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/4425/episodes/27519 try that one
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