Prince Buster - Rare Clip From 1964

[Pete S]

This is the oldest footage of prince Buster that I know of

[Pete S]

And here's the lesser known but brilliant Eric Monty Morris

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

And here's the lesser known but brilliant Eric Monty Morris

...Best things that have been posted up for ages! Can't remember what these were originally filmed for, but there's also great footage of Jimmy Cliff doing "King Of Kings" and Stranger Cole's "Rough And Tough" that were filmed for the same thing, and that have been shown on UK TV before.

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[Guest Stuart T]

...Best things that have been posted up for ages! Can't remember what these were originally filmed for, but there's also great footage of Jimmy Cliff doing "King Of Kings" and Stranger Cole's "Rough And Tough" that were filmed for the same thing, and that have been shown on UK TV before.

Can't play them but if its PB doing Lucky Old Sun these were shown on the telly back in the 80s on Channel 4, I think on a Friday night about the time that they used to show old episodes of Ready Steady Go? Seem to recall they were from a documentary for Jamaican TV, had a white presenter telling everyone about a new sound called the ska and some people demonstrating how to dance to it with Byron Lee playing live for them, guess it took a while for Jamaican TV to latch on to the local music? Weren't the Wailers on there too? Lost the tape years ago.

[Pete S]

The clips are from This Is Ska, a film made by the Jamaican tourist board for the exhibition in the States in 1964. The program Stuart is thinking of is called Deep Roots Music, it was a 5 or 6 part series narrated by Mikey Dread. I do have the series, but it's time coded and very average quality. It was repeated on monday or tuesday nights in the early hours back in 1988 but hasn't been seen since.

[Gene-r]

Can't play them but if its PB doing Lucky Old Sun these were shown on the telly back in the 80s on Channel 4, I think on a Friday night about the time that they used to show old episodes of Ready Steady Go? Seem to recall they were from a documentary for Jamaican TV, had a white presenter telling everyone about a new sound called the ska and some people demonstrating how to dance to it with Byron Lee playing live for them, guess it took a while for Jamaican TV to latch on to the local music? Weren't the Wailers on there too? Lost the tape years ago.

Stuart, the white presenter was Tony Verity - voted WIRL DJ of the year almost every year during the late '60s.

I think there were two separate films made. I have seen two different endings; one with the Blues Busters doing "I Don't Know" which ends with the "A Jamaican Film Unit Production" (the one screened by BEEB2 in 1986) and another end which just ends with a table of 4 people applauding, under a chinese-looking "END" logo.

Anyone confirm this, or know the running order for the two films?

[Pete S]

Stuart, the white presenter was Tony Verity - voted WIRL DJ of the year almost every year during the late '60s.

I think there were two separate films made. I have seen two different endings; one with the Blues Busters doing "I Don't Know" which ends with the "A Jamaican Film Unit Production" (the one screened by BEEB2 in 1986) and another end which just ends with a table of 4 people applauding, under a chinese-looking "END" logo.

Anyone confirm this, or know the running order for the two films?

You not got this anymore Gene, this copy of mine came from you about 15 years ago!

[Gene-r]

You not got this anymore Gene, this copy of mine came from you about 15 years ago!

Hi Pete,

Unable to run the clips as I'm at work at the mo. I think it was the 30 min film I did you, with a spoken intro by Tony Verity, and then straight into Byron Lee & The Dragonaires doing Jamaica Ska - am I right?

If so, this has the second "End" logo with the applause. To me, it looks like it's compiled from two separate films as they look like they've been filmed on different occasions. There's certainly a difference between, for example, Prince Buster doing "Wash Wash", to Byron Lee & The Dragonaires doing "Sammy Dead" (not the Eric Morris clip at the start of the film).

The alternative ending, which ends with I Don't Know by the Blues Busters was shown on BBC2 in June 1986. If you run through the clip on your vid again, you'll probably notice that after the bad editing of split-second dance clips, it fades out into Sammy Dead.

Thankfully, I still have the film as part of my pride and joy of my video collection.

Confused? You bet I am mate!

Gene

Edited August 21, 2006 by Gene-R

[Guest Stuart T]

The clips are from This Is Ska, a film made by the Jamaican tourist board for the exhibition in the States in 1964. The program Stuart is thinking of is called Deep Roots Music, it was a 5 or 6 part series narrated by Mikey Dread. I do have the series, but it's time coded and very average quality. It was repeated on monday or tuesday nights in the early hours back in 1988 but hasn't been seen since.

I was thinking of This Is Ska, never saw the other one. From Gene's description I'm certain that this was the one that ended with the Blues Busters. Used to have it on a betamax tape but sadly when I got my parents' old betamax player out of the loft someone had recorded a frickin' gardening programme over it.

Have you got the (sadly silent) colour footage of the Skatalites playing on the back of a lorry from the independence day festival? From what I can work out they were supposed to have been playing Independent Anniversary Ska (strangely enough!).

[Gene-r]

Have you got the (sadly silent) colour footage of the Skatalites playing on the back of a lorry from the independence day festival? From what I can work out they were supposed to have been playing Independent Anniversary Ska (strangely enough!).

And i bet the person who filmed it without sound is now thinking "I should have known better"!

[Pete S]

I was thinking of This Is Ska, never saw the other one. From Gene's description I'm certain that this was the one that ended with the Blues Busters. Used to have it on a betamax tape but sadly when I got my parents' old betamax player out of the loft someone had recorded a frickin' gardening programme over it.

Have you got the (sadly silent) colour footage of the Skatalites playing on the back of a lorry from the independence day festival? From what I can work out they were supposed to have been playing Independent Anniversary Ska (strangely enough!).

Yes thats on the Studio One story dvd