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Hibbert was born in Mavis Bank, Jamaica in 1928. At the age of eight he began attending the Alpha School, where he joined the school band as a drummer. He left the school in 1944 and played in several small orchestras before joining the Military Band in 1946. While with the Military Band he taught himself to play the vibraphone. In 1955 he returned to Alpha as bandmaster,[2] his students including Floyd Lloyd and Vin Gordon. He worked as a live musician in jazz groups in the 1960s, and frequently worked with the Sound Dimension band, recording some of the best-known riddims for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. (Wikipedia)





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 A1 Chinese Beauty
A2 Tumble Down
A3 Don't Blame Me
A4 Gaiety
A5 Snow Bird
A6 More Creation
B1 Moonlight Becomes You
B2 Go For Yourself
B3 Reggae Rub A Dub
B4 Bigger Bredda
B5 Can't Take My Mind Off You
B6 Montego Rock

 Lennie Hibbert is that oddity in the history of reggae: he plays vibes and was the bandmaster of the Alpha School, where greats as Don Drummond learned to play. The 14 tracks, of which Creation and Village soul are featured twice, in slightly different versions, are a mixed bag of rock steady classics, jazzsoul tracks and even nyabbhingi drumming. Lennie's vibes play tastefully over the hot rhythms. One for the lovers of instrumentals and reggae diehards.
 


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A1 Soul Shack 3:05
A2 Rose Zen 4:00
A3 Twilight Zone 3:30
A4 Lights 2:27
A5 Strolling 3:30
A6 Peaches
B1 Village Soul 3:00
B2 Real Hot 2:30
B3 Mighty 2:20
B4 Sweet Loving 4:10
B5 Creation 2:32
B6 Nature Boy 2:28

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a1 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Winey Winey
a2 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Unity
a3 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Solomon
a4 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Romeo And Juliet
a5 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Rock Steady
a6 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Puppet On A String
b1 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Only A Smile
b2 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Nice Time
b3 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Napoleon Solo
b4 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Move Up
b5 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-Mother Young Gal
b6 Lyn Taitt & The Jets-I Don't Want To See You Cry

 Lee Perry is a legendary Reggae producer who hit it big in England in October 1969 with a huge chart hit by his Upsetters band with 'Return of Django'. This was the time when the 'Skinheads' had adopted Reggae due to it's fast chugging danceable beat and the hits were mainly 'instrumental' tracks featuring either a horn (sax, trumpet or trombone) or an eerie hammond organ solo.

By 1971 things changed with Bob Marley, and Reggae became more 'roots' orientated with the subject matter changing to that of 'black conscience' and 'going back to Africa'. These subjects did not really interest the white youth of the U.K. and by 1973, both 'Trojan' and 'Pama' records (the two main Reggae exponent record companies in the U.K.) folded soon after.

The Lee 'Scratch' Perry CLOAK & DAGGER L.P. has a short story to tell because it was released in 'two different version issues in 1972'; - the Jamaican issue (featuring a different tracklisting) - and a seperate 'U.K.' issue originally released on the 'Rhino' Records label. The Jamaican issue (where only 300 were originally produced first time around) had the following tracks on it; A-1. Cloack & Dagger; 2. Sharp Razor; 3. Hail Stone; 4. Musical Transplant. 5. Liquid serenade; 6. Side Gate // B-1 Iron Claw; 2. Iron Side ; 3. Rude Walking; 4. Bad Walking. 5. Caveman Skank; 6. Pe-We Special. Sharp Razor, Iron Side and Bad Walking were 'Dub' instrumentals of their preceeding tracks and the album was hailed by some as being the first true 'Dub' album of the Reggae genre. In the U.K. the tracklisting was 'altered' and contained the following 12 tracks. A-1 Cloak & Dagger; 2. Hail Stone; 3. Musical transplant. 4. Liquid Serenade 5.Retail Love. 6. Creation. // B-1. Iron Claw; 2. Rude Walking. 3. Cave Man Skank. 4.Pe-We Special; 5. Sunshine Rock and 6. Wakey Wakey. Apart from the alternate tracklisting, the U.K. album was 'SPED-UP' so that the tracks had a 'faster tempo' to them than the 'slower' JA album release ones. It is probable that this was done for the U.K. market in order to continue the series of 'Upsetter' instrumental albums such as 'Return of Django', 'The Upsetter', 'Clint Eastwood', 'Many Moods of The Upsetter', 'Eastwood Rides Again' and so on. The U.K. version of 'Cloak & Dagger' is in fact the last true full Reggae instrumental album of The Upsetters as 'Blackboard Jungle' in 1973 was a full 'Dub' album. The JA issue of the 'Cloak & Dagger' album is found on the triple "DUB TRIP-TYCH" Double CD issued by Trojan, and is also recommended. My brother bought a copy in 1979, and I loved it ever since (I bought a re-issue copy in the 90's myself).

Incidentally, this ORCHID 'Original 1972 Mix' issue contains 2 tracks which were NOT issued on the original U.K. album (on RHINO) and they are entitled 'Bull Bay Skank' and 'Fish Tea' - which gives the impression that they are two previously unreleased and unavailable tracks. However, to avid followers of Upsetter music, these tracks are actually 'Serious Joke' (masquerading as 'Bull Bay Skank') and 'Ex-Ray Vision' (masquerading as 'Fish Tea') which are both from the 'Many Moods Of The Upsetter' L.P. from 1969 which comes as a dissapointing if one has them already (despite being brilliant tracks). These two added tracks also seem out of place on the rundown of tracks as the rest of the album was recorded and released in 1972.

The only other points of note are that 1; the sound is good - despite seeming to be taken from a vinyl source as their are a couple of cracks (but no pops) on some of the tracks. It is not as bad as that sounds, the tracks are highly enjoyable with good quality sound, and 2; there is no real information with regards to the album except from a repeat of the original back cover notes that appeared on the U.K. album.

It is a great release of a historical album that when originally released on vinyl didn't really sale well and disappeared without making a big impact thus making it an expensive collectors item at one point. This CD release brings all the original U.K. version tracks together on one disc (all 'sped-up' tracks from the original U.K. versions with the exception of 'Cloak & Dagger' and 'Creation' were previously available on two obscure releases entitled 'Heavy Manners' and 'Glory Dub' - but these have long been deleted and very hard to find.

This release by ORCHID is great if you are an avid 'UPSETTERS' fan and like their instrumental work between 1969 - 1972. If you are of a later style fan and like the 'flying cymbal' sound then this is not really for you.

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Playlist :
Tommy McCook & The Upsetters - Cloak & Dagger
The Upsetters - Sharp Razor
Winston Wright & The Upsetters - Hail Stone
The Upsetters - Musical Transplant
Winston Wright & The Upsetters - Liquid Serenade
The Upsetters - Side Gate
Tommy McCook & The Upsetters - Iron Claw
The Upsetters - Iron Side
Tommy McCook & The Upsetters - Rude Walking
The Upsetters - Bad Walking
Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Caveman Skank
The Upsetters - Pe-We Special

Producer : Lee Perry

Backing Band : The Upsetters

 If you like classic soul music. Phyllis Dillon being addressed as the "Queen of Jamaican R&B" is very easily justified within the tracks on this CD. Every single one of them is a stand out- Jamaican influence is there, but with even a greater soul influence. When I first heard it, I went and dusted off some old Northern Soul albums afterward. The arrangments are great, the set of pipes on Phyllis are amazing...and I doubt this CD will ever leave my player.

Stand outs are "Make Me Yours" (this is better then Bettye Swann's version), "Nice Time" (which made the Trojan Rocksteady box set) and "Don't Touch me Tomato"...but her covers of classics like "Midnight Confession" and "Love the One Your With" are also outstanding. I can't say enough about this one- If you like Northern Soul or old Motown...and you like the sounds of the island, this is going to knock you out. Just buy the darn thing already...oh yeah, and skip "Eddie O Baby"- really the only turd in the whole thing.

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Playlist :
Don't Stay Away
(This Is) A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
A Thing Of The Past
Make Me Yours
Leave It In The Hands Of Love
Perfidia
It's Rockingtime (Aka Rocksteady)
Nice Time (Aka Long Time)
Phyllis Dillon & Boris Gardiner - Tulips (And Heather)
I Wear His Ring
Don't Touch Me Tomato
Phyllis Dillon & Alton Ellis - Why Did You Leave Me
Phyllis Dillon & Alton Ellis - Love Letters
Love Is All I Had
Boys And Girls Reggae (Aka Doing The Reggae)
Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis - Take My Heart
Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis - The Right Track
Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis - Walk Through This World
Phyllis Dillon & Alton Ellis - Remember That Sunday
You Are Like Heaven To Me
Living In Love (Aka One Life To Live One Love To Give)
Midnight Confessions
Woman In The Ghetto (Aka Woman Ghetto)
I Can't Forget About You Baby
Picture On The Wall
Eddie Oh Baby
The Love That A Woman Should Give A Man
We Belong Together
Love The One You're With

 

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TrackList:


1. Dash Of The Sunshine
2. Iron Bar
3. Ol' Matilda
4. Come Down
5. I Am Holding On
6. I Had A Dream
7. I'm In The Mood For Ska
8. You Belong To My Heart
9. If You Were Mine
10. Mothers Love
11. Downtown Gal
12. Love You Truly
13. Got To Have You Baby
14. Rainy Night In Georgia
15. Keep On Moving

Label: Virgin/Caroline
Original Title: The Revolutionaries - Vital Dub Strictly Rockers
Record date : 1976
Album style : roots, dub

Tracklist :
1. Roof Top Dub
2. Ital Dub
3. Fence Dub
4. Ishens Dub
5. Total Dub
6. Merciful Dub
7. Cell Block 11
8. Killer Dub
9. Blacka Blacka Dub
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Engineer : Ernest Hoo Kim & Ossie Hibbert
Producer : Joseph Hoo Kim
Bass : Ranchie
Drums : Benbow , Sly Dunbar
Engineer : Ernest Hoo Kim , Ossie Hibbert
Guitar : Dougie Bryan
Keyboards : Ansel Collins , Ossie Hibbert
Mixed By : Ernest Hoo Kim, Ossie Hibbert
Other [Voices] : Mighty Diamonds
Percussion : Uziah Sticky Thompson
Producer : Joseph Hoo Kim
Saxophone [Alto] : Herman Marques
Saxophone [Tenor] : Tommy McCook
Recording Studio : Channel One (Kingston, JA)
Comment : Dub to the 1976 "Right Time" album by The Mighty Diamonds Recorded and Mixed at Channel One Recording Studio 279 Maxfield Ave, Kgn. 13

[cool review from OnTheWire Radio Lancashire)
This classic dub set from 1976 is amongst the first batch of reissues in Virgin's Front Line series. The rhythms, with one exception, match the Mighty Diamonds' masterpiece "The Right Time", and it is this connection alone which has established the reputation of "Vital Dub". The musicians are actually the Revolutionaries, Sly & Robbie et al, and the tunes were recorded and mixed down at Channel One by the Hookim Brothers. The mix is a largely a straightforward run through on the rhythms - which are peerless. But why the opportunity was not taken to run the songs and versions together is inexplicable, or even better to introduce some segues of the fine DJ versions to which the label must still have access. At least the original cover art is reproduced - an unconscious (sic) advertisement for over-indulging in top quality weed.

Bueno señores aquí contándoles que los señores de "Melbourne Ska Orchestra" nos han sorprendido con la noticia de que quieren realizar su gira  y tratar de tocar fuera de Australia, lo maravilloso de su mensaje es que tienen contemplado incluso poder llegar a tocar en México, no sabemos si eso se logre este año, o cuando, pero es genial que bandas con tal calidad contemplen nuestro país.

Bueno sin más les dejo el mensaje que han publicado en su facebook oficial, así como unos links que pueden visitar, y les recuerdo que pueden colaborar con la banda de Melbourne donando y recibiendo a cambio un presente a través de la pagina de "Pozible.com".

¡Hola a todos nuestros amigos que viven afuera de nuestro país (Australia)! Melbourne Ska Orchestra les da gracias por su apoyo, y nos alegra mucho saber que ustedes nos ayuden a difundir la música ska, la buena onda y la fiesta al resto del mundo.
Les pidemos un favor. ¿Nos ayudan? Hay tantos músicos en este grupo/orchesta y queremos llevar nuestra música en directo a ustedes. Estamos planeando una gira de Australia y si todo esto vaya bien, intentamos llegar hasta el extranjero.
Será fenomenal tocar en México y en otras partes de América Latina.
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Mira esto tambien....si fuera posible de echarnos unos pesos sería MUY MUY MUY bueno. Hasta la próxima y muchísimas gracias.

~ Melbourne Ska Orchestra

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En esta ocasión les tenemos una Primicia! un regalo para todos ustedes, recién salido del horno, lo más nuevo de Cool Wise Men, lanzado a la venta el 23 de Marzo del presente año 2013, con este Disco Doble celebran sus 20 años dentro de la escena, lo maravilloso de esta edición es que en el Cd 1 encontraras versiones y colaboraciones principalmente en las voces y en el Cd 2 colaboraciones pero en canciones instrumentales.



*Información Cortesía de Ongaku Ska. (Visita su pagina dándole click en el enlace).



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Disco 1:

01.- What A Feeling
02.- Jamaica Song featuring エミ・マイヤー
03.- Sweet Sweet Jamaica featuring GAZ MAYALL
04.- King's Boogaloo featuring KING STITT
05.- My Baby Just Cares For Me featuring 尾藤桃子
06.- My Love Is Your Love featuring カルカヤマコト
07.- Real Rock featuring MARTIN-KINOO
08.- Listen To JAH Muzik featuring PAPA U-Gee
09.- Dub Gate featuring DILLINGER
10.- Better Better featuring RUB-A-DUB MARKET
11.- Tan Tan In Town featuring EDDIE"TANTAN"THORNTON
12.- Melody Life featuring LIKKLE MAI
13.- Misty-Vocal- featuring 尾藤桃子
14.- 虎 -Live- ハンバート ハンバート
15.- 23時59分 -Live- ハンバート ハンバート

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Disco 2:

01.- Cuban Jail - El Cumbanchero
02.- Ero King
03.- June's Memorial
04.- Just Fade Away
05.- Stay Blue
06.- First Conversation featuring RICO RODRIGUEZ
07.- Sweet Sorrow
08.- Mango Samba
09.- Chloe -shuffle-
10.- Stu
11.- City Riot
12.- Seven
13.- 狼煙-Dub
14.- Salty Dinner
15.- Watching You From The Moon
16.- I Can See A Rainbow
17.- The Moon Is Made Of Gold
18.- 夏の恋 -tribute to Tommy McCook

Se incluyen versiones de 7” y también algunas versiones en vivo. Sin duda es un disco que hay que tener !!
Un total de 39 canciones en las cuales podremos encontrar algunas de las colaboraciones más importantes que ha tenido el grupo con algunos artistas conocidos como:

•    Eddie “TANTAN” Thorton (JAMAICA)
•    King Stitt (JAMICA)
•    Dillinger (JAMAICA)
•    Martin-Kinoo
•    Karukaya Makoto
•    PAPA U-Gee
•    Humbert Humbert
•    RUB-A-DUB MARKET
•    Emi Mayer
•    Likkle Mai

 En concierto .
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Track List:
1- Loverboy
2- Be Still
3- Real Rock
4- In My Heart
5- Don't Call Me Daddy.
6- Tougher Than Tough
7- Meekly Wait
8- Housewife's Choice
9- Fatman / Blackhead /Medley
10- Blazing Fire
11- Moonhop

 Ska de Nueva Delhi India
Presentando su primer material discografico
bastante interesante .

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Track List :

(Why Don't You) Do Right 04:14

The Boy Who Radiates That Charm 02:10

Vampire 03:16

Gunshot 03:27

Rough and Mean 05:06

I Put a Spell on You 02:10

Bam Intifada 06:16

Mr Big Stuff 03:09

My Conversations 04:07

Rudeboy Skank 03:23

Ska Vengers Badda 06:03

 Los Slackers es una de la banda mas conocida de Estados Unidos, y de Nueva York en particular. Aparte de las influencias clasicas jamaicanas ( Reggae, Rocksteady, Dub y Ska) esta banda se nutre del Blues, el Soul, el Rock y el R&B. Y todo ello visto desde una perspectiva norteamericana. El disco que nos antañe es un oscuro lamento y homenaje a New York. Desde la portada, pasando por las letras, muestran ese ambiente de oscuridad que buscaron los Slackers.
Con esto disco publicado por Hellcat fue con el que giraron en Europa en el 2004 Decostruction Tour junto a bandas como Pennywise, Yellowcard, Antiflag o Langwagon llevandose The Slackers todos los reconocimientos de su directo. Y esta gira fue la que produjo el posterior EP ¨International War Criminal¨ declarando que ¨las armas de destruccion masiva son las bombas y la gasolina¨.
Sin mas, aqui estan The Slackers.

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1 - Shankbon
2 - Old dog
3 - Axes
4 - Bin waitin'
5 - Real war
6 - Lazy woman
7 - Mommy
8 - Don't ganna go
9 - Who knows
10 - Close my eyes
11 - I'll stay away
12 - Decon dub

 Un Disco Producido por Duke Reid -1968
Con la colaboracion de Tommy Mccook en casi todo el disco junto con sus Supersonics este disco seguro los hara deleitar claro contando con algunos de los grandes Exponentes del Rocksteady y Reggae , Ken Parker , Alton Ellis, The Termites, entre otros mas .

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 Playlist :
Ken Parker - True, True, True
The Techniques - Run Come Celebrate
The Techniques - Sweet Soul Music
Joya Landis - Kansas City
The Termites - Love Up, Kiss Up
The Soul Lads - Funny
Alton Ellis - Laba Laba Reggae
The Supersonics - Second Fiddle
Danny Simpson - Mary Poppins
Tommy McCook - Soul Remedy
The Techniques - I'm In The Mood For Love
The Soul Lads - I'm Yours Forever

Producer : Duke Reid

*Excerpts from the album. Now available at Experimedia.net.* ...1964-1972. Trying to pinpoint the influence of Jamaican music on Spanish pop in the '60s and '70s, taking into account the sociopolitical situation in Spain, is like a script from Spanish director Luis García Berlanga. Despite Spanish public fervor for the suggestive, hot melodies coming from the Antilles, the Francoist censors tried to avoid any general lack of inhibition, minimizing the impact of the music's most enticing elements on Spanish soil. In the margins, apart from sterile regime-promoted national flamenco and sleep-inducing ballads, one could find few black elements in Spanish pop. At that time they were found in their Latin form: rumba and salsa and even sometimes something like Afrobeat. So it was necessarily the case that only the less suspicious artists had an opportunity to copy what they could get their hands on from that treasure island. The first vibrations that arrived to Spain from Jamaica, via England, came in the form of records. Given the difficulties, none of the artists collected here would have had access to the original recordings nor to Jamaican radio. Clearly then, their method of absorption and assimilation was that of musicians the world over: they heard it, they liked it, they copied it. And if any Spanish musician active in the 1960s claims to have set foot in Jamaica, it was all but impossible. At most, some Spanish pioneers were lucky enough to cross the Pond in the 1960s as cruise ship musicians. In any case, it's uncertain whether any of the players on this compilation came into contact with Jamaica by natural route. Equally uncertain is the occurrence of concerts by Jamaican artists in 1960s Spain. Therefore, what we have here is a captivating collection of tracks (mainly covers but also a few originals) which mix the enthusiasm and fascination of musicians who were captivated by the sounds coming from Jamaica. At times, the results they achieved fit within the expected sounds of the genre, but sometimes their efforts produced a mixture, whether intentionally or due to better intentions than skill, which gave Jamaican music a uniquely Spanish character. Most tracks reissued for the first time. Includes 4-page insert of informative liner notes by compiler.

Info at this Link
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Track List :

1.Mi Chico Bombón
Los Antifaces

2.Dulce Guillermo
Los Antifaces

3.Ska Jamaiquino
Los Blues De España

4.Qué Familia Más Original
Los Telstars

5. Operación Sol
Francisco Heredero

6.Te Puedes Ir En Paz
Los De La Torre

7.Baby, Bésame
Los 80 Centavos

8.Rudi Enamorado
Jorge Querol Con Los Go-Go

9.Buena Suerte
Las 4 Monedas

10. Marilena
Los Stop

11.Herido
 Albert Band

12.Un Día De Invierno
Palito Ortega

13. Scaba Badi Bidu
Los Mismos

14.Te Quiero Ver Bailar
Las 4 Monedas

15.Cuando Digas Sí
Los Catinos

Tracklist:
01. Mano Chao - Politik Kills (Prince Fatty Mix) (05:42)
02. Kanye West vs Prince Fatty - Gold Digger (03:48)
03. Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat. Little Roy - Come As You Are (04:05)
04. Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat. Little Roy - Dive (03:32)
05. Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat. Little Roy - Very Ape (02:14)
06. Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat. Little Roy - Sliver 7" Mix (02:35)
07. Prince Fatty feat. Natty - Dubroom Eyes (03:32)
08. Prince Fatty - Skylarking Riddim (03:22)
09. Prince Fatty - AlCapone Riddim (02:55)
10. Prince Fatty feat. Winston Francis - Dub Up Your Tears (03:53)
11. Prince Fatty meets the Mutant HiFi - Transistor Cowboys (03:42)
12. Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat. Little Roy - Stain (02:39)
13. Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat. Little Roy - Heart Shaped Box (04:36)
14. Prince Fatty and the Mutant HiFi feat. Little Roy - Lithium (04:36)
15. Prince Fatty - Roof Over My Dub (03:32)
16. Eric B. and Rakim vs Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta - I Know You Got Cumbia (05:09)
17. Mano Chao - Solo (04:20)

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