Thursday, September 16, 2021

Weapons Advisory Dept. - Light Only Pointy End Before Throwing

Winston Rodney [pictured left on a recent visit to th' IoF© - Ed.] is Jamaican Royalty. Today's loaddown is a deep jungle of rootsiness from the great man. I have no idea why roots reggae and dub should have made the immediate, unfiltered, unconscious connection with a white middle-class boy it did. It made me feel good, physically, directly, like no other music. It's copacetic, therapeutic, and some other word ending with tic that I can't think of right now. And its power is undiminished.

You may have some or all of this, so cherry pick, and let that deep heat permeate your bones. This is medicine music that makes no distinction in who it heals. We all need some of this right now.

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16 comments:

  1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIISeptember 16, 2021 at 9:29 AM

    That Bumper Bonanza Bonus Pack in full: Studio One Presents (original album), Creation Rebel, Marcus Garvey (original Jamaican pressing), Marcus Garvey and Garvey's Ghost, Social Living, and Man In The Hills. Linkage du jour o' th' day as soon as I take my daily horse paste, washed down with a beaker of toilet cleanser.

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  2. A guy called TakSeptember 16, 2021 at 10:27 AM

    Looking forward to it!

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  3. bazmaniaSeptember 16, 2021 at 12:34 PM

    My pal had an import copy of "Social Living". After partaking of more than a few Jazz gaspers I thought Mr.Rodney was singing "socialism is the best". I still sing my version when playing this wondrous platter & thankyou, Mr. Throckmorton III for the download.A little bit of nostalgia for the old folks.
    The Reverend Dr.Baz Ordained Minister of The Cosmonauts Of Inner Space

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIISeptember 16, 2021 at 1:18 PM

      Nice to see you're still able to peck the keyboard, Rev. Dr. Baz!

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  4. SteveSharkSeptember 16, 2021 at 5:34 PM

    Many thanks! Garvey and Garvey's Ghost was my introduction to dub. I bought the CD on impulse because the idea of a dub version intrigued me and I thought having both versions would be instructive. I guess I was pretty late to the party!

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  5. BabsSeptember 16, 2021 at 6:36 PM

    Burning Spear!

    Cherry-picked a few Studio One tracks I didn't have. Thank You!

    Rest In Peace "Scratch"

    Winston is now living in New York, and I have a "brush with greatness" story for a future screed.

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  6. UncleRemusSeptember 16, 2021 at 7:00 PM

    Thank you for this. Studio One Presents is one of the finest albums by any artist, I just wish it was recorded better. But, there are spine tingling moments aplenty.

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  7. geSeptember 17, 2021 at 1:31 AM

    a Lee Perry/Wailers tune covered by white boy
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPInfleVxi8

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  8. Bombshelter SlimSeptember 17, 2021 at 4:49 AM

    I remember, sort of, hearing Saint Bob Marley back in the early 70's and having no reaction. Flash forward a couple of years and it was Spear and Toots and Gregory in constant rotation on the turntable (LOL)... I even learned to appreciate Marley, but it was Bunny's post-Wailers work that stuck. And then, of course, there was dub.

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  9. draftervoiSeptember 17, 2021 at 8:48 AM

    I bought those This Is Reggae music comps back in...'77 or '78. Vol. 3 led me to "Man In The Hills." I still have the original LP and played it last month and it's still wonderful. While I like Bob Marley, I'd rather listen to Toots & The Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Burning Spear, Third World....

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIISeptember 17, 2021 at 9:04 AM

      Uh-huh. Bob doesn't do it for me. Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, yes, Bob, no, and I don't understand why. Indisputably a great guy, great musician ... I dunno.

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    2. draftervoiSeptember 17, 2021 at 11:28 AM

      I bought the Burnin' LP in '75, which had the original Wailers. After that, the only one I bought was "Babylon By Bus" and I think part of the reason was the that "tour map" on the inside cover (or sleeve) screwed up the California geography and put Santa Cruz north of Berkeley. Plus, it had Punky Reggae Party. I was far more interested in Tapper Zukie, the Heptones, the Upsetters "Super Ape" album, etc. There's a handful of tracks I like; I don't get the iconic stature he's accorded by pop culture. I bought several dozen reggae albums back in the 70s/early 80s, and only two of 'em were Bob Marley.

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  10. geSeptember 17, 2021 at 9:50 AM

    your best truest Bob [his cup surely runneth over, as Lee recounted]/Wailers =
    early Perry sides such as
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyi1TLtlGX8
    well i like Bunny & Bob more than Peter but that trio is superlativo, si?
    then there's this swell tune
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5lR7BqPIg

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    1. UncleRemusSeptember 18, 2021 at 6:31 PM

      Soul Rebel, Small Axe, Duppy Conqueror, Mr. Brown are all the best of the Marley/Perry era.

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  11. geSeptember 18, 2021 at 11:41 PM

    yup--
    mr c blackwell's artistic & $ influ w/ the island albums
    admittedly trying to broaden appeal to rock/US fans
    overly-dubbed & slickafied/commercialized the songs
    that Perry captured in grittier rawer denser rootsier form in his studio
    & dont forget the Kaya

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