Playlist for May 14, 2010

Norman "Syd/Sid" Bucknor R.I.P.

The pioneering Jamaican recording engineer died in London on May 9, 2010.

He helped set up Coxsone Dodd's Studio One in the 60s, and both Channel One and Dynamic Sounds in the 70s. Read more.

Songs that were probably engineered by Syd are indicated by an asterisk (*)

U Roy: Wake The Town - Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music (Island 1993)

*Bob Marley & The Wailers: So Jah Say - Natty Dread (Island 1974)

*Creation Rebel: Dub From Creation - Dub From Creation (Hitrun 1978)

*Keith Hudson: Turn The Heater On - Torch of Freedom (Atra 1975)

New Order: Turn The Heater On - Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit 1990)

*Zap Pow: Nice Nice Time - Zap Pow Now (Vulcan 1976)

Prince Fatty: Chairman - The Best of Prince Fatty (Anvil 2005)

G-Corp Meets The Mighty Tree: D.U.B. - Dub Plates From The Elephant House Vol. 3 (Endulge 2007)

Red Earth Collective feat. Soothsayers Horns: Dubirie - Red Earth Dub (Red Earth 2010)

Horace Andy & Alpha: Believers - Two Phazed People (dontTouch2009)

*Glen Brown & King Tubby: Wicked Tumbling Version - Termination Dub (Blood & Fire 1996)

Viv Albertine: The False Heart - Flesh (Ecstatic Peace 2010)

Dubmatix: Killing Dub - Dread & Gold (7 Arts Entertainment 2008)

Prince Jammy: Basement Dub - Strictly Dub (Pressure Sounds 2010)

*GG Russell: Who Who Wha - Let Me Tell You Boy (Trojan 1988)

*I-Roy: Musical Pleasure (Keep On Spinning) - Quad Star Revolution Vol. 2 (Moodisc 1975)

*Jo-Jo Bennett & Mudies All Stars: Hot Pop - Quad Star Revolution Vol. 2 (Moodisc 1975)

*Prince Far I: Johnny Get Worse - Silver & Gold (Blood & Fire 2005)

Slackers: Tool Shed - The Great Rocksteady Swindle (Hellcat 2010)

Twilight Circus Dub Sound System feat. Brother Culture: Foundation Rockers (Disciples Remix) - Remixed: Dubwise (M Records 2004)

Starlights feat. Stanley Beckford: Samfiman - Soldering (Heartbeat 1993)

Alkaline: Set Around - ExtraLongLife (Universal 2000)

*Rupie Edwards: Ire Feelings (Skanga) - Essential King Tubby (Metro 2007)

Toots & The Maytals: Six & Seven Books of Moses - Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music (Island 1993)

Babylon 23: Erstes Buch Mose - Bibel In Dub (Echo Beach 2003)

As promised, a reggae song about books. I just love this song!

"They are Genesis & Exodus, Leviticus & Numbers, Deuteronomy & Joshua, Judges & Ruth"