Sing Our Own Song: Playlist for Oct. 1, 2010

Thanks to Pete for this beautiful single.

UB40 will perform at the Coliseum a.k.a Caesars Windsor a.k.a the Casino next Thursday, October 7th.

Can't wait!

UB40: Sing Our Own Song - Rat In The Kitchen (DEP Intl. 1986)

UB40: Food For Thought - Signing Off (Graduate 1980)

UB40: If It Happens Again (Dance Mix) 12" (DEP Intl. 1984)

UB40: Tyler - Signing Off (Graduate 1980)

UB40: Don't Break My Heart - The Best Of UB40 Vol. 1 (Virgin 1995)

UB40: Riddle Me - 12" (DEP Intl. 1984)

UB40: Silent Witness - Present Arms (DEP Intl. 1981)

UB40: Neon Haze - Present Arms In Dub (DEP Intl. 1981)

UB40: Sweet Sensation - Labour Of Love (DEP Intl. 1983)

Dubmatix feat. The Ragga Twins: Gun Down - System Shakedown (7Arts 2010)

Jerry Brown: Dreadlock Lady - Summer Records Anthology 1974-1988 (Light In The Attic 2007)

Twilight Circus feat. Big Youth: Lions' Den - Deeper Roots (M Records 2005)

Jimmy Cliff: Many Rivers To Cross - The Harder They Come (Island 1972)

UB40: Many Rivers To Cross - Labour Of Love (DEP Intl. 1983)

Errol Dunkley: You're Gonna Need Me - Joe Gibbs Scorchers From The Early Years 1967-73 (VP Records 2009)

UB40: You're Gonna Need Me - Labour Of Love IV (EMI 2010)

UB40: You're Gonna Dub Me - Dub Sessions II: Labour Of Dub (Ind. 2010)

UB40 feat. Sister V.: V.'s Version - Baggariddim (DEP Intl. 1985)

UB40: The Earth Dies Screaming - 7" (Graduate 1980)

UB40: D.U.B. - Geffery Morgan (DEP Intl 1984)

UB40: Dub To Me - Dub Sessions II: Labour Of Dub (Ind. 2010)

Lord Creator: Kingston Town - Trojan Originals Box Set (Sanctuary 2007)

UB40: Kingston Town - Labour Of Love II (Virgin 1989)

UB40: Red, Red Wine - Labour Of Love (DEP Int. 1983)

Dub Next Door: Playlist for Sept. 24, 2010

Symarip's "Skinhead Moonstomp" is kind of a cover of Derrick Morgan's "Moon Hop." Roy Ellis a.k.a. Mr. Symarip will be performing at RiotFest in Chicago on October 10th. RiotFest is a 4-day music festival whose blog is here.

The ska blog Marco on the Bass unravels the tangled tale of Symarip. Marco plays bass for ska revivalists Bigger Thomas and tells a good story. He seems to personally know everybody from all the many generations of ska.

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Digitaldubs feat. Tippa Irie: Strictly Heavy Dub from Myspace

Sir Coxsone Sound: Travelling Israel Dub - Evolution Of Dub Vol. 5: The Missing Link (Greensleeves 2010)

Scuba: Eclipse (Ramadanman Remix) - Eclipse/Tense 12" (ABUCS 2010)

Joe Higgs: I Am The Song My Enemies Sing - Studio One Ska (Soul Jazz 2008)

Edric Connor: Rookoombine - Songs From Jamaica (Saland 2008)

Jolly Boys: Requimbine - Sunshine 'n' Water (Rykodisc 1991)

Bobby Aitken: Rukumbine - Treasure Isle Records: The Ultimate Collection (Attack 2008)

UB40: A Dub I Can Feel - Dub Sessions II: Labour Of Dub (Ind. 2010) Download available from UB40.co.uk

Gaudi feat. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Bethe Bethe Kese Kese - Dub Qawwali (Six Degrees 2007)

Pitch Black: Urbanoia - On A Dubmission (Dubmission 2010) Listen to and download this record at Bandcamp.

Dreadzone: My Face - Eye On The Horizon (Dubwiser 2010)

Dubmatix feat. Jay Douglas: Celebrate My Love - System Shakedown (7Arts 2010)

Cougars: Right On - Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 (Light In The Attic 2006)

Skream: Listenin' To The Records On My Wall - Outside The Box (Tempa 2010)

Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom: Duppy Writer - Duppy Writer (Big Dada 2010)

Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom: Worl' A Mine - Duppy Writer (Big Dada 2010)

Symarip: Skinhead Moonstomp - The Dawning Of A New Era (Mojo 2008)

Lord Mouse & the Kalypso Kats: Kalypso Kats Calypso - Lord Mouse & The Kalypso Kats (Jump Up 2010)

Alkaline: Alka Lights - ExtraLongLife (Universal 2000)

Elton John: Jamaica Jerk Off - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (MCA 1973)

Dave Barker: I Got To Get Away - Trojan DJ Box Set (Trojan 1998)

George Nooks: Man Next Door - Diamond Series: Blue (Tad's 2008)

U Roy: Peace & Love In The Ghetto - Jah Son Of Africa (Virgin 1978/2000)

Dr. Alimantado: I Shall Fear No Evil - Best Dressed Chicken In Town (Greensleeves 2001)

Dennis Brown: Man Next Door - Promised Land 1977-79 (Blood & Fire 2002)

Slits: Man Next Door - Y3LP: The Official Bootleg (Victor JP 2009)

Slits: Man Next Door (Version) - Man Next Door 7" (Y Records 1980)

UB40: Dub Next Door - Dub Sessions II: Labour Of Dub (Ind. 2008) Download available from UB40.co.uk

This is the first record

produced by Adrian Sherwood

that I ever bought. 1980.

It's still massive. More massive than ...

A Love I Can Feel: Playlist for Sept. 17, 2010

Scientist and Roots Radics will be performing a live rendition of Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires at Dubquake 2010 in Los Angeles on October 17. For more information, check out Dubquake's website.

Sammy Levi: Five Pound Box Of Dubs - Five Pound Box Of

Dubs 7" (Gold Shop 2010)

Alkaline: 'Nuff Sugar - ExtraLongLife (Universal 2000)

Jo Jo & The Fugitives: Chips Chicken Banana Split - Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 (Light In The Attic 2006)

Sattalites: Canada Calling from MySpace

Heptones: Crying Over You - Produced & Directed By The Upsetter (Pressure Sounds 1998)

Upsetters: Crying (Dub) - Produced & Directed By The Upsetter (Pressure Sounds 1998)

Hey O Hansen: Gone Away - Sonn Und Mond: Rare & Unreleased Austrodub Tracks 1995-2009 (Pingipung 2009)

Mute Beat: Old Air - Lover's Rock (Overheat 1988)

Temptations: I Want A Love I Can See - My Girl: The Very Best Of The Temptations (Motown 2002)

John Holt: A Love I Can Feel - The Tide Is High Anthology 1962-1979 (Trojan 2001)

King Tubby's: Dub You Can Feel: The Roots Of Dub And Dub From The Roots (Moll-Selekta 2003)

Dub Syndicate: Love I Can Feel - Lows & Highs (On-U Sound 1982)

UB40: A Love I Can Feel - Labour Of Love IV (EMI 2010)

Salmonella Dub: Love Your Ways - Inside The Dub Plates (Virgin 2001)

Fat Freddys Drop: Blackbird (Live On KCRW San Francisco's Morning Becomes Electric) - Watch &/or listen Online

Singers & Players feat. Prince Far I: Autobiography - Staggering Heights (On-U Sound 1983)

Jah Wobble: Samsara - Mu (Trojan 2005)

G Corp Meets The Mighty Tree feat. Messenger Douglas: Runnings - Dub Plates From The Elephant House Vol. 3 (Endulge 2007)

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

Thievery Corporation: A Guide For I & I - Shadows Of Ourselves (4AD 2000)

Scientist: Dance Of The Vampires -Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires (Greensleeves 1981)

Roots Manuva vs. Wrongtom: Butterfly Crab Walk - Duppy Writer (Big DaDa 2010) - This track is available as a free download from the NME.

Rootsman: We Come Rough - Realms Of The Unseen (Third Eye Music 1999)

UB40: Rat In Mi Kitchen - Rat In The Kitchen (Dep Intl. 1986)

Both these covers were designed by Tony McDermott, whose work is celebrated in the new book Greensleeves: The First 100 Covers (Stussy 2010)

Man Next Door: Playlist for Sept. 10, 2010

Check this guy out! I don't know that he's "the voice of Dennis Brown," but he sure can kick out a massive acapella of Man Next Door while hangin' out in his kitchen. All that's missing are the pots & pans banging against the wall.

UB40: I Think It's Going To Rain - Signing Off (Graduate 1980)

Keith Leblanc: Point Blanc - Time Traveller (Blanc 1992)

Keith Leblanc: Point Blanc - Audium Capsule 1 (Blanc 1996)

Colourbox feat. Lorita Grahame: Baby I Love You So - Baby I Love You So 12" (4AD 1986)

Dubmatix feat. Gregory Isaacs: System Breakdown - System Shakedown (7 Arts Entertainment 2010)

Skream: Wibbler - Outside The Box (Tempa 2010)

Ijahman Levi: I Am A Levi - Basic Replay (Basic Replay 2007)

Alkaline: Deliverance - ExtraLongLife (Universal 2000)

Garnet Mimms: A Quiet Place - Cry Baby: The Best Of Garnet Mimms (Capitol 1993)

John Holt: Got To Get Away - The Tide Is High Anthology 1962 to 1979 (Trojan 2001)

Dr. Alimantado: Poison Flour - Best Dressed Chicken In Town (Greensleeves 2001)

Horace Andy: Quiet Place - The Rastafarian Legend (Delta 2008)

King Tubby's: A Noisy Place (a.k.a. A Quiet Place): King Tubby's In Fine Style (Trojan 2004)

I-Roy: Noisy Place - Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (1972-75) (Blood & Fire 1997)

Dennis Brown: Man Next Door - A Little Bit More: Joe Gibbs 12" Selection 1978-83 (VP Records 2008)

The Slits: Man Next Door - Man Next Door 12" (Collision 2005)

Bim Sherman w/ the Strange Parcels: Man Next Door - The Need To Live (Century 2002)

U Roy: Peace & Love In The Ghetto - Jah Son Of Africa (Virgin 1978)

Massive Attack feat. Horace Andy: Man Next Door - Mezzanine (Virgin 1998)

UB40: Man Next Door - Labour Of Love IV (EMI 2010)

Deadbeat feat. Paul St. Hilaire : Babylon Connection - Roots & Wire (Wagon Repair 2008)

Dub Spencer & Trance Hill: Dublerone - Return Of The Supercops (Echo Beach 2007)

Djins: 30's av. Apocalypse - Djins (Hammerbass 2000)

Mafia & Fluxy: Bad Dub - Dub Anthems (Black Arrow 2010)

Geyser: Man Next Door - Digger 2006 (Geyser 2006)

She Caught the Train: Playlist for Sept. 3, 2010

We didn't have time to play the Ray Martell original version of "She Caught The Train." Even though I think UB40's is better, here's Ray's for comparison's sake:

This video was posted to YouTube by Oldwah. He seems to have an inexhaustible collection of Jamaican 45s, concentrating on rocksteady, early reggae and roots. If you like early reggae, you should do yourself a favour and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

Lee Perry & The Upsetters: Big Neck Cut - Sound System Scratch (Pressure Sounds 2010)

African Head Charge vs. Professor Stretch: Drums Of Defiance - Drums Of Defiance (On-U Sound 1998)

UB40: One In Ten - Present Arms (DEP Intl. 1981)

Dry & Heavy Meets Shing02: My Nation - My Nation 12" (Beat 2001) Thanks to B Sound Reggae!

Vibronics: Vintage Dub - Dub Italizer (Universal Egg 2000)

The Upsetters: I Caught You - Dry Acid (Trojan 1998)

Cooly G: Phat Si - Up In My Head/Phat Si 12" (Hyperdub 2010)

Dubblestandart: Tiny Place Called Earth - Immigration Dub (Collision 2007)

Jah Shaka: Tribal Beats - Africa Drum Beats: Commandments Of Dub Chapter 10 (Ind. 1991)

Doof: Skunked On Planet Dub - On A Dubmission (Dubmission 2010)

Alkaline: Rambo - ExtraLongLife (Universal 2000)

Johnny Osbourne: African Wake - Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 (Light In The Attic 2006)

Black Seeds: The Prince (Live) - Live Vol. 1 (Ind. 2010)

I & I Djangdan: Irierang - from MySpace

Ruts DC vs. Mad Professor: Pleasures Of The Dance - Rhythm Collision Vol. 1 & Remix Versions (Select Cuts 2002)

Henry & Louis feat. Prince Green: Love Like - Increments (2 Kings 2008)

Henry & Louis: Love Dub - Increments (2 Kings 2008)

Bim Sherman: Missing You - Crucial Cuts Vol. II (Century 1990)

Bim Sherman: Missing You - Miracle (Mantra/On U Sound 1996)

Bim Sherman: Missing You (Tim Simenon Remix) - It Must Be A Dream (Mantra/On U Sound 1997)

Deadbeat: N'Importe Quoi - New World Observer (~scape 2005)

UB40: She Caught The Train - Labour Of Love (A&M 1983)

Korea in Dub & more: Playlist for August 27, 2010

This week's dub news (courtesy of Steve Barker's dub column in the September 2010 ish of Wire mag) introduces us to I & I Djangdan from Seoul. Thanks to the wonders of MySpace and YouTube, I've now heard an album's worth of I & I Djangdan and I can say: they rock!

And, have you noticed that dub music has taken over the world? And the world has taken over dub music?

Kharag Penpa, who sings on the song Rangzen, is a Tibetan musician. Rangzen is Tibetan for freedom/independence, and the song includes a chant of "Free Tibet."

Zap Pow: This Is Reggae Music - Last War: The Best Of Zap Pow '72-80 (Trojan 2007)

Butch Cassidy Sound System: Case On Point - Butches Brew (Fenetik Music 2004)

Thievery Corporation: Amerimacka (TC Remix) - Babylon Central (Eighteenth Street Lodge 2010)

Deadbeat: For Israel (Jaffa Revisited) - Wild Life Documentaries (~scape 2002)

Hey-O-Hansen: Fire Spirit - We So Horny: Serious Pleasure Riddims (Pingipung 2010)

Beat Down: Let Me Take You Out - Beatdown (Stomp 2010)

DUB NEWS

Max Pashm: Klezmernaki (DJ Delay Illuminated Mix) - Brass, Wires & Bass (Beaming Productions 2010)

Beam Up: Suuluup - Terra Sonica (Beaming Productions 2010)

Gaudi feat. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Tera Jana Kere Rang Lawe - Dub Qawwali (Six Degrees 2007)

Junior Byles: Heart & Soul: The Mighty Two: Joe Gibbs & Errol Thompson (Heartbeat 1992)
Gaudi feat. Kenny Knots: Strictly Goodness - No Prisoners (Six Degrees 2010)
I & I Djangdan feat. Kharag Penpa: Rangzen from MySpace
Pat Kelly: How Long - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music (Island 1993)
Jah Lloyd/Bingy Bunny & Bongo Herman: No Tribal War/Hark Of The Covenant - King Tubby: The Man & His Music (Vibrations Music 2010) Free Download

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires; Message From A Black Man - Trojan Motor City Reggae Box (Trojan 2006)
Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators: The Mighty Gates Of Goza - Trojan Dub Box Vol. 2 (Trojan 2002)
Junior Murvin: Roots Train Number One - Arkology (Island 1997)
Junior Murvin & The Upsetters: Roots Train Number Two - Sound System Scratch (Pressure Sounds 2010)
Lord Fly w/ Dan Williams Orchestra: Donkey City - Jamaica-Mento: 1951-1958 (Fremeaux & Associes 2010)
Lord Fly w/ Dan Williams Orchestra: Donkey City (Instrumental) - Jamaica-Mento: 1951-1958 (Fremeaux & Associes 2010)

Dubmatix feat Michael Rose: Easy Down - Renegade Rocker (7 Arts Entertainment 2008)

So Canadian: Playlist for Aug. 20, 2010

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

Trip The Off: Clark Street - Street Music (Clark Street 2007)

Dave & Ansel Collins: Driving Instructor - Dave & Ansel Collins In Toronto (G Clef 1974) Thanks to You & Me On A Jamboree!

Deadbeat feat. Jah Cutta: Gimme A Little Slack - Journeyman's Annual (~scape 2007)

Deadbeat: Gimme A Little Dub - Journeyman's Annual (~scape 2007)

Bob & Wisdom: I Believe In Music - Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 (Light In The Attic 2006)

Twilight Circus: Binghi - Binshaker Dub (M Records 1997)

Noel Ellis: Rocking Universally - Noel Ellis (Light In The Attic 2006)

Dubmatix: Subdub - Renegade Rocker (7 Arts Entertainment 2008)

Mossman: Leggo Taxman - Mossman Vs. The World Bank (Dispensation 2008)

Twilight Circus feat. X-Facta: Welcome To The Garrison - Binghi Riddim (M Records 2008)

Lillian Allen: This Is A One Poem Town - Conditions Critical (Festival 1998)

Clifton Joseph with the Livestock Band: Chuckie Prophecy (Dub) - Oral Transmissions (Verse To Vinyl 1989)

Ranking: Chatty Chatty People - Summer Records Anthology 1974-1988 (Light In The Attic 2007)

Big Sugar: Leadbelly (Dub) - Dear M.F. EP (Hypnotic 1995)

Mere Mortals: Gunjah - Ethnic Dub Simmphony In Ten Parts (Map Music 1997)

John Forbes: War Zone - War Zone (Monica's 197?) Thanks to P.A. To Da Reggae

Martha & The Muffins: Echo Beach (Groove Corporation Elephant Dub Version) - Select Cuts From Echo Beach (Select Cuts 2002)

Watershell: Deep Field View - Far Away In Time Vol. 2 (Echo Beach 2001)

Wayne McGhie & The Sounds Of Joy: Dirty Funk - Wayne McGhie & The Sounds Of Joy (Light In The Attic 2004)

Twilight Circus feat. Michael Rose: Days Of Dub - African Dub (M Records 2005)

Earth, Roots & Water: Innocent Youths - Innocent Youths (Light In The Attic 2008)

Jackie Mittoo: Dry Wine - Wishbone (Light In The Attic 2006)