PAWKA@nosc-tecr.ARPA (Pawka) (02/22/85)
Some more reggae artist and albums to check out: Steel Pulse: Handsworth Revolution Tribute to the Martyrs Reggae Fever True Democracy Earth Crisis Third World: Rock the World Prisoner in the Street You've go the power All the way strong Musical Youth: Different Style Peter Tosh: Bush Doctor Wanted: Dread and alive Legalize It Mama Africa Mike < Come a raid I blues dance > ------
ryan@fremen.DEC (02/25/85)
I saw Talking Heads on their '82 tour, and the opening act was an excellent reggae band called Burning Spear. Can anyone give me any info on this band (any albums available in the US, any recent/future US tours)? Mike
ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) (02/26/85)
>I saw Talking Heads on their '82 tour, and the opening act was an >excellent reggae band called Burning Spear. Can anyone give me any info on >this band (any albums available in the US, any recent/future US tours)? > > Mike I'm certainly no expert on reggae, but Burning Spear ranks among the most respected and influential reggae bands. Their sound is pure, simple island harmony with a minimum of hi-tech influence and a maximum of spiritual force. Their album `Marcus Garvey' is a most dignified statement of supreme moral purpose. Such songs as: Do you remember the days of slavery? Give me what is mine Resting place ...carry devastating power. `Marcus Garvey's Ghost', which consists of instrumental remixes of the songs on `Marcus Garvey', was perhaps even more influential, a landmark in the development of dub. I can also highly recommend `Man in the Hills'. Such music not only exemplifies a new feeling of liberation that has been gradually awakening in third world music (and elements of American popular music), but also provides the blueprint for the creation of new and similar statements -- the techniques required to create such sounds are now available to people living in grass huts and ghettos everywhere. -michael
gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (03/03/85)
I'd like to add a couple of Third World LP's to Mike's list:
Journey to Addis
96 Degrees in the Shade
Also, Eddy Grant's album before the one with "Electric Avenue" had a couple of
good cuts -- "Living on the Front Line" and "Walking on Sunshine".
--
... hey, we've gotta get out of this place,
there's got to be something better than this ...
Greg Skinner (gregbo)
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gregbo%houxm.uucp@harvard.arpaclark@sdcsla.UUCP (Clark Quinn) (03/06/85)
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One of my favorite reggae albums (along with Greg's recommendation
of "96 degrees in the shade") is the soundtrack for the movie
"Rockers". Lots of the best session men in Jamaica got together
for this one (many of the songs are played by one of my favorite
local bands, The Rebel Rockers). The movie is worth catching, too.
-- Clark
"Jah no dead."
Clark N. Quinn
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University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California 92093
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{ucbvax,decvax,akgua,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!sdcsla!clark OR clark@nprdcrs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) (03/07/85)
> >I saw Talking Heads on their '82 tour, and the opening act was an > >excellent reggae band called Burning Spear. Can anyone give me any info on > >this band (any albums available in the US, any recent/future US tours)? > > > > Mike > > I'm certainly no expert on reggae, but Burning Spear ranks among the > most respected and influential reggae bands. > > Their sound is pure, simple island harmony with a minimum of hi-tech > influence and a maximum of spiritual force. Their album `Marcus Garvey' > is a most dignified statement of supreme moral purpose. Such songs as: > > Do you remember the days of slavery? > Give me what is mine > Resting place > > ...carry devastating power. > > `Marcus Garvey's Ghost', which consists of instrumental remixes of > the songs on `Marcus Garvey', was perhaps even more influential, > a landmark in the development of dub. > > I can also highly recommend `Man in the Hills'. > > Such music not only exemplifies a new feeling of liberation that has > been gradually awakening in third world music (and elements of American > popular music), but also provides the blueprint for the creation of new > and similar statements -- the techniques required to create such sounds > are now available to people living in grass huts and ghettos everywhere. > > -michael *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** I first got acquainted with Burning Spear on a trip to Jamaica in 1978, at which time I got their dub album Garvey's Ghost. As stated above, this is a landmark in dub music. As such, however, potential buyers should be aware that this style of music is substantially different from a lot of more well known reggae. In particular, there are almost no lyrics on the album, and the intent of dub music seems to me to create a mood or emotion through the music, and the use of "sounds" that wave in and out of a central structure. The effect on the Garvey's Ghost album is almost "ghostly", as horn parts fade in and out on top of a basic bass and rhythm line. In short, the album is good, but may not be what you expected, and it may not appeal to all tastes. It's a little bit more unusual than the typical Bob Marley or Peter Tosh material. Bob Schleicher ihuxk!rs55611 :wq
RMS.G.HNIJ%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (John S. Labovitz) (03/10/85)
If you're interested in dub, other records to check out would be by Scientist, Prince Jammy, Sly&Robbie (their new album is *great*). I like dub a lot -- it's difficult to get tired of it (I once played the same tape 2 or 3 times in a row!). @hnij@ -------
Braun%PCO@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA (Braun) (03/11/85)
Some more excellent dub is "Rico in dub", the dub LP of Rico's "Man From Wareika". It's a Jamaican release, hard to find, i got mine at a used record store in Berkley. Well worth owning. Rico Rodriquez (sp) plays sax and has been around a long time, used to play with Don Drummond and the original Skatalites. Also, "LKJ in Dub" by Linton Kwesi Johnson is real good. It's the dub of his LP "Dread, Beat 'n Blood" (also a great LP i think). LKJ is a poet writing about social and political events in England.