Studio One All Sorts w/ Undercover

I likkie Studio One skank to celebrate 200,000 visits! All sorts in this bunch, sweet soul melodies, bonafide classics, rare versions and dubbed out b sides from the Brentford Road driving force of Cosxone, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Don Drummond and Co. Studio One long time!

Slim Smith - Born to Love

Slim Smith - Born to Dub

Rita Marley & The Souletts - A Deh Pon Dem

Donna V and Sound Dimension - Pullover Version

Angela Prince - You a Fool Boy

Marcia Griffiths - Can I Change My Mind

The Paragons - Danger In Your Eyes

The Silvertones - Smile

Lone Ranger - Now The Gate Fly

Lone Ranger & Soul Vendors - Gate Fly (Version)

Tyrone Taylor - I Believe In Yesterday

Tyrone & Soundemension - Yesterday Version

Johnny Osbourne & The Prophets - Keep That Light

Freddie McGregor - How Could You Leave

Freddie & Soundemension - How Could You Version

Johnny & The Brentford Rockers - Keep That Light Pt.2

Jah Jesco - West Gone Black

Otis Gayle - What You Won't Do For Love

Brentford Disco Band - Jamrec Jam

Sugar Minott - Love Gonna Pack Up

Sir Harry - Musical Rights

Sound Dimension - Declaration (Ver.)

Tony Tough - Cool It

Tony & Soundemension - Cool Version

Otis Gayle - I'll Be Around

Dub Specialist - Luanda

Jerry Jones - Still Water

Jerry Jones & Sound Dimension - Still Water (Version)

Larry Marshall - Run Babylon

Larry Marshall - Run Babylon Pt 2

Freddie Mcgregor & The Sound Dimension - Africa Here I Come

Willie Williams & The All Stars - Addis A Baba

Zoot Simms - African Challenge

Senior Soul - Is It Because I Am Black

Sound Dimension - Bionic Dub

Vin Gordon - Red Blood

Linval Thompson - She Gone She Gone

Frankie Paul - Programme

Judah Eskender Tafari - Conquer Me (part 1)

Dennis Alcapone - The Conqueror

The Gladiators - Roots Natty

Brentford Disco Set - Culture (Ver.)

Ironcickles - Iwhazzessezi

Johnny Osbourne - People A Watch Me

Roland Alphanso & Leslie Milliner - Theme From The Party

The Gladiators - Bongo Red

Cornell Campbell - Conversation

And while we are at it, I found this amazing link. I remember finding something like this a few years back, you will not regret grabbing this! Not quite a complete set but an absolute vault of Studio One rarities from all of Coxsones labels. Complete Studio One Recordings.

The Marley Clan w/ Undercover

There is no doubting the influence Bob and Sons have had on reggae music over the last 50 years, so here are a few rarities, riddims and remixes from without a doubt the greatest family in all of music.

Bob Marley - One Love

Bob Marley f/ The Skatalites - Simmer Down

Rita Marley & The Souletts - A Deh Pon Dem

Bob Marley - African Herbsman

Bob Marley - Sun Is Shining (Yes King Remix)

Erykah Badu f/ Stephen Marley - In Love With You

Bob Marley - Small Axe (Fyah Vibes Bomb Drop Riddim Remix)

Bob Marley - Rainbow Country

Nas And Bob Marley - Life's A Pimp's Paradise

J.Period & K'naan f/ Kardinal, Steele & Bajah - Belly Full (Messengers Remix)

Bruno Mars f/ Damian Marley - Liquor Store Blues

Stephen Marley - Can't Keep I Down

Bob Marley and The Wailers - Duppy Conquerer (Fort Knox Five Remix)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Mr. Chatterbox

Rita Marley - One Draw

Julian Marley - Boom Draw

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Stand Up Jamrock (Ashley Beedle Remix)

Lone Ranger & Sound Dimension - Tribute To Marley (Version)

Nas & Damian Marley f/ Dennis Brown - Land of Promise

Alborosie f Ky-Mani Marley - Natural Mystic

Ky-Mani Marley - Lion A Roar (Rose Moet Riddim)

Stephen Marley f/ Damian Marley - The Traffic Jam

Damian Marley f/ Stephen Marley, Capleton and Drag-On - It Was Written

Damian Marley - Something For You (Gang War Riddim)

Stephen Marley f/ Capleton - Break Us Apart

Ky-Mani Marley, Protojé & Da Professor - Rub-A-Dub Solider

Stephen Marley - Chase Dem

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved

Nas and Bob Marley - We And Dem World

Nas and Damian Marley - Nah Mean

Nas and Damian Marley & Rye Rye feat M.I.A. - As We Bang

X-Clan f/ Damian Marley - Culture United

Afu-Ra f/ Ky-Mani Marley - Equality

Spragga Benz f/ Stephen Marley, Sizzla, Jah Cure and Queen Ifrika - More Life

U-Roy - 30 Massive Shots From Treasure Isle

01 - Wake The Town And Tell The People 02 - This Sound Rule The Nation 03 - Chicka Bow Wow Wow 04 - Ride On Nero 05 - Happy Go Lucky Girl 06 - The Tide Is High 07 - Version Galore 08 - Have A Ball On The Beach 09 - Musical Lesson 10 - Flashing My Whip 11 - Soul Of The City 12 - Work Your Show 13 - Tom Drunk 14 - Drive Her Home 15 - Give Thanks To The King 16 - Hear The News 17 - It Feels Good 18 - On The Go 19 - Get On The Train 20 - You're Out Of This World 21 - Big Boy 22 - Do Your Thing 23 - Love Is All I Bring 24 - Musical Confession 25 - Forward Forever 26 - Musical Education 27 - Sounds Kinda Shocking 28 - Never Make You Blue 29 - No War 30 - Musical Question Puull Up!

Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme - Billie Jean (2010)

Playing Wellington on the 17th! Doooooooope.

Req: Forgot To Be Your Lover

This one is going out to Kelo. Found the tune for you and realised it was a version of one of my favourite William Bell soul nuggets. Found a few more versions as I was looking including that dope Jaheim jam! Milky.

William Bell - Forgot To Be Your Lover

The Mad Lads - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Dennis Brown - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Wayne Wade - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Mical Rustle - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Jaheim - Put That Woman First

And thanks to the help of a reader I have some more!

Shenley Duffus - To Be A lover

Jacob Miller - Have Some Mercy

George Faith and Lee Perry - To Be A Lover (Have Some Mercy)

Chur

70,000 views! Lets celebrate with a classic Studio One riddim - Mean Girl!

70,000 views in 8 or so months!

In the past my blogs (tribute to the roots and dynamite reggae) would have been taken down by now, hopefully (touch wood) the way I have done things this time (selections/mixes) sidesteps the powers that be. I feel I'm showcasing the artists work in a positive way by selecting a single track in a 'best of' kinda way rather than posting full rips of their albums like other sites.

Anyways I hope you all have enjoyed my selections of some amazing music that people work so hard to create and are skanking away to some of the best underground sounds.

I was wondering how to celebrate? My single favourite tune of the year? No way I can make my mind up on 10 never mind 1. So how bout we go all the way back to 1968 and select a classic riddim? Studio One you say?

Mean Girl Riddim

Larry Mashall - Mean Girl

Dub Specialist - Dub Me Girl

Ben Bow - Mama Lulu

Sugar Minott - I Need A Roof

Sugar & Brentford All Stars - I Need A Roof Pt.2

Mighty Diamonds - I Need A Roof

Little Joe - Gun Court

Pablove Black - Consumer Sounds

Pablove & Sound Dimension - Consumer (Version)

Prince Far I - Natty Farmyard

Jackie Edwards - Mean Girl

Junior Byles - Heart and Soul

Dillinger - Regular Girl

The Aggrovators - Mean Girls Dub

Prince Fatty - Roof Over My Head

Ray Darwin - Peoples Choice

WTF - It's Bigger Than Hip Hop (2010)

What's bigger than dubhop?! Check It.

Smash Dubs - It's A Pity/Ploice In Helicopter (2010)

BIIIG dubstep versions of two already massive riddims. Boom!

Kev Brown - Ill Be Around (Miles Bonny Trumpet Refix) (2010)

Nice take on The Spinners classic, loving it! Check It.

2 for Two w/ Undercover

There has been heeeaaaps of dope Soul, Funk, Latin, Reggae, Afro full length albums released of late. Here I do a little 2 for two selection special of my favourite tracks off my favourite albums of the first half of 2010. Part 3 to come cos' I just remembered I missed a few tunes!!! PART 3 IS NOW POSTED~!

DJ Day & Miles Bonny - Learnin To Fly (Unreleased)

DJ Day & Miles Bonny - Learnin To Fly Instrumental (Unreleased)

RjD2 - Walk With Me (The Colossus)

RjD2 - Crumbs Off The Table f/ Aaron Livingston (The Colossus)

Bibi Tanga & the Selenites - Dunya (Dunya)

Bibi Tanga & the Selenites - Red Wine (Dunya)

The Roots - Radio Daze f/ Blu, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw (How I Got Over)

The Roots - Dear God 2.0 (How I Got Over)

Ben l'Oncle Soul - Soulman (Ben l'Oncle Soul)

Ben l'Oncle Soul - Seven Nation Army (Ben l'Oncle Soul)

Blundetto - My One Girl f/ Lateef the Truthspeaker (Bad Bad Things)

Blundetto - Ken Park f/ Tommy Guerrero & Shawn Lee (Bad Bad Things)

Miles Davis - So What (Jeremy Taylors Reggae Interpretation Of Kind Of Blue)

Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader Dub (Jeremy Taylors Reggae Interpretation Of Kind Of Blue)

Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Swing Easy (Dog With A Rope)

Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog With A Rope (Dog With A Rope)

Part 1

Healer Selecta - Let's Get It Starter (Let's Get It Starter)

Healer Selecta - Melting Pot (Let's Get It Starter)

The Black Keys - Ten Cent Pistol (Brothers)

The Black Keys - Tighten Up (Brothers)

Kings Go Forth - Fight With Love (The Outsiders Are Back)

Kings Go Forth - I Don't Love You No More (The Outsiders Are Back)

The Bamboos - Turn It Up f/ Lyrics Born (4)

The Bamboos - Up On The Hill (4)

Femi Kuti - Tell Me - Jeremy Sole's Musaics Remix feat Ticklah (Day By Day Remixed Volume 1)

Femi Kuti - You Better Ask Yourself - Bost & Bim Remix (Day By Day Remixed Volume 1)

Whitefield Brothers - Safari Strut (Earthology)

Whitefield Brothers - Breakin' Through f/ El Michels Affair (Earthology)

Kero One - Let Me Clarify (Kinetic World)

Kero One - Let's Ride (Kinetic World)

Benny Tones - Home f/ Joe Dukie (Chrysalis)

Benny Tones - Fire Fly f/ Mara TK (Chrysalis)

Part 2

Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit (Cosmogramma)

Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane (Cosmogramma)

Grooveman Spot - Think About (Change Situations)

Grooveman Spot - Happy f/Kissey Asplund (Change Situations)

Miles Bonny - Number 5 (Incense And Wine)

Miles Bonny - Never Be The Same (Incense And Wine)

Erykah Badu - Fall In Love (Your Funeral) (New Amerykah, Pt. 2 - Return of the Ankh)

Erykah Badu - Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY) (New Amerykah, Pt. 2 - Return of the Ankh)

Aloe Blacc - Take Me Back (Good Things)

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Good Things)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Window Shopping (I Learned The Hard Way)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Better Things To Do (I Learned The Hard Way)

Orgone - Crazy Queen (Cali Fever)

Orgone - Cali Fever (Cali Fever)

Skeletons - Mr Mystery (Smile)

Skeletons - Mulatu (Smile)

Nas & Damian Marley - Friends (Distant Relatives)

Nas & Damian Marley - As We Enter (A.R.M remix) (Distant Relatives)

Part 3

Mala - In Luv (2009)

More Mala white label action. Erykah gets the treatment this time. Oh to have this vinyl! Now I only can find the flac (open ended quality!) of this and cos' I'm pretty useless with sound programs I can't convert to mp3. Anyone wanna do me a favour and send us a converted link? Go-on....

Mala - Alicia (2008)

How dubstep (or luvstep) should be, delicious.

Jeremy Taylor - Reggae Interpretation Of Kind Of Blue (2009)

Check this little gem out! Respect to the OG uploader, been looking for this fo' ages!

"In the spring of 1981 a group of reggae studio musicians from Jamaica gathered in New York City under the direction of Jeremy Taylor, a music professor at NYU at that time. The result was this Reggae Interpretation of the Miles Davis classic Kind of Blue. Though he was primarily regarded as a world-class Jazz musician and educator, Taylor had taken several trips to Jamaica to study reggae music with some of the best performers in the world."

So What

Freddie Freeloader

Blue In Green

All Blues

Flamenco Sketches

So What (Dub)

Freddie Freeloader (Dub)

Blue in Green (Dub)

All Blues (Dub)

Flamenco Sketches (Dub)

Updated LInk 2014

Beverly Road All Stars - I'm Still In Love/Danger In Your Eyes (2009)

I'm Still In Love

Danger In Your Eyes

Check It.

VA - Rude Boy: Jamaican Music on Japanese Consoles (2010)

1. Sievert - Backflip Brigade 

2. Mayako Halo - I Believe You Jah 

3. Euan "8-Bit" Lynn - Operation Barbarossa 

4. Cartoon Bomb - Bitch Doctor 

5. Chema64 - Jahkarta (Pervertion Mix) 

6. Synthetic Aesthetics - Newstep 

7. bitmuch - Bam Dub 

8. Nestrogen - Rasferatu And His Pastafarian Mendicants 

9. MicroD - Rebound 

10. MoxoM - Bonus - Demolition Army (Gotcha Ahha)

Pixels.

VA - Femi Kuti - Day By Day Remixed Vol. 1 (2010)

01. Bost & Bim - You Better Ask Yourself

02. Chinese Man - Day By Day Remix

03. Boombass - Lets Make History

04. General Elektriks - You Better Ask Yourself

05. EarthRise SoundSystem - Demo Crazy

06. The FolkDub Posse - Day By Day By Day

07. Femi Kuti - One Two (Garth Trinidads FiyahDubb!)

08. Femi Kuti - Tell Me (Jeremy Soles Musaics Remix feat Ticklah)

09. Femi Kuti - Eh Oh (Liza Richardson Remix)

10. Femi Kuti - Do You Know (Raul Campos Fresh Produce Remix)

11. Femi Kuti - You Better Ask Yourself (Jason Bentley Remix Feat Static Revenger) 

Check It.

RJD2 – Inversions of the Colossus (2010)

I little braindead at mement, just got up for the footy. Will have a listen and perhaps say something. Check It.

BIG Tunes w/ Undercover

Strictly BIG Tunes on this little selection special. Boom!

Version Excursion w/ Undercover

A likkie selection I made up with the man Jessie I outta Mebourne in mind. Here I ride the rhythm of a few of my favourite riddims from the past few months. Chhheck It and also grab the artwork/pdf!

Soul Riddim - Oneness Band

Chalice Riddim aka Swing Easy - Rebud Records

Pick Up The Peices Riddim - Fireball Records

50 Pound Riddim - Loud Disturbance

Protection Riddim - Roots Survival

Jam 1 riddim - Necessary Mayhem

Water Cycle Riddim - Not Nice Records

Damage Control Riddim - Jukeboxx

Best Trick - Weedy G

Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog With a Rope (2010)

Quantic is BACK! After a little bit of hiatus in albums (for him) Will Holland is back with another latin/dub/funk/reggae inspired masterpiece. So many dope tunes on this and like the 'Flowering Inferno' album that proceeds this it features a wicked version of one of my favourite reggae cuts 'Swing Easy'.

1. Dog With A Rope

2. Dub Y Guaguanco

3. Swing Easy

4. Echate Pa'lla (Version)

5. Portada Del Mar

6. Cumbia Sobre El Mar

7. Te PicoΜo El YaibiΜo (Version)

8. No Soy Del Valle

9. Echate Pa'lla

10. Te PicoΜo El YaibiΜo

Check It out over at afrofunkybrassjazz.blogspot