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Smuggled Sounds (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Skatalites picked in all the musical universes which they know, also collaborating with Prince Buster or Toots Hibbert, which with a jazzband…. With more than thirty albums to the meter, the combo became a true mythical group, writing some of the most beautiful pages of the ska jamaïcain. Their beginnings with today, original band with the current formation off perdurent titles like...
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You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
01* Prince Buster & The Maytals - I Got A Pain 02* Maytals - He Is Real 03* Tommy McCook - Cast Your Faith To The Wind 04* Prince Buster - Faith 05* Ska Busters - Georgia 06* Prince Buster - Have Mercy 07* Maytals - I Love You So 08* Eric Morris - Those Teardrops 09* Prince Buster - Chinaman Ska 10* Skatalites - Super Charge 11* Don Drummond...
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You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
01 - i feel the spirit 02 - madness 03 - don't make me cry 04 - they got to come 05 - all alone 06 - soul of africa 07 - wash your troubles away 08 - jealous 09 - black head chinaman 10 - beggars are no choosers 11 - run man run 12 - just you DOWNLOAD
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You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Gun The Man Down The Baddest Cincinnati Kid The Sermon Of A Preacher Man Al Capone Any More Happy Reggae Hold Them Outlaw Burke's Law Fever Phoenix City DOWNLOAD
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StroudGreen.org - All Discussions (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
A present for David
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Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
... three are interpolations. Here's some of those originals now. Toots And The Maytals - Monkey Man Prince Buster - Too Hot Lloyd Tyrrell - Birth Control (the basis of Too Much Too Young) Previously on STN: discussion of The Boiler . We haven't reuploaded its mp3, but we will if anyone really wants.
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
... I attend Kingston Secondary School, Warren Hall High School. I first started recording for Prince Buster. Q:A tune called 'My Queen'.A: Yes. Q:When was it'A: 1962. Q:As early as '62? So that was ska.A: Yeah, the tail end of ska, of when I start, y'know. Q:How did it happen in that time?A: Well, I grew up with another kid called Junior English. He migrated to England like '64. Well,...
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pasta and vinegar (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
... create awareness and effect change. “ Why do I blog this? saturday morning search, when listening Prince Buster .
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Free People Clothing Boutique Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
... cheeky love, misbegotten love, magical love… etc. etc" Ten Commandments (From: Man To Woman): Prince Buster Tramp: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas Papa Don't Take No Mess: James Brown Big Eight: Judge Dread Tears of a Clown: The English Beat Cocaine Blues (Live): Johnny Cash Rebel Rebel: David Bowie Pirate Love: Johnny Thunders Hand in Glove: The Smiths (featuring Sandie Shaw) Magic Man:...
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Boot Sale Sounds (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
I seem to be rediscovering some old African records just lately and here's another found at Brick Lane in the 80's recorded in the 60's. It's on the Melodisc label who also ran the Blue Beat label who put out a lot of the early ska and r&b records by Prince Buster etc. "Nat Atkins real name is Obafunsho Akinbayo, born in Nigeria, formed his own band in England and also plays with the...
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Chocablog (Free subscription) | 01/17/2008
It's funny how sometimes things pop up in the oddest of places, leading you on a trail to something else. Hhow I came to find this tea is one such tale. I like a bit of music. Well, actually, I like a LOT of music. All types. A friend gave me a copy of a Prince [...]
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LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
“The Sensational Maytals” Recorded in 1965, shortly after their stint with Prince Buster, this record features a bigger, more polished sound than their earliest ska songs. The Ronnie Nasralla/Byron Lee produced LP is packed with ska hits from beginning to end. From rowdy ska hits like “It's You” and “Fever” to deeply soulful ballads like [...]
