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  • #16
    Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground were amazing.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Wally Raffles View Post
      I just love the Jamaican artists from the 60's & 70's.

      These guys had so much talent - but never really had the money and fame that should have gone with it.

      They were from the ghetto - and the songs about poverty, leaking roofs, etc. were real. You can feel the passion in their songs.

      RESPECT!

      This song by Toots and the Maytels won a song competition in Jamaica and launched them to fame in Jamaica. As far as Jamaican fans were concerned, they were bigger and better than Bob Marley. This clip is taken from the Movie featuring Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come.

      The song is about a wedding party where there were only 20 bottles of cola-wine available for guests - as the bride cried in her bedroom = real ghetto life situation..

      I taught high school in Jamaica 1973-75, a time when reggae was just coming into full force. My favorites weren't Toots et al. (though I've always enjoyed their music), but included these:


      Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd

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      • #18

        Did ya 'ear dat? Express yuhsef bruddah...555
        Last edited by harrymsmarkle; 11-28-2019, 01:25 PM.
        Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd

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        • #19
          Nina Simone is one of my favourite artists. So very, very talented.
          She wanted to be the first black pianist to play at Carnegie Hall, but racism stopped that from happening.
          She joined the Black Panther movement in the 1960's, which destroyed her career.
          She was plagued with mental health issues for many years. She was inducted to the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame a few years ago - after she had died a few years before that, in Paris. She never really got over the racism she faced at the peak of her career.



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          • #20
            Originally posted by harrymsmarkle View Post
            I taught high school in Jamaica 1973-75, a time when reggae was just coming into full force. My favorites weren't Toots et al. (though I've always enjoyed their music), but included these:


            Two great tracks. Thanks! It must have been a blast teaching in Jamaica during this era!

            I will admit I have never heard of these artists.

            The thing is, there were just SO MANY of them that it's hard to know them all.

            There are also so many sub-genres in reggae. These artists sound a bit like Dennis Brown, who is a mixture of roots/lovers.

            I prefer Lovers over Roots - Beres Hammond is one of my faves. Girls get wet in the pants when you play his tunes.

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            • #21
              Beautiful song ...

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              • #22
                I left Jamaica with a suitcase full of locally-produced 45s that we danced to every chance we got...I had some moves in those days

                Lots of reggae covers in those days:


                Last edited by harrymsmarkle; 11-28-2019, 01:45 PM.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by harrymsmarkle View Post
                  I left Jamaica with a suitcase full of locally-produced 45s that we danced to every chance we got...I had some moves in those days
                  I have a good collection of reggae on vinyl that I have sourced in Japan over my years here. Japan has a huge reggae following, and is a great place to buy records.

                  I think the most desirable record I own is a first pressing of a limited edition Jefferson Airplane record. Apparently worth over $1,500.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by harrymsmarkle View Post
                    I left Jamaica with a suitcase full of locally-produced 45s that we danced to every chance we got...I had some moves in those days

                    Lots of reggae covers in those days:

                    Absolutely LOVE Marcia Griffiths.

                    She is AMAZING!

                    Thanks for sharing!!!

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by harrymsmarkle View Post

                      Lots of reggae covers in those days:
                      Yes - the Jamaican artists covered a lot of tracks - but in the reverse, a lot of tracks they made were covered by well known white artists later on, which made them famous.

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                      • #26
                        More Nina. I love her so much.

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                          • #28
                            Nina wrote a lot of her songs, including this one..

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                            • #29
                              Ain't no Sunshine..

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                              • #30
                                Sam Cooke was brilliant. Died a bizarre, violent death at the peak of his career.



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