Bulldog and Jackhammer Present: Your Introduction To Reggae

Oriphiel · 03-05-2015, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeytennis

Been trying to get Dennis Brown's stuff recently but cannot find this **** anywhere, even legally. Where do you lot get it?

I can find Greatest Hits compilations but I'm looking for studio albums. A shame this isn't easy to find really.

3k post. Badman ting.

Discogs is a great place to find rare vinyl at great prices, however you're basically buying them sight unseen. I've never had any problems with it, though.
Here are all the listings for Dennis Brown's first album. It looks like the cheapest one that includes both the vinyl and the cover, as well as being in reasonable condition, is for about twenty dollars. However, keep in mind that it (and most of the records in this listing) is a reissue, and not an original pressing:

http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sor...d=234923&ev=mb

Here are some that should be original pressings, which are obviously much more expensive:

http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/1463633?ev=rb

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-07-2015, 09:22 AM

Cheers for this lads. Is it basically impossible to get them on mp3 then?

William_the_Bloody · 03-10-2015, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

You and Jackhammer should start hitting this thread up again for sure. This thread along with a few others is the reason I joined MB. I found alot of gems from both your recs and also re-discovered alot of music I had on the backburner. Its a great thread.

I agree, I listen to reggae, soul/disco & folk pretty much more than anything else. So anything to get this forum hopping again would be a plus.

As for Dennis Brown, all his stuff is available on MP3 you just have to know where to go... Wish I could help, cheers.

Bulldog · 03-10-2015, 03:36 PM

I'd be up for updating this, but I won't do a thing to it without Jackhammer though. Jackhammer, if you're still using this forum and feel like reviving this thread, my PM inbox is open

Oriphiel · 03-12-2015, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeytennis

Cheers for this lads. Is it basically impossible to get them on mp3 then?

I did some digging, and many old Reggae albums have been reissued as CD's. Places like Discogs, Ebay, Amazon, I-Tunes, etc., should have the CD's pop in from time to time, and maybe even each individual song available for downloading as an mp3. Another method is to buy the music on vinyl, and then convert it to a digital format, which is very easy to do if you have a turntable that has an RCA or USB cable attached to it.

For example, here's Dennis Brown's first album reissued as a CD on Discogs:

http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2195683?ev=rb

And here's a collection of some of his songs from the 70's on Amazon, available as individual mp3's:

http://www.amazon.com/Dennis-Brown-F...F8WVJ75RHKNWT4

Good luck!

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-13-2015, 04:44 PM

Thanks again Ori. Appreciate it.

thegiftofdave@gmail.com · 11-02-2016, 06:15 PM

Oh man-nice work man. As a woking bass player who loves playing Reggae wherever and whenever I can-this is a great list...even reminded me of some stuff that needs a revisit! Cheers!

ando here · 09-06-2020, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

10 Essential Roots Albums:

Prince Far I-Anthology
Aswad-Debut
Third World-90 Degrees In The Shade
Steel Pulse-Handsworth Revolution
Burning Spear-Marcus Garvey
Abyssinians-Satta Masaganna
u-Roy-Dread In A Babylon
Peter Tosh-Legalize It
Black Uhuru-Sensimillia
Jacob Miller & Inner Circle- Forward Jah Jah Children.

10 track comp here:...

10 Essential Lover's Rock/Dancehall Reggae Albums
Barrington Levy - Here I Come
Eek a Mouse - Wa-Do-Dem
Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
Seeed - Next!
Yellowman - King Yellowman
Beres Hammond - Soul Reggae
Richie Spice - Di Plane Land
Dennis Brown - Stagecoach Showcase
Turbulence - Do Good
Wayne Smith/Prince Jammy-Sleng Teng/Computerised Dub

10 Essential Dub Albums
King Tubby - Crucial Dub
Augustus Pablo - East Of the River Nile
Scientist - Scientist Rids the World Of the Curse Of the Vampires
Dubmatix - Champion Soundclash
Mad Professor - Beyond the Realms Of Dub
Keith Hudson - Pick a Dub

Nice intro, particularly the Roots top 10. Just off the top I'd throw in Israel Vibrations' Strength of My Life as a good runner up.

03-07-2015, 09:22 AM	#92 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Cheers for this lads. Is it basically impossible to get them on mp3 then?

03-10-2015, 03:36 PM	#94 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	I'd be up for updating this, but I won't do a thing to it without Jackhammer though. Jackhammer, if you're still using this forum and feel like reviving this thread, my PM inbox is open

03-13-2015, 04:44 PM	#96 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Thanks again Ori. Appreciate it.

11-02-2016, 06:15 PM	#97 (permalink)
thegiftofdave@gmail.com Groupie Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 2	Oh man-nice work man. As a woking bass player who loves playing Reggae wherever and whenever I can-this is a great list...even reminded me of some stuff that needs a revisit! Cheers!