smilingirl's reggae podcast

Rock away my blues Finally the sun has arrived, spring has sprung and the birds are singing, get on those rocking shoes and dance away your blues! Those who know me will have a giggle at the name of the artist on the first track, apologies to whoever it was that made the brilliant mash up (track 8) try as i might i can’t find your name to acknowledge you (maybe mike divine aka hibrid http://devinemashup.blogspot.com). Anyway turn it up loud and dace round your kitchen to rock away my blues........... Tracklist 1 Sandra Peters - rock away my blues 2 Tiny Grimes - juicy fruit 3 Hattie Littles - love, trouble, heartache & misery 4 Nicky Thomas - soul power 5 Kabanjak Meets Protassov - cruise control 6 Wee Willie & The Winners - i don't know what you got but i know what you need 7 The Soul Directions - su, su, su 8 Django Returns Clapping (aka clap clap djangos back) 9 Laurel Aitken - heile heile(the lion) 10 Joe Zawinul - mercy mercy mercy 11 Joe Payne - sweet thang 12 Eddie Roland - take me in your arms 13 Carlos & The Bandidos - fever 14 Laurel Aitken - sahara 15 The Marvelettes - the boy from crosstown 16 The Mohawks - baby hold on 17 Joe White & Chuck - any time 18 Lloyd Charmers & The Hippy Boys - house in session

Dread at the controls A short celebration of the works of Mikey Dread. Track list 1 Resignation Dub 2 Recollection Rock 3 Friend And Money 4 Proud To Be Black 5 Break down the walls 6 Heavy Weight Sound 7 3 O clock Dubatak 8 Roots Man Revival 9 Barber Saloon 10 Version 11 Schoolgirl 12 The Jumping Master 13 Version

Dread at the controls A short celebration of the works of Mikey Dread. Track list 1 Resignation Dub 2 Recollection Rock 3 Friend And Money 4 Proud To Be Black 5 Break down the walls 6 Heavy Weight Sound 7 3 O clock Dubatak 8 Roots Man Revival 9 Barber Saloon 10 Version 11 Schoolgirl 12 The Jumping Master 13 Version

Dread at the controls A short celebration of the works of Mikey Dread. Track list 1 Resignation Dub 2 Recollection Rock 3 Friend And Money 4 Proud To Be Black 5 Break down the walls 6 Heavy Weight Sound 7 3 O clock Dubatak 8 Roots Man Revival 9 Barber Saloon 10 Version 11 Schoolgirl 12 The Jumping Master 13 Version

Inspired by......... Natty Bo and Ska Cubano who played at Hendre Hall recently. The place was jumping and if you ever get the opportunity to see Ska Cubano grab it with both hands. As you can see from the photo Natty Bo jumped on the decks after the show (thanks Vashti for the photo, hello Dewi) and treated us to some fabulous jump up swing and r’n’b. Time to get your dancing shoes on once again! Track List 1 Roy Newman & the Boys – sadie green the vamp from new Orleans 2 Jumpin' Joe Williams with Red Saunders & His Orchestra - hey bartender give that man a drink 3 Hadda Brooks - jump back honey 4 Macbeth The Great –man smart, woman smarter 5 Count Lasher – calypso cha cha cha 6 Lord Power - let's do it 7 Chin’s Calypso Quintet – night food 8 Lord Tanamo - night food ska 9 Lord Creator - big bamboo 10 The Skatalites - latin goes ska 11 Lloyd Clarke - japanese girl 12 Eric Morris - number one 13 Jamaica Allstars - alipang instrumental 14 Los De Abajo – Jericho 15 Butumbaba - rocksteady times 16 The Hong Kong Gang - reggae mento 17 Jeffrey Brown - ska-ing version

Inspired by......... Natty Bo and Ska Cubano who played at Hendre Hall recently. The place was jumping and if you ever get the opportunity to see Ska Cubano grab it with both hands. As you can see from the photo Natty Bo jumped on the decks after the show (thanks Vashti for the photo, hello Dewi) and treated us to some fabulous jump up swing and r’n’b. Time to get your dancing shoes on once again! Track List 1 Roy Newman & the Boys – sadie green the vamp from new Orleans 2 Jumpin' Joe Williams with Red Saunders & His Orchestra - hey bartender give that man a drink 3 Hadda Brooks - jump back honey 4 Macbeth The Great –man smart, woman smarter 5 Count Lasher – calypso cha cha cha 6 Lord Power - let's do it 7 Chin’s Calypso Quintet – night food 8 Lord Tanamo - night food ska 9 Lord Creator - big bamboo 10 The Skatalites - latin goes ska 11 Lloyd Clarke - japanese girl 12 Eric Morris - number one 13 Jamaica Allstars - alipang instrumental 14 Los De Abajo – Jericho 15 Butumbaba - rocksteady times 16 The Hong Kong Gang - reggae mento 17 Jeffrey Brown - ska-ing version

Inspired by......... Natty Bo and Ska Cubano who played at Hendre Hall recently. The place was jumping and if you ever get the opportunity to see Ska Cubano grab it with both hands. As you can see from the photo Natty Bo jumped on the decks after the show (thanks Vashti for the photo, hello Dewi) and treated us to some fabulous jump up swing and r’n’b. Time to get your dancing shoes on once again! Track List 1 Roy Newman & the Boys – sadie green the vamp from new Orleans 2 Jumpin' Joe Williams with Red Saunders & His Orchestra - hey bartender give that man a drink 3 Hadda Brooks - jump back honey 4 Macbeth The Great –man smart, woman smarter 5 Count Lasher – calypso cha cha cha 6 Lord Power - let's do it 7 Chin’s Calypso Quintet – night food 8 Lord Tanamo - night food ska 9 Lord Creator - big bamboo 10 The Skatalites - latin goes ska 11 Lloyd Clarke - japanese girl 12 Eric Morris - number one 13 Jamaica Allstars - alipang instrumental 14 Los De Abajo – Jericho 15 Butumbaba - rocksteady times 16 The Hong Kong Gang - reggae mento 17 Jeffrey Brown - ska-ing version

Hot Buttered Dub Part 2 Part two of hot buttered dub brings you 45 minutes of tremendous Jamaican 70’s dubs and versions. If you are interested, you can find part one at http://www.subnav.com . Sit back and enjoy. Track list 1 Charlie Ace - hot buttered dub intro 2 Chariot Riders - solomon instrumental version 3 Prince Allah - stone version 4 World Wide Allstars - half past the hour 5 Tappa Zukie – mpla version 6 Delroy Wilson - beating version 7 Aggrovators -version ( Johnny Clarke - Love Your Brothers & Sisters) 8 G G Allstars - part two dub (equal rights) 9 Revolutionaries - shank i dub 10 The Groove Master - silver bird (Instrumental) 11 Lloyd Young - jah jah know version 12 G G Allstars - hold my hand pt2 13 King Tubby - get ready version 14 Sky Nation - peace version 15 Black Beard & The Pirates - stop version 16 Barry's Allstars - girl in dub

Hot Buttered Dub Part 2 Part two of hot buttered dub brings you 45 minutes of tremendous Jamaican 70’s dubs and versions. If you are interested, you can find part one at http://www.subnav.com . Sit back and enjoy. Track list 1 Charlie Ace - hot buttered dub intro 2 Chariot Riders - solomon instrumental version 3 Prince Allah - stone version 4 World Wide Allstars - half past the hour 5 Tappa Zukie – mpla version 6 Delroy Wilson - beating version 7 Aggrovators -version ( Johnny Clarke - Love Your Brothers & Sisters) 8 G G Allstars - part two dub (equal rights) 9 Revolutionaries - shank i dub 10 The Groove Master - silver bird (Instrumental) 11 Lloyd Young - jah jah know version 12 G G Allstars - hold my hand pt2 13 King Tubby - get ready version 14 Sky Nation - peace version 15 Black Beard & The Pirates - stop version 16 Barry's Allstars - girl in dub

Hot Buttered Dub Part 2 Part two of hot buttered dub brings you 45 minutes of tremendous Jamaican 70’s dubs and versions. If you are interested, you can find part one at http://www.subnav.com . Sit back and enjoy. Track list 1 Charlie Ace - hot buttered dub intro 2 Chariot Riders - solomon instrumental version 3 Prince Allah - stone version 4 World Wide Allstars - half past the hour 5 Tappa Zukie – mpla version 6 Delroy Wilson - beating version 7 Aggrovators -version ( Johnny Clarke - Love Your Brothers & Sisters) 8 G G Allstars - part two dub (equal rights) 9 Revolutionaries - shank i dub 10 The Groove Master - silver bird (Instrumental) 11 Lloyd Young - jah jah know version 12 G G Allstars - hold my hand pt2 13 King Tubby - get ready version 14 Sky Nation - peace version 15 Black Beard & The Pirates - stop version 16 Barry's Allstars - girl in dub

Soul Time! This podcast is dedicated to all them soul boys and soul girls who are busy booking babysitters, shining the leather on their dancing shoes, buying johnsons baby powder and anti-perspirant and generally getting themselves ‘sorted’ for the big weekend coming up in Prestatyn. This is just 20 or so tunes to get you all in the mood. Track List 1 Jackie Wilson - soul time 2 Darrell Banks - open the door to your heart 3 Azie Mortimer - you can't take it away 4 Jimmy James - this heart of mine 5 Darrel Banks - angel baby 6 Billie Davis - just walk in my shoes 7 Bobby Sheen - dr love 8 Darlene Love - long way to be happy 9 Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - i feel alright 10 Denise Lasalle - keep it coming 11 Ronnie Milsap - ain't no soul (left in these ole shoes) 12 Kenny Bernard - ain't no soul 13 Joe Matthews - sorry ain't good enough 14 Billy Hambric - she said goodbye 15 Jackie Wilson - i get the sweetest feeling 16 Inez Foxx - you don't want my love 17 Gaylettes - heartache's i can't take 18 Soul Sisters - good time tonight 19 Owen Gray - can i get a witness 20 Edwin Starr - my weakness is you 21 Geno Washington - she shot a hole in my soul 22 Mary Wells - let yourself go

Rocksteady rock my soul part 5 Something for the weekend....... rock back and enjoy! 1 The Selectors - rock back 2 Joe White - hot pops 3 The Creations - meet me at eight 4 The Moving Brothers – don’t play that song 5 Prince buster - bye bye baby 6 Derrick and Pauline - you never miss your water 7 The Clarendonians - bye bye bye 8 Desmond Dekker - writing on the wall 9 Charlie Ace - book of books 10 Roy Shirley - what to do without your love 11 Desmond Dekker – sabotage 12 Derrick Morgan - music be the food of love 13 Prince Buster - sweet beat 14 Hugh Godfrey - go tell him 15 Dawn Penn - why did you lie 16 The Paragons - only a smile 17 The Cables - good luck to you 18 The Ethiopians - live good 19 The Progressions - give me love 20 Young Al Capone - girl called clover

I feel the music Firstly, I’d like to send out a big big thank you to the people who have generously donated dollars and cents over the Christmas period. Secondly, here’s a selection of early reggae, with a sprinkling of rocksteady, for your listening and dancing pleasure, sit back and enjoy tunes that are ‘crisper than cornflakes’. 1 Roy Smith - i feel the music 2 Carey & Lloyd - come down pt.1 3 The Cables - feel all right 4 The Royals - never see come see 5 Laurel Aitken - can't turn your back on me 6 Delroy Wilson - run run 07 ? (it’s a Trojan B side?) - walk on by 8 Rupies Allstars - look who a bust style 9 The Dynamic Boys - shock attack 10 Rupie Edwards - scout 11 Slim smith + Roy Shirley - facts of life 12 Keith MacCarthy - everybody rude now + version 13 Owen Grey - don't leave me never 14 Delano Stewart - stay a little bit longer 15 Ken Parker - my whole world is falling down 16 Slim Smith - ain't too proud to beg Don’t be shy – leave a comment. One Love x