Would love some Reggae recommendations from the 70's to 90's. Much appreciated.
these probably came out early in this millenium but have you heard the Easy Star Allstars covering popular concept albums in reggae style? They did Sgt Peppers Lonely Heards Dub Band and and Radiodread (a cover of Radioheads OK Computer) Both brilliant records.
Sounds cool, will check, thanks
@JurassicT4 I think they also did Dub Side of the Moon lol. All pretty trippy, well done stuff
The French love it! Look up French Reggae on YouTube it is really good stuff. It is often in English if you prefer.
Sounds cool, most definitely will
Do you have a style preference? I think these are all between 1970 and 1990.
Albums:
May or may not be what you consider "pure reggae", but as I remember, there's not much dub, if any at all, in these:
The Wailers and I-Threes:
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
Judy Mowatt - Working Wonders
Marcia Griffiths - Naturally
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Rita Marley - Who Feels It Knows It
The Wailers - Catch A Fire
Uh... more than one genre:
Aswad - New Chapter
Black Uhuru - Anthem
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Israelites.
Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
Max Romeo and the Upsetters - War Ina Babylon
The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
Various - The Harder They Come (soundtrack from the film starring Jimmy Cliff
Toasting, which influenced Rap and Hip Hop. DJ Kool Herc, the Father of Hip Hop, was an immigrant with his family to the Bronx from Jamaica. His sister Cindy is credited as the First Lady of Hip Hop. Immigrants. They get the job done!
Dillinger - CB200
Eek-A-Mouse - Wa Do Dem
Yellowman - Mister Yellowman
Dub:
Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile
Aswad - New Chapter of Dub
Big Youth - Screaming Target
Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town
Joe Gibbs - African Dub Almighty Chapter 3
Mikey Dread - World War Three
King Tubby and Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meet Rockers Uptown
Lee Scratch Perry - Roast Fish, Collie Weed and Cornbread
Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters - Super Ape
Upsetters - 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle
Upsetters - Return of Django
URoy - Version Galore
Just pure Reggae, nothing crazy or with blends of other shenanigans.
Thanks for the list.
@JurassicT4 Heh. How do you define "pure reggae"? [en.wikipedia.org]
@JurassicT4 I'll go back and label the different sections. There is some "crazy" stuff in there.