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SCHWEEEEEET
Wow, these guys are great!
Good album
please
kickin ya down with some heavenly sounds

Closer to the Sun
Slightly Stoopid
Manufacturer: Reincarnate Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Live & Direct: Acoustic Roots
Kona Town
Give'n It
Flying Ship of Fantasy

ASIN: B00082ZQX6
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

Intro
Babylon Is Falling
Somebody
Fat Spliffs
Bandelero
See It No Other Way
Nothin Over Me
This Joint
Older
Ain't Got a Lot of Money
Till It Gets Wet
Don't Care
Basher
Righteous Man
Up On A Plane
Waiting
Closer To The Sun
Zeplike
Comb 4 My Dome
Open Road

Customer Reviews:

SCHWEEEEEET.......2007-04-28

It's really hard to point a finger at Slightly Stoopids best cd....they're all so damn good! CLOSER TO THE SUN really blew me away though and if you're in the mood to kick back and hang out with some friends (especially over the summer) this is the most chill cd to listen to. I would definitely put this one in my top ten. It never gets old.

Wow, these guys are great!.......2007-02-01

Smooth easy Cali sound. A little like Sublime, a little like OPM. Very good stuff.

Good album.......2006-08-21

I loved the first album. The second one is very good as well. You have to see Slightly Stoopid in Concert. Its a great show.

please.......2006-05-20

i'm from san diego, this band sucks. sublime rip-offs. stop playing at canes. please. chicks named "zil" go to your show. no original thought put into this. horrible.

kickin ya down with some heavenly sounds.......2006-05-13

Simply great....great acoustics, vocals (especially See It No Other Way)....great raggae/ska CD....just a chill music....def. worth the purchase

DJ Spooky Presents - In Fine Style: 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records

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very very good
DJ Spooky Pays Tribute to Jamaican Dancehall Culture.
A Great Compilation...Did You Know There Is A Second One?
Best Reggae Compilation of All Time?
EXCELLENT CLASSIC REGGAE FEEL

DJ Spooky Presents - In Fine Style: 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records
DJ Spooky
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Trojan Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stepping Stones: The Self-Remixed Best
DJ-Kicks
The Audience's Listening
Celestial Mechanix: The Blue Series Mastermix
Dubtometry

ASIN: B000FMGTO4
Release Date: 2006-06-27

Tracks:

Sweet Like Candy - Winston Williams
Nice Nice - The Kingstonians
007 Shanty Town - Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Funky, Funky Reggae
Shades of Hudson - Dennis Alcapone
Summertime - B.B. Seaton
Disco Devil
Jah Jah Man - Sly & Robbie
Lama Lava - Augustus Pablo
Come Together - Israelites
Old Fashioned Way - Ken Boothe
Rain - Bruce Ruffin
Your Ace from Outer Space - U-Roy
Rooster - Tommy McCook & the Supersonics
Trail of Pama Dice
Ba Ba Boom - The Jamaicans
Fever - Susan Cadogan
Morning Sun

Tracks:

DJ's Choice - Winston Williams
Screaming Target - Big Youth
Great Musical Battle - Derrick Morgan
Russians Are Coming (Take Five) - Val Bennett
Popcorn
Brother Noah
Reform Institute
Bridgeport [Dub]
King Tubby's Explosion [Dub]
Dynamic Fashion Way - U-Roy,
Yah We Deh - Barrington Levy
Here Comes the Judge - Peter Tosh
Flat Foot Hustling
Hot Sauce (Aka the Argo Man Is Back)
Rudy a Message to You - Dandy Livingstone
Rough Rider [Live] - Special Beat

Amazon.com

If you were expecting some airy, intellectual double disc dissertation on reggae by "arguably DJ culture's most intellectual turntablist," the Derrida-quoting DJ Spooky, you'd thankfully be very wrong here. In fact, of the many, many collections of Trojan's amazing trove of Jamaican music, this is easily one of the best, seamlessly blending the tightest and deepest ska, roots reggae, dub, and rocksteady tracks from the label's vast archives. Obscurities hold their own next to the most well-known tracks, making it a superb gift for both the reggae neophyte and the total "head." In Fine Style: 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records is so good, you're surprised it's not on Soul Jazz--all this from "the only DJ on the scene with degrees in philosophy and French culture," who happens also to have spent much of his youth visiting family and friends in Jamaica. That familiarity shows, and this mix never disappoints. Huzzah! --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

very very good.......2007-01-17

this is an awsome cd and if u like reggae and like to party this is the cd for u

DJ Spooky Pays Tribute to Jamaican Dancehall Culture........2006-12-07

DJ Spooky pays tribute to the earliest of the deejay cultures, the reggae dancehall selectors in his newest cd, "In Fine Style." In the 70s, a real authentic underground culture of Jamaican deejays, toasters and sound engineers pioneered roots consciousness style of the earliest reggae music. Spooky's selections are from the massive vaults of Trojan records founded by Duke Reid, a prominent deejay and music producer from the earliest days of the dancehall sound system in Jamaica. In addition to the superlative remix album, a bonus album of unremixed reggae classics is included.

The Jamaican deejay culture had a big impact on the emerging New York hip hop scene when Jamaican performers like Big Youth and U-Roy brought the technique of toasting (rhyming lyrics over a vinyl riddim track of music) in the mid-Seventies. Long before rap music mogul Russell Simmons' first protege, Curtis Blow, emerged as one of the earliest rap artists in 1980, the Harlem and Bronx hip-hop dance scene was inundated with the sound of Jamaican toasters rapping in the Trenchtown native tongue patois of the Queen's English.

Hip hop expanded the horizon by adopting Trenchtown rapping to a uniquely American "ghetto-style" treatment. Kurtis Blow and Run-DMC rhymed their street poetry to the music of planetary funk masters like James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa and George Clnton's Parliment-Funkdelic bands. In essence those early years of Trojan Records and the emergence of reggae defined the direction of American pop music for the next thirty years.

Producers like King Tubby, Duke Reid and the Mad Professors created drum n' bass heavy dub plates of popular reggae dancehall hits, especially designed for toasting. Dub plates had crashing waves of psychedelic echoes and a remix that often emphasized the "one drop" or the third beat of the measure in which a reggae drummer would hit the snare. Reggae "riddim" breaks from the conventional emphasis of the 2nd and 4th beats in most blues, rock and pop music. This down tempo off-rythym technique of "one drop" drumming and rythym guitar playing gives reggae music it's distinctive "heartbeat" quality.

Most of the songs here like the remix of Max Romeo's "Iron Shirt" & Desmond Dekker's "007 Shanty Town" are familiar to early reggae/ska enthusiasts and DJ Spooky resists the temptation to overplay his hand by doing anything more clean up the master tapes with a cleaner mix of the music. The second CD is similar to Thievery Corporation's 2001 selection of unremixed virgin masters from the vault of Verve's jazz recordings.

Intrestingly enough, DJ Spooky's selections vary between jazz and pop influenced tracks and the more traditional roots reggae. A lot of the tracks are hard to find, even for a hardcore vintage Trojan Reocrds collector like myself.

For roots reggae collectors, the 34 selected early reggae classics make "In Fine Style" the roots reggae reissue jewel of the year for 2006. For those who are newer fans of reggae, trust me on this...DJ Spooky's selections may sound a bit antiquated upon your first listen; but you will discover many rewards with repeated listening.

A Great Compilation...Did You Know There Is A Second One?.......2006-11-21

I agree with all the others, just a great compilation of early ska, dub, reggae, etc. not mixed, but it still has a great flow. However some people may not know, but Spooky recently released another 2 disc set called "DJ Spooky Presents: Riddim Come Forward 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records". I think it is a strictly UK thing. I couldn't find it on here, but you can find it at the Amazon UK site. Really worth checking out, just order it from them, it really doesn't cost much more than anything bought from this amazon either. The first disc on the second version is a "mix", not totally manipulated like Spooky can do, but it still is a continuous mix with Spooky throwing in his own flare. The second disc is just another compilation (not the same songs as the first disc mix). So you get two more discs full of great music. Just listening to it for the first time, but it is in the same vein as this release, just lots of classic tunes. Check it out.

Best Reggae Compilation of All Time?.......2006-10-18

A case could surely be made that this is the best reggae compilation of all time. Not only is it "heavy" and "funky" and "soulful," it also has a sense of fun. Don't worry that DJ Spooky merely collected these tunes without applying his remixing magic. That doesn't matter. He should be thanked for putting together such a top-shelf compilation. Lots of tracks could be discussed, but I wish to call attentioin to one track in particular. I think it's track 7 on disc one: DISCO DEVIL. This, in my opinion, is the true gem of the entire compilation. If you're familiar with that Lee Perry produced song, "Chase the Devil," you know, "I'm gonna put on an iron shirt, and chase Satan out of Earth..." Well DISCO DEVIL is another version of that song that Lee Perry put together and it is absolutely brilliant, I can't stop listening to it, it's so cool. So I thank you, Mr. Spooky.

EXCELLENT CLASSIC REGGAE FEEL.......2006-08-24

This is one of the best reggae albums i own i listen to it all the time, it gives u a old jamica feel and the kids and adults love it too, when i put the cd in everyone asks where i got it, i ABOSOLUTLEY reccomend this album to anybody even if reggae isnt your feel of music..... one love

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banned in d.c. bad brains greatest riffs
Someone finally does something right.
A great collection of Bad Brains material
best hardcore band EVER
enhanced?????????

Banned in DC: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs
Bad Brains
Manufacturer: Caroline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008V5TK
Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

Pay to Cum
I Against I
Don't Bother Me
I
Regulator
F.V.K.
Re-Ignition
Sailin' On
How Low can a Punk get
At the Movies
With the Quickness
Sacred Love
Soul Craft
Voyage to Infinity
Banned in DC
Big Takeover
Joshua's Song
I and I Survive (single mix)
The Meek Shall Inherit
I Luv I Jah
The Prophet's Eye
Riot Squad

Album Description

The first ever definitive collection of greatest hits, features 23 tracks including rare versions and the never before released song 'Riot Squad', as well as the video for 'I Against I'. Caroline. 2003.

Album Details

22 Track Collection Includes Rare Tracks and Previously Unreleased Riot Squad that Appear on CD for the First Time.

Customer Reviews:

banned in d.c. bad brains greatest riffs.......2007-05-14

one of the greatest comps ever everyone should own this

Someone finally does something right........2007-04-08

This collection is exactly what it promises on the front sticker: a "Definitive" collection.

It shows you every side of the Brains, from their blistering hardcore awesomeness to their forays into grotesque sounding metal (not that the metal songs are of low quality, but man is that some ugly, evil riffing on "Voyage To Infinity" and "Soul Craft"), and, of course, some Reggae songs at the end.

Thats what makes this disc so great, you see every side of the Bad Brains.

If you've never heard the Bad Brains before, they're one of the best, if not THE best, hardcore band of all time. Nobody sounded like these rastafarian dudes. Dr. Know was an amazing guitarist (he started out playing jazz fusion), playing tight, furious riffs and ripping out solos like no ones business, HR had a very unique voice with unbelieveable range, at times he sounds very operatic and soulful and then one second later can be screaming like some crazy evil dwarf baby. Earl Hudson (HR's brother) plays drums at light speed, all the while refusing to play those simple "boom-chick, boom-chick" kind of drumlines like most other hardcore drummers. Finally, Darryl Jenifer played bass very well (check out the solo he performs on the live cut of "Big Takeover" on this disc!) and, along with Hudson, kept the band locked in tight at whatever speed they played at.

And they could turn it on and off at the drop of a hat, too. They had lots of tempo shifts and stops in their songs, something that keeps the hardcore numbers from getting too repetitious (something plenty of other hardcore bands suffer from).

So with this disc, you get over an hour's worth of their best songs, every track lovingly re-mastered to sound as good as possible. I'm also very happy that they did vinyl transfers for the "Rock For Light" tracks too, as the CD issue of that album was artificially sped up for some mysterious reason. So you get to hear songs like "Sailin' On" and "At The Movies" at the speeds they were meant to be heard at, something fans who don't own the vinyl edition of that album(i.e. me) will be glad to have.

The bottom line is: The Bad Brains were a truly original force in music, and this disc is an excellent representation of who they were and what they did. It's easily the best single disc purchase of these guys, though after hearing their stuff, you'll probably want to buy more.

A great collection of Bad Brains material.......2005-11-17

This collection spans the best of the career of these DC/NYC reggae/hardcore musicans. Later stuff is OK....but Bad Brains aren't the same without HR's "throat".

If you have never heard the band before this makes a good primer, to get you into them (and they are counted as influences by lots of bands: Beastie Boys to Living Colour & No Doubt (the last two have covered Bad Brains songs both live and in the studio). So if you like what you hear on this disc....make the purchases to get yourself the rest of their library (especially the early stuff) !

My only complaint with this compilation would be that I prefer the SST label recordings versions of the "I Against I" era material. I am sure not having them on here is more a result of label infighting, so at least recordings from that era are still here for inclusion.

Other than that.....great, great stuff !!!

best hardcore band EVER.......2004-06-28

No hardcore band beats the bad brains. They play so damn fast you cant understand them...its great! These guys don't jsut play hardcore either, on this album theres metal and theres reggae. Theres no reason why not to buy it if you like punk (none of that pop-punk crap.)

enhanced?????????.......2004-06-05

i bought this album for the supposed enhancement,as i already knew bad brains are legendary.but the tracks sound the same as they do on the albums they took them off???.caroline have always been a rip off!!

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Nice Album!
Solid CD

Panic in Babylon
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Manufacturer: Narnack Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Dub-Triptych
African Roots from the Black Ark
Heart of the Congos
Mind Control
The Good, the Bad & the Queen

ASIN: B000ERU5KE
Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

Rastafari
Purity Rock
Pussy Man
Fight To The Finish
Voodoo
Panic In Babylon
Perry's Ballad
I Am A Psychiatrist
Inspector Gadget 2004
Are You Coming Home?
Baby Krishna
Greetings
Devil Dead Live

Tracks:

Panic In Babylon (TV On The Radio)
Purity Rock (Vocal Version)
Purity Rock (Instrumental)

Album Description

"A certifiable genius." - BBC

"Lee Perry is a towering figure in reggae - a producer, mixologist, and songwriter who, along with King Tubby, helped shape the sound of dub and made reggae music such a powerful part of the pop music world." - ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Fresh from his Grammy win for Best Reggae Album, Lee "Scratch" Perry has granted the wish of many and returned with yet another amazing release! Panic in Babylon is the new full-length epic, with a unique catchiness and hypnotizing rhythm only Perry's hands could bring to life. Relax and soak in the album's sharply enriching tones as the renowned "Father of Dub" takes you for a psychotropic journey throughout life's highs and lows. Each tune's signature reggae echo bounces giddily off the inner walls of your head, sending thick, magnetic currents throughout your legs and hips.

Lee "Scratch" Perry, being the sly producer he is, adds a distinctly untried edge to Panic in Babylon. The album's backing musicians have shared stories of Perry's constant approach with newfangled ideas - suggestions that seem musically impossible but, when executed, end up making absolute sense.

Originally released in Switzerland in 2005, Panic in Babylon is set to hit U.S. shores in August 2006. The Narnack version features a bonus disc of new collaborations with George Clinton, TV on the Radio, DJ Spooky, and more!

Customer Reviews:

Nice Album!.......2006-09-11

I first heard the track "I Am A Psychiatrist" on my Sirius satellite radio, and I was immediately hooked! This track is so BOMB (good) that I wanted to buy the cd immediately. I listened to samples of the rest of the disc at my local record store with equal approval. While many fans consider Scratch an icon in reggae music, I have generally been disappointed with a lot of his works (bad production values, inane lyrics, forgettable stuff). Not so with this one. I believe that reggae music fans in general and Scratch fans in particular will find favor with this offering.

Solid CD.......2006-09-05

Panic In Babylon is solid and strong, some of the best reggae Scratch has made in decades! On the main CD there are no dubs, only vocal tracks...so be warned if you prefer your reggae vocal-free...but in spite of that, each and every track is EXCELLENT...strong musically and interesting lyrics throughout. Clean crisp bass...mysterious melodies. This is a terrific work from the Upsetter!

Average customer rating:

At last...
Incredible production

Live In Paris: Zenith '88 (2CD)
Burning Spear
Manufacturer: Burning Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology
Home to My Roots: South Africa 2000/Life in Paris, Zenith '88
Our Music
Burning Spear - Ultimate Collection
Hail H.I.M.

ASIN: B000274TBW
Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

Spear Burning
We Are Going
The Youth
New Experience
African Postman
Happy Day
Woman I Love You
Traveling

Tracks:

Queen Of The Mountain
Creation Rebel
Mistress Music
Built This City
The Wilderness
Driver
Door Peep
Old Marcus Garvey
Swell Headed

Customer Reviews:

At last..........2007-04-09

I owned this on a cassette and played the hell out of it but couldn't get a Cd version until recently. This may be the finest live reggae period and that includes marley and tosh. This is a full company of musicians playing more complex arraignments. Three piece brass combo and all the percussionists playing hypnotic reggae at it's best.

The drummer here is a guy i had never heard of and he is just sick! Better than sly dunbar. He drives a riddim section that is superb and burning spear is the master of ceremony with his perfect timing and passion. the sound is as clear and pure as any live album you ever heard.

The pulsating sounds will energize you and make you want to start chucking! If not then you don't have a pulse..

Incredible production.......2005-08-06

I first owned this on casette in 1990. It was the first raggae I ever owned, and it jams! I was first stuck by the crisp and clear production. On the CD it's even better. You can pick out each individual instrument and vocal. Being a guitarist, I was amazed by the inventiveness of the playing.
The songs themselves are longer and more complex than any raggae I've heard before or since. You will groove and sing along all day and night. Don't be surprised if you find yourself humming the songs the next day without realizing that you're doing it.

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Outta Ideas
Nice...
Chillin...
VICTORIA MOREHEAD's igloomag.com REVIEW ::
Still the man

In a Space Outta Sound
Nightmares on Wax
Manufacturer: Warp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000E8NPU0
Release Date: 2006-03-07

Tracks:

Passion
The Sweetest
Flip Ya Lid
Pudpots
Damn
You Wish
Deepdown
Chime Out
Me!
I Am You
Soul Purpose
African Pirates

Album Description

It is evident in listening to In A Space Outta Sound that Nightmares on Wax has travelled far. A contemporary and varied album of many textures, tempos and tones, it is embedded with harmonic inflections from cultures far beyond these shores. Whilst this is an album deconstructing George's musical make up, and in doing so reflecting his rich musical heritage, by inviting you down a personal retrospective journey, In A Space… also unwittingly reflects the urban multi-cultural landscape we live in today.

Customer Reviews:

Outta Ideas.......2007-04-02

To many musical artists, the idea of "impressive ambience" or "notable chill" is a contradiction in terms. If the music is meant to be little more than the decor for dreams, if it is designed as a batten for the back wall, then what's the point in giving it indelibility? Thankfully, many artists (Kruder and Dorfmeister, Ulrich Schnauss, et. al.) are capable of creating atmospheres that are both evocative and unobtrusive. It's a delicate kind of chemistry, but it can be done.

Nightmares on Wax aims for ambient funk and hits the target, but almost too well. The music on "In A Space Outta Sound" is so laid-back, it limbos right under the rader. It would provide the steady and subliminal pulse for any number of quiet nights or get-togethers, but it's unlikely anyone would take notice and ask the host, "What's this you've got playing?"

Okay, maybe some of their numbers would pique interest. I'm thinking of the quirky conga coolness of "Deepdown," or the ghostly lounge sensibilities of "Passion," or the classic rock shadows interlaced throughout "You Wish." There are, really, no bad songs on this album; they all play soft shoe with equally soft music, and they know the moves by heart. But it's a dance you'll forget as soon as the stereo has been turned off, and it's even likely you'll forget that you forgot.

Ambience is good, and chill is great, but truly relaxing music stays in the air, lingers in the heart, and saturates the soul long after the notes have ceased to sound. Give me barbs, give me hooks, give me risks; the rest may be good, but it's also nothing else at all.

Nice... .......2006-06-12

One of my favourite albums in my library is "Smoker's Delight". Just having my first listen to In a Space... and I'm definitely having fun listening to this. As button mentioned, it is a good compliment to the other NOW albums. I've the idea that this one's gonna get a good deal of playtime on my iPod...

Chillin..........2006-05-12

This latest effort from Nightmares On Wax continues in the spirit of his previous work, smoked out mellow downtempo with elements of funk, soul/r&b, jazz, underground hip-hop and more. Like other reviewers have mentioned In A Space Outta Sound is a little weaker and less inventive than some of the earlier albums, but it is still a decent chill-out disc. It must be said though that the production on some of the tracks is a little sub-par IMO (at least for an established artist like NOW) and some of the sample choices are a bit obvious and overused. However, there are some quality tracks on here and the album as a whole works rather well so if you're just looking for some mellow tunes to chill out to then this cd might just be for you, but if you don't own any of the earlier albums you should probably pick up one of those instead.

VICTORIA MOREHEAD's igloomag.com REVIEW :: .......2006-03-29

VICTORIA MOREHEAD's igloomag.com REVIEW ::
(03.28.06) Nightmares on Wax put out their first album with Warp Records, Dextrous, in the late 80s, a combined effort of George Evelyn and Kevin Harper. Soon after, Harper left to pursue other routes, and Evelyn took a break, coming back with Smoker's Delight in 1995. Since then, Evelyn has continued to mix up and put out a consistent brand of downtempo music, releasing many additional albums including the most recent, In a Space Outta Sound.

In a Space... isn't new territory for Evelyn. It's full of soul, groove, funk, jazz, reggae and sweet vocals. But that could be the issue holding NOW back from ever growing beyond the category of "music that's good to chill to."

Taking the flavors of other music and amalgamating them into a funktronic sound has become de rigueur of downtempo electronic music. It's the background music in trendy clothing stores and the soundtrack in commercials for German cars. Evelyn's talent is obvious, but if he would just break out of that sterile, perfectly synchronized world of downtempo layers, he might surprise himself. Perhaps it's just a matter of keeping it a little rough around the edges. Maybe if Evelyn let in a little more of the blues raunch and the soul of-well, soul-he could take it to the next level.

This is not to say that In a Space... doesn't have it's respected place. It's just a place that seems to be getting overcrowded with other musicians doing exactly the same thing. Why have five albums from the same artist if they all sound exactly alike? We're looking for evolution, experimentation-something surprising. Maybe NOW's next album will let that funk stay funky, rip the edges and keep 'em raw, and show us some soul that's not so shiny and new.

Still the man.......2006-03-21

a perfect compliment to NOW's fantastic albums of the past, "smokers delight" and "carboot soul" in particular. not really messing with the formula of previous work, but still sounds fresh, positive and grows with each listen.

Average customer rating:

Excellent

Dirty Reggae
Aggrolites
Manufacturer: Axe
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00097275K
Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

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Jimmy Jack
Black Lung
Keep It Cool
The Stampede
Money Hungry Woman
Put Your Weight On It
Pop The Trunk
Womens Rules
Burning Bush
Joe Grind
Reggae Wonderland
Lunar Eclipse
Dirty Reggae

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-05-12

Better than their second album if you ask me, worth getting if you can.

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Used to U-Roy
An unusual album

Dread in a Babylon
U-Roy
Manufacturer: Frontline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Same Song

ASIN: B000000HUJ
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

Runaway Girl
Chalice in the Palace
I Can't Love Another
Dreadlocks Dread
Great Psalms
Natty Don't Fear
African Message
Silver Bird
Listen to the Teacher
Trench Town Rock

Customer Reviews:

Used to U-Roy.......2006-03-13

U-Roy's Dread in Babylon is another in line of classics for the unorthadoxed singer/writer. Even though its a rather old cd, many of its songs are used in soundtracks for recent films. I.e. High Tension, After the Sunset, and City of God. For those of you unfamiliar with his style I caution you before buying this cd. Be prepared for elonggated scats and pseudo-harmonic melodies. The structure of the songs follow the traditional syncapation more familiar with reggae, but he primaraly talks the listener through each vocal journery, never jumping octaves or escalating in pitch. If you're expecting a Bob Marley, Ky-mani, Buju Bantu or I-Wanye sort of musician, this is not the cd for you. If on the other hand you enjoy "live" sounding bands, with improvised melodies, vocals and tunes then you'll defeniately want to buy this cd.

An unusual album.......2003-09-22

I'm not a reggae expert...though I've been a fan for nearly 30 years (yikes!), but there's one thing I'm sure of: this is not your father's nice, easy-going, Bob Marley-type of reggae.

U-roy is like being sucked into a swirling vortex of trippy acid-induced Rasta fervor. If you suspect that your kid likes to smoke LOTS of pot and is one step away from joining the Taliban (just to be REALLY different), this might not be the best record to have near the Cheese Doodles. But if you want to hear a facinating historical artifact that somehow fuses the peaceful, lilting beat with jarring reverb and other "interesting" production tricks, this just may be the record you've always been looking for.

Imagine Peter Tosh walking along the beach eating a Hershey bar. Now, picture the Strawberry Alarm Clock, same beach, eating peanut butter, and crashing into poor Mr. Tosh. I think you get the idea.

Average customer rating:

Lilting roots reggae
A Big Find
brilliant
One of the Top Reggae Albums Ever--Bar None
Best Dressed Funky

Best Dressed Chicken in Town
Dr. Alimantado
Manufacturer: Greensleeves
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B39Z
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Best Dressed Chicken In Town
Just The Other Day
Poison Flour
Gimme Mi Gun
I Killed The Barber
Unitone Skank
Can't Conquer Natty Dreadlocks
Ride On
Plead I Cause
I Shall Fear No Evil
Ital Galore
I Am The Greatest Says Muhammed Ali
Johnny Was A Baker
Tribute To The Duke

Album Details

Digitally remastered reggae classic!

Customer Reviews:

Lilting roots reggae.......2007-02-21

This reggae classic consists of tracks recorded from 1974 to 1976 at different Jamaican studios. Dr Winston Alimantado is assisted on vocals by legends like Gregory Isaacs and Horace Andy among others. The music is mostly laid-back with a dub feel, a gently lilting and swaying beat with superb vocals. My favourites include the title track with its hilarious chicken sounds, I Killed The Barber with its interesting arrangement and Can't Conquer Natty Dread with its chugging rhythm and hypnotic melody. Part of this album's charm derives from the different production styles that offer plenty of variation and ensure a delightful listening experience.

A Big Find.......2006-12-24

It took me over 3 years of collecting reggae to find this highly recommendable album which I would classify as a type of vocal-roots-dub.

What to expect:
**radical lyrics
**sing along melodies
**awesome roots-style beats
**smokin' dub effects

I can also boast for this album that it's the first one to ever inspire a review.

brilliant.......2005-08-01

I don't often listen to reggae, my music collection cosists of things like the doors, the ramones, the prodigy, the sex pistols and things like maddness and the specials. But for the past 7 months all my dad has listened to is reggae and i love most of it, especially this. This music is great to listen to in the car, or to cheer you up or to have a great time listening to music! The firsts ong i heard was 'Johnny was a baker". I turned to my dad and said 'dad, who is this? Its great!' im sure anyone who would buy this would love it!

One of the Top Reggae Albums Ever--Bar None.......2003-01-26

From when my needle first met the scratchy Jamaican import vinyl of my first copy of this LP circa 1978, I have been in love with this album. It has deep, rootsy beats; hooks galore; psychedelic, dub-like echo and other effects; great production; and tons of heart and soul (in all senses of the word). All the songs are winners in their catchy tunes, exuberance, political awareness, and philosophical good humor--and the best songs are sublime, timeless masterpieces of pop music. If you like reggae this album is a must for your collection. If you've never gotten into reggae but like soul, rap, garage, psychedelic, or R&B you are bound to dig it, too.

Take it from a collector with more than 20,000 titles, this is one of the all time greats of any genre. Buy it; you will not regret it.

Best Dressed Funky.......2002-08-07

Lee Perry has his hands all in this stew. This album is considered true classic roots reggae. However as much as I love
Dr. Alimantado, I had already been moved and swayed by greats like I Roy, who as a DJ made leaps in bounds in the genre. Alimantado, varies by singing, chanting and sometimes cuckooing. The music is in a fine stylee, heavy roots, but if you've never heard other DJs then you'd be taken by this album. Alimantado offers a nice slice to the already made pie. Standout cuts: "Johnny Was a Baker" "Best Dressed Chicken" "Can't Conquer Natty Dreadlocks" "Ital Galore"

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The Sound Bites Just as Good
Hats off to dub-masters Joshua Elrod and Craig Allen!
Worthy companion of the Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions
The Best Dub Yet.
peacemaker

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Phase Selector Sound
Manufacturer: Roir
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Description

As most rock & roll bands started in someone's garage or basement or living room, Phase Selector Sound are two (ex?) punk rockers working out of their ad hoc home studios (heavily influenced by Radio Shack equipment). They create a powerful roots dub that is hypnotic, mesmerizing and trance-inducing. Very much in keeping with ROIR's long history of releasing the absolute best in dub by such artists as Lee Perry, Niney The Observer, Mikey Dread, Mad Professor, Black Uhuru, Badawi, Bill Laswell, Dub Syndicate, Ras Michael, Scientist, Yabby You, Oku Onuora --- and the list goes on! Produced arranged and mixed by Phase Selector Sound.

Customer Reviews:

The Sound Bites Just as Good.......2007-03-10

Pleasant background cocktail party music with reggae/dub beats, I purchased it liking the sound bites, but there is nothing more to the album than the soundbites. Never does it get dense or goes anyplace surprising. Cover is better than music. Groups like St. Germain, or the various Parisian club mix albums, like Paris Under a Groove or Hotel Costas series are far better, and I wouldn't really recommend those either,unless you want "chill" coctail party music. Still I don't regret purchase becasue sometimes I just want a groove and to otherwise basically ignore kind of hip "muzak" while I do something else than listen, which is what I would consider this good for. I love that Summer in Paris, Hotel Costas, thing, but much prefer Orb to any of this to fill a similar need in my music. Actually, Orb can be brilliant at times. A couple maybe three Orb albums are superb. I took best tracks from three of them and made one great burned CD. Truth is for "chill" purpose,not that that expression conveys very much to me,I've never heard anything in 30 years that comes close to Discrete Music by Eno or Evening Star by Fripp and Eno. Compared to greats like those ... Well for a "chill" relaxing, after work space, they've never been touched to my knowledge. Sorry if lumping them in with this offends anybody. "Chill" never really made all that much sense to me as a label for music anyway. Sorry if this isnt' what you're looking for.

Hats off to dub-masters Joshua Elrod and Craig Allen!.......2005-09-29

I can only agree with previous reviewers, this is the best dub album I've ever heard, all categories... The coolest thing is that it bridges roots dub with modern dub like no other. The great Hi-fidelity dub series, for example, does on occasions reach the level of Phase Selector Sound. At the same time this album would easily match any dub release blood&fire could possibly throw at you! These guys takes dub to the next level. The production has a fantastic old-school feel to it, with a setup that is simple yet profound. This is truly beautiful music and the album doesn't contain one single tedious moment, every track stands out against the others. Phase Selector Sound kicks off at the highest possible level and stay there throughout the entire album. There's no end to the superlatives this album merits.

Worthy companion of the Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions.......2005-07-20

This is, without a doubt, the best original dub offering I've purchased - online or off - bar none.

In the tradition of the kings of dub (like Augustus Pablo, Mad Scientist, Lee Perry, or the Professor), this album retains very strong ties to its roots (you'll hear snatches of old Upsetter tracks, along with some other nods to those old school influential artists).

At the same time, the album has a very modern feel to it, along the lines of the excellent Hi-Fidelity Dub releases (1-4). There's no question that this album is strictly roots, but the tracks all feel like they have had updating for the downbeat era.

The most shocking thing to me is that this album was released 6 years ago, and I've only discovered it in 2005! Do yourself a favour and purchase it straight away...before it goes out of print (come on...how many other products can you find that have ALL customer reviews giving it 5 out of 5 stars? ;).

The Best Dub Yet........2003-04-01

I've heard a lot of dub, and I own a lot of dub, but I've got to say that this is the best dub yet, I mean the entire CD. Personally this CD is #1 in my book so far. It's worth buying at almost any price. So if you like dub this is the one for you. I can't wait to see what he put out next.

peacemaker.......2001-11-14

Ideal proportion of "ridim", bass and sounds of mind and heart.

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