17 January 2009

Now that's what I call reggae - side A

Today's post is something a bit special. It's a tape of a soundsystem/soundclash. It sounds like it's from the early 80s and could possibly originate in Bristol. Beyond that I know nothing at all about it other than it's probably the best 80-something minutes of reggae you could ever hope for. The sort of thing you treasure forever and don't just go giving away on a blog. So why? I'll tell you why. 20 years of looking and no idea of any of the tunes. No idea on the artists (apart from H.A.), no idea or the tunes, no idea of the riddims, never heard any of them since. Nor have any of the reggae heads I've played it to. Are they all dubplates?

Any solid info on any of this will be rewarded with some tapes/CDs/something in the post. Feel free to comment or email me directly at doooix@gmail.com

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5398919380d76719/

2 comments:

BristolPirates said...

First track is Horace Andy - Gateman which can be found on - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/asin/B000000Q6L/musicstrand09-20

I downloaded this tape and listened the other day, then somebody sent me a link to this album and as I was going through the tracks I recognised the line 'My name is Horace Andy'. Just a complete coincidence that I found it!

doooix said...

Thanks a lot! This is great news! Have found it on YouTube as well to listen to - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-A8I5Mmqps