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A Sense of Dread
| A Sense of Dread | |
| Created by: | johnny_luddite |
| Tracks: | 10 |
| Length: | 00:56:08 |
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1. reggae 2. dreadlocks 3. rastafari |
| Created on | 6/18/09 07:47pm |
| Level | 2 |
| Points | 1292 |
| Total visitors | 20 |
| Unique visitors | 11 |
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Some lovely old reggae. I have been making mixtapes for myself to convalesce to and I have really wanted to put together a Reggae CD for some time now. I got into Reggae in the early 70s and this mix reflects the kind of stuff I listened to back in the day.
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| 1 | Peter Tosh : Legalize It |
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A wonderful ganja filled plea from the former Wailer
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Track 4 from The Essential Peter Tosh
Length: 00:04:38 Year: 0000 |
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A wonderful ganja filled plea from the former Wailer SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Burning Spear : African Postman |
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Hypnotic and classic, the African Postman brings "I and I a telegram"
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Track 7 from Hail H.I.M
Length: 00:04:28 Year: 0000 |
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Hypnotic and classic, the African Postman brings "I and I a telegram" SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Dennis Brown : Wolf & Leopard |
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Dennis Brown mixed devotional and political material with dancehall hits. This has elements of all three, a tr [...]
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Track 1 from 12 inch white label single
Length: 00:07:17 Year: 0000 |
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Dennis Brown mixed devotional and political material with dancehall hits. This has elements of all three, a tremendous dub version of his local hit 'Wolf & Leopard'. Unl;ike many dub tracks the original track is here pretty much in it's entirety, but surrounded by expanded dub sections. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Steel Pulse : Babylon The Bandit |
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Uk Reggae band, out of Handsworth, Birmingham. A lot of their material dealt with the facts of life for Afro-C [...]
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Track 14 from Smash Hits
Length: 00:05:02 Year: 1993 |
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Uk Reggae band, out of Handsworth, Birmingham. A lot of their material dealt with the facts of life for Afro-Carribeans in the UK at that time. They weree also kick-ass live. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Eek A Mouse : Wa Do Dem |
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Eeek (named after a speech bubble in a 'Tom & Jerry' comic strip)toasts over some very chipper dub.
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Track 2 from At His Best
Length: 00:06:44 Year: 0000 |
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Eeek (named after a speech bubble in a 'Tom & Jerry' comic strip)toasts over some very chipper dub. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Bob Marley & The Wailers : Stir It Up |
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Had to put on a key track from my favorite Marley album, 'Catch A Fire', his first for Island records. It was [...]
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Track 6 from Catch a Fire
Length: 00:05:34 Year: 1973 |
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Had to put on a key track from my favorite Marley album, 'Catch A Fire', his first for Island records. It was between this and the sublime 'Concrete Jungle' SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Ethiopians : Hong Kong Flu |
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Back to 1970 and that Ska/Reggae crossover stuff. The Ethiopians still exist, I believe. This is very wonderfu [...]
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Track 11 from Woman Capture Man
Length: 00:02:36 Year: 1970 |
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Back to 1970 and that Ska/Reggae crossover stuff. The Ethiopians still exist, I believe. This is very wonderful. Maybe they could do a 2009 Swine Flu remix. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters : City Too Hot |
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Crazy horns, a rock steady beat and a distinctive voice on top and it has to be Lee Perry. In the late 60s and [...]
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Track 8 from Reggae Legends 2
Length: 00:08:37 Year: 0000 |
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Crazy horns, a rock steady beat and a distinctive voice on top and it has to be Lee Perry. In the late 60s and early 70s what reggae got released in England was via the Trojan label. A lot of my early reggae records were Trojan UK releases. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Third World : Try Jah Love |
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I was going to pick a Third world track that had not been used here, but this wonderful cut was the one that f [...]
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Track 6 from Reggae Ambassadors
Length: 00:06:52 Year: 1983 |
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I was going to pick a Third world track that had not been used here, but this wonderful cut was the one that fit SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Toots &The Maytals : Time Enough |
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Toots waxes lyrical on the nature of time. I always thought the Maytals were as important to the development o [...]
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Track 13 from Pressure Drop
Length: 00:04:20 Year: 0000 |
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Toots waxes lyrical on the nature of time. I always thought the Maytals were as important to the development of reggae as The Wailers but what do I know! SHOW LESS
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Team Robot - First Place
A special badge for the first-place winner of the fabled robots vs. monsters mixtape contest. As my boy Johnny 5 would say, "Robot Team kick your ass, Robot Team Kick your face, Robot Team kick your balls into outer space"
awarded on 2006-10-18
Level 28
im sorry to say that as a genre i just dont "get" reggae.. maybe hearing more of its foundation could change that?
8/11/09 04:57pm
The One Year Anniversary Badge
Issued to those who have stuck it out for a year here on MTC. What a long, strange trip, huh?
awarded on 2009-01-28
Level 17
I know I prefer Toots & The Maytals.
6/20/09 08:25pm
The 250th Album Badge
This is the Mixtape Collective equivalent of the Purple Heart. Kind of...
awarded on 2010-09-10
Level 29
I just discovered eek a mouse a few months ago. Nice mix. Do you like August Pablo as well?
6/19/09 05:38pm
The Yay! Badge VII
This baffling badge is bestowed to those who can truly grasp the striking permanence and ungodly continuance of the of the elusive 'YAY!'.
awarded on 2007-08-27
Level 27
I totally agree about the importance of The Maytals. I am excited to see them perform this August. Great mix. Makes me want to break out my Reggae collection. Cheers.
6/19/09 07:55am
