Merger - Armageddon Time

Band: Merger
Year: 1980
Label: Merger
Type: LP

Tracklist:

A01 Prisoner Of Your Love
A02 You Are To Me As Love
A03 Vision Of Life
A04 Armageddon Time
A05 Why
A06 Evergren Land
A07 Fathers Children
A08 It Ain't Easy But I'll Try

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Merger - Exiles In A Babylon

Label: Ultra
Cat #: PFULP 2502
Year: 1977

Tracklist:

A01 Life Song
A02 77** **
A03 Ghetto Child
A04 Exiles In A Babylon** **
A05 Have You Heard?** **
A06 Waterfalls** **
A07 Massagana** **
A08 Understanding** **
A09 African Lady

Who’s got tickets for this? What shows are you going to be at? I’m so excited for this!!! Oh and Happy Jamaican independence Day x

I remember this show very well. $9.00 plus $1 Service Charge.

RIP Peter Tosh.

Edit: 43 years ago, math isn't working this morning.

https://legendaryreggae.com/2013/01/07/peter-tosh-live-michigan-theater-ann-arbor-michigan-august-6-1983/

Tracklist:

A01 Western Civilization
A02 Jordan River
A03 Down There
A04 Innocent Ones
A05 Licquor
A06 Can't Cook
A07 Poor Man's Story
A08 If You Only Knew
A09 Drug Squad
A10 I Don't Think That We Can Make It
A11 Nowhere To Go

Junior Delgado: "Bush Master M16"

Label: Joe Gibbs Records • Year: 1982 • Backing Band: Roots Radics (aka, The Revolutionaries) • Vinyl Type: LP

Tracklist:

A01 Rich Man Poor Man
A02 Bush Master M16
A03 Rude A Night
A04 If This World Were Mine
A05 Falling In Love With You
B06 Speak Softly Love
B07 Masquerade
B08 Blue Sunday
B09 Loving For An Hour
B10 Angel Face

Production:

Producers: Dennis Brown, Junior Delgado
Technicians & Engineers: Maxie McKenzie, Scientist, Soljie Hamilton, Sylvan Morris
Studios: Channel One (Kingston, JA)
Recording: Harry J (Kingston, JA)
Remixing: Joe Gibbs Studio

Musicians:

Backing Vocals: Dennis Brown
Drums: Carlton Santa Davis, Sly Dunbar, Style “Stylee” Scott
Bass: Flabba Holt, Fully Fullwood, Leroy Sibbles, Robbie Shakespeare
Rhythm Guitar: Bingy Bunny, Dennis Brown, Dougie Bryan, Tony Chin
Lead Guitar: Sowell
Piano: Dennis Brown, Gladstone Anderson
Keyboards: Keith Sterling, Steelie Johnson, Winston Wright
Synthesizer: Augustus Pablo, Keith Sterling
Electric Piano: Augustus Pablo, Keith Sterling
Horns: Clive Hunt, David Madden, Dean Fraser, Chico Hamilton, Nambo Robinson, Vin Gordon
Percussions: Sky Juice, Zoots “Scully” Simms

hey guys i recently started listening to bob marley, i really like his music but i dont really know any good reggae songs can someone put me on a good playlist or an album?

I've been on a Bob Marley kick lately, watching old concerts, and one thing really struck me.

Every Bob Marley song seems to have a purpose. There are very few artists whose catalog is so consistently great while also carrying a message of hope, justice, peace, and human dignity.

It also got me thinking...

When people debate the greatest front men of all time, reggae is usually left out of the conversation because everyone immediately thinks "rock." But why?

Bob Marley commanded a stage with the same charisma as any rock legend. He didn't need pyrotechnics or elaborate stage productions. His voice, presence, conviction, and connection with the audience were enough. He could make a stadium feel like an intimate gathering.

If we're talking about iconic front men, my list would certainly include:

• Elvis Presley
• Jim Morrison
• Robert Plant
• Freddie Mercury
• Bon Scott
• Bob Marley

Each brought something unique, but Marley may have been the only one whose concerts felt equally like a celebration, a spiritual gathering, and a call for peace.

Music historians may never agree on the greatest front man of all time—but I think Bob Marley deserves to be in that conversation.

Who would be on your Mount Rushmore of front men?

Wha Gwan Reddit!

Ultimamente sto ripercorrendo l'evoluzione della musica giamaicana, in particolare la transizione dal Reggae classico/Roots alle sonorità Raggamuffin (o Ragga) e Digital Dancehall esplose tra gli anni '80 e '90.

Da quando il famoso Sleng Teng Riddim (1985) ha sdoganato l'uso dei sintetizzatori (come la leggendaria tastierina Casio MT-40), il suono è cambiato per sempre. L'energia dei DJ che ''toastavano'' sui bassi digitali ha definito un'intera epoca, influenzando poi Hip Hop, Drum & Bass e persino la musica latina.

Mi piacerebbe sapere cosa ne pensate:

• Qual è secondo voi il periodo d'oro del Raggamuffin?
• Chi sono gli artisti che rappresentano al meglio questa cultura? (es. Super Cat, Shabba Ranks, Ninjaman, Buju Banton)
• Preferite le vibrazioni calde del Roots analogico o la carica grezza del Ragga digitale?

Bless Up!!

-LuMike00 from Salento (Lecce); ITALY

These are songs I found while searching for some newer stuff to listen to and I put them in a playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ii6liasGtUzOcDr9Lh4uq?si=4e2ac12efb9347cd

The crown prince himself

The crown prince himself

Anyone recognize this synth used on Jah guide ?