Girl Satchmo

I first heard of Girl Satchmo from a Boot Sale Sounds post a while back. I loved the Woody Woodpecker-goes-ska opening to "Brother Joe" (listen below), Girl Satchmo's growly voice, and her sidekick who REALLY sounded like Louis Armstrong. Fans of sixties reggae/ska will want to download the five Girl Satchmo songs that I put together.

Hooray for Desmond Dekker!

Off to work!

ska-motion in ska-lip-so

lazy mood ... sunny day ... really don't want to work today ... you shouldn't listen to this album!

"The Hiltonaires were named for Kingston's Hilton Hotel, where they were the house band. Though not necessarily the best mento group ever recorded, The Hiltonaires may have been the most prolific, recording six LPs during mento's middle period. They also toured North America.
this LP adds an electric guitar ska chop to some tracks, but the music is really still mento in both instrumentation and repertoire (even if the word "Ska" is worked into some of the titles of familiar mento songs, like "Ska and Fall Back" instead of "Dip and Fall Back")". via mento music

The Hiltonaires - ska-motion in ska-lip-so
available thanks to Sixties Fever!

PS: i hope Baikinange didn't already shared this one here!

The Big Gundown

Old post, but the link still works. I've been on an Upsetters kick lately, and was telling a friend about the various "Django" tunes that Sir Lord Comic and the Upsetters did. This is what you need. Wanna listen first?

Dancehall Delight

Is it just me?



Think about it: "Ive Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" could be a song about a food source.

Matumbi - Guide Us

Alton Ellis RIP

I imagine most of you can tell me his hat size and mother's maiden name, (I'm only a recent listener) but soulful Rocksteady star Alton Ellis has died.

NYT Alton Ellis Obituary

You and Me on a Jamboree posts for Alton Ellis in:

English
Svensk
Dutch
French

This Is What You'll Get When You Mess With I

Radiodread. Easy Star All Stars. 4 delicioso tracks in player, unfortunately "Fitter, Happier" is not among them, (Toots' track is) but hey, spend the money. Link to player link at link in link pic below. As usual, last to the banquet of goodness, so forgive me if you're all hip to it already. (I won't even mention their "Dub Side of the Moon" after the zero reaction to Polka Floyd)
Thanks Lex11 !

Holy Haile Selassie! Here's More Rare Jamaican Vinyl Than on an Abandonded Opel on the Side of Blue Mountain

You and Me On a Jamboree.
A Portuguese (English Version Here) blog that has a massive collection of ancient Reggae (many before they had settled on a spelling for the word), Ska, RockSteady, Dancehall, and Dub. Tons from the late 60's all with vivid and crazy cover art shown.




He even has an album by my cousin Wild Jockey pseudonym: Jackie Mittoo (betcha didn't know the Jockey family was so diverse, didja?)

Now- CARRY. GO. BRING. COME.
Lex10 no like to see you making disturbances!

Jamaican Label Art

Jamaican Label Art (via NoRelevance)