Recommend me a reggae album in 24hr dispatch at amazon.co.uk

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Big on The Congos at the moment, and want something to partner Cannonball Adderley in transit, so recommend away.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Arkology?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Yabby You - Jesus dread 1972-1977

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Dr Alimantado, where have ye been all my life?

"Two Sevens Clash" always reminds me of Exeter so maybe that's the one. Can't go wrong with that one, really.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus Dread's a great album but sadly it fails the critical "24 hours at Amazon" test.

Best Dressed Chicken In Town and Two Sevens Clash are both good suggestions, but also how about:

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey / Garvey's Ghost?
Jimmy Cliff - Best Of?
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Independant Intavenshan?
Various Artists - Young Gifted & Black?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick - this is the one! Ignore all above! Augustus Pablo - In Fine Style (Pressure Sounds)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008LKHZ/qid=1079009393/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/026-6240187-1602011

Absolutely top drawer Pablo/Rockers All Stars sides. Really totally brilliant stuff.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Do they have Dr Bombay at amazon.co.uk?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 11 March 2004 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

For information, I've got Arkology, the Jimmy Cliff, the Kwesi Johnson, and River Nile & ...Rockers Uptown by Pablo, plus a King Tubby best of, and the Trojan Dub, 12", Dancehall, Tighten Up and something else (might be a green box?- mind is blank) Box Sets, plus the aforementioned Heart Of The Congos.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 March 2004 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Best Dressed Chicken... is looking like the favourite at the moment.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 March 2004 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a good one. Was going to recommend one of my fave mid-period dancehall comps (the same ones I recommend every time) but they all carry a sluggish 2 days dispatch time.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 11 March 2004 13:23 (twenty-two years ago)

2 days? This is sickening. Recommend me one anyway, just in case. I could, after all, make it up to £25 and get free postage...

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 March 2004 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Of the Trojan box sets, the Calypso one is the one I like best.
It's also the only Trojan comp. I own that doesn't have loads of tracks that I've already got on other Trojan comps.

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Thursday, 11 March 2004 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

It might be corny but this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000ASVF/qid=1079012903/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_8_2/202-6187479-1348632 is one of my fave LPs ever (it's a quid cheaper with no pic here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U19F/qid=1079012903/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_8_1/202-6187479-1348632

The recognised classic from this period is this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BJCL/qid=1079013021/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/202-6187479-1348632 which shares a number of tracks and overall is probably better but it doesn't have "Blinking Something" on it.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 11 March 2004 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I've goen for Best Dressed Chicken... I was going to get the first of your dancehall recommendations too, Tim, but it took me to £24.97 and I can't justify spending that much without getting free postage (which I'm 3p off!) at the moment. I shall keep it in mind for next month though!

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 March 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Incidentally, out of interest, has anyone actually experienced an order from Amazon taking "an additional 3 to 5 days to arrive" when they chose the "Super Saver Delivery" option?

As far as I can see they always come by post in exactly the same way.

Also, if Nick orders 2 or items today, all of which are supposedly "Usually dispatched within 24 hours", what odds would you give on them actually dispatching within 24 hours?

From my experience I'd estimate it's about 4:1 against.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 11 March 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always had very good experiences with Amazon, certainly no major problems. The extra 3-5 days bit is nonsense, but I guess they just do it to impress you when it arrives after 2 days.

The best service I've had, pretty consistently, is the HMV website. I think I've mentioned it before, but I ordered Tilt at 3pm one afternoon, had the email to say it had dispatched within an hour, and it arrived at 9am the next day. I was, it's fair to say, impressed.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 11 March 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Either you've been lucky or I've been unlucky then - I've had loads of problems with Amazon.co.uk!

Amazon.com on the other hand have always been fantastic.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 11 March 2004 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Got the dispatch notification email at about midday, which makes it about 21 hours; not bad!

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Those Gregory Isaacs tracks on TBDCIT ("Poison Flour" / "Gimme Mi Gun") are so ridiculously great that I want to hear then right now. Hopefully you're in for as big a treat as I think you are. Nick.

(BTW you should track down a copy of "Mr Cop" by Gregory Isaacs sometime, it's on the same rhythm as "Children Crying" and has the Congos on backing vocals.)

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I shall fire SLSK up this weekend.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:24 (twenty-two years ago)

is ilm going through some kind of reggae craze at the moment? a few weeks ago out of the blue i dusted off all the records that had been getting no play for months/years and i couldnt be happier. (maybe it's because it's springtime.)

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I think my motivation was the fact that it's ben fucking snowing here lately, which is most odd indeed, and I wanted something to transport me totally away from it. Last night I played football in a fucking blizzard, and when I got home all I could deal with was Augustus Pablo.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

The really exciting thing for me is that I should be getting my record collection back (it's been locked away for more than a year) within 6-8 weeks.

I'm going to go CD-R crazy.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:36 (twenty-two years ago)

(I have been living in a house with a bigger / better reggae collection than my own, so the pain could be worse, but *my own records*, this is quite a big deal for me.)

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Good news, Tim! Where's your collection been then? Not, you understand, so I can go and pinch it if it's in Devon.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

It's in a lock up dahn the Old Kent Road, innit?

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 12 March 2004 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

in really weird synchronicity city i just grabbed 40 reggae comps, ripped them, and burned cdrs to listen to non stop this weekend.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 12 March 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

ay tim: go cdr crazy in my direction, yeah?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Friday, 12 March 2004 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Bugger. Foiled again.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 March 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Well I'll see what I can do. Most of my real knock-'em-dead cor-blimey-I-can't-believe-you-have-a-copy-of-THAT gems have been reissued in the last few years anyway. Not that there were that many of them anyway.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 12 March 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Those Gregory Isaacs tracks on TBDCIT ("Poison Flour" / "Gimme Mi Gun")

It feels odd to ? anything Tim H. says about Jamaican music, but "Poison Flour" is Horace Andy not Isaacs, right?

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Friday, 12 March 2004 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

haha this amply shows how much I know.

Yes "Poison Flour" = Mr. Andy doing "Man Next Door"

I was thinking of "Unitone Skank", which is the cut on "My Religion", innit? You've got me all confused now...

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 12 March 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't Isaacs sing back-up on some of Heart of the Congos? Anyone know which tracks exactly?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 12 March 2004 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm really interested in less well known producers (its relative i know) at the moment.

has anyone got recommendations re roy cousins or alvin ranglin (whose delroy wilson/dj roy tune "i trust you" i'm really liking)

or others?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 06:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I assume you have 'Pick Up the Pieces'.
How bout the Harry Mudie/King Tubby series?

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 13 March 2004 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

no! whats pick up the pieces?

i've wanted to get the mudie/tubby stuff...that's the dub w/strings you described elsewhere?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 07:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, Tubby left the strings in on a few of the dubs. All three volumes are really good. As you can see by me mentioning them everywhere, I can't recommend them enough. Somewhat hard to find it seems, though.

Oh man Pick Up the Pieces by The Royals (R. Cousins group) is one of my favorite albums, period. Re-released---with a few added tracks, I think-- a couple years ago on Pressure Sounds. Great Blood & Fire-like sound quality. 20 tracks long and I'd say about 15 are amazing and the rest ain't too bad neitha.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 13 March 2004 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)

we need to trade oops

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 07:54 (twenty-two years ago)

behold

you can thank me later.
or now is good.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 March 2004 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)

thenk you now

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:01 (twenty-two years ago)

what's the policy on self posting in this joint? cuz I'm hosting a few tracks on my page as well.
Mighty mighty prince buster, third world, upsetters and yellowman if you care. Google's your friend.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Which cannonball sick?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

just post the link friend

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

fair enough.
You'll need to do some hunting, tho.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:09 (twenty-two years ago)

ah, tofuhut. i was just there.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:13 (twenty-two years ago)

oh that was YOU.
Dude, that was my last beer.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:21 (twenty-two years ago)

giving them away for free is a risky business

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:29 (twenty-two years ago)

giving away beer is risky?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Forksclovetofu.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

GREAT shit sick. Enjoy.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 March 2004 08:42 (twenty-two years ago)

yes. trade. trade is good. me like trade. you know i'm in the US though, right?

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

course. addy works. nice lady.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:08 (twenty-two years ago)

A good one:

Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon: The Upsetter Years

.... tho of course you've all already got it, haven't you?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)

that's a good one. was just listening to "Long Way" on a mix I have, with that guitar quietly going crazy in the background.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:29 (twenty-two years ago)

... 'twould be even better if it'd had "Rasta No Pickpocket" on it. The world should know of Junior Byles!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

the way his voice ascends on the "don't want you dealing with me" line during "Curly Locks", love that. It'll pop into my head even if I haven't listened to the song in months.

haha I just realized I have Curly Locks: The Best of Junior Byles, not the one you mentioned. Sadly, it doesn't have "Rasta No Pickpocket" either.

Have you heard that Ja Man Special album?

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:43 (twenty-two years ago)

No, I must confess I haven't.

Just checked out the track listing on that "Curly Locks" album and there's not too much duplication with the "Beat Down Babylon" set, which is good!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Yours doesn't have "Informer Man"! That's a wicked fucking tune

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 13 March 2004 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

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