Steel Pulse: Handsworth Revolution (1978)

Prediction

great stuff all around though.

Is like seh grizzly ah folly
Him smoke off the collie
So, ma it, grizzly
Mash It!!!

Mister collie, collie collie man

Prodigal Son for me. It's a fine record, some great playing on it.

Well that doesn't clear up anything.

i missed this! notch up another vote for prodigal son

i wd've voted KKK tbh

Why did I not know about this poll? This album is kind of unique in vibe. Totally gritty, urban, British, but still rootsy. The guy who cuts my hair tells me stories about hanging out in Ladbroke Grove in the early-mid 80s as a teenager and how this album was the soundtrack to that.

would have voted for the opening track.

we shd do Aswad "Live and Direct" next which i will do later if nobody beats me to it

By all means.

I like SP's second album too, I don't know the others. Maybe wait a while before polling it, they're clearly not ILM favourites. Even System didn't show for this one.

Their career trajectory seems absurd to me - how on earth did they wind up playing Clinton's inauguration?

i don't know that one at all but i do have A New Chapter Of Dub which is totally great xp

That and LKJ's Bass Culture are probably my favourite things from the UK reggae scene, but I'm no expert by any means. What other gems are there?

all of Aswad's stuff up to Live and Direct, first 2 or 3 UB40 albums are worth your time, any Misty in Roots you can get hold of

oh yes misty in roots! always meant to explore their stuff, only song i really know is own them control them

crikey these things ain't cheap

this looks good but seems to have been "coming soon" since 2012:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQftYZFMZ8

favourite things from the UK reggae scene, but I'm no expert by any means. What other gems are there?

have to say i am really enjoying the dennis bovell reissues that came out a few years ago.

there is the 70s releases under 'the 4th street orchestra' that were packaged to look like jamacian imports, his digital dub stuff as blackbeard, and of course, his own releases (audio active, strictly dub wise, and brain damage)

and dont take much to track down/buy as emi reissued it all a few years ago.

Even System didn't show for this one.

haha what happened here?

like this band a lot, would have voted Ku Klux Klan but missed it

nice description dl

NickB you gotta check out the other early LKJ records - Dread Beat An Blood is my favorite

should I go see Steel Pulse in 2019?

not on point but i was just tonight playing my 15 y/o kid the ridiculous awesome uk pop reggae of “songs called ravers/got you cravin more and more!” hook upon hook upon hook upon hook everywhere in that later period.

"Ku Klux Klan" - one of my fave Reggae tunes

Would've voted for the title track