Retro Freeform Radio
Edd Fong
Rich Blackmarr is substituting for Edd Fong today. The program will feature the pop music from Jamaica that flourished for a couple years just prior to the advent of reggae. Featured will be recordings released in 1967 when the music called rock steady was at its peak. Except for the Judge Dread sequence featuring Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, and Honeyboy Martin, the featured artists will be in alphabetical sequence from Bobby Aitken to the Wailers.
Genre
Eclectic
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Wednesday 10/26/2016 @ 2:30PM - 4:30PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Alphonso | Rolando Special | Roland Alphonso - something Special: Ska Hot Shots | Heartbeat/Studio One | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Bobby Aitken & the Caribbeats | Curfew | VA - Trojan Rude Boy Box Set | Sanctuary/Trojan 3 cd set | original Giant label (British) release; Aitken demands that rude boys change their ways before soldiers take over the streets again |
| The Blues Busters | There's Always Sunshine | The Blues Busters - Behold! : The Anthology | Sanctuary/Trojan | Doctor Bird release by this duo |
| Ken Boothe | I Don't Want To See You Cry | Ken Boothe - Mr. Rock Steady | Studio One | Island release; song written by Bob Andy; 20th biggest hit in Jamaica in 1967 |
| Jimmy Cliff | Give A Little, Take A Little | Jimmy Cliff - Harder Road To Travel: The Collection | Spectrum/Trojan | Island rec. by pioneering singer |
| Stranger Cole & Patsy Todd | Down The Trainline | Bangarang - The Best Of Stranger Cole 1962-1972 | Sanctuary/Trojan 2 cd set | Produced by Sonia Pottinger |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Desmond Dekker | 007 (Shanty Town) | Desmond Dekker And The Aces - Music Like Dirt | Trojan | Pyramid release was break-out hit in summer of 1967 |
| Phyllis Dillon | Don't Stay Away | Phyllis Dillon - Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaican Soul | Sanctuary/Trojan | Dr. Bird - JA's answer to American girl groups |
| Clancy Eccles | What Will Your Mama Say | VA - Clancy Eccles - Freedom The Anthology | Sanctuary/Trojan 2 cd set | PAMA rel. |
| Jackie Edwards & Millie Small | My Desire | Jackie Edwards - This Is My Story: A History of Jamaica's Greatest Balladeer | Sanctuary/Trojan 2 cd set | Island release by Edwards and Millie Small, who had My Boy Lollipop hit in 1964 |
| Roland Alphonso | You Trouble Me | Roland Alphonso - something Special: Ska Hot Shots | Heartbeat/Studio One | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Alton Ellis | Rock Steady | Alton Ellis - Be True To Yourself: The Godfather Of Lover's Rock - Anthology 1965-1973 | Sanctuary/Trojan 2 cd set | Duke Reid Treasure Isle rec.; 'devastating, a masterpiece of melody, sweet backing vocals, and a self-defining beat which defies you not to sway along'; 11th biggest JA hit of 1967 |
| The Ethiopians | The Whip | The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville: Anthology | Sanctuary/Trojan 2 cd set | Dr. Bird rel. produced by Coxsone Dodd |
| Derrick Harriott | Solomon | VA - Derrick Harriott: Riding The Musical Chariot | Heartbeat | Island rel. |
| The Heptones | Fatty Fatty | The Heptones - In Love With You | UA/Liberty LP | Studio One rec. produced by Coxsone Dodd |
| Justin Hinds & the Dominoes | Save A Bread | Justin Hinds And The Dominoes - Ska Uprising | Trojan | Island/Treasure Isle rel. featuring 'some of the group's most sublime vocal work' |
| The Jamaicans | Ba Ba Boom | The Jamaicans - Ba Ba Boom Time: 20 Rocksteady/Reggae Hits (1967-1972) | Jamaican Gold | Treasure Isle rel. which won Jamaica's 1967 Festival Song Competition; 10th biggest JA hit |
| Dandy (Livingstone) | Rudie, a Message To You | VA - Trojan Rude Boy Box Set | Sanctuary/Trojan 3 cd set | Ska-Beat rec.; admonition to the rudies was a classic (8th biggest JA hit) that inspired the Specials version years later |
| Ewan (McDermott) & Jerry (Jones) | Rock Steady Train | VA -The Trojan Story: A History of the original Ska, Rock Steady, and early Reggae Music | Trojan 3 LP box set | Giant rel. featuring McDermott teamed with the Maytals' Nathaniel 'Jerry' McCarthy ('Jones') |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Derrick Morgan | Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) | VA - Trojan Rude Boy Box Set | Sanctuary/Trojan 3 cd set | Pyramid rel. by veteran Morgan along with Desmond and George Dekker |
| Prince Buster | Judge Dread | Prince Buster - FABulous Greatest Hits | Sequel | Blue Beat rec. in which the judge hands out draconian 1,000 year sentences to hapless rude boys |
| Honeyboy Martin | Dreader Than Dread | VA - Trojan Rude Boy Box Set | Sanctuary/Trojan 3 cd set | Caltone rel. in which Martin declares his rude boy persona to be dreader than Judge Dread |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Melodians | You Have Caught Me | VA - Duke Reid's Treasure Chest: Treasure Isle Rock Steady | Heatbeat 2 cd set | Treasure Isle rec. by classic Jamaican vocal trio |
| The Paragons | Happy Go Lucky Girl | The Paragons with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | Trojan | Dr. Bird rel. penned by Paragon member John Holt; 6th biggest JA hit in 1967 |
| Keith (Rowe) & Tex (Dixon) | Stop That Train | VA - Derrick Harriott: Riding The Musical Chariot | Heartbeat | Island rel. prod. by Derrick Harriott |
| The Sensations | Born To Love You | VA - Socking Good Time: Rare And Unreleased Rock Steady Gems From The Trojan Vaults | Trojan | Dr. Bird rel. by group fronted by Jimmy Riley, later of the Uniques |
| Roy Shirley | Hold Them | VA - Joe Gibbs Scorchers From The Early Years: 1967-1973 | VP Music Group 2 cd set | Dr. Bird rel. produced by Joe Gibbs; 2nd biggest JA hit of 1967; Shirley was a founding member of the Uniques |
| (Keith) Slim Smith | The New Boss | Slim Smith - Keep That Lovelight Shining: A 30th Anniversary Tribute To Jamaica's Greatest Singer | Sanctuary/Trojan 2 cd set | Island rel. by Smith, who also sang with the Royals, Techniques, and Uniques |
| The Spanishtonians | Rudie Gets Plenty | VA - Trojan Rude Boy Box Set | Sanctuary/Trojan 3 cd set | Pyramid rel. by group admonishing that 'shanty town get scanty; rudie get plenty' |
| The Tartans | What Can I Do | VA - Trojan Rude Boy Box Set | Sanctuary/Trojan 3 cd set | Island rel. by vocal group; 'another gorgeous musical plea for peace goes unanswered' |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Techniques | You Don't Care | VA - Roots Of Reggae Volume Two: Rock Steady | Rhino | Treasure Isle rec. with 'Slim Smith's high vocals floating overhead on this rock steady gem'; 4th biggest JA hit of 1967 |
| The Three Tops | Do It Right | VA - Duke Reid Golden Hits | Treasure Isle LP | Treasure Isle rec. featuring vocal trio at its best |
| Peter Tosh & the Wailers | The Toughest | Peter Tosh - The Toughest: featuring the Wailers, Skatalites, Upsetters | Heartbeat | Island rel. prod. by Coxsone Dodd featuring menacing rude boy vocal from Tosh |