These are the setlists of Iman Selection, which can be heard on WHPK, 88.5 FM Chicago every other Friday afternoon. The station is now streaming, so you can listen to the show live online at 1 PM Chicago time. Easier yet, go to the Iman Selection web site and check the countdown clock to see when the next show starts.
As you can see below, the show has changed over the years. In the beginning, I really hadn't found my focus yet, and the mixes were rather scattered. As my collection developed, I started doing more focus shows and began to enjoy that style. The drawback to the way I'm doing things now, is that I focus on tracks that have easy catagorization at the expense of some of the unique tracks that are off the beaten track. The show is still a good place to hear a unique take on the artists featured. As I run the course of some of the focus shows, I'll probably drift back towards a broader take on things that gives me a chance to expose some of the unique songs and artists that don't fit within the focus show format I've moved into.
If you're interested in listening to some of the recent shows, check out the algoriddim podcast.
2008 | |
| March 28, 2008 | Ethiopians Ethiopians |
| March 14, 2008 | Joe Gibbs part 4 Tribute to the man called Joe Gibbs! Respect and rest in peace. For this show, I was focusing on the early productions of Joe Gibbs, in his full rocksteady glory. Gibbs got his start with an electronics repair shop, and worked a bit for producer Ken Lack. Eventually he set up his own two track studio and had Lee Perry on the boards. Soon afterward in 1967, he started his own label ”Amalgamated”. Gibbs’ work continued for the next year with Perry, who soon broke camp and was replaced by Niney. One of Gibbs’ first big hits, ”Hold Them” by Roy Shirley is heard in this mix alongside an alternative version by Ken Boothe and a DJ cut from I Roy. There’s also a number of other prime rocksteady grooves showcased throughout this show, including tunes from Errol Dunkley, Nicky Thomas, The Reggae Boys, The Inspirations and Gibbs studio band at the time known as the Destroyers or Amalgamated All Stars. Peter Tosh also recorded some tunes with Gibbs that are featured on this set. They include ”Arise Black Man”, ”Maga Dog”, and ”Dem Have Fe Get A Beatin.” You’ll also hear a nice run on Errol Dunkley’s ”You’re Gonna Need Me” that was later redone by Rupie Edwards. |
| February 29, 2008 | Joe Gibbs part 3 |
| February 15, 2008 | Horace Andy part 2 This show follows up where the first one left off. In the first set, I focused on Horace Andy's biggest tunes with Coxsone Dodd and Bunny Lee. In this set, I broaden the horizons a bit more, covering work from other producers such as Niney, Derrick Harriot, Herman Chin-Loy, Everton Dasilva and others. Its a nice three hour mix stretching out a lot of the other tunes I wanted to cover... |
| February 1, 2008 | Wailers Part 3 This is the most recent mix of the four part series. After deciding to do another Wailers set at the last minute, I went through the other three mixes and excluded everything I've already played. Thinking this would limit my options, I was surprised to be staring at another 1000 songs. Since I was doing this all last minute, I printed out the 18 pages of songs that remained and took the list to the station to select from. Unfortunately, my primary recording had errors so this recording is off of the sub-par recorder in the studios of WHPK. In any case, it turned out to be an enjoyable mix and a nice accompaniment to the other mixes. |
| January 4, 2008 | Random Mix I put this show together at the last minute, so it was a random mix of tunes. |
2007 | |
| December 21, 2007 | Niney part 1 This show is sort of a continuation of the Niney theme, but this time dealing heavily with the tunes that Niney did with Dennis Brown. Niney first ran into Dennis while working at Joe Gibbs’ studio around 1972. The two hit it off and Dennis went on to work exclusively with Niney for two years between 73 and 75. During that time, they created a slew of classics. This show features many of the top tunes from that union, as well as a few Niney gems not covered on the previous Niney episode. |
| December 7, 2007 | Dennis Brown Part 1 Dennis Emmanuel Brown, one of the most classic and well respected artists of reggae music. The thing about Dennis’ music is that he started with quality music for Prince Buster and Coxsone Dodd and continued to create high quality music for decades. The only artists that might compare with him is Gregory Isaacs. Dennis was born on Orange Street, one of the musical hubs of Kingston. He first hit big with Coxsone Dodd on a re-recording of the Van Dyke's ”No Man is an Island” and he later went on to record an album with Dodd. As with any prolific and talented singer, Dennis worked with the spectrum of Jamaican Producers... Derrick Harriot, Joe Gibbs, Niney, Coxsone Dodd, Prince Buster, Clive Chin, Herman Chin Loy, and others. This show collects some of those works not recorded with Niney, starting with some of the early but not earliest tunes, then on to some Studio One material, some of his own productions and then on to some of his later hits. |
| November 9, 2007 | Augustus Pablo part 3 After Augustus Pablo got underway with his Rockers label, he went on to produce tracks for a variety of other vocalists as the 70s turned into the 80s. This show features the work he did with such artists as Delroy Williams, Norris Reid, Ricky Grant and the trio Tetrack. There are also appearances by Earl Sixteen, Freddie McKay, Earl Zero and DJs like Jah Bull and Big Youth. There are of course plenty of versions featuring Pablo on melodica along the way... |
| October 26, 2007 | Augustus Pablo part 2 After Augustus Pablo established himself by playing melodica and keyboards on other producers’ tracks, he and his brother established the Rockers label, named after the sound system they ran together. Pablo began crafting his own tracks and recording a variety of vocalists alongside his dub and melodica versions on these tunes. This show gets in to some of this core of the classic work that Pablo created. We start off with his first big splash, Java, which he created with Clive Chin at Randy’s studio. We move on to ”East of the River Nile” a track originally done with Herman Chin Loy and later recreated for an album of the same name. After this we drop into two massive cuts with Jacob Miller on the vocals, ”Baby I Love You So” and ”False Rasta.” Each riddim gets its time to run so we can hear the various versions including alternative vocal takes from Johnny Clarke on both riddims. The remainder of the show continue this thread of Pablo’s mid-seventies productions that have the heavy effect of King Tubby throughout the versions. Wrapping it up we have another example of one of Pablo’s re-versioning of Studio One originals with ”A House Is Not A Home.” |
| October 12, 2007 | Augustus Pablo part 1 Augustus Pablo, aka Horace Swaby was born in 1954 in St. Andrews. In grade school, he hung out with Clive Chin, whose father Vincent Chin was the owner of Randy’s studio and record shop. Swaby and his brother Douglas got into the music biz by running a sound called Rockers. Swaby’s first musical stab in 1970 was with Leslie Kong’s cousin, Herman Chin Loy, who had founded the Aquarius record label and shop a year earlier. The two got the ball rolling buy cutting the track ”Iggy Iggy” which can be heard towards the end of this show. Augustus Pablo was a name used by Herman Chin Loy for the artists featured on several keyboard-focused tunes that he put out, including tunes by Glen Adams. After recording ”East of the River Nile” with Adams and Swaby, the name permanently stuck with Swaby. In this show, we focus on these early journeys of Augustus Pablo as he moves from producer to producer, recording melodica versions on several strong riddims. After his work with Aquarius, Pablo went on to work with Clive Chin at Randy’s, recording several top knotch tunes which get a showcase early on in the show. This show also sees him recording with Keith Hudson, Bunny Lee, Joe Gibbs, Derrick Harriot, Jimmy Radway, Enos Mcleod, Alvin Ranglin, and others such as Leonard Chin (uncle of Vincent Chin.) This is the first of a four part series, so open your ears and see just where Augustus Pablo is trying to take you on this little riddim ride. |
| September 27, 2007 | Slim Smith Part 2 & 3 This last part of this Slim Smith theme features the many versions of tracks that Slim Smith sang early versions of. Some of these tunes had original versions by Smith, others were based on rhythms he covered of classic American groups like the Impressions. This set features such big tunes as: I’ll Never Let You Go, Give Me A Love, Rougher Yet, People Get Ready, My Conversation and You Don’t Care / Barbwire. |
| August 31, 2007 | Hugh Mundell Hugh Mundell, a protoge of Augustus Pablo, actually got his start with Joe Gibbs with a single that has yet to be released. Eventually he made his way to Pablo’s soundsystem as a DJ. (You can hear some of his DJ work here under the name Jah Levi.) His first album with Pablo, while he was still a teenager, was the ground breaking ”Africa Must Be Free by 1983.” After his work with Pablo he went on to record with producers Prince Jammy and Henry ”Junjo” Lawes before his tragic death in 1983. |
| August 17, 2007 | Linval Thompson part 3 This third of three shows focuses on the productions of Linval Thomspon featuring other singers and DJs. |
| August 3, 2007 | Linval Thompson part 2 This was my second go at the sounds of Linval Thompson. For this set, I focused on the tracks that Linval sang on that I hadn’t touched on my first exploration of his work, which led to more of an emphasis on the tracks he produced and sang on in the late 70s and early 80s. |
| July 21, 2007 | Slim Smith part 1 Slim Smith, aka Keith Smith, was a vocalist with the classic group called the Techniques and later the Uniques. He got his start with Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, then went on to work with Duke Reid, and later Bunny Lee as a part of the Uniques with Jimmy Riley and Lloyd Charmers. Slim Smith died a tragic death in 1973, leaving behind a legacy that has been embraced by countless Jamaican musicians. |
| July 6, 2007 | Sugar Minott Sugar Minott, born Lincoln Barrington Minott, was a singer and producer known for his sweet voice. He got his start working as a selector in the dance before singing. His last track with the group African Brothers was with Coxsone Dodd, and this experience paved the way for further work at Studio One. Sugar’s relicks on Studio One riddims was his claim to fame and one of the early seeds of the change into dancehall that came in the 80s. His sound after Studio One progressed with the albums Ghetto-ology and Black Roots. As the 80s got underway, he shifted into more of a lover’s rock sound. This show showcases a lot of the other top tunes not included on the African Brothers show. Enjoy! |
| June 22, 2007 | Duke Reid Duke Reid was another of the pioneering producers of Jamaican music. He got his start early on importing tunes and running a sound system before moving on to producing tunes in the days of jump blues and ska. He owed a shop with his wife and ran a studio upstairs called Treasure Isle. Duke Reid was part of a critical turn in the sound of the island, the transition from rollicking ska to the sweltering sounds of rocksteady. This show focuses on that sound and features some of the top tunes of the era coming from that little shop on Bond Street. |
| June 8, 2007 | Oldies |
| April 27, 2007 | Africa |
| April 13, 2007 | Al Campbell In the last few shows, I’ve been stretching out more and focusing on artists that didn’t grab my attention right away. Al Campbell was one of those artists. I had a few things from him, but hadn’t listened to it too much and I didn’t really know his work. For this show, I went through his tunes and put together a selection of the ones that caught my attention.You’ll hear some of his earlier tunes with producer Phil Pratt, as well as a few things with Coxsone Dodd and even his own productions. Campbell seemed to hit his stride in the late 70s and into the early 80s as he warmed up the dancehall scene. We don’t leave that era untouched! |
| March 30, 2007 | Johnny Osbourne Johnny Osbourne... He got his start working with the group the Sensations and cutting an album for Winston Riley. He also falls into what seems to be a trend with the artists I feature... early works at Studio One before branching out to works with a bunch of other producers.One thing that sets Johnny Osbourne apart from most of the artists that I feature on my show is that much of his greatest work comes after the 70s had passed when he started working with producer Junjo Lawes. Along with his vocal versions there are many prime Scientist dubs to accompany his vocals. On this show I even (gasp) play Slent Teng for the first time in the history of my show. Osbourne really made his name in the early 80s dancehall period and voiced a lot of popular riddims. To showcase this, I do a nice run of riddims that Osbourne touched towards the end of the show. So, sit back, turn it up and check out the sounds of one Mr Johnny Osbourne. For more info on Osbourne, see his web page: http://www.johnnyosbourne.com/ |
| March 2, 2007 | Errol Dunkley Errol Dunkley... An often overshadowed singer who crafted a number of unique soulful tunes over the years. He paid his dues making tracks with the usual suspects, including his debut with Prince Buster and his first hit ”You’re Gonna Need Me” with Joe Gibbs. On this show, this track is mixed with other versions such as the original from Delroy Wilson at Studio One, and his later remake of the tune which was the first hit for the African Museum label (that he started with Gregory Isaacs.) In addition to Errol Dunkley’s work with Bunny Lee and Coxsone Dodd, this show features work he did with producer Jimmy Radway such as his 1972 tune ”Black Cinderella.” (which leads off the show.) Throughout the remainder of the show we cover a variety of his efforts including some of the work he did with Count Shelly and others. |
| February 16, 2007 | Yabby U Part 2 Yabby U aka Vivian Jackson. A top notch producer and vocalist with some of the heaviest reggae sounds known to mankind. When I first got my hands on Blood & Fire’s Jesus Dread compilation of his work, it simply blew my mind. On these two shows, I go through a range of his vocal tracks and productions. This show covers most of thge bases I didn’t cover in the first show: a few of the foundation cuts like Jah Vengance, Fire In A Kingston, before a mix of a Linval Thompson vocal and Yabby versions. Throughout the show, I’m basically seeking out connections beyond what I played on the first show. |
| February 2, 2006 | Tappa Zukie Part 2 There’s two stories about how Tappa Zukie got his nickname. One goes that it was comprised of ”Tapper” a nickname is grandmother gave him and ”Zukie” from the name of the gang he ran with as a youngster. The other story goes that it came from a charachter in a Western TV show or movie named Zukie that was a bartender, and therefore a ”Tapper” because he tapped a keg... For this show, I concentrate on the tracks I didn’t select on the first show I did featuring the work of Tappa Zukie. I of course couldn’t resist starting off with one of my favorite tunes, ”Natty Dread A Weh She Want” by Horace Andy on Alton Ellis’ Hurting Me riddim. We then got into a number of things Tappa Zukie DJed on for Bunny Lee, as well as track Zukie produced. |
| January 19, 2007 | Royals The Royals... The foundation of The Royals was a man named Roy Cousins. He was in the group with Errol Wilson, Keith Smith and Berthram Johnson. They had their first sessions recording in 1967 with Studio One’s Coxsone Dodd. As The Tempests, they laid down a track titled ”Pick Up the Pieces.” Dodd sat on the tune and didn’t release it. After working with Dodd, the Royals went on to work with producers like Joe Gibbs, Byron Smith and Lloyd Daley. Eventually Roy Cousins stepped up and began producing most of the tracks put out by the Royals with money he earned working in the Post Office. In 1973, Roy Cousins produced a rerecording of ”Pick Up the Pieces” and it hit. This allowed Cousins to leave his job at the Post Office and focus on producing full time. Other than the Royals, Cousins went on to produce a number of other artists such as The Gaylads, Cornell Campbell, Don Carlos, Earl Sixteen and DJs like Prince Far I, Charlie Chaplin, Jah Stitch, and others. In the future, I’ll do another show featuring some of these other productions put together, but for now, I want to expose you to the magical work of the group called The Royals. I bookend this show with the original and retake of the track ”Pick Up the Pieces” In the beginning, I run the original take of the riddim done for Coxsone Dodd. Then I get into a track or two of their cuts done for producers Duke Reid and Lloyd Daley. After that, its into the work produced by Roy Cousins. To conclude the show, I get into the retake of ”Pick Up the Pieces” that hit big and finish with a few quick retakes of the riddim.This show is based heavily on two albums put out by the label Pressure Sounds, so if you enjoy this show, please support these reissues.Pick Up The Pieces Dubbing With The Royals |
| Janaury 8, 2007 | Wailing Souls Part 2: So, the two hours of Wailing Souls I played at the radio station just didn’t give me enough time to play everything I wanted to play, so this was a special mix I put together in my lab to feature all the tunes I wasn’t able to play on air. This mix focused more on the later works of the Wailing Souls, including tunes they did with the Revolutionaries at Channel One and with Junjo and the Roots Radics. Its a bit of an experiment for me, being that I’m not on air at the radio station, I can have a bit more fun on the mic. Let me know what you think of this mix compared to my other ”on air” mixes. |
| January 5, 2007 | Wailing Souls Part 1 This show features the sounds of the Wailing Souls, the group that Winston ”Pipe” Matthews formed the core of for many years. In the early days, he got his start with a group called the Schoolboys and they did some work for Prince Buster. Later the group became the Renegades, and included Lloyd ”Bread” McDonald and George ”Buddy” Hayes. They recorded a number of tunes for Studio One. Eventually Buddy Hayes left and Oswald Downer and Norman Davis joined the group and they produced singles for Studio One under such names as the Wailing Souls, The Classics, Pipe & the Pipers, etc.Eventually, the line up was back to Winston ”Pipe” Matthews, Lloyd ”Bread” McDonald and future Black Uhuru member Rudolph ”Garth” Dennis. This line up recorded around the late 70s and early 80s. During this time period the group recorded for Joseph Hookim at Channel One and later went on to work with Henry Junjo Lawes.Enjoy the sounds of the Wailing Souls...View the Wailings Souls MySpace profile for up to date info on the Wailing Souls... |
2006 | |
| December 22, 2006 | Hurt & Pain |
| December 8, 2006 | Max Romeo As I’ve been working through my collection preparing for some shows focusing on Lee Perry, I came accross the sounds of Mr. Max Romeo. He got his start back in the day working with the vocal group called the Emotions and later went solo. In his early days, he worked with Ken Lack of the Caltone label, then on to Bunny Lee, Niney and Lee Perry. His tune Wet Dream for Bunny brought him to worldwide acclaim, and after some change of perspective he hit it big again with Rasta influneced work done for Lee Perry. For this session, I figured I’d open up some of his beautiful work for all of you to hear. I start off with some top tunes from his days with Lee Perry, including my own little remix of ”Smokey Room,” then on to his big tunes ”Chase The Devil” and ”One Step Forward.” His tune ”Valley of Jehosaphat” is definately one of my favorites, primarily due to the dread horns. For an excellent interview of Max Romeo that puts a lot of these tunes in context, please check out Max Romeo Interview |
| November 24, 2006 | Little Roy This session featured the sounds of Little Roy, an under represented artist in the world of roots music. At the top of the show, I start off with a riddim that he did the original vocal to, a track called Tribal War, that was recorded with Lee Perry in the early years of the Black Ark. After that we get into a variety of other related tracks, many from the two excellent compilations put out by Pressure Sounds |
| September 29, 2006 | Earth and Stone I’ve had a few requests to post this show, so I’ll share it with you all. Earth and Stone was a group comprised of Albert Bailey and Clifton Howell that did a stint at Brentford Road before heading to Channel One in 1973 to record for the Hoo Kim brothers. On this show you get to hear a nice variety of tracks laid down by the studio band called the Revolutionaries. Enjoy these sounds of Channel One... This set again owes a great debt to Pressure Sounds for their lovely reissue of the Kool Roots album. (I must admit that I forgot to take the album Earth and Stone did with Phillip Frazer to the radio station that day, so it isn’t featured on the show as it should be.) |
| September 1, 2006 | Joseph Hill & Culture Joseph Hill, a legend among legends, passed away August 19th, 2006. This show is a tribute to him and his group Culture that included Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes. |
| July 21, 2006 | Jamaican Serenades This show was selected from a series of compilations titled Jamaican Serenades, put together by the baffers. (You know who you are!) |
| July 7, 2006 | Lacking inspiration, this show was selected from the Trojan Box Sets. |
| June 23, 2006 | Augustus Pablo This show was a tribute to Augustus Pablo, who passed away on May 18, 1999. The material was supplied by his record label Shanachie and was originally broadcast as part of an eight hour special on Jamaican radio. |
| June 9, 2006 | Ken Boothe, John Holt & Alton Ellis This show focused on three classic singers, Ken Boothe, John Holt and Alton Ellis. |
| May 26, 2006 | Studio One Discomixes This show featured the sound of Studio One discomixes. Studio One has a unique way of putting together these tweleve inch singles. Whereas producers like Tubby and Scratch might have this smooth segue into the dub or a dramatic drop, Studio One sort of ma |
| May 12, 2006 | DJs Another excursion into DJ versions |
| April 28, 2006 | DJs Sounds from the DJs, from early styles to classic 70s style. |
| April 14, 2006 | A random selection of tunes. |
| March 31, 2006 | A random selection of tunes. |
| March 17, 2006 | A random selection of tunes. |
| March 3, 2006 | Delroy Wilson Once again, one of those old time singers that formed the foundations of reggae music. Delroy Wilson had a story like many other legends, starting off with a ska tune for Coxsone Dodd in 1963 aimed at Prince Buster. The tune, ”Joe Liges” was written by a young guy named Lee Perry (you might have heard of him.) Delroy went on to see his first album ”I Shall Not Remove” released in 1966. Throughout his career, he covered many soul tunes from artists in the states, and made a name for himself in this vein. Now, here’s where I am going to critisize the man. For me, most of the time when I hear a Delroy Wilson tune, I want to skip to the next tune. Delroy Wilson had a tendancy to try to imitate souls singers, but with a very cheesy effect. To me, it sounds like a Elvis kind of swagger that would fit right in for Las Vegas lounge act. That being said, I try to find the gems that he did create for this two hour excusrion into his tunes. Starting it off, one of my favorite tunes Keith Hudson laid down, ”The Exile Song” a remake of (something). Throughout the show, I also play a bunch of tunes that other artists later covered. Despite the hesitation I feel about Delroy Wilson, I give him the Selection from Iman for you to judge for yourself. |
| February 3, 2006 | Peter Tosh Peter Tosh, born as Winston Hubert McIntosh, was most well known for his role in the Wailers, but also had a long successful solo career. Tosh had an edge to him that the other Wailers did not, and a blunt honesty that chased out the spirits of babylon. Tosh was a wordsmith, and loved to play with the "word sound" of language, transforming words to emphasize or align with their true meanings. This intelligence came out in his tough and direct lyrics. This set was a chance to give a proper salute to this soldier and mystic. Included are some of my favorite Tosh tracks across the years. |
| January 20, 2006 | Mannings Brothers (Abyssinians & Carlton and the Shoes) The Abyssinians first recorded at Studio One in 1969, laying down their classic anthem Satta Massagana, which means ”Give Thanks” in the Ethiopian language of Amharic. The group is composed of Bernard Collins and the Manning brothers, Donald and Linford. The Manning brothers’ other brother Carlton was a talented singer at Studio One and leader of the group ”Carlton & The Shoes” that included brother Linford. This show features the sounds of these Manning brothers. I start off with some numbers recorded by Carlton & The Shoes at Studio One, then work into the sounds recorded by the Abyssinians. Sit back and enjoy these hymns of Rastafari... |
| January 6, 2006 | Reggae-Soul Vol. 4 The fourth part of a four part series (but the first I’m posting) featuring the connections between American soul (and R&B and Funk and...) and Jamaican reggae (and rocksteady and ska and...) I’ll let the music speak for itself. |
2005 | |
| December 23, 2005 | Reggae-Soul Vol. 3 Part three of the four part series. More nice tunes featuring the connection between soul and reggae music. What more can I say..http://www.algoriddim.com/show.php?show_id=2005122 |
| December 9, 2005 | Gregory Isaacs Once I dug into Gregory Isaacs early work, I found there was too much content to cover in just one show. So here’s two shows worth of prime Gregory Isaacs tunes... |
| November 25, 2005 | Give thanks and praise |
| November 11, 2005 | Gregory Isaacs There’s not much to say about Gregory Isaacs that you can’t find elsewhere. He’s a vocalist I avoided for a number of years, thinking that he was all about love songs and mediocre tracks from the eighties. After digging into his repertoire, I came to appreciate the wealth of rootsy tunes he laid down in his early years. |
| October 28, 2005 | Mikey Dread Mikey Dread got his start in radio back in the early 70s and was a crucial part of getting reggae music out to the Jamaican masses. He eventually began voicing his own tunes and later went into production. He’s still around and performing, so check him out if you enjoy these tunes...For more info, or to buy his music, please visit http://www.mikeydread.com |
| October 14, 2005 | Viceroys The Viceroys was composed of Wesley Tinglin, Daniel Bernard and Bunny Gayle, who was later replaced by Neville Ingram. The Viceroys make a good follow up to the recent Linval Thompson podcasts, since some of their later work was produced by Linval Thompson. Since I prefer their earlier work, you’ll hear a focus on those sounds. |
| September 30, 2005 | Time Sounds focusing on the passing of time |
| September 2, 2005 | Jimmy Radway, Harry Mudie & Roy Sinclair Producers mashup: Jimmy Radway, Harry Mudie & Roy Sinclair |
| August 19, 2005 | Ken Boothe Ken Boothe is yet another of the great foundation singers of Jamaica. He got his start as many other did in the ska and rocksteady days creating a sound modeled on some of the great soul singers from the US. In his early days he worked together with Stranger Cole as Ken & Stranger. As with many others, he earned his chops with the legendary Studio One, working with Coxsone’s crew until 1970. Along the way he also recorded a few singles for Sonia Pottinger, before moving to Leslie Kong and other producers such as Bunny Lee, B.B. Seaton, Keith Hudson, the Chin brothers, Phil Pratt, Niney and Lloyd Charmers. For this show, I start off with the incredible song ”Peace Time” recorded for Jack Ruby. After that, its into another classic, ”Artibella” that he did originally with Stranger Cole, before rerecording it with Phil Pratt. We continue on with more from the Coxsone days, with tracks like ”Feel Good”, ”Set Me Free” and others. So enjoy what this man is putting on, the sounds of Mr. Ken Boothe... |
| June 24, 2005 | Guest DJ: Isaac Krab |
| May 27, 2005 | Struggle At this point, I was just about to gradute from Grad School so all the work was hitting me like a pressure drop. This set featured the sounds of ”struggle.” |
| April 29, 2005 | Remix I was out of energy and time to put together a decent set list, so this show was a remix of previous shows that I had done. |
| April 15, 2005 | Junior Delgado Junior Delgado, aka Juks, started off with a group called Time Unlimited recording for Lee Perry, Rupie Edwards, Tommy Cowan and ending up with Bunny Lee. Delgado split from the group and went on to record with Niney, Joe Gibbs, Prince Jammy and Augustus Pablo. This show runs through a range of Delgado cuts, starting with strong compositions for Pablo and Perry. Prince Jammy makes himself known as well with some of the work with Juks for Dennis Brown’s DEB imprint. This show is the opening shot in a series underway featuring the sounds of Augustus Pablo. This set is more peripheral to that theme, but the Pablo cuts featured in this set should give you a ears towards what’s coming... Your comments are appreciated, as always. |
| April 1, 2005 | Roots Horns Horns have always been an important part of reggae music and are one of my favorite elements of the riddim. This show intends to showcase the presence of the horn in a variety of heavy roots tunes. For this show, I start off with one of my favorite intro tunes from Tommy McCook & the Aggrovators, and move on to feature more horns versions of roots tunes from a variety of artists and producers. Throughout the show, Tommy McCook, Vin Gordon, Bobby Ellis, Carl Bryan and others get their chance to shine. |
| March 18, 2005 | Jack Ruby & Justin Hinds Jack Ruby & Justin Hinds. Justin Hinds passed away on March 16, 2005. Though my collection couldn’t support a whole show devoted to him, much of his later work was done with Jack Ruby, so I did a show featuring the two of them. |
| March 4, 2005 | Keith Hudson Keith Hudson has got to be one of my favorite producers. Like Lee Perry, he didn’t always hit the spot, but when he did, he hit it hard. Keith Hudson, the man known as the Ghetto Dentist, rumoured to have installed Big Youth’s red, green and gold fronts. His sound is unique, sounding like the man is a bit haunted at times, especially on tunes like ”Darkest Night On A Wet Looking Road.” I start off the show with some of his earlier scorchers, floating on through to the darker sounds that he created half way through the show. Have a listen to these crucial sounds, sounds of the man known as Keith Hudson... |
| February 18, 2005 | Alvin Ranglin Alvin Ranglin productions |
| February 4, 2005 | Wailers part 1 There's not much more that I can add to the story of the Wailers. They've become an iconic force in the sound of the modern world. Enjoy this journey through this crucial music. |
| January 21, 2005 | Alvin Ranglin Alvin Ranglin productions |
| January 7, 2005 | Bunny Lee Bunny Lee productions with King Tubby |
2004 | |
| December 10, 2004 | Reggae-Soul Vol. 2 Part two of the four part series. Back after a bit of a break. I had to remix the second half of this show since I lost the original recording, so it took a bit to get around to doing so since I was out of the country for a month.Now that I’ve had a chance to remix the second half of the show, its ready for you all. Decent little mix in a soul reggae combination style.http://www.algoriddim.com/show.php?show_id=2004121 |
| November 19, 2004 | For this show, I went through some of my more obscure albums that I hadn’t really touched on too much in others ways. |
| November 13, 2004 | Reggae-Soul Vol. 1 Part one of the four part series. This was my first take at this theme. I had been vibing with a cat that lived upstairs from me, simply know as Krab, about the connections between reggae and soul music. He is a serious head, with stacks of vinyl singles collecting on every spare surface of his domicile. Old school deep soul classics and unknown gems. After a late night session spinning tunes, I decided to do a focus show on the connections between reggae and soul. Over the course of the next year, I did four shows on that theme, the first of which your tuning into now... http://www.algoriddim.com/show.php?show_id=2004111 |
| October 29, 2004 | Random tunes |
| October 1, 2004 | Barrington Levy This show focuses on the sounds of Barrington Levy. The mix developed out of a earlier scattered set featuring the sounds of Scientist. Scientist has really been the underlying theme and inspiration for these last five podcasts. Many of the dubs in the Linval Thompson set, several of the Viceroys cuts and most of the dubs in this Levy show were featuring the work of this mixing master. For this show I start off with a Jah Thomas produced stormer call Tribute to Moa Ambessa. Then into a Gibbs delicacy, before opening up into a mix featuring dubs with Scientist and Jammy at the controls. The era of dub featured on this show was one of my first introductions to dub. It features the Roots Radics band including drummer Santa Davis and bassie Flabba Holt. I had always wondered who was singing the original vocals and eventually I came across more of these Barrington Levy takes on these riddims. For comparison’s sake, you can also check out a Barrington Levy special from BigMikeyDread: http://bigmikeydread.podomatic.com/entry/2007-09-28T17_39_08-07_00 |
| September 17, 2004 | Africa Sounds of Africa |
| September 3, 2004 | Clancy Eccles |
| August 13, 2004 | Africa: Sahel Sounds of the Sahel region |
| August 6, 2004 | Bertram Brown For this episode we focus on the sounds of producer Bertram Brown and the Soul Syndicate. Bertram Brown ran a label called Freedom Sounds and put together quite a few nice albums featuring sounds from artists like Phillip Fraser, Rod Taylor, Prince Alla, Earl Zero, Sylvan White and others... |
| July 23, 2004 | His Imperial Majesty Songs livicated to His Imperial Majesty |
| July 9, 2004 | Guest DJ: Stranjah |
| June 25, 2004 | DJs: I Roy, Prince Jazzbo, etc. |
| May 28, 2004 | Version Excursion |
| May 14, 2004 | Coxsone Dodd and Studio One This show was a tribute to the man Coxsone Dodd. He was at the helm of the empire they called Studio One, and though he wasn’t usually the one in the studio all the time, his leadership of Studio One had a huge impact on reggae music. For this set, I focus on my favorite tunes coming out of Studio One. They aren’t always the classic tunes associated with Studio One, but these are some of the ones I love the most. Starting it off, a tribute to Dodd, Joe Higgs’ ”There’s A Reward” After that we get things running with Mighigan & Smiley’s ”Compliment To Studio One” where they talk about going down to check Papa Dodd. |
| April 30, 2004 | Guest DJ: Papa G |
| April 16, 2004 | Freddie McKay Freddie McKay. I didn’t know much about his music, but I heard a lot of good things about him, so I put a show together focusing on what he did and discovered what the fuss is all about in the meantime.Freddie got his first big hit, ”Love is a Treasure”, with Duke Reid at Treasure Isle, while his first album, named after another hit of his ”Picture On the Wall”, was released by Studio One. On this show, I start off with a remake of Burning Spear’s Creation Rebel produced by Ossie Hibbert (proceeded by the original of course.) Then into his two early hits mentioned above (playing the Coxsone version of ”Love is a Treasure”, not the Duke Reid version.) Throughout the rest of the show, you hear tracks produced by such diverse figures as Glen Darby, Eddie Wong, Warrick Lyn, Leonard Chin and others. I hope you enjoy this introduction to Freddie McKay.(Listening back, I realized that ”Jah Help the People” is Freddie McGregor, not Freddie McKay... damn.) |
| April 2, 2004 | Version Excursion Random instrumentals. |
| March 5, 2004 | Gladiators The Gladiators was comprised of Albert Griffiths, Clinton Fearon, and Gallimore Sutherland for most their run as a group. As a band they also recorded riddims for producers like Lee Perry, Yabby U and Coxsone Dodd. On this show, I run through a number of their early works with Coxsone Dodd and also showcase their work with Prince Tony, along with dropping in a few other tunes along the way. I first encountered their work with Prince Tony and was taken aback by their beautiful but tough vocal harmonies. I hope you come to enjoy their work as much as I have.For some more information, check out this excellent interview of Clinton Fearon |
| February 20, 2004 | Jacob Miller & Tommy Cowan |
| February 6, 2004 | Out and About This show was basically replaying a mix I did live at a spot called Smoke Daddys here in Chicago. |
| January 23, 2004 | Oldies This show featured some early sounds, with artists like John Holt & the Paragons, Alton Ellis, Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Ken Parker, Delroy Wilson and others. |
| January 9, 2004 | Scientist I had originally been thinking about a Scientist set, and went and found the vocals to a lot of tunes that he dubbed. |
2003 | |
| December 12, 2003 | Joe Gibbs This show was inspired by the sounds of the man Joe Gibbs, alongside Mr. Errol T, who was his partner-in-crime. I basically was riding some of the riddims that Joe Gibbs, and his band known as the Professionals, created and recreated. |
| November 28, 2003 | Not really a specific focus, but some of my favorite tunes are featured on this show. |
| November 14, 2003 | Harry Mudie Producer Harry Mudie... Crafter of such legendary riddims as Drifter, Heart Don’t Leap, Let Me Tell You Boy and Love Without Feeling. For this session I ride some of these powerful riddims for your listening pleasure... |
| October 31, 2003 | Alton Ellis Alton Ellis. Man, he was one of those singers that came in the vein of soul and R&B and could croon with the best of them. In his early days, he was the Alton of Alton & Eddie, along with Eddie Perkins. He got his start with producers like Duke Reid and Coxsone Dodd, and produced a wealth of hit tunes in the rocksteady era. For this show I start the ride with one of his top tunes, ”I’m still In Love With You,” done originally at Studio One and relicked for Joe Gibbs by Marcia Griffiths. (Sean Paul recently brought this riddim to prominance again.) Moving on, I focus on a lot of his Studio One tracks and remakes, like Horace Andy’s remake of the ”Hurting Me” riddim for Tappa Zukie called ”Natty Dread a Weh She Want.” There’s also a massive tune for Keith Hudson, ”All We Need Is Love.” Alton also worked for other producers like Harry Mudie, but we don’t stray too far from the core body of his work on this show. |
| October 17, 2003 | African Brothers The African Brothers was a group comprised of Sugar Minott, Tony Tuff and Derrick Howard. This show features the sounds of the group, along with solo efforts from Minott and Tuff. For more information on the African Brothers, see: http://www.easystar.com/africanbrothers.html”>http://www.easystar.com/africanbrothers.html |
| October 3, 2003 | Scientist This show featured the sounds of producer Scientist, one of King Tubbys proteges. The first half of the show heavily features Barrington Levys vocal works. |
| September 19, 2003 | Prince Far I Prince Far I, the gruff sounding DJ led the way for this day. |
| September 5, 2003 | Leroy Smart Sounds from the singer Leroy Smart... Leroy Smart was one of those vocalists that got their start off back in the day with tunes for producers like Jimmy Radway. He also did a lot of tunes at Channel One and worked with some other big producers like Bunny Lee. In any case, here’s Leroy Smart, showcase style... |
| August 22, 2003 | Love As it was me and my ladys anniversary, this show was a full three hours of love tunes livicated to mbambaira yangu, Ndomupei. |
| August 8, 2003 | Cornell Campbell Cornell Campbell is one of those sweet sounding roots singers that got his start as a child in the early days. In the late 50s, he worked for Coxsone’s sound as a printer. He really got going in music when he formed the Sensations with Jimmy Riley and Buster Riley. Buster’s brother Winston Riley was a singer with the Techniques and producer along the way. Along the way, Cornell worked with a wide range of producers, Winston Riley, Coxsone Dodd, Bunny Lee, Dennis Bovell, Linval Thomspon, Ossie Hibbert, Joe Gibbs, Junjo Lawes, Tappa Zukie, Roy Cousins and others. On this show, I start off with one of the big big riddims Cornell voiced at Studio One called ”Stars.” After that we get into a remake of an Impressions tune titled ”Queen of the Minstrel.” Throughout the rest of the show I’m playing a mix of works he did at Studio One, as well as tracks put together for producer Bunny Lee and others. Sit back and enjoy the sounds of Cornell Campbell... |
| July 26, 2003 | Heptones This show featured the works of the might mighty Heptones, going from their early days at Studio One, on through the end of the 70s. |
| July 11, 2003 | John Holt Sounds from the man John Holt, former leader of the group The Paragons. John Holt was one of those vocalists whose work spanned the 60s through 80s and beyond. On this show you’ll hear hits and bits from his early days at Treasure Isle with Duke Reid, sounds from his time at Studio One, songs for producer Harry Mudie and other tracks like those done at Channel One with the Hookim brothers. |
| June 27, 2003 | Barry Brown Vocalist Barry Brown was the focus of the day... Barry Brown was one of those singers I hadn’t heard about until I had been listening to reggae for some time. Eventually I started hearing about some of the work he did with producer Bunny Lee and heard some of the heavy tracks he did on tracks that had originally been voiced by Horace Andy. For this show, I start off with his classic Studio One cut, ”Far East” moving through the versions including the scorcher from Channel One. Throughout the show, I run riddims from Bunny Lee, Jah Thomas, Sugar Minott and others. Check it out... |
| May 30, 2003 | Tappa Zukie Part 1 Tappa Zukie is a talented toaster and producer in the work of reggae music. Born David Sinclair in 1955, he began his music career working for sounds systems, including the Maccabees Sound System where he caught the eye of producer Bunny Lee. After a diversion in the UK where he put his first tunes to wax (resulting in the album ”Man A Warrior”), he returned to Jamaica and recorded a few DJ tracks for producers such as Yabby U. Soon afterward, he began putting together his first album with tracks made available to him by Bunny Lee, Ossie Hibbert and Joseph Hookim. These tracks resulted in his album ”MPLA.” He also set up his own label, titled ”Stars” and began producing artists such as Errol Dunkley and Ronnie Davis. After heading to the UK again, he set up a distribution deal for his label and first self produced album. Over the course of the next few years Tappa put out a number of albums and produced work by such artists as Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Cornell Campbell, Knowledge, Mighty Diamonds, Dennis Brown and others. |
| May 16, 2003 | Just dropping some tunes. Nothing in particular. |
| May 2, 2003 | Once again, just an excursion of sound. Sometimes its just nice to go on a riddim ride... |
| April 18, 2003 | This show had a variety of different artists of no particular connection. Just a chance to mix up some nice tunes. |
| April 4, 2003 | Yabby U Part 1 Vivian Jackson, the man known as Yabby U, is the focus for the show. This was my first take on his works, covering what was some of the most obvious (to me) tracks, and getting to know his music. For this mix, I start off with a Bob Marley classic that has sound connections to a Yabby U track, a little something called Crazy Baldhead. After the Wailers version, I hit the Johnny Clarke remake, then into the dub. Chant Down babylon Kingdom is the next from Yabby. Next riddim, the anthemic Conquering Lion, voiced by Vivian Jackon and the Ralph Brothers. After a few versions we move to a Heptones riddim, Heptones Gonna Fight. After the original, we hear Michael Prophets retake and the Yabby U produced dub. After that, the pre-Black Uhuru Michael Rose piece Born Free and the rolling dub. Then to Wayne Wade’s Gang War along with the dub and DJ versions. Up next a track I’ve been looking for a better copy of, Warrior No Tarrier by Tony Tuff and of course the dubs (with a train wreck mix in, but hey it was live!) Moving on, Yabby hits you again with Go to School Jah Jah Children (Africa). Nice dub ensures, with Leroy Smart waging his opinion of Gamblin. After that, some more from Yabby U, some the tracks he produced for Michael Prophet, and a few other riddim runs to wrap out the show. |
| March 7, 2003 | Joe Gibbs This show featured songs connected by the commo thread of Joe Gibbs & Errol Thomspon, the Mighty Two. Since they covered a lot of classic riddims with their studio band, the Professionals, there was plenty of space to flex. |
| February 21, 2003 | Roy Francis & Phase One Roy Francis was another one of those producers that I overlooked as I began learning about reggae. Eventually Blood & Fire and Motion Records put out compilations of his productions for the label Phase One. Despite these two strong recommendations to explore his work, I shyed away from buying the disc seeing that it was coming from a reggae group called the Chantells. After hearing a tune from the selections of Papa Dave from Reggae Explosion, called ”Waiting In The Park”, I was hungry to hear more.These tunes are mostly put together by the Revolutionaries with Ernest Hookim at Channel One. If you’re enjoying these sounds, seek out the two albums linked to above. I must also recommend the X Ray Version of Phase One. |
| February 7, 2003 | Focus Show: Pan Drumming This show featured the sounds of Pan drumming, with live performances in the studio by my guest Mike. We also spent some time on the phone with Ras Nathaniel, phoning in a report from Ethiopia. |
| January 24, 2003 | Studio One This show was a chance to throw out some of the massive Studio One cuts Ive been stocking up on. |
| January 10, 2003 | Derrick Harriot Derrick Harriot started off as a vocalist in the group Jiving Juniors, before going on to sing as a solo artist and produce other artists. His productions range from rocksteady to early roots. This show focuses on the variety of tunes that Harriot produced in the usual algoriddim style... |
2002 | |
| December 28, 2002 | Doesn’t really look like I had any specific focus in mind, but there’s some nice tunes to be heard… |
| December 14, 2002 | Guest DJ: Stranjah This show featured my special guest DJ Stranjah selecting the cuts. |
| November 29, 2002 | Guest DJ: Pappa Dave For this show, I was joined by the legendary papdave from WBCB. He selected the tunes and a good time was had by all. |
| November 15, 2002 | Horace Andy Horace Andy was the focus of the day |
| November 1, 2002 | Thanks & Praise Sounds of praise and thanksgiving in celebration for Selassie’s Nov 3rd earthday. |
| October 18, 2002 | no real focus, just some nice tunes for ya |
| October 4, 2002 | Revolutionaries The studio band for Channel One called the Revolutionaries was the focus of this show. I played a number of their instrumentals, as well as other tunes that shared the same riddims. |
| September 20, 2002 | Dennis Brown The crown prince of reggae, Dennis Emmanuel Brown was in the spotlight on this show. |
| September 6, 2002 | a lazy journey through songs from producers Derrick Harriot, Jimmy Radway and a few others |
| August 23, 2002 | Augustus Pablo Augustus Pablo was the man for the day. I played a variety of his productions and songs he played melodica on. |
| August 9, 2002 | Glen Brown Over on some little message board, my man Mick Sleeper sent a shot straight in my direction. I couldn’t resist stepping up to such a challenge. So, for your musical pleasure, I present the sounds of producer Glen Brown in extended mix style. Though he was not prolific, Glen Brown crafted deadly riddims and put them to good use with the help of King Tubby. On this show, recorded almost five years ago now, I expose some of his best tunes. His work is well documented on albums put out on the Blood & Fire and Hot Pot labels, so if you’re feeling these sounds, check there first. On the other side of this likkle sound clash is our spar, Dr Mick Sleeper of upsetter.net. Though he is well known and loved world round, he may have bitten off more than he can chew. I’ll let you the listener decide. For Dr. Sleeper’s effort, please check out http://sleeper.podomatic.com/entry/2007-06-06T11_32_34-07_00”>his podcast featuring Glen Brown... (http://sleeper.podomatic.com) Take a listen for yourself and register your thoughts by posting a comment!!! |
| July 26, 2002 | For this show, I played a lot of Studio One cuts and branched out on some of the riddims a bit. |
| July 12, 2002 | Lee Perry & the Upsetters Producer Lee Perry and his band the Upsetters… OK OK let’s take it from here. This looks like a bit of a follow up to my previous Perry show. |
| June 28, 2002 | Phil Pratt Producer Phil Pratt, one of those early producers that can escape your attention if you aren’t aware of what you’re listening to when you’re hearing some of the early tunes from your favorite artists. I first came accross his work via a crackly single on the Sunshot label featuring Big Youth’s DJ version to Ken Boothe’s Artibella, which he remade for Phil Pratt after doing it first at Studio One with Stranger Cole. Needless to say, that’s the first track I got into on the show. Throughout the rest of the show a lot of big vocalists make appearances with early work in their careers. John Holt make appearances with tracks like ”Strange Things” (and the ensuing riddim run), and ”My Heart Is Gone.” Dennis Brown contributes ”Let Love In” and an early version of ”What About the Half?” Horace Andy brings you ”Riding For A Fall” and ”Get Wise.” There’s also some early tunes from artists like The Heptones, Al Campbell, Pat Kelly, Roman Stweart and DJs like Big Youth, Dennis Alcapone, I Roy and U Roy. I should also recommend the Firecorner Phil Pratt Show Unfortunately, the audio is RealAudio and link to the playlist is broken at the moment, but if you tune in you’ll hear them doing their usual top notch job. |
| May 17, 2002 | doesn’t really look like I had a strong focus here, but there’s some nice mixes and tunes from Glen Brown, Winston Riley, Bunny Lee and others… |
| April 19, 2002 | Niney Producer Niney the Observer was the focus for this show. We heard a lot of vocal and dub tracks as well as some DJs he recorded. |
| March 22, 2002 | Kind of a random mix featuring a nice Java ride in the beginning, followed by some takes on ”Guiding Star” then on to others like a few Glen Brown riddims. |
| March 8, 2002 | looks like I was skipping around and a little unfocused… |
| February 22, 2002 | Wailers Most of the time, I avoid playing the Wailers. Their work is so well known that many of their popular tunes feel overplayed. For these shows, I've tried to collect the unique and special tunes that have grabbed me over the years. I hope you enjoy. |
| February 8, 2002 | After riding the Curly Locks riddim a bit, I shifted into some Revolutionaries dubs and kept it focused on them for the rest of the show. |
| January 25, 2002 | Burning Spear Burning Spear. A nice chance to let his sounds run for a good two hours… |
| January 11, 2002 | Kind of a scattered mix, some Cornell Campbell things in the beginning, then on to Linval Thompson productions with the Revolutionaries, and on to some Johnny Clarke and others. |
2001 | |
| December 28, 2001 | Johnny Clarke This show focused on the works of singer Johnny Clarke, and of course included the many King Tubby dubs of his songs for Bunny Lee. |
| December 14, 2001 | Linval Thompson part 1 This was my first show featuring the sounds of Linval Thompson. On this show I focused mostly on the scorchers he sang on for producer Bunny Lee. For a great interview of Linval Thompson, see: http://www.reggae-vibes.com/concert/linthompson/linthompson.htm |
| November 30, 2001 | No real focus here, just nice roots cuts. |
| November 16, 2001 | Keith Hudson Producer and somewhat vocalist Keith Hudson. |
| November 2, 2001 | herbalist all about the herb… |
| October 19, 2001 | Heptones The classic vocal group, the Heptones. |
| October 5, 2001 | Some nice rocksteady artists and a few other things. |
| September 21, 2001 | This show went together with the following show and featured some nice earlier cuts from rocksteady and a little ska. |
| September 7, 2001 | Armageddon All about armageddon and judgement. More fire! |
| August 25, 2001 | Gregory Isaacs This show was a fill in on a Saturday afternoon for someone else at the station who couldnt be at their show. It mostly focused on Gregory Isaacs, but also included sounds from Dennis Alcapone, Mike Brooks and others. |
| August 24, 2001 | Big Youth Big Youth! |
| August 10, 2001 | This show was put together from cuts I hadnt played before. Basically picking up the pieces. |
| July 27, 2001 | Once again, an opportunity to play tracks I hadnt played before. |
| July 13, 2001 | No real focus, just nice tracks. |
| June 29, 2001 | Big Youth Big Youth stylee, take 1. |
| June 15, 2001 | Mostly dubs, but no real focus. |
| June 1, 2001 | Alot of DJs but no real focus. |
| May 18, 2001 | DJs This one was a collection of cuts from different DJs. |
| May 4, 2001 | Roots Harmony Basically roots groups: Israel Vibration, Culture and the Gladiators. |
| April 21, 2001 | Prince Far I This show was all about the man: Prince Far I! |
| March 23, 2001 | Revolutionaries Most Revolutionaries based songs. |
| March 9, 2001 | Burning Spear Burning Spear |
| February 23, 2001 | several nice Prince Jazzbo tunes to start it off, then into the Pick Up the Pieces riddim, Freedom Blues, some Augustus Pablo and others… |
| February 9, 2001 | Wailers part 4 This was my first take on the Wailers theme. There's some nice tunes, a few rarities and some of my favorite tracks from Peter, Bunny and Bob... |
| January 26, 2001 | Glen Brown Producer Glen Brown |
| January 12, 2001 | Horace Andy in the beginning, then into some DJs and on to some dubs and then other things |
2000 | |
| December 29, 2000 | For this show I was focusing on playing some older tunes, so I played a little Studio One, some Duke Reid rocksteady from Treasue Isle and some other things. |
| December 15, 2000 | A fair amount of Studio One, but there doesn’t seem to be any real underlying logic. |
| December 1, 2000 | Lots of really old stuff, a rare excursion into some ska and early rocksteady |
| November 17, 2000 | Wailers Wailers |
| November 3, 2000 | Joe Gibbs productions for a while, then into some DJs… |
| October 20, 2000 | Bunny Lee Productions A lot of Bunny Leee produced tunes |
| October 6, 2000 | Quite a few Bunny Lee produced tunes, as well as some Yabby U stuff |
| September 22, 2000 | Just an excursion through the roots. Half way through, Prince Far I got some love, then Augustus Pablo before the end |
| August 25, 2000 | Looks like just some nice roots artists |
| August 11, 2000 | Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters Producer Lee Perry and his band the Upsetters… I believe this was my first swing at their work. |
| July 28, 2000 | Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters On this show, I was playing more of the tracks I had from Lee Scratch Perry that I either hadnt played before, or had not played in quite a while. Towards the end of the show I started to get into some of my backlog of tracks, some of which arent quite to |
| July 14, 2000 | Prior to this show I had been working with my collection of material from Culture and I wanted to play some of my favorite tunes from them. Along a similar vein, I played a couple of tracks from Augustus Pablo as well as the Gladiators, and other roots si |
| June 30, 2000 | My focus for this show was playing a bunch of new material I had from Dennis Brown, Glen Brown and Cornell Campbell. I had recently received a few new CDs from the Blood and Fire label and I wanted to get mix them up with a bunch of tracks that I already |
| June 16, 2000 | This was a show where I was going back to some of my Lee Scratch Perry favorites that I hadnt played in some time. I try to avoid repeating tracks too frequently, and most of these tracks I hadnt played for at least a year. |
| June 2, 2000 | On this show I wanted to focus on the work of Peter Tosh to start off the set, then I moved on to a few other tracks by the Wailers. I had just been given a whole stack of ska and rocksteady CDs from a freind of mine the night before, so towards the end o |
| May 19, 2000 | This was a King Tubby show for the most part. I started off with some crucial stuff from Horace Andy and then moved into a couple other crucial tracks from Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer and the Abyssinians. After that I got back in to some Vivian Jackson (a |
| May 5, 2000 | On this show I was kind of picking up the pieces. I was basically going back through my catalog and playing some tracks that I had previously passed by. I guess since Im an archivist at heart, I like to play a lot of these rare and obscure cuts for people |
| April 21, 2000 | Prior to this show I had been going through my Israel Vibrations collection and putting a few things together. I Played quite a few cuts from them here as well as a couple of other Tubby cuts I wanted to get out.and some Scratch mixes I wanted to do. Once |
| April 7, 2000 | Riding some riddims, including quite a few things from the Wailers, more Upsetters, and a custom Horace Andy discomix. |
| March 24, 2000 | Wailers, Upsetters, Earth & Stone and others |
| March 10, 2000 | Basically working through some Yabby U, Burning Spear, Tubby and a few dub albums |
| February 25, 2000 | A lot of things coming from Bunny Lee & King Tubby, as well as some other buscuits. |
| February 11, 2000 | Wailers… |
| January 28, 2000 | Start it off with Garvey tunes, then into more Rastafari hymns, tunes calling out babylon’s big dogs and on… |
| January 14, 2000 | Prince Far I My first take on a Prince Far I theme. |
1999 | |
| December 31, 1999 | This was an extended show the Friday afternoon on the cusp of the 2000s. |
| December 17, 1999 | Still digging through my collection, looking for things I hadn’t played before… |
| December 3, 1999 | Wailers for the first half, then a few riddim runs. |
| November 19, 1999 | Yabby U, Abyssinians, Burning Spear and more roots. |
| November 5, 1999 | Songs about the city, sufferation, slavery, etc. |
| October 22, 1999 | This show had a focus on Rastafari and Praise songs… |
| October 8, 1999 | Typical fare for the era, Tubby, Perry & others… |
| September 24, 1999 | Still really scattered, but playing some nice tunes. |
| September 10, 1999 | Some Yabby U, Pablo, and a little run of Prince Far I. |
| August 27, 1999 | Quite a few Wailers cuts, but also some nice Lee Perry stuff. |
| August 13, 1999 | Some nice Wailers cuts to start off, then into some tunes about justice and sufferation. |
| August 6, 1999 | Continuing to loosen up and get my things together, I played some more Tubby tunes, more from the Upsetter, and other favorites of mine. |
| July 30, 1999 | Now that I was bacjk on air, I was trying to get together some of my favorite tunes. You can see how my riding riddims was beginning to develop into a focus. |
| July 16, 1999 | My first show back in the saddle after being away from Chicago for two years. |
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