Had a truly grand time filling in for Chuck Foster on KPFK’s Reggae Central. Chuck hosts one of the most far ranging and diverse reggae shows I’ve ever heard, instead of just focusing on roots, he plays the full variety of Jamaican music from the 1950s to the present time. As such, it makes it really hard to predict what he’ll play and so I tend to stay away from playing much Jamaican music on Melting Pot, which is hard on me, because I LOVE Jamaican music. This was a rare opportunity to play 2 hours of some of my favorite ska, rock steady, roots, reggae and Jamaican soul on the radio and I think it’s one of my best guest hosting jobs in my career. Thank you Chuck for letting me sit in and make sure that YOU listen to Reggae Central every Sunday from 2-4pm on KPFK!
Reggae Central 08-07-2011: First Hour
Reggae Central 08-07-2011: Second Hour
Playlist: Reggae Central 08-07-2011
{opening theme} King Tubby – Dub Fi Gwan – Dub Gone Crazy (Blood & Fire)
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Hemsley Morris – Stay Loose – Clancy Eccles Presents His Reggae Review (Heartbeat)
Freddie McGregor – Get Involved – Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980 (Blood & Fire)
The Mighty Diamonds – Why Me Black Brother Why? – Right Time (Virgin)
Rico – Ramble – Man From Warieka (Blue Note)
Hopeton Lewis – Sounds & Pressure – 7” (K&K Records)
Ernest Ranglin – Exodus – Scandal Ska (Mango)
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The Lions feat. Alex Desert – Pieces of A Man – 7” (Lions Bread)
Stranger Cole – These Eyes – Bangarang: The Best Of Stranger Cole 1962-1972 (Sanctuary)
Gregory Issacs – Native Woman – Cool Ruler (Virgin)
Derrick Harriot – Candy – Music Got Mo’ Soul (Westside)
Phyllis Dillon – Perfidia – Midnight Confessions: Classic Rock Steady & Reggae 1967-1971 (Westside)
The Silvertones – True Confession – Classic Hits From Treasure Isle (Attack)
Jackie Mittoo – Hot Milk – Evening Time (Coxsone)
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Princess Buster & her Jamaicans – Ten Commandments From Woman To Man – 7” (King)
U-Roy – Jump For Joy – Rock With I (Ras)
Byron Lee – Soul Ska – Rock Steady (BRA)
Sugar Simone – King Without A Throne – 7” (Sue)
Toots & the Maytals – Premature – Reggae Got Soul (Island)
I-Roy – Hot Stuff – Touting I Self (Heartbeat)
Brentford All-Stars – Greedy G – Better Dub (Studio One)
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Horace Andy – Musical Episode – Exclusively (Wackie’s)
Winston Wright – Jam #1 – Jamaican Funk: Original Jamaican Funk and Soul 45s (Soul Jazz)
King Tubby – A Rougher Version – King Tubby’s Special 1973-1976 (Trojan)
Don Drummond – Addis Adaba – 7” (Coxsone)
Althea & Donna – Jah Rastafari – Uptown Top Ranking (Frontline)
Tapper Zukie – Dub MPLA – Dubwise & Otherwise (Blood & Fire)
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The Heptones – Do Good To Everyone – Book Of Rules (Island)
Keith & Tex – Stop That Train – 7” (Trojan)
Tapper Zukie & Lynval Thompson – Rush I Some Dub – Tappa Zukie In Dub (Blood & Fire)
Desmond Dekker – Reggae Recipe – The Original Reggae Hit Sound of Desmond Dekker & the Aces (Trojan)
Baba Brooks – Shank I Sheck – 7” (King Edwards)
The Soulettes – Hey Senorita – Ska Au Go Go (Studio One)
Tommy McCook & the Supersonics – Mabrouk – 7” (Treasure Island)
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Marcia Griffiths – There’s No Me Without You – Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Trojan)
The Eternals – Queen of the Minstrels – Studio One Soul (Soul Jazz)
Bob Marley – Soul Rebel – Rasta Revolution (Trojan)
Johnny Clarke – Do You Love Me – Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack)
The Aggrolites – Trial and Error – Rugged Road (Young Cub)
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{closing theme} The Skatalites – Herb Man Dub – Heroes Of Reggae In Dub (Motion)