[kj] essential blues

Dave Driver davevulture at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Mar 25 09:01:28 EST 2005


Lightnin,Hopkins,Aynsly Dunbar Retaliation,Peter
Green,...D.Vulture
--- Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Alright I'll start it then, these do it for me with
> my
> fairly limited blues knowledge
> 
> Howlin' Wolf - Ridin' In The Moonlight
> John Lee Hooker - Tantalizing With The Blues
> Little Walter - Chess Masters
> Lightnin' Slim
> Son House
> Elmore James
> Big Bill Broonzy
> 
> go Colesy go
> 
> as for reggae/dub I'd say buy ANYTHING on the Blood
> and Fire label (funded by Mick Hucknall no less) -
> the
> best King Tubby stuff by far
> N
> 
> 
> 
> --- mike coles <mike at maliciousdamage.co.uk> wrote:
> > well now you've got me started
> > 
> > favourite reggae album ever?
> > culture - two sevens clash
> > 
> > the funny thing is, in the early 80s i had mate
> who
> > worked for a 
> > reggae import company who did me dozens of tapes
> of
> > stuff that he 
> > didn't write labels on, so half the time i didn't
> > know who i was 
> > listening to
> > 
> > but i'd recommend any king tubby, scientist, mad
> > professor, toots, 
> > mighty diamonds, jimmy cliff, aswad, augustus
> pablo,
> > dennis bovell, 
> > lee perry, sly & robbie, dave dee, dozy, beaky,
> mick
> > & titch...
> > 
> > plus personal favourites
> > sly dunbar - sly wicked and slick
> > prince far i - cry tuff dub encounter part ii
> > twinkle brothers - countrymen
> > gregory isaacs - cool ruler
> > burning spear - chant down babylon [the island
> > anthology]
> > black uhuru - liberation [the island anthology]
> > 
> > and for compilations:
> > the front line  - a 4-cd set from virgin
> > 
> > for the real pop pickers there's a 3-cd set called
> > dynamite reggae 
> > classics on decadance which includes:
> > ini kamoze - here comes the hotstepper
> > errol dunkley - ok fred
> > inner circle - i shot the sheriff
> > barrington levy - here i come
> > horace andy - ain't no sunshine
> > desmond dekker - you can get it if you really want
> > it
> > dennis brown - money in my pocket
> > althia & donna - uptown top ranking
> > 
> > and just to show i'm not stuck in the past
> > dub solidarity - an absolutely brilliant 30-track
> > compilation of 
> > recent stuff on the dubhead label
> > 
> > and then there's the orb v killing joke but only
> me
> > and alexP have 
> > copies of that
> > 
> > i've also got, as if you care, dub versions of
> > coronation street, 
> > pink panther and sesame street
> > 
> > can we do the blues tomorrow?
> > i've got more blues than i've got reggae
> > then there's jazz...
> > 
> > i'll get me coat then...
> > 
> > dubnight all,
> > colesy
> > 
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