I'm just over here drawing up some Ivy League Spins stickers for all of you lovely people, and thought I would share what I'm listening to. Here's a short playlist of what's blaring through my headphones. Enjoy: Prince Fatty - Bedroom Eyes Dub (ft. Natty) Prince Fatty - Need It (ft. Little Roy) Hugh Roy - Flashing My Whip [...]
Luke Hainesin toista, viihdyttävää muistelmakirjaa Post Everything: Outsider Rock and Roll (2011) lukiessa tuli palattua jo hajonneen Black Box Recorderin tuotannon pariin ja todettua sen olevan haalistuneita muistikuvia laadukkaampaa. Yksi Hainesin kirjan huvittavimmista kertomuksista liittyy ajoittain epätoivoiseenkin hitin metsästykseen. Black Box Recorderin tyly ( "Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it" ) debyyttisingle Child Psychology ei tuotannut odotettua suosiota, jolloin yhtyeen A&R -mies tuumi, että coverversio Althean ja Donnan vuoden 1977 hitistä Uptown Top Ranking olisi varmasti juuri sitä mitä radiokanavat ja ostava yleisö kaipaa. Ja jotta kappaleen [...]
Version Big-Fi - Up Town Top Banking classic riddim, old samples, new version. Version Big-Fi would like to thank: Joe Gibbs, Marcia Aitken, Althea & Donna & Trinity without whom… Download via the soundcloud player
Had a great weekend of DJing. Gigantic was fun on the Friday, and then on the Saturday evening I played a set in the dance tent of T anglewood Festival , and then Lavery's Ballroom later that night was great craic. This was the first year that Tanglewood Festival has taken place, and it seemed like it went pretty well. Located in Warrenpoint, it had a ton of local bands playing on two stages plus a comedy tent and a dance tent as well. I was playing at 7.30pm, and the tent was opened [...]
Sigh...right...so I was sitting...making the comp...and I kept thinking...man...what would I want the.er...ideal...woman to sound like if I had to describe her musically....and this happened. I feel incredibly fluffy making this and I'll more than likely overcompensate this feeling by making an outlandishly ignorant comp for March. Playlist and shit under the covers. Stop laughing at me. *PBBT!'s SMORGASBORD FEBRUARY 2011 [ DOWNLOAD ]
Hostage gave us this remix of "Uptown Top Ranking" which can only be described as rave reggae. A very cool, very unique track. Enjoy! Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking (Hostage remix) [click to download] Hostage Facebook Hostage MySpace Click Here to see a prior Dancefloor Mayhem feature on Hostage featuring his free mp3 Massive. Click Here for even more free [...]
SKANKY SKANKY! Bass Boss Hostage gets all ravey skank on this bootleg. Big Up Alan ! Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking (Hostage Remix) by HOSTAGE Download: Mediafire ...
Thirty three years since the premiere of the Jamaican duo Althea & Donna and their number one on the charts in the UK hit "Uptown Top Ranking", Alan Hostage has taken the reggae/dancehall number and made it into one of the better infused-with-dub-and-rave remixes we've heard in 2010, with a simple drum beat claps replacing [...]
Download audio file (01-Summer-Sun-Feat.-Yukimi-Na gano-of-Little-Dragon.mp3) We all Voltron'ed once again to create the sounds of summer as heard through the Blind I staff. These are songs that paint the vibe & set the tone for how we would like to feel throughout this whole season. This was designed & created to serve as the official soundtrack to the summer for our faithfuls. Blind I For The Kids... you know what it is... bump this while you BBQ'in that chicken, links & ribs! TL & DL AFTER THE AFTER... [...]
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Althea Forrest & Donna ReidPatchworks & Mr. Day Brothers On The SlideAlthea & Donna Uptown RankingDillinger Cocaine In My BrainBarrington Levy Here I ComeDamian Marley Welcome to JamrockSister Nancy Bam BamReggae, Dancehall, Dub - these are genres that I have only a passing knowledge of (unlike the devoted heads at Masala) and have never devoted enough time to speak with any authority about the
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking __________ It is dreary and cold and gray here today. This is the sonic opposite of that. It was a UK #1 in February of 1978.
Jan 8, 2009, 1:00am
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No pop no style, a strictly roots... Die Singer-Songwriterin Scout Niblett covert den Reggae-Klassiker "Uptown Top Ranking". Vom Reggae bleibt dabei nicht mehr übrig als offbeat geschrummte Gitarrensaiten. Es erstaunt doch ein wenig, dass Scout Niblett, von der man sich melancholischen Folk gewöhnt ist, ein Faible für Reggae hat. Aber vielleicht muss man einen Song gar nicht mögen, um ihn zu covern, vielleicht kann man ein Stück geradesogut auch hassen und es durch die eigene Interpretation lieben lernen. Doch ich glaube fast, dass Niblett den Song von Althea [...]
da assaporare con: Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Rankin' (1977)
So, I'm a little bored with new music this month. Sure, there are new releases by Kanye West, Coldplay, and the dreaded surfacing of the now infamous new Guns 'N' Roses album. I could care less. It's times like these that send me back to the forgotten moments in music. Althea and Donna were a teenage Jamaican duo who surprised everyone with their infectious 1978 reggae hit "Uptown Top Ranking". Not only is the track irresistible, but the entire album (their only release) is well worth exploring. Tracks like "No More [...]
Salut les amis ! Cela fait maintenant un moment que je m'étais pas exprimé ici... Cependant, la musique Jamaïcaine, et la musique en général ont perdu un grand artiste le week-end dernier, et je me suis dit que cela pourrait intéresser nos lecteur amateurs de bon son... La nouvelle est donc finalement tombée... Après son hospitalisation en décembre 2007 [ 1 ], le label Trojan avait récemment posté un message plus qu'alarmant sur l'état du chanteur [ 2 ]. Les rumeurs avaient ensuite rapidement gonflé, puis [...]
A platter of pure loveliness: (clockwise from top) Stinking Bishop, Epoisses, Chabichou de Poitou, Beenleigh Blue, 5-year gouda Last week the craving returned. I tried to resist, for the sake of both my wallet and my body. I tried manfully, but ultimately to no avail. By Friday morning I was desperate. I had to have ... CHEESE. And so round lunchtime I hopped, skipped, and jumped the few blocks from workplace to my main local dealer, Les Amis du Fromage , and dropped an [...]
Here's a post I've been meaning to do for ages. Actually, if I had been quicker off the mark, it would've been three different posts, but my tardiness has given me the opportunity to combine them neatly into a single one. It's basically an RIP to three giants of music who passed away in the past few months. Klaus Dinger (1946-2008) Klaus Dinger was a legend of [...]
I fucking hate my computer. I just spent the past two hours researching this post. And my fucking computer froze up. Links n photos n shit. Basically I bought Queen Majesty's newest reggae mix, Trilla. It's amazing. I'm so pissed right now. I had mp3's and references. Been listening to it since 5:30 this morning. Now , FUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. I have to go to work. Full of that nice reverb dance sway and notable/un-notable 80s 90s tracks this mix is gritty in the old treasured vinyl sense. All covers - not mashups - are as they should be, [...]
(Deel 227 hiero ) Ik ben een beetje aan het slacken deze week, ja sorry hoor, djiezz. Anyways , zondag op een platenbeurs geweest, zo een waar je moet betalen om binnen te mogen. Het was lang geleden, ik had een hoop flappen getapt en had me voorgenomen de hele middag vieze vingertjes te halen en met een tas vol zeldzame platen thuis te komen. Maar dat liep anders. Ik heb gemerkt (niet voor de eerste keer) dat ik niet een echte verzamelaar ben. Tenminste, niet zo [...]
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