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 [...]

"Without love you're like a ship that's lost its anchor, lost at sea in the swirling tides..." Presenting a conquering ten pack, inna strictly roots stylee of course. Cause you just can't conquer natty dreadlocks, seen? Prince Alla - Only Love Can Conquer MP3 The Meditations - Rasta Shall Conquer MP3 Linval Thompson - Jah Jah The Conqueror MP3 Dennis Brown - Conqueror MP3 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Duppy Conqueror [...]
Dr Alimantado released a string of gloriously over-the-top singles in Jamaica in the early 70s. As with U-Roy and other early 70s toasters (see ABON 0097 ) his singles nearly always began life as rhythm tracks from earlier songs by other artists. However, by the time the various brilliant studio wizards (such as Lee Perry and King Tubby) that Dr Alimantado worked with had finished with them, these rhythm tracks had miraculously warped into new, fresh-sounding creations that clearly had some of the same DNA as the originals but actually sounded like they had been abducted by aliens at birth and raised [...]

"Like the doctor who was born for a purpose, rudie can´t fail..." Strummer, Jones and Simonon definitely had taste, brew for breakfast notwithstanding. Dr. Alimantado - Born For A Purpose/Reason For Living MP3 The Clash - Rudie Can´t Fail MP3

We haven't posted an Optimo mix in a while so here's an old one from JD Twitch to drift out of your speakers while you're basking in the sun. JD Twitch - Jamaica Street Mix Tracklist: Lloyd Robinson - Cuss Cuss (JD Twitch re edit) Yabby U - Yabby U Theme Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Etcetera (dub) Augustus Pablo loop / Max Romeo [...]

We haven't posted an Optimo mix in a while so here's an old one from JD Twitch to drift out of your speakers while you're basking in the sun. JD Twitch - Jamaica Street Mix Tracklist: Lloyd Robinson - Cuss Cuss (JD Twitch re edit) Yabby U - Yabby U Theme Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Etcetera (dub) Augustus Pablo loop / Max Romeo [...]

"My face is so pretty you can´t see a scar, that makes me the king in the ring by far..." Some killer reggae from the days when boxing was still fun and the rivalry between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier held the world spellbound. Big title bouts like the Thrilla in Manilla captured the imagination on the island of Jamaica too apparently, as many a knockout reggae song paid tribute to the legendary heavyweights. Note that toasters Big Youth and Dennis Alcapone both use Burning Spear´s legendary riddim to salute Smokin´ Joe. "With the [...]

Considering the wealth of music that's been made about chickens I'm a little surprised that Bob Dylan hasn't yet devoted a Theme Time Radio Hour to them. I've now emailed XM Radio with my suggested playlist so maybe we'll hear a rockin' rooster show in the next series. All of these songs would be perfect for the programme. MP3: Big Joe Turner - The Chicken and the Hawk Theme Time Radio Hour introduced me to the wonders of Big Joe Turner and [...]

Considering the wealth of music that's been made about chickens I'm a little surprised that Bob Dylan hasn't yet devoted a Theme Time Radio Hour to them. I've now emailed XM Radio with my suggested playlist so maybe we'll hear a rockin' rooster show in the next series. All of these songs would be perfect for the programme. MP3: Big Joe Turner - The Chicken and the Hawk Theme Time Radio Hour introduced me to the wonders of Big Joe Turner and [...]

(from The Witching Hour #49; December 1974) Duke, the Action Dog! When some woefully unprepared suburban adventures try to scale the slopes of Mt. Avalanche in mid-January.... Duke is there! When Mommy is sleeping off a hangover doesn't notice little Timmy's excursion into the abandoned Black Lung Mine... Duke is there! When the enemies of Freedom TM need a little impromptu menace to the genitalia to keep them in line... Duke is there! (Though [...]
(Deel 141 hiero ) Dr. Alimantado/Peter Tosh - Split label: Ital Sounds jaar: 2003 kant a: Dr. Alimantado - Mary Lou (A Little Love Version 3) kant b: Peter Tosh - A Ltitle Melodica www.doctoralimantado.com The good doctor is een oude favoriet van me. Best Dressed Chicken in Town is een dlhwi-plaat die [...]

Plettschner: You want to be a hero? Or would you rather be a chicken man? Otto: What? Plettschner: A chicken man. Did you ever see a farmer's wife? - Repo Man (1984) Yma Sumac - Chicken Talk (from Mambo! , 1954) - I got into Sumac's blend of Latin and exotica styles after hearing her mentioned as a spiritual precusror to Lene Lovich, and quickly grew to appreciate her unique [...]
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Dr. Alimantado, Best Dressed Chicken in Town (Greensleeves 1978) Somebody has to have sampled that intro to "Can't Conquer Natty Dreadlocks" right? If they haven't they should .... Dr. Alimantado - "Best Dressed Chicken in Town" Dr. Alimantado - "Can't Conquer Natty Dreadlocks" Toots and the Maytals, Funky Kingston (Island 1975) Toots and the [...]

Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town (Greensleeves 1977, recorded 1974) Dr. Alimantado - I Am the Greatest Says Muhammed Ali (Greensleeves 1977, recorded 1973) Dr. Alimantado – Best Dressed Chicken in Town / Greensleeves So I'm slightly cheating with this week's entry; I did not cop this from the used bin this particular week as the mission statement for this column suggests. I actually came across it a number of years back, not too long after it's 2001 re-release date, and [...]