JGJR wrote:target wrote:Here is a list of some artists /records I'd recommend to start
Linton Kweisi Johnson, Dread Beat and Blood
Burning Spear, Marcus Garvey
Black Uhuru, Black Sounds of Freedom
Desmond Dekker---not sure which LP, try a best of? Make sure "intensified" is included!
Prince Far I
Lee Perry--scratch attack compliation
Aswad- a new chapter of dub
Tommy McCook, the mod ska sound comp
Augustus Pablo--King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
All of that stuff, especially Desmond Dekker, Lee Perry, and Augustus Pablo, but also these:
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston
V/A - The Harder They Come soundtrack
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert (one of my favorite live albums)
Culture - Two Sevens Clash
As for Marley, the super early ska period (1962-1966) is incredible.
JGJR, you mentioned in the Hard Bop Jazz thread that the 1962-1966 Bob Marley early ska period is incredible. It looks like it was all singles as that was before the first Wailers LP. Is there a release that has all of the recordings of the period that you speak of?