Tracks may include..

......you'll just have to listen then won't you!!!!

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125 Dunza Makes the World Go Round?

Latest show from the world's only Reggae Deejay called Michael Cullen Murphy, who was born on the 18th of June in Nashville Tennessee.

Tracks may include..

The Loving Brothers - Rule Ethiopia
Don T Lee - Peyton Place
Maddoo - Put It Down Gunman
Bitty Mclean - My Loving Girl
Early B - G.I. Joe
Yellowman - How To Keep A Dance
Triston Palma - Joker Smoker
Charlie Chaplin - Food Shortage
The Searchers - Wow Wow Baby
Shinehead - Raggamuffin
King Tubby and Glen Brown - Wicked Tumbling Version
Culture - Two Sevens Clash
Prince Alla - Lot's Wife
U-Roy - Dreadlocks Dread
Barry Brown - Garden of Africa
Mikey Dread - Jumping Master
Early B - History of Jamaica
Tommy McCook / Lee Perry - Cloak and Dagger (Dubplate Style)
Little John / Billy Boyo - What You Want To Be?
Wailing Souls - Very Well
Burning Spear - Down By The Riverside

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124 Two Jerk Deejay!
Another House of Reggae Bigmikeydread co production, and the best to date in my esteemed onion. Mucho thanks to Ianypoos..

Tracks may include:
Chet Atkins – Montego Bay
Demon Rockers – Chuck It
Tiger – Raggamuffin
Carl Meeks – Haul & Pull Up Selctor
Madoo – Backway Mr Landlord
Prince Mohammed – Backway
Nicodemus – Di Plane Land
George Nooks – If You Should Lose Me
Papa San – Animal Party
Jah Thomas – Whats Cooking
Bongo Herman & Les – Chairman Of The Board
Eddy Grant – Living On The Frontline
Johnny Clarke – Top Ranking
Robert Dallas – Tradition Man
Congo Ashanti Roy – Breaking Down The Pressure
Red Dragon & Leba – Brand New Key
Wayne Wonder & Nardo Ranks – Sound Boy Wah Happen To You
Early B – C Bert
Tippa Lee & Rapper Robert – Champion Sound
Dillinger – Sanatone Skank
Nehemiah Reid Allstars – Hot Pepper
Lester Sterling – Indian Summer
Don Drummond – Dandy Don D
Lloyd Parks – Mafia
Prince Alla & Jah Shaka – Togo The Lion
The Observers – Zorro
Owen Isaac & Frank Davis – Three Little Mice
Alexander Henry – Please Be True

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123 Bigmikeydred Reggae Radio - Too much chatty chatty mouth!
Shhhh.....

Tracks may include:
AFRICAN HEADHARGE - PRIMAL ONE DROP
SIMPLE SIMON - LIFE IN THE GHETTO (THANKS DAVE)
AL CAMPBELL AND RANKING TREVOR - HAVE A LITTLE LOVE
FREDDY McKAY - A LITTLE BIT WILL DO
BARRY BROWN - LEAD US JAH
WAYNE WONDER AND NARDO RANKS - SOUND BOY WHAT HAPPENED
THE PROPHETS - DELIVER ME DUBPLATE (PRESSURE SOUNDS CD)
RONNIE DAIVS - YOU BETRAYED ME
THE MERCENARIES - 8 AGAINST ROME
JOE HIGGS - THERE'S A REWARD
DEAN STONE AND NAGGO ALL-STARS - MIGHTY AND DREADFUL
JIMM NASTIC - RAGAMUFFIN STYLE
DILLINGER - READY NATTY DREADIE
NATTY BMD - WE A GO MASH IT UP
JACKIE MITTOO - HI-JACK
SUGAR MINOTT - MR. BABYLON

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122 Bigmikeydred Reggae Radio - Ballistic Affair

Tracks may include:

Leroy smart - Ballistic Affair
Pinchers - No Borrow No Gun
Lone Ranger - M16
Phillip Frazer - Them A Gun Man
Yellowman - Gun Man
Prince Buster - Gun the Man Down
Cutty Ranks - Gunman Lyrics
Anthony Johnson - Gunshot
Michael Palmer - Gunshot A Burst
Nicodemus - Dog Better Than Gun
Michael Prophet - Gunman
Tappa Zukie - Stop The Gun Shooting
Cornel Campbell - Gun Court Law
Frankie Paul - Gunman Around Town
Barry Brown - Put Down Your Guns
Edi Fitzroy - The Gun
Dr. Alimantado - Gimme Mi Gun
Welton Irie - Guns Out A Hand
Dudley Sibley - Gun Man
Baba Brooks - Guns Fever
Buster's All Stars - My Gun's For Hire
The Ethiopians - Gun Man
Burning Spear - No More War

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A while back a team of guys asked me to come up with something for their organisation, A Colourful Storm, with pleasure I complied, and this is it.
An aural expedition into the Carribean, I hope you like it, it's long, and sometimes the pace drops, though generally, I really like it and really enjoyed doing it.
It's always nice to be asked. I'm posting it up as a bigmikeydread reggae radio 'show' so that listeners to my normal show can get hold of it and enjoy it, and to spread the word.
Normal service will resume at a later date.. until then..

Tracks may include:

Seventy Two Nations - Dadawah - Peace and Love Lp - Trojan
Distant Drums - Rico Rodriguez - Jama Rico - Two Tone records Lp
Fly Away - Lopez Walker - Blood and Fire Children Of Jah cd
Tears From My eyes - Jackie Opel - Ska down Jamaica Way - Top Deck Warner - Cd/Lp/Double cd promo
Goombay Drums - Blind Blake - Authentic Bahamian Calypsos - Art Lp
Roll On My Carribbean Sea - Bahama Lullaby Lp - Island Artistes Ltd
High Tide and Low Tide - Wailers - Catch A Fire - Deluxe edition un-dubbed lp version - Island cd
King In My Empire - Cornel Campbell - Rhythm and Sound 10"
Blood On his Lips - Scientist - The Evil Curse of the Vampires Lp
Climbing Up The Mountain - Missionary Quintet Bahamas - Folkways 10" Lp
East of the River Nile - Augustus Pablo - Dub Reggae and Roots from the melodica king Ocho Cd
Rose Hall - The Revolutionaries - Thrillseekers 7" Single
Dark End of the Street - Pat Kelly - Lee's 7" Single
Can't Take Another World War - Clint Eastwood and General Saint - Greensleeves Two Bad Dj L.p.
Ark of the Covenant - Congos - Heart of the Congos Lp - Black Art / Blood and Fire
Ghostbusters - Early B - Blaack Solidarity 7" Single
Trip To Mars - Prince Buster All Stars - Rocka Shaka Vol 5 Cd
Look Out for the Devil + Dubwise - Junior Dan - Honest Jons cd/10"
Plant Up - Prince Far I - Dub Encounter Chapter 3 Pressure Sounds Cd
Slipping Into Darkness - Carl Bradney - PK Records 10" / Blood and Fire cd
The Firmament - Alpha and Omega - Dubplate Selection Vol2
Brain Mark - Jackie Mittoo - Champion of the Arena - Blood and Fire Cd/lp
Poem (track 6) Count ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari - proper/Retro Records Cd
Silent Satta - Augustus Pablo - Dub Reggae and Roots from the melodica king Ocho Cd
East of the River Nile - Augustus Pablo - Dub Reggae and Roots from the melodica king Ocho Cd
Chuck It - Jack Wilson and Demon Rockers - honest Jon's/unity cd
Man of the Living - Wayne Wade - Yabby U 12" Single
Got A Light - Vivian jones - Shaka 12" Single
Ayahtolla - Jackie mittoo - Blank 12"
Garden Of Life - Leroy Sibbles - Big Spanner Ajax 12"
Tabu - Cyril Diaz - Soundway 10"
Righteous Rastaman - Early B - kingjam 10"
The Vampire - Upsetters - Upsetter 7" Single
Rose Lane - Lennie Hibbert - Creation Studio One Lp
Fidel At The Control - Heaveyweight Dub - Inner Circle - Simply Vinyl Double Lp
Shockers Rock - Skatalites/Brentford All Stars - Studio One sorchers Instrumentals - soul Jazz triple Lp
Money Generator - Karl Bryan - Studio One sorchers Instrumentals - soul Jazz triple Lp
Off the Beaten Track - African Headcharge - off The Beaten Track - On U Sound Lp
The Hindu - ? - The Junkanoo Club Presents Nassau's Star Entertainers - Art Lp
Danny Boy - Lord Lebby - Favourite Calypsos - Kalypso Lp
Cry of The Destitute - Umoja Dub lp
Jo Jo - Edmund White - Grass Roots of Jamaica - Dynamic Sounds Lp
White Boy A Follower - Churchical Chants of the Nyahbinghi Lp
Door Peep Shall not Enter - Burning Spear - Burning Spear Studio One Lp
When Will be The End - The Ethiopian (leonard Dillon) - Everything Crash Studio One Lp
Poppy Day - Trini Calypsonian - out The Fire, Smithsonian cd
Edward The VIII - Carreser - The Real Calypso - Smithsonian Cd
Farmyard Cha Cha Cha - Alerth Bedasse - Chins Calypso Sextet Cd4

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This was such a pleasure, good fun with a good friend, nuff new tunes from a West London 'that day' trawl gave rise,..
Hope you enjoy the obvious frivolities...

Tracks are:

1.PETER TOSH - BRAND NEW SECOND HAND
2.GENERAL TREES - PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER
3.SIMPLE SIMON - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
4.MICHAEL PALMER - GUNSHOT A BUST
5.EARLY B - SUNDAY DISH
6.JOSEY WALES - BOBO DREAD
7.ERROL SCORCHER - FROG IN THE WATER
8.DERRICK MORGAN - BETTER JAMAICA / DUB
9.DELROY WILSON - LOVE GOT ME DOING THINGS
10.DELROY WILSON - HAVE MERCY
11.JAH STITCH - FULL CONTROL
12.SELVIE WONDER & LUCIANO - NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
13.LUCIANO - JONAH
14.RETREAT!!! PLEASE RETREAT, BACK TO WHENCE YOU CAME!
15.CUTTY RANKS - RETREAT (SOUND BOY SURRENDER)
16.TERROR FABULOUS - COOL WHEN MI COME 'BOUT
17.U-ROY - HAT TRICK
18.TALL MAN A DON
19.TRINITY - TEEN JAM
20.SHABBA - HARD N' STIFF
21.JOSEY WALES - WANT NO A.I.D.S.

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Sometimes, time, it juss conspire against yuh, and that is why I have pieced together this show from the remnantts of my life and my collection.
Bringing to you the best in 'just in time', 'only just' and 'just good enuff'. Tune a ruff yunno, so expect mayhemnous altercations of a sonic nature.

Tracks are:

1.Bongo Herman - Car Pound Drifter
2.David Isaacs - Pretend New Style
3.Glen Washington - Roller Coaster Ride
4.Dennis brown - Ghetto Girl
5.Blues Blasters - Little Vilma
6.Bunny Scott - To Love Somebody
7.The Selectors - Rock Back
8.Chin's Calypso sextet - Doctor
9.Blazing Fire - Blood Dunza
10.Junior Byles & Rupert Reid - Chant Down Babylon
11.Tenor Saw - Pumpkin Belly
12.Gregory Isaacs - Thief A Man
13.John Holt - It May Sound Silly
14.I-Roy & Jackie Brown - The Black Bullet
15.Johnny Clarke - Move Outta Babylon
16.Junior Byles - Fade Away
17.Delroy Wilson - I Want To Love You
18.David Isaacs - Running Around
19.Natijah - Open My Gate
20.Gene Rondo - Jah Jah Worker
21.Abyssinians - Satta Don
22.Heptones - Gunman Coming To Town
23.Jah Stitch - Greedy Girl
24.LKJ - Want Go Rave
25.I thought you said 25 tracks!!!????
yeah well I can't count, get over it...

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A good friend of mine turned 50 very recently... and here is my birthday card to him, and I've let you lot in on the deal..
I hope that you enjoy it...

Tune-list
1.Freddy McKay - Going To Dream My Life Over
2.Dennis Brown - Emanuel
3.Meditations - Woman Is like A Shadow
4.Leroy Smart - She Love It In The morning
5.Yellowman - Operation Eradication
6.Itals - Ina Disa Time
7.Carl Meeks - Run Around Girl
8.Johnny Osbourne - No Ice Cream Love
9.Barrington Levvy - Shaolin Temple (Pretty Looks?)
10.Shinehead - Know How Fi Chat
11.Nicodemus - Bonanza
12.Charlie Chaplin - Mother In Law
13.U-Brown - Tribal War
14.Cornel Campbell - Talking Love / Gorgon

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DON'T FORGET is you've surfed in and aren't a regular listener to the Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Show, then come back for more of the best in Jamaican music, from the past, to the present.

Tracklist -
1. Eric Monty Morris - Blackman Ska
2. Delano Stewart - Rocking Sensation
3.Peter Hunningale - In The Ghetto
4.Noel Bunny Brown - Heartbreak Girl
5.The Sharks - You Made Me Warm
6.Wailing Souls - Gold Digger
7.? - Please Be True
8.Uniques - People Rocksteady
9.Wailers - Thank You Lord
10.Delano Stewart - Stay A Little Bit Longer
11.Ken Parker - Genuine Love
12.Erro Dunkley - I'm Going Home
13. Silvertones - Bluerbirds
14. George Dekker - Foey Man
15. Tippa Irie - Wine Up Yuh Body
16. Dawn Penn - Why Did You Lie
17.Paragons - We Were Meant To Be (Acappella)
18.The Overdrives - Pack Up Your Things and Go
19.Hopeton Lewis - Don't Stay Down There
20.Bitty McLean - Baby Tonight
21. The Linkers - Say Say
22.Courtney John - Lucky Man
23. Hopeton Lewis - A Deh Pon Dem

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115 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - The Early Bird, catches the Riddim!

Early B, Earlando Arrington Neil, was in my opinion the best Deejay of the Dancehall era, and one of the best Deejays and lyricists of all time.
Unfortunately only a decade after he gained the recognition he was due, he passed away, leaving behind a great body of work.
His stuff isn't easy to get hold of, for two reasons really, one, there isn't enough of it, and two, people who have it, hold on to it, because it's good. I hope that some of what is on show here pleases you.

DON'T FORGET is you've surfed in and aren't a regular listener to the Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Show, then come back for more of the best in Jamaican music, from the past, to the present.

Tracklist -
1. Tour The World
2. Get In The Army
3. Bible Story
4. Ganja Man
5. Gateman Get 'fraid
6. New York Party
7. Abla
8. Learn Fi Drive
9. Video Early B
10. Visit of King Selassie
11. No Funny Trick
12. Sunday Dish
13. Poor Man Plan
14. History
15. Shirley
16. Wrap Up A Draw
17. Ghostbusters
18. Deejay With Degree
19. Righteous Rastaman
20. History of Jamaica

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Alreet? Well, here we are again,.. not that I'm getting bored, stale, thoughtless or lack lustre in my selections or personal performance... much
It's just a likkel smatteration of tunes and typical shennanigans (there's that work again) for y'all out there in internet fantasy radio land. I really do hope you like what you hear, and join me again for more of the samey old poop...

DON'T FORGET is you've surfed in and aren't a regular listener to the Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Show, then come back for more of the best in Jamaican music, from the past, to the present.

Tracklist -

1. Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Batman
2. Lynn Taitt and the Jets - The Joker
3. Tennors - Another Scorcher
4. I-Roy / Dennis Bovell - Afreecan
5. Lloyd Parks - Slaving
6. Bobby Day - Over and Over
7. Cornel Campbell - Dance Inna Greenwich Farm
8. Welton Irie - A Weh Yuh Fa?
9. Alerth Bedasse - Big Boy and Teacher (What is Catty?)
10. Bunny Wailer - Power Struggle
11. Toots and the Maytals - Peeping Tom
12. Jerry Morris - Nyah Nyah
13. Count Lasher - Slide Mongoose
14. Wailing Souls - Things & Time
15. Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana
16. Heptones - Cool Rasta
17. Pancho Alphonso
18. Ludicorously stupid singing by Bigmikeydread
19. Pioneers - Easy Come Easy Go
20. Pablove Black - High Locks
21. Joe Higgs - World Is Spinning Around (digital cut)

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It was my pleasure to 'interview' Phil for a second sesh and eat more biscuits and fried chicken while discussing Phil Etgart's new compilation another TRIPLE CD compilation a follow up to - 'Jumping the Shuffle Blues', 'Jamaica Selects Jump Blues Strictly For You'
Phil a well respected musical sleuth and 'Ultra Collector' created this release as a follow up to the madly succesful shuffle Blues compilation. This show sees another tracklist and discussion of American Shuffle Blues and R&B that was played on the very early Jamaican Sound Systems.
before Jamaica's own home grown recording industry was born.

This release (and hopefully show on Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio) will be an invaluable guide to this era of Jamaican music.
Bigmikeydread Regae Radio was not sponsored in any way to do this show, it is a pleasure to alert listeners to this most excellent of releases... and it was a pleasure to spend more time in Phil's company.

'Jamaica Selects Jump Blues Strictly For You' is on the Fantastic Voyage record label and is available from the 18th June to buy at all good music retailers (including all the major online ones).

BUY DIRECT FROM LABEL http://futurenoisemusic.com/

Fantastic Voyage's Website is - www.fantasticvoyagemusic.com

DON'T FORGET is you've surfed in and aren't a regular listener to the Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Show, then come back for more of the best in Jamaican music, from the past, to the present.

Tracklist - All songs come from this Triple CD.

Intro, including Rosco Gordon's - No More Doggin'
1.A musical and chatty intro..
2.Louis Jordon and his Tympani 5 - G.I. Jive
3.A hit in the States does not neccesarily make a hit in Jamaica..exclusivity and affordability.
4.Sherman Williams and his Orchestra - 1,2 &3, 4,5 &6
5.Musical Traces and links, good research, quality inclusions, evidenced sound man shots..
10 years in the making..hard travails, and the public domain laws..
6.Hal Singer - Cornbread
7.Honking Tenor instruments...Jamaican Charts, too much production, Coxson's R&B pressing.. nostalgia?
8.Teddy Brannon Orchestra - Strike 1
9.Tracking tunes down, decades of research, Coxson's number 2 tune!!
10.Johnny Blues Boy Perry - Sweep Stake Ticket (Got Good News)
11.Conflicting infor, getting on the right track, working it out, only one 78 of it known,..
12.Gene Phillips - Slipping and Sliding
13.Race Records? R&B Charts, Blues in Ja?,
14.James Wayne - Please Baby Please (Joe Scugie - Your Lovin' Arms)
15.How do you listen, all day and all night?, links, lineage and learning.
16.Ruth Brown - 5, 10, 15 Hours
17.Release Scheduling and everyone's birthday, the mobile rings with Steve Rice on the line..
18.Kenny Grahame's Afro Cubists - Bongo Chant
19.Bangarang, Shalit, Decca, Melodisc, Motta pressing and shipping,
20.Harold Burridge / Jimmy Brinkley and his orchestra - Way Down Boogie
21.A gardener from Suffolk?
22.Rocking Brothers - Playboy Hop
23.New Orleans, the Caribbean night and records from territories far and wide..
24.Vince Monroe - Give It Up
25.Drinking songs??
26.Gone All Stars - Gee Gee Walk
27.Rock N' Roll, Dimples, more plugging, 13p a tune!! Tactile Ownership Experiences...
28.Roscoe Gordon - Surely I love You
29. Bye Byes, Buy It or buy something else!

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112 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - By Public Request and By Popular Demand - The Listeners Select...
Exclusively selected by listeners to the Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio show...
These tunes, hand picked by the most highly tasteful of all reggae radio show listenerships reflect those tunes brought to the attention of said listenership over time by the ultra selections of Big Mikey himself..
Love and peace to all the crew,,, it's your show, as always, take it away selectors en masse!!!

suggesteds are:
AT Alesi Poor Man's Cry - Johnny Clarke and When Will Be the End - Leonard Dillon.
Luis Bruno - Sad Mood - Ken Parker
Eric Donaldson - why don't you stand up and fight for your rights
Arthur Schmitt The General Roy tune on the last show, nice toasting !
freeze who goes there by josey wales. dancing on a rainbow by wayne mcarthur. the visit of king selassie by early b.
Nathan S Fisk - Gladiators - Other Side
Matthew Scott Danny boy on a nylon string guitar
Max Waldburg Kunte kinte, the revolutionaries. Oh Mr Dc, Sugar Minott. Truth and Rights, Johnny Osbourne
Max Waldburg voice singing something something 'on this little island' to do with a gun?!
you can know a rude chap by teh way he set his cap, eh? - viceroys on the pottinger cd!
Luis Bruno Don't let me suffer - Gregory Isaacs
Ali Sparrow Stop the violence, I believe it was Dan Cornell
Max Waldburg anywhere at all girl u got to fling it gimme!
Max Waldburg vivian jones, dustbin material - quality tune!
It wasn't stop the violence, it was let's start again, stop the violence was on the other half of that show,
Mike Quinn Lynn Taitt & The Jets version of "only a smile"... Wicked tune.
Max Waldburg that iration steppas- lots wife - tune is epic.
Steve Knight Johnny Clarke - Don't Go.......cruisy tuuuune.
Joshua Burns ?"Mr Irie" is one of my favorite songs that you played in one of those early riddim podcasts. Also in the "Freshest Selection" podcast, you play Ya-Ho (12") by The Jayes. Not only is it a great tune by you intrigued me when you said something about pirate reggae but you never played more songs like that.
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Willo Symons Call of the drums- Johnny and the Attractions. First heard this on the Inna school yard podcast with House of Reggae. Also a song about a policeman who talks about 'sorting out' some bad bloke, I can't remember the names but Babylon Blue rings a bell. Thanks for the add.
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Michael Murphy Hi Willo, that tune is Babylon Boops... I love and will play it...

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111 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Rocking Steady
Typically inane ramblings from your dedicated purveyor of free audio to the airwaves.
In this episode he begins, he middles and he ends, with mainly, though not exclusively, Rocksteady within. A first at Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio.
The tracks are as follows...

MACKA B - NEVER PLAYED A 45
ERNEST RANGLIN - FREE FORM
FATS DOMINO - SO LONG
HENRY BUCKLEY - BEWARE OF ALL THOSE RUDE BOYS
THE ETHIOPIANS - AWAKE
HOPETON LEWIS - LET ME COME ON HOME
HEMSLEY MORRIS - LOVE IS STRANGE
LARRY & ALVIN - NO ONE TO GIVE ME LOVE
KINGSTONIANS - LOVE IS THE GREATEST SCIENCE
DYNAMITES - IF YOU DID LOVE ME
HOPETON LEWIS - COOL COLLIE
HOPETON LEWIS - THIS POOR BOY
HOPETON LEWIS - I DON'T WANT TROUBLE
HOPETON LEWIS - ROCKA SHACKA

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No tracklist, just inane ramblings... and Reggae sweet Reggae Music...
Ian Cause of house of Reggae joined me in the Shed of Dread to play some tunes and freeze to death, while I, country bwoy to the last, sat respendent in T-shirt, while he suffered in Puffa Jacket.... you caan check mi for no lightweight jumper or insulatory clothing of any description,... I'm coming heavy and loaded with nuff tunes...

We enjoyed the night and it's evident from this sedate affair... enjoy, the lemon squeezecake is just to die for (as they say in the more annoying of Restaurants)..

109 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - The Winston Sparks Sandwich

Winston Sparks, aka the Ugly One, aka King Stitt passed away recently, the top Deejay of the 'early period' as I would say, so this show is dedicated to his memory and all tunes sandwiched between two of his best...

Hope you enjoy this selection, a top range of styles to make you all smiles...

Tracklist
King Stitt - Fire Corner
Dean Stone and General Roy - I want to hold you girl
Junjo Players - Holding Dub
Don Angelo - General
Freddie McKay and the Aces - A littel bit will do
Errol Scorcher - '51 Storm
Dennis AlCapone - Master Key
Junior Byles - King Of Babylon
The Bleechers - What's wrong with you
The Wailers - Stir it up
M. Samuels - Dreadlocks in the Ark
The Wailers - Cheer Up
Alfingers - Earth a run red (Richie Spice / Waiting in vain - mash up
Alfingers - I believe / Cher / Declaration mix
Studio One Players - Sitting With Stupid
Flourgon - Hol A Spliff
King Stitt - Dance Beat

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108 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Non Stop Reggae Shopee
Yee Olde Reggae Shoppee opens for bizness in 2012 with a pure playlist, non stop Reggae pop not chat pon the mic speshy...
Hope youse guys enjoy the choice of sounds..

Tracklist
Dial M for Murder (Phil Pratt) - Who Gets Your Dub
Prince Far I - Big Fight
Larry Lawrence - See Me
Lennie Hibbert - Rose Lane
Techniques with Dave Barker - My Best Girl
Techniques - Your Love's a Game
Barrington Levy - 21 Girls Salute
Leroy Smart - Love Life
Tenor Saw - Tonto and Lone Ranger Ride Again
Simple Simon - Go Barry G
Prince Buster - Trip To Mars
Luciano and Selive Wonder - Neighbourhood Watch
Junior Byles - Education Rock

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Wotcher, a mainly 12" selection in yer direction, fun for all the family this Christmas. Hope ya'll dig it...

Tracklist
Lloyd Hemming - Rude Boy
Rice and Peas - See I Yah Now
Early B - Shirley
Peter Ranking and General Lucky - Dance and Studio Are Not the Same
Yellowman - Mad Over Me
Little John and Billy Boyo - What You Want To Be + Heavyweight Dubwise
Sylford Walker and Jah Stitch - I Love You
Sugar Minott and Sinbad - Hard Time Pressure
Jackie Mittoo - Ayatollah
Jackie Mittoo - Mash Down Babylon
Tamlins and Welton Irie - Love Me WIth All Your Heart
Clarence Parks - Things A Come Up To Bump
John Holt - Love and Understanding
Kiddus I - Security In The Streets
Pat Francis - Guys Get A Blow

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Another fun filled trip to London town ends in disorganised musical outpourings courtesy of sirs Murphy and Causer, playing some of the best in Jamaican music now and then...

Tracklist
Lloyd and Devon - Love Is The Foundation Of The World
Love Is The Foundation Of The World - Organ Cut
Johnny Clarke - Don't Go
The Heptones - The Meaning Of Life
Pat Kelly - I Don't Want To Go
Gaylads? - Lonely Man
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Redder Than Red
Lloyd Parks - Ordinary Man
Max Romeo - Fire Fe The Vatican
Jah Lloyd - Leggo
Eric Clarke - Fight Against Babylon
Leroy smart - Oh Marcus
I-Roy - Tribute To Marcus Garvey
Unknown - Rocks And Mountains
Barry Brown - Give Thanks and Praise + Version
Maxie - Some African
Well Pleased and Satisfied - Black On Black
Junior Byles + Rankin' Buckers - What Kind Of World
Wailing Souls - Things and Time
Wailing Souls - Back Out
John Holt - Love and Understanding / Peace Version

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As Jimi Hendrix once said before launching into 'Like A Rolling Stone' by Dylan at the Monteray Pop Festival, 'It has been a long time hasn't it'.
Sorry for the slightly longer than usual silence, however normal service resumes with this one... hope you enjoy enjoy enjoy...
Thanks for listening.

Tracklist

Jonnie Clarke - Move Out Of Babylon
Ethiopians - Satan Gal
Ethiopians - Satan Boy
Madoo - Little Young Girl / 44 Magnum
Boris Gardener - Groovy Kind Of Love
Boris Gardener - I'm Alone
Dean Stone and Nagoo All Stars - Mighty and Dread
Willie Cobb - You Don't Love Me
The Wailers - Diamond Baby
Clarendonians - You Won't See Me
Wailing Souls - Fire A Mus Mus Tail
Jacob Miller - Tired Fe Lick Weed Inna Bush
Vivian Jones - Dustbin Material
Don Campbell - Wheel It Again
Carl Meeks - Haul and Pull Up Selecter
Anthony B - Fire Pon Rome
Burning Spear - Free Black People
The Pyramids - All Change On The Bakerloo Line
Johnny Osbourne and the Sensations - The Warrior
The Ethiopians - Gun Man
The Ethiopians - Everything Crash

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103 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Obituary

Just a day after I posted the last podcast my Dad passed away.

Tracklist

Dennis Brown - Created by the Father
Madoo - Have You Ever Been To Heaven
Ken Parker - Sad Mood
Leroy Sibbles - Garden Of Life
Beres Hammond - Music Is Life
Ken Boothe - Lonely Teardrops
The Royals - Heart In Pain
Higgs and Wilson - Gone Is Yesterday
Count Ossie - First Gone
Leroy Smart - Honour your Mother and your Father
Barrington Levy - Why Did You Leave Me
Carl Bradney - Slipping Into Darkness
Sylvan White - Mammy and Daddy
Big Youth - Weeping In The Night
Johnny Osbourne - Children Are Crying
Ken Boothe - My Heart Is Gone
Dennis Brown - Life Goes In Circles
The Ethiopian - When Will Be The End?
...................................
Barry Murphy and Dan Stewart - Kick Out De Debbel On A Holiday

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102 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Dub Extravaganja 2

Tracklist - No tracklist this time... just enjoy the sweet sounds of Dub as they wash oer y'all....

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Ever listened to that Hotel style Calypso and wished, 'boy I could do with a whole hour of this tacky old rot', yes?? Well you've come to the right place...
There's a certain sound to commercially minded Calypso, some of which was being performed for the exotically inclined holiday maker in the 50s and 60s and this 'sound' is what I wanted to get across on this particular show.. I hope I have expressed this adequately?

Tracklist -

1.Lord Flea- Shake Senora
2.Foxy Dean and Fred Callenders Calypsonians - Shame and Scandal
3.Hiltonaires - Day-O
4.Hiltonaires - The Monkey
5.Montego Beach Hotel Band - Bloodshot Eyes
6.Harry Belafonte - Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
7.Count Frank - Calypso Island
8.Talbot Brothers - Atomic Nightmare
9.The Barbados Steel Orchestra - House Of The Rising Sun
10.Vincent Martin and Peanuts Taylor - Everybody Sing Whem The Boat Pull Out
11.Ken Kirkham - Go Down To Kingston Market
12.Russ Henderson - West Indian Drums
13.Lord Anticss and the Merry Boys - Woop Wap Man
14.The Mighty Terror with Rupert Nurse's Calypso Band - No Carnival In Britain
15.The Islanders - May Walk (Mango Walk)
16.Andre Touissant - Watermelon Spolin' - Melody
17.Frankie Anderson - Limbo
18.Edmundo Ross - Coclotate, Whiskey and Vanilla Gin

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100 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Signposts3

The fird in a series of shows celebrating my most loved tunes....

Tracklist -

1.Joe Higgs- Wave Of War
2.Early B -Ghostbusters
3.Cornel Campbel - Bandulu
4.Ranking Dread - Hard Times
5.Prince Buster - One Step Beyond
6.Earl Lindo - White Rum
7.J.D. McPherson - Fire Bug
8.Junior Byles - Pitchy Patchy
9.Blues Busters - Tell Me Why
10.Earl Zero - Please Officer
11.The Missionary Quintete - Dry Bones
12.Delroy Wilson - I Can't Stand It
13.Bangers and Mash - Healing In Vain
14.Ketih And Tex - Stop That Train
15.John Holt - If I Were A Carpenter
16.Clint Eastwood & General Saint -Healing In The Balm Yard
17.Delroy Wilson - Sweet For My Sweet
18.Trinity - Sweet Sugar Plum Plum

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El instalamento secondo...Bonjournuss, esta hablo Bigmikey Dread Radio Reggae, playing mucho musico Jamaique et Caribbe pour von enjoyamentuss. Parto Duo!!
Please enjoy this second installmento of my favourite sounds...
Tracklist -

1.Lord Lebby - Ethiopia
2.Hiltonaires - A Little More Oil
3.Lord Lebby - Oh Danny Boy
4.Early B - Get In The Army
5.Ethiopians - The Whip
6.U-Brown - Train To Zion
7.Cutty Ranks - Experience
8.Ken Parker - True True True
9.Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Moody Ska
10.Honey Boy Martin - Dreader Dread
11.U-Roy - Chalice In The Palace
12.Early B - No Funny Trick
13.Abyssinians - Satta A Massagana
14.Viceroys - Work It
15.Johnnie Clarke - Top Ranking
16.Lloyd Parks - Slaving
17.Jack Wilson and Demon Rockers - Chuck It
18.Lopez Walker - Fly Away
19.Joe Morgan - Basement session
20.Vivian Jones - Have You Got A Light
21.Augustus Pablo - Silent Satta
22.Carlton Jackson - History
23.Bob Marley - Jump Nyahbinghi
24.Blind Blake - Goombay Rock
25.Simple Simon - Honour Your Mother and Father
26. Jackie Opel - Push Wood
27.Don Caarlos - Laser Beam
28.Skatalites - Ball Of Fire
29.Horace Andy - Good Vibes

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098 Bigmikeydread & Phil Etgart - Jumping the Shuffle Blues

It was my pleasure to 'interview' and eat biscuits while discussing Phil Etgart's new TRIPLE CD compilation 'Jumping the Shuffle Blues' recently.
Phil is a well respected musical sleuth and this release and show sees a compilation of American Shuffle Blues and R&B that was played on Jamaican Sound Systems
before Jamaica's own home grown recording industry was born.

This release (and hopefully show on Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio) is an invaluable guide to this era of Jamaican music and an extremely pleasurable listen.
Bigmikeydread Regae Radio was not sponsored in any way to do this show, it is a pleasure to alert listeners to this most excellent of releases... and was a pleasure to spend more time in Phil's company.

JUMPING THE SHUFFLE BLUES is on the Fantastic Voyage record label and is available from the 20th June to buy at all good music retailers (including all the major online ones) NOW!

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DON'T FORGET is you've surfed in and aren't a regular listener to the Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Show, then come back for more of the best in Jamaican music, from the past, to the present.

Tracklist - All songs come from this Triple CD.

Intro, including Rosco Gordon's - No More Doggin'
1.Introducing Phil, and on buying records, Jamaican Sound Systems and musical appreciation.
2.Louis Jordon - Salt Pork, West Virginia
3.Collecting, How many records do you really have? Asberger's Syndrome?
4.Gene Ammons and his Orchestra - Jughead Ramble
5.Where can people get 'Jumping The Shuffle Blues' Cd? How did you get the compilation idea of the ground?
6.Cover Ups, scratched out labels and finding out what the hell that tune is!
7.Teddy Brannon - Mixon with Dixon
8.How did the tunes really get to Jamaica in the first place? And how to sell booze AND music at the same time.
9.Charles Gonzalez - I'm Free
10.A Selector Selects, A Deejay interjects and the Operator pays the cheques.
11.The Bopa-Loos - South Parkway Mambo
12.On Biccies and Tea, Death of the 'imported tune'? And the early artistes and homegrown releases.
13.Bill Doggett - Quaker City
14.Jazz, styles of music played on Sound Systems and 'evidence'.
15.Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes
16.Sleevenotian, labels who licenced, Fats and American acts in Jamaica live.
17.Dave Bartholomew - Shufflin' Fox
18.Big Maybelle - I Don't Want To Cry
19.More waffle and then another tune....
20.Zuzu Bollin - Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?
21.Lots of tunes... FOR UNDER A TENNER!
22.Gene Coy and his Killer Dillers - Killer Diller
23.Jughead Ramble, Jamaican Musical Munching Machinery and the Crossroads, Biscuit Alarm
24.Hal Paige - Drive It Home
25.Summing Up, Duke Reid, Duke Vin?
26.Big Jay McNeeley - Big Jay Shuffle
27.Outro and a final plug, big hugs and thank yous etc.

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The first instalment of tunes that have meant a lot to me along the way, places to return to, signposts along the way of discovery, and just damn good music to dance to....

Tracklist -
1.Admiral Bailey - Horse Tonic
2.Delroy Wilson - Love Got Me Doing Things
3.Silvertones / Lee Perry - Finnancial Dub
4.Prince Alla and Phillip Fraser - Black Rose
5.Culture - Jah Pretty Face
6.Junior Dan - Look Out For The Devil
7.Bunny Wailer - Fighting Against Conviction
8.Silvertones - Rejoice Jah Jah Children
9.Prince Alla - Togo The Lion
10.Eric Donaldson and the Keystones - Stand Up
11.Glen Brown and King Tubby - Version 78
12.Scientist - Laser Attack
13.Skatalites - Freedom Sound (7")

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096 Bigmikeydread - Dub2
Excursion pon the VERSION. . . 2
More Reggae for to fill your Jeggae

Tracklist -
1.Part 2 Dub - G.G. All Stars
2.Vultures Vank - Jah Martin and the All Stars
3.Chritos Dub wise - Jah Christos All Stars
4.The Assins - Observer Style
5.Doctor Skank
6.A Learning Version
7.Dub Wise - Wailers Band
8.Silekshan II
9.Babylon Fall- Rockers All Roots
10.Lion Version - Aggrovators
11.Pressure Version - Prince Tallis All Stars
12.Gorgon Version - Aggrovators
13.More Slavery Version - Black Diciples?

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Excursion pon the VERSION. . .

Tracklist -
1.Revolutionaries - Afraid of Dub / Dubplate Mix
2.Elijah and the Jussic Allstars - Interest Rate Dub
3.Emperor Dub
4.Armagideon Dub
5.King Tubby - Crucial Tubbs
6.Sentry Dub
7.Rude Boy Dub
8.To Be Poor Is A Crime Version
9.New Flower All-Stars - Peace Chalice Version
10.Bendwood Version
11.Hard Road To Travel Dub
12.Nitty Gritty Drifter
13.Roots Rock Band - You Is Something Else
14.Lingering Version
15.Gate of Dub

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CAN YOU STAY AWAKE?????????

In Part 2 of this virtual radio expo Mike Murphy & Ian Causer try desperately to impress the Jamaican music cognecenti with a musical spagetti and a splashing dashing sauce.

In this 2nd ep of normal service resumptions Mike remains attached to waffle while Ian, concise and to the point, reigns within his naturally retained exuberance.

Please take a dip into this musical trip. Happy holidays.

Tracklist -
1.Carlton Livingstone - History (Upsetter 12")
2.Zeddie Bailey - Babylon Gone (Fuds 7" Single)
2.1 King Tony - Speak No Evil (Fuds 7")
3.I-Roy - Rootsman (Love 7" Single)
4.Gregory Isaacs - Open The Door To Your Hearts (Cactus 7" Single)
5.I-Roy - Step Right In (Bullet 7" Single)
6.I-Roy - Universal Natty (Well Charge 7" Single)
7.Freddie McKay - Love Is A Treaure (Duke 7" Single)
8.Big Boss - Kung Fu Rock (Afro 7" Single)
9.Pat Kelly - How Long Will It Take (Gas 7" Single)
10.Jeff Barnes - (Jackpot 7" Single)
11.Phyllis Dillon - Woman Of The Ghetto (7" Single)
12.Dennis Alcapone - Funky Tang (7" Single)
13.Prince Jazzbo - Dirty Harry Version (Trojan Lp track)
14.Glen Brown - Dirty Harry (Pantomine 7" Single)
15.Glen Brown - Dance Good (Cactus 7" E.P.)
16.Slim SMith - (Jackpot 7" Single)
17.Bruce Ruffin - Dry Up Your Tears (Beverly's 7" 'Revive' Single)
18.Alton Ellis - Again (7" Single)
19.Freddy McKay - Go On This Way (Moodie 7")
20.Jo Jo Bennett - Ten Steps To Soul (Moodie 7")
21.Ken Parker - Guilty (Jackpot 7")
22.Ken Parker - Guilty (Jackpot 7")
23.Cornell Campbell - Pity The Children (Jackpot 7")
24.Cornell Campbell - Stalawa(t) (Jackpot 7")
25.Cornell Campbell - Make Hay (Randy's 7" Revive)
26.Derrick Morgan - Lover Boy (Blue Beat 7" Single)
27. Derrick & Naomi - Heart Of Stone (Blue Beat 7" Single)
28.Don Drummond - Garden Of Love (Island 7" Single)
29.Laurel Aitken - Baba Kill Me Goat (Kalypso 7" Single)
30.Carl Meeks - Haul and Pull Up Selecter (Photographer 7" Single)

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092 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - House of Reggae Inna Bigmikey Shed Part 1
You can hook up with Jah Causer on House of Reggae here - http://houseofreggae.podomatic.com/

In Part 1 of this show Mike & Ian hope to delight with a subtle melange of ripe berry fruits combined with a robust vintage musical selection, with just the merest suspicion of a languorous humourous hubris.

In this resumption of 'normal' service Mike returns to the Mic dragging Ian kicking and screaming from his London hideaway into the wilds of deepest Sussex to unite in an effort to create nuff vibes... welcome.

Join us for this dip into some of music's half shadowed recesses and the world, in particular sounds abound of Jamaican music. Reggae in particular.The show is dedicated to the thousands of Japanese civilians who have suffered and to Smiley Culture latterly of the Saxon Sound System.

Tracklist -
1.Dawn Penn - No No No (Studio One Rockers cd on Soul Jazz records)
2.Willie Cobb - You Don't Love Me (Mp3 Download)
3.Percy Sledge - Take Time To Know Her (Atlantic 7" Single)
4.Tinga Stewart & Ninjaman - Take Time To Know Her (Hawkeye 12" Single)
5.Wailers (Bunny Wailer) - Dreamland (Upsetter revive 7" Single)
6.El Tempos - My Dream Island (Mp3 Download)
7.Smiley Culture - Cockney Translation (Fashion 12" Single)
8.Smiley Culture with Asher Senator - It's Coming Down (Top Notch Lp track)
9.Early B - Deejay with Degree (Moa Anbessa 10" Single)
10.Abyssinians - Declaration of Rights (Studio 1 7")
11.Sir Harry - Version on Declaration of Rights(Studio One 7")
12.Cornell Campbell - Watch This Sound (Monica's 7")
13.Leroy Smart - Mother Liza (Fe Me Time 7")
14.Zekiel Parchment and the Jaytels - West Beirut (One Combination 7")
15.Errol Don Mais - Babylon Fight Down Youth Man (12" Single)

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I'm not posting any tracklisting with this one, though I promised that I would... becuase, well I' just too tired....

Basically, the show has been 'offline' for about 7 weeks while I moved house and got new internet service up and running, while we were offline I put a little something together just to keep the tapes running.

The London Trip consists of sounds listened to on a recent'ish visit to the smoke, where I met up with RWMN and Ian's House of Reggae, Clive 'Daddy Bones' and Ben to do a show, and then a couple of tunes and some sounds from Tighten Ups Reggae night in Finsbury Park in January....

It's not the usual show.

I'll have something like a normal resumption of service very soon, in the meantime, this is a London Trip...

090 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Run Come Call Me
IT'S A BIGGY!!! - Yowser yowser yowser, yep it's that time a rooney again, with your host and his moist toast, tunes for honeymoons and all kinds of dastardly musical custards.
Some blimmin' nice tunes on this show and a lovely little underlying rhythm to the whole show, which I, as someone who has done plenty upon 'nuff, can say, 'I like this', and 'It's nice'.

Tracklist -
1.Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes - Vogue 78rpm single
2.Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans - London 45rpm single
3.Dave Bartholomew - Monkey Speaks His Mind - from Original Sound Man Shots cd album
4.Smiley Lewis - Shame Shame Shame - Imperial (70s repressing) 45rpm single
5.Shirley and Lee - Bom Bom Lulu - Bump Jump and Jive vol 7. cd album
6.Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me - 45rpm single, an 80s re-issue on Charley Records
7.Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie - Alladin 78rpm single
8.Count P's All-Stars - Sand Lane Shuffle - Studio One (Roots) 45rpm single
9.Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One - Alladin 45rpm single
10.Big Joe Turner - Morning Noon and Night - Atlantic 78rpm single
11.Jiving Juniors - Don't Treat Me Bad - Studio One 45rpm single re-pressing from original stamper
12.Laurel Aitken - Boogie Rock - Caribou You'll Never Know, 18 Caribou Ska Selection, cd album
13.Bobby Aitken - Jericho - King Edwards 45rpm re-pressing (Revive)
14.Lloyd Robinson and Rico's Band - Give Me A Chance - Blue Beat 45rpm single
15.Pat & Roxie - The Things That I Do - Caribou You'll Never Know, 18 Caribou Ska Selection, cd album
16.Shenley & Annette - Million Dollar Baby - Blue Beat 45rpm single
17.Baba Brooks - Shank I sheck - King Edwards 45rpm re-pressing (Revive)
18.Roy & Paulette - Since You're Gone - Randy's 45rpm single
19.Skatalites - Jones Town Special - King Edwards 45rpm re-pressing (Revive)
20.Roy Panton - Smoke Without Fire - Caribou You'll Never Know, 18 Caribou Ska Selection, cd album
21.Lord Tanamo - Night Food Ska - Randy's (Revive) 45rpm single
22.Don Drummond - No More - Caribou You'll Never Know, 18 Caribou Ska Selection, cd album
23.Emotions with Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - A Rainbow - Caltone 45rpm single
24. Honey Boy Martin - Dreader Than Dread - Caltone 45rpm single
25.Hopeton Lewis - Testify - Treasure Isle (Revive) 45rpm single
26.Pioneers - Easy Come Easy Go - Beverly's 45rpm single
27.Melodians - Everybody Bawling - Treasure Isle (Revive) 45rpm single
28.U-Roy - Everybody Bawling - Treasure Isle (Revive) 45rpm single
29.Bob Marley & The Wailers - Redder Than Red - Wail N' Soul M (Revive) 45rpm single
30.Bob Marley & The Wailers - Bus Dem Shut - Impact 45rpm (revive) single
31.Peter Tosh (and the Wailers) - Stepping Razor - Intel Diplo 45rpm single
32.Versatiles - Children Are You Ready - Crab 45rpm single
33.Viceroys - Work It - Crab 45rpm single
34.Tennors - Feel So Bad - Crab 45rpm single
35.Winston Shan and the Sheiks - Throw Me Corn - Bullet 45rpm single

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Gregory Isaacs, Reggae Super-Star passed away in October. This show, is second in a two part tribute to him.
EXTRA CLASSIC Gregory, just for you.... ALL KILLAH NO FILLAH!
Unless otherwise noted, all tunes are by Mr. Isaacs.

Tracklist -
1.Slavemaster
2.Dillinger - Take A Dip
3.Bad Da
4.Next To You
5.Mr. Know It All
6.The Border
7.U-Brown - Roll River Jordan
8.Extra Classic
9.Jailer Jailer
10.Thief A Man
11.Rasta Business
12.Wailing Rudie
13.Mind You Dis
14.Looking Back

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Gregory Isaacs, Reggae Super-Star passed away in October. This show is a tribute to him.
This is the Cool Ruler in full effect. Every song is a classic, just like Gregory.
Unless otherwise noted, all tunes are by Mr. Isaacs.

Tracklist -
1. The concords - Don't Let Me Suffer
2. One Cocoa Fill Basket
3. Too Late
4. Rock Away
5. I'm Alright
6. I-Roy - King and Pauper
7. Pauper Dub
8. Poor and Clean / Dubwise
9. Handcuff
10.Night Nurse / Dub
11.Who Cares
12.Help Us Get Over
13.Cool You
14.Beautiful africa / Dub

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In yer lug 'oles....

Tracklist -
1. Jamaican Calypsonains with Lord Flea - Wheel and Turn Me
2. Lord Laro - Banana Boy
3. Sir Horace and His Merry Knights - Mambo Jamaica
4. Ressurection - Four Point Plan
5. Gideon Jah Rubaal - Take the Chains and Shackles Off Our Feet
6. Bobby Ellis - Ilya Kuyakin
7. Wayne Smith - Time Is A Moment in Space
8. Winston Samuels - Don't Believe Him
9. Bunny Wailer - Power Strugglejamaicans - Take Warning
10.Trevor and Keith - The Ark
11.The Uniques - Let Me Go Girl
12.Dawn Penn - - I'll Let You Go (Let Me Go Boy)
13.Josey Wales - Code Of Conduct
14.Early B - Bicycle Bicycle
15.Cornel Campbell - Mr Cop
16.Demon Rockers - Chuck It
17.Joe Morgan - Basement Session
18.Al Campbell - Dancehall Style
19.Techniques - What'cha Gonna Do

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I was wanderin' and I was wonderin' where did it all go, where did all the time go, when I perchanced upon a hatch and through the hatch a light and in the light a box and in the box I found jewels, jewels from the Orient. Jewels that would play sonically upon my disc transporter and so my amigos, my petite amis, my chooomes, I played to my hearts content, I shared my treasures with the World.

Please find enclosed a number of songs that may please your ear holes.

Tracklist -
1. Don Carlos - Money and Woman
2. Barry Brown - Politician
3. Wailers - Bus Dem Shut Pyaka
4. Well Pleased and Satisfied - News Carrier
5. Joy White - Dread Dub
6. Al Campbell - Feedback
7. Rod Taylor - True History / Dub
8. Twinkle Brothers - Natty Dread Uptown
9. Bunny Wailer - Power Struggle
10.Bunny Wailer - Cease Fire
11.Herbie Carter and the Cables - Happy Time
12.Ernest Wilson - Story Book Children / Dub
13.Cutty Ranks - Blood On The Corner
14.Cutty Ranks - Retreat
15.Cocoa Tea - Magnet To Steel
16.Cocoa Tea - We Do The Killing
17.Errol Dunkley - Don't Come Rush Me No Badness
18.Cocoa Tea - Gather My Sheep

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085 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Trubble and Stryfe

Ahhh... it's just stuff, more stuff, stuff to listen to, yunno,... stuff.

Tracklist -
1. Lord Laro - The Rastafarian Love
2. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
3. Smiley Lewis - Shame Shame Shame
4. Willie Francis - Ripe Sour Sap
5. Emotions - A Rainbow
6. Well Pleased and Satisfied - Barberman Bawling
7. Unknown Deejay - Bawling Version
8. Larry Marshall - Nanny Goat
9. Ken Boothe - Crying Over You
10. Baba Brooks - Independance Ska
11. Lord Rose and the Beachcombers - Independance Jamaica
12. Freddy McKay - Go On This Way
13. Augustus Pablo - Valley of Jehosophat

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More of a chat and less of an interview, Bigmikeydread goes to visit Reggae Collector and all round nice chap Phil Etgart.
Phil has compiled Lps and collections for record labels, he buys and sells music and has an amazing knowledge that covers all aspects of
Jamaican music. Not only that, he owns a tune or two!

Topics covered include, the Wailers Rocksteady cut to 'Stepping Razor', Cyril X Diaz's 'Tabu', Maryland Choccy Biscuits, collecting mania, selling on eBay, vintage hi-fi and sound systems, 78s, soul, reggae, r&B, american and jamaican music. Nicky Thomas at Chalk farm, Mento and Calypso, playing live, Tony Rounce, and a whole heap more.

Tracklist -
1. Dave and Ansell Collins - Double Barrel
2. Chuck Jackson - If I Didn't Love You
3. Eric Monty Morris - If I Didn't Love You
4. Clue J and the Blues Blasters - Shufflin' Jug
5. Triston Palma - Bad Boys
6. Tubby's - Bad Boys Dub
7. Waylon Jennings - Love Of The Common People
8. Charlie Jackson - I'm Free
9. Count Sticky - Chico Chico
10.Cyril X Diaz - Tabu
11.Stephanie Samuels - Africa
12.Africa Dubwise
13.Wailers - Stepping Razor (Rocksteady Cut)
14.Lord Power - Penny Reel

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083 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Studio One Train Time Special

All aboard, Sir Coxsone at the controls, leaving the station to our destination, the other side of this musical island.
Enjoy the Ride....

Tracklist -
1. Gaylads - You Are Leaving Now
2. Don Drummond - Looking Through The Window
3. Jackie Mittoo - Midnight Special
4. Lloyd Williams - Black Man(S?) Train
5. Tommy McCook - Tunnel One
6. Al Campbell - Take A Ride
7. Take A Dub
8. Freddie McGregor - Homeward Bound
9. Maytals - My Destination
10.Jackie Mittoo - Toronto Express
11.Ken Boothe - Train is Coming
12.Soul Vendors - Soul Junction
13.Bob Andy - Going Home

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082 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - A Little Bit Of Sugar

A few tunes livicated to the memory of Sugar Minott, for your listening pleasure. Thank you Owen and David for your help.

Tracklist -

1. Mr. D.C.
2. Save The Children
3. Hard Time Pressure (With Captain Sinbad) + Dubwise
4. Dancehall Weh Deh
5. Herbman Hustling
6. Fight Against Dread
7. Ghetto-ology
8. Hang On Natty

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Every tune selected by Michael Cavan Murphy (Jnr) age (just under) 3.
It's a family affair again here at Murphy towers, with all tunes pulled from the attic shelves by offspring number one.
It's quite a selection, Roots, Dancehall, Skinhead all the tunes he loves best! Nearly an hour 50 of the best in Reggae music online!

Tracklist -

1. Cassey Man - Girls Love Mi Style
2. Jah Mali - Ghetto Youths
3. Lord Lebby - Danny Boy
4. The Melodians - Last Train To Expo '67
5. Luciano - Legalise It
6. Morgan Heritage - Down By The River
7. Maddoo - Coming From Town
8. Junior Byles & Rupert Reid - Chant Down Babylon
9. Admiral Tibet - Land Of Paradise
10. Pinchers - Ardent Fan
11. Count Ossie and the Wareikas - Swinging for Joy
12. Linval Thompson - Dreadlocks Nah Run
13. Bunny Wailer - The Conqueror
14. Shinhead - Know How Fi Chat
15. Rough Riders - President House
16. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Man to Man (Who The Cap Fit)
17. Leroy Palmer - Head Cornerstone
18. Revolutionaries - Kunte Kinte
19. Freddy McKay - Free Man
20. Barry Brown - Mafia + Dub

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There are a few Dub albums that the Dub-heads want and 'Dub A Dance' is one of them. It's created from rhythms laid down and used for Effort the Lp from Junior Delgado, indeed the Lp is produced by Dennis Brown and Jux, the Dub Lp also.

Enjoy this rare chance not only to hear one rare to hear Lp, but another alongside it as Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio plays the vocal versions to the Dub versions, in the order of the original Dub A Dance Lp.

Dub Session.... begin.....

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He's even recorded a toilet for Lee 'Scratch' Perry!

If you want to know more about the Reggae scene in London from the 60s through to the present, or an insight into record label runnings from the 70s onwards, then this may make for essential listening.

Steve wrote for Black Echoes in the 1970s, ran his own record stores, compiled records for Island, Trojan, and later his own label Blood and Fire records. He co-wrote the Rough Guide To Reggae, a bible for all Jamaican music fans. Amongst his close friends are people like Bunny Lee, Dennis Alcapone, Glen Brown, Lopez Walker, U-Roy and Trinity.

I had the honour of travelling up country to join Steve and his partner Sue at their house in Forest Gate, London, for an afternoon of chat, record playing, tea and biscuits. The ensuing interview spread over 4 hours of recording and will be presented in a number of parts for you to listen to. This is the final part, part 2. His insight and experience makes for essential listening for all Jamaican music fans. I know I learnt more from him in 5 hours than I have on my own in 5 years!

Background music comes from Blood and Fire releases.

Here is part 2 -

The tracks included for your listening pleasure are:

Prince Jazzbo - 'Blank' - Ting A Ling Version
Owen Gray - On The Beach
Roland Alphonso - Ethiopian War
Lynn Tait - Soul Food
Lloyd Clarke - Untitled (possibly 'Hell and Heaven') + Dubwise
Winston Francis - Chain Gang
Righteous Flames - Ride On Version
Leroy Sibbles & Beenie Man - Original Full Up
Roland Alphonso & the Soul Vendors - Ringo Rock
Jah Joe - Love On The Scene
U-Roy - High Priest
Big Youth - Black On Black

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Respects - Mikey

Steve Barrow has been collecting Jamaican music since 1962, before most people called Ska..... Ska!

Over the years Steve's interest in Jamaican music has developed from collecting through to writing for Black Echoes, running his own record stores, compiling records for Island, Trojan, and his own label Blood and Fire records. He co-wrote the Rough Guide To Reggae, a bible for all Jamaican music fans. Amongst his close friends are people like Bunny Lee, Dennis Alcapone, Glen Brown, Lopez Walker, U-Roy and Trinity. He's even recorded a toilet for Lee 'Scratch' Perry! He's currently writing sleeve notes for Soul Jazz records and an upcoming release of some Dancehall Reggae music, related to Beth Kingston's book 'Dancehall' that Soul Jazz brought out last year.

Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio had the honour of travelling up country to join Steve and his partner Sue at their house in Forest Gate, London, for an afternoon of chat, record playing, tea and biscuits. The ensuing interview spread over 4 hours of recording and will be presented in a number of parts for you to listen to. This is part 1. His insight and experience makes for essential listening for all Jamaican music fans. I know I learnt more from him in 5 hours than I have on my own in 5 years!

Background music comes from Blood and Fire releases.

Here is part - 1

The tracks included on this episode for your listening pleasure are:

Derrick Morgan - Sea Wave
Early B - History Of Jamaica
Shabba Ranks - Respect
Ronnie Davis - Change The System + Dubwise
Lloyd Charmers - Travelling On (Organ Cut to the Marvells 'Rocksteady')
Delroy Wilson - What Is Man + Dubwise
Barrington Spence - Don't Touch I Dread + Dubwise

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Respects - Mikey