Jamaican 50th Independence Musical Countdown!
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Love those Alton Ellis ones - hadnt heard any of those before
ska invita
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I cant find a year for this, but its definitely no later than 71, more like 68 i reckon, but here it is anyhow
ringo
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His roots stuff doesn't get the attention his incredible early stuff does, but this outstanding collection from 1999 brought together a lot of it:
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1147
klang
klang
wow. they really are outstanding, all three of them!
ska invita
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The Harder They Come film and soundtrack were hugely significant in 1972. Jamaican music may have already been getting a following abroad, but the film took the music to new audiences and showed everyone the realities of the lives behind the music. It definitely played a crucial role in helping make reggae into the global phenomenon it was soon to become. The soundtrack became the best selling Jamaican record of all time, right up until the Marley compilation Legend in 1994. Lloyd Bradley makes the point that the film not only put Jamaican music on a platform for a foreign audience, it also acted as a mirror and breathed new life into the music industry back in JA.
'72 became somewhat of a watershed moment in the JA music scene with a combination of factors contributing to the change in sound: the election of Manley's socialist PNP party, a new generation of producers wanting to do things their own way, a number of musicians going independent from the confines of the old studios and taking things to a higher level, growing acceptance of an independent Jamaican culture seperate from that of the past and from outside cultural influences, the rise of the roots sentiment, the fading of the optimism of Independence, and lots more factors beside i'm sure, all given a boost by the success of The Harder They Come. By the end of '73 that momentum would be pushed even further as Bob Marley's second Island LP blows up abroad, and opens even more doors.
Pressure Drop was the track I loved most from this album as a teen, and I was also thinking of posting Many Rivers to Cross after reading a nice anecdote about a Jamaican ex-pat living in London who would cry at the White Cliffs of Dover line, but I think best to revisit the trailer for the film set to the title tune - quite likely the best trailer in cinema history!!
ringo
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klang
klang
o yes you can!
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