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iirc that music like dirt cut won the jamaican music prize - like a JA equivalent of eurovision 
Jamaican 50th Independence Musical Countdown!
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a friend of mine has a double album comp of reggae beatles covers thats worth a listen
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yeh i know it. some tracks are a bit better than others. amazing how coverable and versatile they are. however, i reckon the beatles are best left to the beatles.
back on topic: send us another '68 gem, pleeeeaaaase!?!?!?!!?
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true true - im going dread on my pick though!roll on 1969, skinhead-a-go-go!!!!
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agree 100%. Its like a subgenre of music in itself
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Lee Perry starting to shake things up in 68 too
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Source for the Diseases riddim
nice and crackly
see you tommorow!
nice and crackly
see you tommorow!
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great stuff ska!
good to hear wepp and people funny boy back to back. the vocals on the second one are proper crazy arse. like the maytals on acid or summin. the third one is a fair and acceptable interpretation on of an ever-green classic. all good.
i'm gonna throw a bit of party music into the mix, just to spice things up a bit. here's millicent todd teaming up with derrick morgan:
good to hear wepp and people funny boy back to back. the vocals on the second one are proper crazy arse. like the maytals on acid or summin. the third one is a fair and acceptable interpretation on of an ever-green classic. all good.
i'm gonna throw a bit of party music into the mix, just to spice things up a bit. here's millicent todd teaming up with derrick morgan:
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yeh i'll be here.
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One last 68 one
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ha ha yeah - bed!
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1969
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
The years 1968-72 saw increasing financial reward for the top producers, with successes both at home and occasionally abroad, particularly in the UK. Commercialism became a factor leading to a bit of a struggle between the mainstream producer’s safer tastes (love songs and the like) and somewhat sidelined religious/conscious/rebel/sufferer’s voices. The Abyssinians Rastafari anthem Satta Massagana captures this conflict – a landmark record that failed to be released in 1969.
The track was recorded at a noon session in March 1969 at Studio One but never saw a release and ended up shelved by Coxsone – though it was well received on sound systems that played it. The track had a life of its own though and couldnt be held down, being rerecorded in 1971 by Joe Gibbs as an instrumental called A So by the Destroyers (feat.Tommy McCook amongst others)
As radio picked up on it The Abbyssinians quickly put out their own re-release of it on the Clinch label (possibly having to pay Coxsone £90 to get the master tapes back), called 'Mabrak' and let people know it was their tune, the lyric stating: you tink a so, a no so, satta massagana - this is it, the original hit, thou shalt not steal.
Satta Massagana translates to “give thanks (continually)” from the Amharic - band members and brothers Donald and Linford Manning taking interest in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as part of their Rasta journey. Incidentally Mabrak translates as Bless.
The featuring of Satta Massagana in the movie Rockers and documentary Roots Rockers helped in perpetuating the song, and has been versioned endlessly ever since. Here a couple more classic early versions
Peter Tosh's awesome Here Comes The Judge
Bongo Herman -Thunderstorm
I'm failing to think of another JA tune up to this point that has the inescapable seriousness that Satta has – even without the lyrics. Roots train has arrived, even if the world (Coxsone included) wasn't quite ready...
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
The years 1968-72 saw increasing financial reward for the top producers, with successes both at home and occasionally abroad, particularly in the UK. Commercialism became a factor leading to a bit of a struggle between the mainstream producer’s safer tastes (love songs and the like) and somewhat sidelined religious/conscious/rebel/sufferer’s voices. The Abyssinians Rastafari anthem Satta Massagana captures this conflict – a landmark record that failed to be released in 1969.
The track was recorded at a noon session in March 1969 at Studio One but never saw a release and ended up shelved by Coxsone – though it was well received on sound systems that played it. The track had a life of its own though and couldnt be held down, being rerecorded in 1971 by Joe Gibbs as an instrumental called A So by the Destroyers (feat.Tommy McCook amongst others)
As radio picked up on it The Abbyssinians quickly put out their own re-release of it on the Clinch label (possibly having to pay Coxsone £90 to get the master tapes back), called 'Mabrak' and let people know it was their tune, the lyric stating: you tink a so, a no so, satta massagana - this is it, the original hit, thou shalt not steal.
Satta Massagana translates to “give thanks (continually)” from the Amharic - band members and brothers Donald and Linford Manning taking interest in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as part of their Rasta journey. Incidentally Mabrak translates as Bless.
The featuring of Satta Massagana in the movie Rockers and documentary Roots Rockers helped in perpetuating the song, and has been versioned endlessly ever since. Here a couple more classic early versions
Peter Tosh's awesome Here Comes The Judge
Bongo Herman -Thunderstorm
I'm failing to think of another JA tune up to this point that has the inescapable seriousness that Satta has – even without the lyrics. Roots train has arrived, even if the world (Coxsone included) wasn't quite ready...
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Couldnt find a year for this, so im guessing 69 
Close enough im sure. Have to squeeze a Treasure Isle in before its too late
definitely 69
Close enough im sure. Have to squeeze a Treasure Isle in before its too latedefinitely 69
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no worries - happy you're joining in
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