Don't Throw Stones
Lion of Judah (1966)
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Don't Throw Stones
Lion of Judah (1966)
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Good considered choices Lat. it was only reading his obit that I realised he also produced Big Youth, another fave and earlier had worked with Count Ossie too.Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Posthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37312125
Don't Throw Stones
Lion of Judah (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPTw9cQ5DyI
Here's a reflection by Richard Williams mainly analysing Ghost Dance.
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Many's the dance around I've had to Prince Buster. One of the true great vocalists. Enjoyed Jerry Dammers piece from the Guardian in tribute to one of his great heroes.
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Legend is an overused term in relation to popular music but well deserved in the case of the Prince
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Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostOriginally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Many's the dance around I've had to Prince Buster. One of the true great vocalists. Enjoyed Jerry Dammers piece from the Guardian in tribute to one of his great heroes.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/mu...jamaican-musicTwo really excellent articles and four great tracks (three Buster, one Impressions). As previously posted, I've been trawling through the music magazines' best of's since 2010 and it has mainly been a dismal experience outside the "niche" (!) areas of world, folk, jazz,country, reggae, soul and classical. I never really wanted to be talking in any era about "real music" made by "real people" but I do think it has come to that point. All of the above are real. I say "are" because another aspect of modern culture is about "remember when this one was in the charts" (or not) etc and I like to think of these and other good uns of earlier decades as, yes, of their time and yet of all time as in the here and now and the future.Originally posted by burning dog View PostLegend is an overused term in relation to popular music but well deserved in the case of the Prince
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I hear the weather's a bit toasty down south today. Time for another Buster classic.
Last edited by johncorrigan; 13-09-16, 13:13. Reason: OK! I know it's not about the weather but what the heck!Comment
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Thanks for the links, especially Jerry Dammers' tribute.
This now seems most appropriate:
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Back in about '67 my pal Cam bought a record by the Pyramids called 'Train Tour to Rainbow City'. At the time in this wee record shop next to Paisley Library, I recall seeing the pop charts on the wall and it was about number 39 for that week. I couldn't understand why he was buying it but after a few plays up in his house I was addicted. I didn't hear it for years (essentially because I didn't know the name of the group) and then with the advent of Youtube I found it. It's Eddie Grant who's in charge before he went on to found the Equals (Baby Come Back, Viva Bobby Joe etc). I sent my pal a link to it...he had no memory of the record, but his copy looked just like this one on the President Label in this clip, credited to, as you can see, one E.Grant.
( In truth this record marked the first time I ever heard the name Prince Buster though I had no idea who he was, or that he was even a real person.)
Anyway I was catching up with last week's Max and on Thursday, the day Prince Buster's death was announced he opened with 'Train to Girls Town'. Ashamed to say I hadn't heard it before but I immediately thought: 'This is the same song as 'Train to Rainbow City'. It would appear from a quick search that Grant reworked Buster's song, though there ain't much reworking going on as far as I can hear. On the youtube clip you can see it is written by C.Campbell. Great track! 'That's the man who pulled the heat to a rock steady beat'.
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Very interesting JC. I like that contribution very much. According to Wiki, EG who suffered a heart attack and collapsed lung in January 1971 (and I never knew that before) wrote "Rough Rider" for Prince Buster and started the Torpedo record label, releasing British-made reggae singles in 1970:Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostBack in about '67 my pal Cam bought a record by the Pyramids called 'Train Tour to Rainbow City'. At the time in this wee record shop next to Paisley Library, I recall seeing the pop charts on the wall and it was about number 39 for that week. I couldn't understand why he was buying it but after a few plays up in his house I was addicted. I didn't hear it for years (essentially because I didn't know the name of the group) and then with the advent of Youtube I found it. It's Eddie Grant who's in charge before he went on to found the Equals (Baby Come Back, Viva Bobby Joe etc). I sent my pal a link to it...he had no memory of the record, but his copy looked just like this one on the President Label in this clip, credited to, as you can see, one E.Grant.
( In truth this record marked the first time I ever heard the name Prince Buster though I had no idea who he was, or that he was even a real person.)
Anyway I was catching up with last week's Max and on Thursday, the day Prince Buster's death was announced he opened with 'Train to Girls Town'. Ashamed to say I hadn't heard it before but I immediately thought: 'This is the same song as 'Train to Rainbow City'. It would appear from a quick search that Grant reworked Buster's song, though there ain't much reworking going on as far as I can hear. On the youtube clip you can see it is written by C.Campbell. Great track! 'That's the man who pulled the heat to a rock steady beat'.
Prince Buster - Rough Rider - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0DVk1S0bjk
Elsewhere I found "it was oriented to the skinhead-boom, but, since skinhead was on the way out when the label was formed, it was shut down the same year. Grant revived the label in 1974, only to close it for good in '75". I have had a look at its very few releases and from a "what happened later" perspective this is the one that stands out:
Winston Groovy - Please Don't Make Me Cry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNWFO7W-HlY
Nice - thank you!Originally posted by duncan View PostThanks for the links, especially Jerry Dammers' tribute.
This now seems most appropriate:
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