Caribbean Thursdays

[johncorrigan]

I watched Jarmusch's 'Coffee and Cigarettes' at the weekend and this was part of the soundtrack. And given the weather this week you need to stay a bit nimble of foot out there, I would advise. So here's 'Nimblefoot Ska' by Roland Alphonso - wish I was being nimblefooted on a Caribbean beach having a Caribbean Thursday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwxPNdqmxo

[Lat-Literal]

I watched Jarmusch's 'Coffee and Cigarettes' at the weekend and this was part of the soundtrack. And given the weather this week you need to stay a bit nimble of foot out there, I would advise. So here's 'Nimblefoot Ska' by Roland Alphonso - wish I was being nimblefooted on a Caribbean beach having a Caribbean Thursday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwxPNdqmxo

Yes - very good.

I can stand any amount of rain but I can't stand the cold.

Mostly I am under blankets in the Land of Nod.

Hawaii's answer to NZ's Fat Freddy's Drop (or was it vice versa?):

Ooklah the Moc - Humble Vibes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G897Cvkbff8

At number two this week with a Hi-de-Hi-de-Hi to our many readers in Montserrat:

Arrow - Hot Hot Hot (original?) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGgdIBX1to

[johncorrigan]

I can stand any amount of rain but I can't stand the cold.

What about the Gold then, Lat?
'Streets of Gold' - Roland Alphonso and the Street Vendors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iipmLGqcItg

PS Snow today...but not too much!

[Lat-Literal]

What about the Gold then, Lat?
'Streets of Gold' - Roland Alphonso and the Street Vendors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iipmLGqcItg

PS Snow today...but not too much!

If only snow were gold......it would be shifted so quickly, we wouldn't need to wait for grit.

One of my favourites:

Ernest Ranglin:

...On Bond Street (Tommy McCook) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2gif5ylug
Minuit (Baaba Maal) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeGJYYPRmWI
Exodus Ska - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAQhV_BDyYk
Lullaby of the Leaves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKbj0AXLImE
Ala Walee (Cisse Diamba Kanoute) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr8N7r8EgDA

[johncorrigan]

It could be your mate, and not on your plate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AgPSjzXkw

Happy Caribbean Christmas

[Lat-Literal]

It could be your mate, and not on your plate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AgPSjzXkw

Happy Caribbean Christmas

Like that one!

Palemina & Faith D'Aguilar - Santa Ketch Up Eena Mango Tree - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93uCa3GX5hA
Little John - Save a Little for Christmas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khlN8Hvyl9U
Jacob Miller/Ray I - All I Want for Ismas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Yt_wi7TrI
Barrington Levy feat Trinity - I Saw Mommy Kiss A Dreadlocks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsPX_Xw26BM

[johncorrigan]

For the final Caribbean Christmas before the 25th, time to have a spot of the Joseph Spence - Sandy clore is cammin'...but we all know that anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_jRAJZ9_y0

[Lat-Literal]

For the final Caribbean Christmas before the 25th, time to have a spot of the Joseph Spence - Sandy clore is cammin'...but we all know that anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_jRAJZ9_y0

Unique.

A bit late but the following represents the start of the roots revival apparently:

Chronixx - Skankin' Sweet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ws4kJEgHr0

Not entirely convinced but it's nice enough and it did make it onto some lists!!

[johncorrigan]

Long before Judge Dread was handing out 400 years and 500 lashes to Adolphus James and his fellow rudeboys in the King Street Courtroom, Lord Invader was celebrating the Cat o' nine tails as a way of stopping hooligans causing panic in the Island.
Old Time Cat-O'-Nine : Lord Invader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t80f1zbPzBQ

It's not all paradise you know!

[johncorrigan]

Digging through some old Kershaw favourites on Youtube, I realised I'd forgotten about the great Dillinger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziHpnCGiSE

[johncorrigan]

Carrying on the theme of this week, a bit of mento courtesy of the Excavated Shellac site. This one's called 'Trek to England' issued in the early 50s by Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet.

https://app.box.com/s/ay3ldmrqgrfc7rys26jm

Here's Mr Ward's blog about this particular 78.

https://excavatedshellac.com/category/jamaica/

[Globaltruth]

Off to Tahiti, and Mr Ward once again leads us to another wonderful resource, this time the Free Music Archive where he is a curator.

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tefanake_Reia_and_Moratai/

[Lat-Literal]

Off to Tahiti, and Mr Ward once again leads us to another wonderful resource, this time the Free Music Archive where he is a curator.


http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Te...a_and_Moratai/

Carrying on the theme of this week, a bit of mento courtesy of the Excavated Shellac site. This one's called 'Trek to England' issued in the early 50s by Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet.

https://app.box.com/s/ay3ldmrqgrfc7rys26jm

Here's Mr Ward's blog about this particular 78.
https://excavatedshellac.com/category/jamaica/

Those were excellent - thanks very much.

[Globaltruth]

Alberto Rabagliati can get us off to a smooth start...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7L6hxF9Tc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7L6hxF9Tc

In fact Alberto originally hails from Italy, but is outnumbered by the Lecuona Cuban Boys...

As you may have realised, flag posts are now compulsory on any thread here .
Actually flagposts are compulsory with any flag too

[Lat-Literal]

Alberto Rabagliati can get us off to a smooth start...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7L6hxF9Tc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7L6hxF9Tc

In fact Alberto originally hails from Italy, but is outnumbered by the Lecuona Cuban Boys...

As you may have realised, flag posts are now compulsory on any thread here .
Actually flagposts are compulsory with any flag too

This is all very good, GT. I am assuming we will have a picture of your allotment with its flags soon. Perhaps if it is not too much trouble, you could remind me how to post pictures here as I have forgotten. You might recall that PG Tipps's Book of Flags and Emblems of the World is B18, published in 1967. I had it in the back of my mind that it was in my collection but it appears now that that starts with B20, History of the Motor Car, which wasn't published until 1968. From memory, there is a very fine Hispano Suiza among many other things. Possibly 50? Flags and emblems would make for a challenging shared Spotify list. Perhaps too challenging? I don't know. But it's been a long time since we have had the pleasure of doing one.