rocksteadylounge's Podcast

Live continuous mix by DJ Chris at the Rock Steady Lounge at Akbar, Los Angeles, Oct. 6 2008. This is a raw live mix, so expect some variation in volume, a little distortion, the occasional drunken announcement, scratchy vinyl records and LOTS of echo!

Track List:
Can't Stop Me - Delroy Wilson
Obeah Bath - Dillinger
Artibella - Ken Boothe (late `70s remake)
+ dub version
Gun Fever - Lion Youth
Pay Your Pound - Rathid & Bubbler (DJ cut)
Investigator - Cornell Campbell
Investigation Rock - Dennis Alcapone
I Was Born To Be A Rebel - Rottadam
Wailers - Man To Man
Junior Byles - Lorna Banana
+ dub version
I A Field Marshall - Peter Broggs
+ dub version
In Crowd - Born In Ethiopia
+ dub version
Cantelope Rock - Joe Joe Bennett
Goodbye Baby - Keith & Tex
Swing Easy - Soul Vendors
Clint Eastwood - Upsetters
Tackro - Upsetters
Death Rides A Horse - Hippy Boys
? - Why Must I Cry (Clancy Eccles prod.)
Darling Please Return - Barons
Ten To One - Mad Lads
+ trombone cut
Sun Is Shining - Prince Alla
+ dub version
Breaking Up - Alton Ellis
Phantom (DJ cut) - Papa Richie
Change Your Style (12" mix) - Paragons
Unknown early `70s horns inst. (Bunny Lee production?)
Stereo Freeze - Jackie Mittoo
Road To Zion - Niney
Freedom Train - Gladiators
Running Child - Errol Dunkley
Baca Special - Baca (DJ cut)
Call On You (orig. Coxsone cut) - Burning Spear
+ dub version
Let Us Do Something - Joe Higgs
Freedom Journey - Karl Masters & Joe Higgs (trombone/percussion cut)
Gregory Isaacs & Christine - Rock On/Saturday Night
Keith Hudson - Nuh Skin Up
+ 2 dub versions
Donovan - Who Is the One
I Roy - Who Is The Man
Willie Williams - Valley of Jehosephat

Live continuous mix by DJ Chris from the Rock Steady Lounge at Akbar, Los Angeles, May 19th 2008.

This is a raw live mix, so expect some level fluctuation, distortion, scratchy vinyl records, the occasional drunken announcement and LOTS of echo!

Track List:

Love & Understanding - Sugar Minott 12"
For The Love of You - John Holt
Shades - She's Gonna Marry Me
+ dub version
You Found Heaven - Devon Russell
Shaft - Chosen Few
Beware Of Your Enemies - Creole
+ dub version
Devil In Bed- Cornell Campbell
+ dub version
The Ark - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
Cry To Me - Wailers
Naughty People - Delroy Wilson
Gun The Man Down - Prince Buster
Grab A Girl - Glen Adams
It's Real (Gone Sweet) - Tartans
Rude Boy Train - Desmond Dekker
Baff Boom - Tennors
Stagger Back - King Cannon (sax cut)
Cassandra - Dennis Brown
Ride On - Dennis Brown & Big Youth
To Be A Weak Man - Dennis Brown
Education - Camaja
Julia - Earl 16
+ dub version
Come Forward - Silvertones
+ dub version
Ba Ba Boom - Jamaicans
Judge Dread In Court - Derrick Morgan
People Rock Steady - Uniques
Swing Easy - Soul Vendors
Kill Me Dead - Derrick Morgan
If You Knew - Gaylads
Gun Fever - Silvertones (a.k.a. Valentines)
Love of A Woman - Horace Andy
Sonia - Gladiators
Solas - Sound Dimension
Pride & Ambition - Leroy Smart
Pride & Joy Rock - Big Youth (DJ cut)
Miss Wire Waist - Carl Malcolm & Ranking Barnabas 12"
Bad Da - Gregory Isaacs
No Time (?) - Rico (Kiss label UK blank)
+ dub version (both are cuts to Too Much Confusion by Winston Jarrett)
Red Bum Ball - LLoyd & Devon
Foot Scorcher - Lizzy
Table's Gonna Turn - Clarendonians
Watch This Sound - Uniques
Leave The Collie Alone- Tony Curtis
Want More Weed - Michael Rose
Man No Dead - K.C. White
Fade Away - Junior Byles
Roots Man - I Roy (DJ cut)
Let's Get Together- Johnny & the Attractions
Rock Fort Shock - Prince Francis
Peter Tosh & U Roy - Rightful Ruler
African Woman - Wayne Jarrett
+ dub version

Mix of early `70s reggae, all vinyl, Part One, recorded 6/10/10
Raw live mix with scratchy records and lots of echo.
(Respect to Man-Like-Devin, Boss Harmony and everyone who checks for the early `70s rebel rock sound)

PART ONE:
Wailers - Man To Man
Skiddy & Detroit - The Exile Song
Delroy Wilson - Africa (a.k.a. Addis Ababa)
Cornell Campbell - You're No Good
Dub
John Holt - Strange Things
Strange Mood (drums cut)
Big Youth - Miss Lou Ring Ding
Zoot Sims - Small Garden
Dennis Brown -When You're Down
Leon Wint - Man Gennal
Tony Brevett - So Ashamed
I Roy - Forward I Man Back A Yard
Prince Jazzbo - Step Forward Youth
Dennis Brown - Cheater
Tommy McCook - Harvest in the East
Raphael Gray - Tell The People
Dillinger - Fat Beef Skank
Lloyd & Patsy - Papa Dweet Sweet
I Roy - Tip From the Prince
John Holt - Riding for a Fall
Viceroys - Chucky
Unforgettables - You No Lucky Chuckie
Toney All Stars - Curfew Rub A Dub (dub version)
Gladiators - Sonia
Sound Dimension - Solas
Dennis Brown - Make It Easy on Your Self
- Satisfaction Feeling
- Musical Heatwave
- Concentration
Gladiators - Freedom Train
Freddie McKay - I'm A Free Man
Alton Ellis - Rise Blackman
Herman Chin Loy - Invasion
Versatiles - Warrika Hill
The Crystalites - Call Me Trinity
Scotty - Monkey Drop
Lloyd Parks - Officially
Ansel Collins & Elaine - Presenting Cheater
Lee Perry - Bucky Skank
Upsetters - Black Panta (a.k.a. Blackboard Jungle)

Mix of early `70s reggae, all vinyl, part 2, recorded 6/10/10
Raw live mix with scratchy records and lots of echo.
(Respect to Man-Like-Devin, Boss Harmony and everyone who checks for the early `70s rebel rock sound)

Burning Spear - Call on You
Cedric Im Brooks - Everyday Skank
Senor Pablo & the All Stars - Java
Prince Buster - Science
Al Campbell - Where Were You
Upsetter at the Control (dub)
Charley Ace & May - Lawrence Rowe Strokes
Derrick Morgan - A No Duppy
Stranger & Gladdy - My Application
Munchie & Corner Crew - A Dis Ya a Dub
Errol Dunkley - Running Child
Baca - Baca Special
John Holt - Linger Awhile
DJ version (J. Holt inna DJ style??)
Soul Defenders - Popcorn Reggae
Wailers - Duppy Conqueror
Dave Barker - Upsetting Station
Horace Andy - My Soul
Carl Murphy - Lick I Pipe
Ethiopians - Monkey Money
Clifton Gibbs & the Selected Few - Brimstone & Fire
Errol Dunkley - Baby I Love You
U Roy - The Higher the Mountain
Alton (Ellis) & the Ily-Sticks - If Loving You is Wrong
Alton Ellis - Again
Keylin (Keeling) Beckford - Tumbling Lover
Herman Chin Loy & the Aquarians - Pudding & Pie
Dave Barker - Throw A Kiss
The Black Brothers - Love Is Funny

NEW * This is a raw live echoed-up all-vinyl mix by Rock Steady Chris, focusing on the roots & culture side of digital dancehall reggae, with tunes from the 80s, 90s and 2000s, from Jamaica, the UK and NY. Approx. 2 hours long.

1. Intro
2. Mr. Bassie - Horace Andy (Witty's)
3. Teach the Youth - Barrington Levy (Witty's) (next cut)
4. Ghetto Struggle - Phillip Myers (Junior Militant/Digikiller reissue)
5. Give Me Some More - Lilly Melody (Park Heights/Deadly Dragon reissue)
6. Warning - Sugar Minott (How You Fi Sey Dat?)
7. Pressure Me - Lilly Melody (Firehouse reissue)
8. Hide & Peep - Thriller (Youth Promotion)
9. Plant the Seed- Freddie Star (Sweet Corn UK)
10. Leave the Herbsman Business - Al Campbell (Witty's/Gold Shop reissue)
11. Follow Me - Echo Minott (")
12. I Won't Give Up - Frankie Wilmott (Music House UK 12")
13. Rock Fort Rock - Lincoln Sugar Minott (Black Roots)
14. He Was A Friend - King Kong (Concious Music/Digikiller ressiue 12")
15. Dub version (Chris' echo mix)
16. Joker Bad Boy - Cane Juice (Leggo Sounds/Digikiller reissue)
17. Tenement Yard - Nuthead Irie (Park Heights/Deadly Dragon reissue)
18. Duppy - The Hax (Leggo Sounds/Digikiller reissue)
19. I'm Going Thru - Glen Brown (Digital English NY) (vinyl pressing slightly distorted)
20. Tell Me Teacher - Rolex (Duke/Deadly Dragon reissue)
21. Bus I Skull - Junior Delgado (Fashion, UK 12")
22. It's a Shame - White Mice (Intelitec/Basic Replay reissue)
23. Crack Attack - Field Marshall (Incredible Music, UK 12")
24. Rude Boy - Hopeton Lindo (Maffi/Jahtari, Germany)
25. Sodom & Gomorrah - Sluggy Ranks (Part II/Gold Shop reissue)
26. Come Off the Road - Sammy Levi (Eclipse/Gold Shop reissue)
27. Ready to Go - Courtney John (Taxi)
28. Old Time People Say - Al Campbell (Hi Power) (next cut)
29. You Nuh Know - Little John (Mixing Lab)
30. Juggling - Michael Palmer (Jhuggenaut reissue)
31. Leader - Robert Lee (Fish Tea reissue)
32. Easy - Coozie Mellers (Wackies NY 12")
33. Tonight is the Night - Dixie Peach (Jah Tubby's reissue UK)
34. Korner King - Devon Clarke (Digital English NY)
35. Jahovia - Bitty McLean feat. Johnny Osbourne (Taxi, Japan)
36. Lady in My Life - Shinehead (African Love/Gold Shop reissue)
37. Horns cut (slightly distorted - mastered from dubplate?) (version side to Shinehead - Reprimand)
(African Love/Gold Shop reissue)
38. Hot Stepping - Junior Delgado (Gussie P. LP track, UK)
39. Apartheid - Junior Murvin (Greensleeves UK 12")
40. Inner City Lady - Gregory Isaacs feat. Blackout Ja. (Necessary Classics)
41. August Town - Etana (") (next cut)

Most DJ mixes are made for dancing, but these mixes compile some of my favorite slower, or more meditative roots tracks. Tunes that might be better suited for sitting around blazing the chalice than for dancing.
As always, expect nuff scratchy old records and some flagrant abuse of my mixer's built-in echo unit (which doesn't always do what it's supposed to.) Oh, and if you're wondering why the Black Oney 45 is on both Mix 2 and Mix 3, well let's just say nobody's perfect - but that record is. So nice you gotta play it twice...

Mix 1:
Hugh Mundell - Let's All Unite
Dub
Junior Delgado - Really for a Reason
Yabby You - Walls of Jerusalem
Dub
Glen Brown - Forward the Good
Dub
Star - Natty Plant It
Dub
Slickers - Every Wolf
Dub
George Calstock - The Ungodly
Dub
Omar Bernard - Man a Kill Man
Dub
Michael Prophet - Roots Man Time
Dub
Lester Sterling - Age of Revolution
Linval Thompson & Ranking Peter - Want to Go Home

Royal Rasses - Kingston 11
Dub
Keith Hudson - Satan Side
Rebels - Rhodesia
Prince Far I - Blackman Land
Yabby You - Jah Vengeance
Dillinger - Freshly
Glen Adams - Stay Dread
Dub
Rotterdam - I Was Born to be a Rebel
Niney - Jah Fire
Jah Woosh - African Chant
Sista Frica - One in the Spirit
Dub
In Crowd - Mango Walk
Dub
Carl Dawkins - Back A Yard
Earth Roots & Water - Jah Les' Lament (dub)
Abyssinians - Abendigo
Dub
Black Oney - Jah Jah Send the Parson
Dub (Stormy Weather)
Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile (original)
Dub
Bush Ranger - Ranger at his Workshop
Lloyd Clarke Sparrow (reissue credited to Invaders) - Hell & Heaven
Trinity - Jamaican People
Lennie Hibbert - Chinese Beauty

Keith Hudson - Hunting
Gladiators - Jah Jah Go Before Us
Niney - Bring the Couchie Come
Errol Holt - African Plane
Dub
Glen Judah - Mr. Collie Man
Dub
Junior Murvin - Cross Over
Dub
Steve Reynolds - Good Vibes
Dub
Light of Saba - Lamb's Bread Collie
Pauline - Bush Weed
Dub
Willie Williams - Valley of Jahosephat (extended mix)
Black Oney -Jah Jah Send the Parson
Dub (Stormy Weather)
U Black - Stepping Out of Distress
Linval Thompson - Roll River Jordan
Dub
Horace Andy - Rastaman
Dub