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November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 17

Dave Barker Meets The Upsetters, Prisoner of Love (1970) Bit of an impulse buy, this one. And very happy to have made it. Dave Barker is something of a journeyman reggae/rocksteady/soul singer – but back when this record was made he wasn’t really anyone. This record made him. And I bought it because it was […]

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April 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Zara McFarlane: East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP

Zara McFarlane East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP Brownswood Recordings UK soul-jazz singer Zara McFarlane here offers a teaser for a new album and takes on one of dub’s great deep cuts in her own style with a killer band. The1977 Augustus Pablo classic East of The River Nile was recorded with […]

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June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Reggae Knights: Ten Important Reggae Albums In My Life

I started this thing a while ago where I made lists of the top albums that I considered important – it’s a personal list; the albums that introduced me to a genre and have become firm favourites and/or pointed the way. The idea being that I list out my ten favourites – my ten important […]

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June 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1106

The Heptones, Party Time  (1976) Some great tracks here – but for the most part, since getting this record, it’s been the opening title track, over and over. And that’s okay, I like it, but the littlest person in this house loves it a whole lot more. That really took me by surprise, actually. But […]