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1st played st Ives instrumental only - Brian Rae put it on the decks in the small oldies room theatre, Kev Day had it on an emi disk ( I brought one for £4 one sided inst) about 76, Aldershot lot (Derick Mead ran the coaches) filled the floor - the rest as they say is history.
I've now got to explain that I wasn't one of the people who stuck needles in there arms ??
there is only one
https://5star-cases.com/shop/?no_mobile_theme Gaz these guys do all that, there boxs IMO are the best there is, would give them a call or e mail over a drawing am sure they could cost - not cheap - but will do the job.
I want to say this was played around 76 , 77 speed does play funny tricks on the memory- a classic 100 mph dance floor packer for the speed freaks (everyone) to raise the heart beat just that little bit more, played back to back with Rubin you've been away - today it would almost empty the floor - classic sound
Best call on me - 1966 Twisted Wheel grit soul
Took the dog for a walked looked back and saw the sun going down between these two trees, I never even knew there was any tree there even though I've lived in the area over 14 years Ahhhh - the next day I saw the cloud formation am sure there's a name for it - just looked cool early in the morning.
Award-winning independent journalism Music Jamaican musician who helped pioneer ska music in the 60s and who provided inspiration for a subsequent generation of British musicians including Madness 18:41 UTC Thursday, 08 September 2016 It was boxing ability as much as musical talent that helped Prince Buster become a key figure in the birth of Jamaican ska music. During the mid-1950s Buster, who has died aged 78, sang in a number of small-time bands in the island’s capital, Kingston. But he also had a promising career as a street fighting boxer, and it was his reputation as a quick-witted and assertive gang leader that brought him to the attention of the legendary Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, operator of the famous Downbeat sound system that travelled the country playing the latest dance records from the United States. Coxsone took Buster on as a security guard-cum-personal helper, and the young man used the experience to learn all he could about the fledgling Jamaican music business. Propitiously, he had been born – as Cecil Campbell, the son of a railway worker – in Orange Street, the central commercial street in Kingston that was to become the heart of the island’s music scene. Known as Buster in his gang-oriented youth because of his middle name Bustamante (after the Jamaican Labour Party leader Sir Alexander Bustamante), he later took on the nickname Prince for his boxing exploits, and had a natural entrepreneurial flair as well as musical talent and street sense. He left Dodd in the late 1950s to set up a record store, Buster’s Record Shack, and then his own sound system, the Voice of the People. While both ventures were successful, it was his next move – into the recording studio – that really left its mark. In 1960 he embarked on a couple of marathon recording sessions with various artists at the studios of the local radio station RJR that were to shift the island’s musical axis away from the all pervasive influence of America. Among those early recordings was a Buster-produced song by the Folkes Brothers called Oh Carolina that became an instant hit in Jamaica. In a typically bold and unheard-of move that was to characterise Buster’s innovative career, he used the Rastafarian percussionist Count Ossie for the backing track. But more importantly he also asked the guitarist, Jah Jerry, to emphasize the afterbeat instead of the downbeat. The same radical syncopation was used on many of the other tracks, including classics such as Little Honey, Humpty Dumpty, They Got to Go and Thirty Pieces of Silver. Ska had been born. Most of the singles from those sessions were hits in his homeland, and Buster never looked back. Over an eight-year period he released hundreds of productions on various labels, many of them chronicling the gun happy “rude boy” activities of an increasingly violent, newly independent Jamaica. He became rich, living the high life of sharp suits and fast cars, though remaining an aggressive champion of the underdog. As ska slowed down in the mid 60s and turned into rocksteady – a transition Buster did much to nurture – he set Jamaica alight with a series of records featuring his mythical character Judge Dread, a super-tough magistrate who handed out ridiculously long sentences to recalcitrant rude boys. But his influence went far beyond Jamaica. Many of his own compositions, as well as those he produced, were released on the seminal Blue Beat label in the UK, where ska became the music of choice for many mods and skinheads. He was the first Jamaican to have a top 20 hit in Britain – with Al Capone in 1965 – toured the country regularly to sell-out crowds, and appeared on Ready Steady Go in 1964. It was also in Britain that he converted to Islam and changed his name to Mohammed Yusef Ali after a meeting with the boxer Muhammad Ali. As the 60s drew to a close, Buster moved with the times to produce records for some of the new breed of Jamaican DJs, including Big Youth, and continued to work with well-known artists such as Dennis Brown. He even ventured into early dub music. But by the early 1970s, when rock steady was transmogrifying into roots reggae, Buster’s influence and interest began to wane – partly because as a Muslim he found it difficult to move along with the Rasta-influenced tide. He moved to Miami to pursue various business interests, including the running of a jukebox company he had set up. His influence did, however, resurface in the late 1970s, when his music was the key inspiration for the ska revival in Britain. In 1978 a London band called Morris and the Minors renamed themselves Madness after Buster’s classic song Madness is Gladness, and in 1978 their first single, The Prince, went straight into the top 20. The band later reached number seven with a reworking of the Buster song One Step Beyond. Their hero resisted a comeback then, but did reappear onstage in the late 1980s and 1990s, and toured Japan with ska legends the Skatalites as his backing group. He even recorded again in 1992, and in 1998 re-entered the British charts for the first time in 31 years with a new version of an old song, Whine and Grind. Essentially, though, his comeback was low key. In 2001 Buster was awarded the Order of Distinction in Jamaica for his contribution to the development of the country’s music industry. He had long since received countless accolades from his peers, but it was nonetheless fitting recognition for a man whose self-proclaimed title as King of Ska was never seriously disputed. ● Prince Buster, musician, born 24 May 1938; died 8 September 2016
We use to hammer out Prince Buster at all the scooter all nighters in the early 80ts - amazing gritty Jamacain sound that will always be played - RIP Prince
Back in 76 when coming back from St Ives all nighter - I brought four records off this guy, honestly I didn't know what they were but for £5 it was worth the punt, one of them was I cant get a hold of myself - absolute classic, remember, Respect RIP
Saw these yesterday in the BHF shop Stamford up for grabs if anyone was interested
1976ish Got a lift with Mick from Aldershot in his Mk 2 cortina not sure if it was a 1600e , got to Wigan car park, and he took the steering wheel off and put it in the boot, "fuckem they ain't stealing this" he would say, good laugh, great guy, always time to talk, always great stories, respect big guy.
just some more pics of the great man and one of George in his e type
He looked bored, he cocked up the fold your arms routine , felt a knob for wearing pink and purple clothes - and headed down the pub
There was a place out st Encinitas or that area, but it was full of LPs https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=uk&sll=32.7556498,-117.1283787&sspn=0.0002136,0.0003386&q=music+record+shop+el+cajon+blvd best shopping Viejas out on I8 I think it's the Alpine turn off best beach - Coronado beach Romona is a nice small town they use to do car nights on a friday Escondido the Main Street reminds me of American Graffiti Temecula - is an old cowboy out west town all wood and broad walks Borrego Springs - real dessert area
Dave try out near the university there's a shop there I pulled a few from, trust me they know about NS , also there's a few second hand places like antique shops never saw 45 s all shirt LPs in the long beach area. Do mission beach, roller coaster old wood one. Corvette dinner, and go over the bay bridge to the beech close to the air base - don't do Mexico trash Have fun
Sounds like bucking , classic track haven't heard that for donkeys years
Rick - what about a dj who plays off an effing lap top ? I went to a local soul night years ago that's all he had, by passing the pressing and original record mob, What's next I'll stick my memory stick in I've got a whole set on here, in fact I can go to the bar buy a drink and dance to my own tunes - the future !!!
