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From Mento To Lovers' Rock - Episode 5

Linton Kwesi Johnson continues his history of Jamaican music. In this episode, he looks at the post-war growth of the local record industry and the heyday of ska. First broadcast in 1983.

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Wed 14 Aug 2024 01:00
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Music Played

  • Blues Blasters

    Down Beat Special

    • Oldies But Goodies Vol. 1.
    • Studio One.
    • GW 0002.

  • BEGINNER, LORD CALYPSO RHYTHM KINGS

    CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET

    • NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLEAN, 2.
    • GRAMMAPHONE LIBRARY.
    • CDGRAM-2.

  • Lord Fly

    Medley

    • Lord Fly Sings Jamaica Mento.
    • EMP.
    • 1001.

  • Owen Gray

    Mash It, Pt 1

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Starlite.
    • ST.45 032.

  • OWEN GRAY AND THE CARIBS

    PLEASE DON'T LET ME GO

    • SHOOK, SHIMMY AND SHAKE: THE ANTHOLOGY.
    • TROJAN RECORDS.
    • nfi.

  • Keith & Enid

    Worried Over You

    • SKA BOOGIE - JAMAICAN R & B THE DAWN OF SKA.
    • SEQUEL.
    • NEXCD-254.

  • Alton Ellis

    MURIEL

    • *-*.
    • *-*.

  • ERIC, MORRIS & FRANK COSMO

    PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES

    • INDEPENDENT JAMAICA SONGS OF FREEDOM FROMT THE TREASURE ISLE.
    • TROJAN.
    • TJACD-043.

  • Derrick & Patsy

    HOUSEWIFE'S CHOICE

    • VOLUME 1. 1959-1964 - SKA'S THE LIMIT.
    • ISLAND.
    • 524-3932.

  • Theophilus Beckford

    Easy Snapping

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Blue Beat.
    • 45/BB 15.

  • Clancy Eccles

    Freedom

    • Freedom - An Anthology - Clancy Eccles and Friends.
    • TROJAN.
    • TJDDD297.

  • Eric 鈥淢onty鈥� Morris

    Money Can't Buy Life

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Prince Buster.
    • NONE.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    Never Grow Old

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Coxsone Records.
    • none.

  • Prince Buster

    BLACK HEAD CHINAMAN

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Dice.
    • 45/CC 11.

  • Stranger Cole

    Rough And Tough

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Blue Beat.
    • 45/BB 165.

  • JUSTIN HINES AND THE DOMINOES

    Carry Go Bring Come

    • TOUGHER THAN TOUGH - THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC.
    • ISLAND.
    • IBXCD = 1.

  • Black Head

    Helena Gency Ten

    • Prince Buster Record Shack Presents The Original Golden Oldies Vol. 2.
    • Prince Buster.
    • PB 10.

  • SHENLY DUFFUS

    RUKUMBINE

    • AND THIS IS A SKA EXPLOSION.
    • POLYGRAM.
    • 565-1262.

  • Eric 鈥淢onty鈥� Morris

    Penny Reel

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Island Records.
    • WI 142.

  • Don Drummond/skatalites

    Medley

  • The Skatalites

    AFRICAN QUEEN

    • OCCUPATION SKA.
    • DEMON.
    • NSDCD 014.

  • The Skatalites

    Valley Prince

  • MARGARITA

    WOMAN A COME

    • DEEP SKA - VOL 2.
    • PROPER RECORDS.
    • P-1114.

  • Paul Weller

    Out Of The Sinking

    • Island.

  • Dandy Livingstone

    Rudy A Message To You

  • Love

    7 and 7 Is

    • Elektra.

  • The Velvet Underground

    What Goes On

    • The Velvet Underground.
    • Polydor.

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