Dr. Deadlock feat. Prince Flo & Lady Pet

There is a new release by myself and my friends Prince Flo and Lady Pet on my very own Blue Esquire Records label. DIY since ever, please enjoy and spread the word.

Ever thought you might need another version of these SKA classics? Hear "Gangsters" like you've never heard it before. Choose "Rivers of Babylon" for your next christmas party, scream to "Long Shot" and play "Donna" while havin' an amorous téte-à-téte with your baby.

Download only unless I can afford a physical format, preferably a 7". For now you can purchase at download stores or simply listen to at streaming services.

Skacoustic Sessions, Vol.1 - at iTunes Store
Skacoustic Sessions, Vol.1 - at Amazon

Follow the link to listen to the Spotify album:
Dr. Deadlock feat. Prince Flo & Lady Pet – Skacoustic Sessions, Vol. 1


6 monster SKA tunes, 3 singers and 2 guitars

Tracklist:
Shanty Town
Donna
Israelites
Gangsters
Rivers of Babylon
Long Shot (Kick de Bucket)


Listen to Long Shot on YouTube:

Leave a comment if you like

Ska Bike Videos - Pt. 3: Johnny & The Raindrops

Straight from Nottingham: Johnny & The Raindrops singing "Live Is Better on a Bicycle". How much is this true! A simple Ska jewel to sing along with in the early morning, having a breakfast with ham & eggs or whistling while - yeah guess what! - while commuting on your bike in sunshine or rain, weather doesn't matter. This song makes the sun shine even in a scandinavian winter. Thumbs up.

Western Standard Time - A Big Band Tribute to the Skatalites

"West Coast All-Star Ska Big Band paying tribute to early 1960's Jamaican Ska originators, The Skatalites. Pooling from the best-of-the-best Ska musicians from the last 20 years, Western Standard Time is a groundbreaking project commemorating 50 years of musical heritage. With the shear size of the group, the power and harmonic depth will be revolutionary but at the same time the music and feel will be grounded in its original roots."

Not sure why I missed this in the past few months and I'm also surprised about the few clicks, WST are recieving for their videos. May the CD sales be more successfull. I wish they'd come to Germany one day but Big Bands rarely go on tour so I'm enjoying the videos instead. China Clipper is my favourite, which is indeed a brilliant interpretation with refined arragement, inspired performance, outstanding trumpet and saxophone solo, and a riddim you can't avoid to let it catch you. The crowd at the show is witness, their dancing is testimony and their enthusiasm evidence for the liveliness of SKA.

Coconut Rock

Wasting My Time On You - feat. Gina Saputo

China Clipper Live (official video)

Punk Bike Video - Brat Farrar - It's On Me

Great punk song in Wipers style by Brat Farrar from Melbourne, featuring apes, bikes and crashes. No blood though. The ape masks are so cool and some say one of them looks like Tom Waits.

Brat Farrar - It's On Me

Bass Culture & the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence

This 8-CD compilation coincides with the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence and stands out from masses of Reggae compilation by the excellent selection of well known tracks along with rarities and jewels, that never were released before outside Jamaica, b-sides and lost 7"-vinyl obscurities, all selected by DJ Jim Layne. What makes the exceptional quality of this compilation is the diversity which isn't limited by the back catalogue of only one label, refusal to stick to mega hits only and the perfect focussing on the four emphases of reggae music. Each set comes with a 16-page booklet that gives you all the background story you need, written by Lloyd Bradley, the author of the book "Bass Culture - When Reggae Was King". I ordered it straight away and can't wait to listen to the sweet music all day long.

Bass Culture Vol. 1 - This Town Is Too Hot! Ska & Rocksteady - Original 1960s Recordings

CD 1:

• 1 Freedom - Clancy Eccles 
• 2 Man in the Street - Don Drummond 
• 3 I’m a Lonely Boy - Shenley Duffus 
• 4 Rocket Ship - The Baba Brooks Band / Tommy McCook 
• 5 Miss Lulu - Derrick Morgan / Busters All Stars 
• 6 Doctor Kildare - 
• 7 Over the River - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes 
• 8 Lonely Man - Ronald Wilson 
• 9 Al Capone - Prince Buster All-Stars 
• 10 Miss Ska-Culation - Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers 
• 11 One Love [Ska Version] - Bob Marley & the Wailers 
• 12 Teenage Ska - The Baba Brooks Band 
• 13 So Bad - The Upsetters 
• 14 Dick Tracy - The Skatalites 
• 15 Mouth a Massy - Alton Ellis 
• 16 Four Seasons - Sir Lord Comic 
• 17 Royal Charlie - Charlie Organaire 
• 18 Little Did You Know - The Techniques 
• 19 Dr Ring a Ding - Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers 
• 20 Free Man - The Ethiopians 

CD 2:

• 1 Too Hot - Prince Buster All-Stars 
• 2 Folk Song - Tony & Dennis 
• 3 Beware - Overtakers 
• 4 Ain’t That Loving You - Alton Ellis & The Flames 
• 5 Thinking - Ken Boothe 
• 6 Right On Time - The Sensations 
• 7 Hey There Lonely Girl - Glen Adams 
• 8 Real Cool - Tommy McCook & the Supersonics 
• 9 Love & Devotion - The Uniques 
• 10 Once a Man (Twice a Child) - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes 11 Musically - Keith Blake 
• 12 Riding On a High and Windy Day - The Paragons 
• 13 True Believer in Love - Delroy Wilson 
• 14 Lonely Street - The Conquerors 
• 15 The Russians Are Coming (aka Take Five) - Val Bennett 
• 16 There Comes a Time - The Techniques 
• 17 Fu Man Chu - Desmond Dekker & the Aces 
• 18 Losing You - The Ethiopians 
• 19 Where Must I Go - Errol Dunkley 
• 20 I Don’t Care at All - Hamlins

Bass Culture Vol. 2 - Boss Sounds / Early Reggae 1968-72

CD 1:

• 1 Funky, Funky Reggae - Dave Barker / Tommy McCook / The Supersonics 
• 2 Come Down ’68 - Lord Creator 
• 3 Breaking-Up - Alton Ellis 
• 4 Hold You Jack - Derrick Morgan 
• 5 Tickle Me for Days - The Pioneers 
• 6 Bongo Nyah - Little Roy 
• 7 Jumping Jack - Karl "Cannonball" Bryan 
• 8 Qua Kue Shut - The Creations 
• 9 I Am Coming Home - Pat Kelly 
• 10 You Can’t Do That to Me - Bob Marley & the Wailers 
• 11 Don Juan - Boris Gardiner & The Love People 
• 12 This Life Makes Me Wonder - Delroy Wilson 
• 13 Well Red (aka Well Dread) - The Ethiopians 
• 14 Bigger Boss - Ansell Collins 
• 15 Pressure Drop - Toots & the Maytals 
• 16 Everywhere I Go (Travel With Love) - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes 
• 17 Zylon - Lloyd Charmers 
• 18 A No Fi Mi Piccn’y - Max Romeo 
• 19 Maybe Someday - John Holt & The Paragons 
• 20 30-60-90 - Jackie Mittoo 

CD 2:

• 1 The Burner - Vin Gordon 
• 2 Such is Life - Lord Creator 
• 3 River to the Bank - Derrick Morgan 
• 4 It’s Alright - Ken Parker 
• 5 Warfare - Count Machukie / Bunny Lee All Stars 
• 6 Problems - Desmond Dekker 
• 7 Each Time - Ebony Sisters 
• 8 Night and Day - Toots & the Maytals 
• 9 Here I Come Again - Winston Samuels 
• 10 Treat You Right - Bob Marley & the Wailers 
• 11 The Night Doctor - The Upsetters 
• 12 Foey Man - George Dekker 13 Work It - The Viceroys 
• 14 Wha’ She Do Now - The Gaylads 
• 15 Your Love is a Game - Dave Barker 
• 16 Dollar of Soul - J.J. All Stars 
• 17 Every Day is Just a Holiday - The Sensations 
• 18 It’s Gonna Take a Miracle - Ken Boothe 
• 19 End Dust (aka End Us) - Randy's All Stars 
• 20 Just One Kiss - Cornell Campbell

Bass Culture Vol.3 – When Reggae Was King - Roots, Rockers, Djs & Dub 1970-1980

CD 1:

• 1 Horace Andy - Every tongue shall tell 
• 2 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Caution 
• 3 Roy Shirley - Israelites leave Babylon 
• 4 Tommy McCook & The Impact All-Stars - Jaro 
• 5 African Brothers - Lead us father 
• 6 Joe Higgs - Hard times don't bother me 
• 7 Dillinger - Natty Kung Fu 
• 8 Freddie McKay - I'm a free man 
• 9 Psalms - Rolling Stone 
• 10 Cedric IM Brooks & The Light of Saba - Rebirth 
• 11 Cornell Campbell - Give me love 
• 12 Max Romeo:Tacko 
• 13 Sweeny & The Wailers Band - Won't come easy 
• 14 John Holt - Let the wicked run away 
• 15 Augustus Band - Won't come easy 
• 16 John Holt - Let the wicked run away 
• 17 Augustus Pablo - Dub or aniser 
• 18 Gregory Isaacs - A Riot 
• 19 The Mighty Diamonds - Have mercy 
• 20 Pablo Moses - Blood money 
• 21 Dennis Brown - Children of Israel
• 22 Winston & Ansel - Zion I

CD 2:

• 1 Peter Tosh - Get up stand up (Acoustic Version) 
• 2 The Gladiators - Mix-Up 
• 3 Johnny Clarke & The Aggrovators - Blood (Version) 
• 4 Big Youth - Love we a deal with 
• 5 The Abyssinians - Dem a come 
• 6 Niney The Observer - Mutiny (Confusion in a Babylon) 
• 7 Gregory Isaacs - One more time 
• 8 Prince Far I - Throw away your gun 
• 9 Israel Vibration - Prophet has arise 
• 10 Sly Dunbar - Rasta Fiesta 
• 11 Culture Natty - Never get weary 
• 12 Dennis Brown - Deliverance will come 
• 13 The Arabs - Suru (Lere Dub) 
• 14 Burning Spear - African teacher 
• 15 I Roy - Fire in a wire 
• 16 Sugar Minott - The people got to know 
• 17 The Twinkle Brothers - Free Africa 
• 18 Black Uhuru - Plastic smile 
• 19 The Viceroys - My Mission is impossible 
• 20 Horace Andy - Natty dread a weh she want

Bass Culture Vol.4 – Mash You Down - The Birth Of Dancehall 1978-1985

CD1

• 1 Shine Eye Gal - Black Uhuru
• 2 Mash You Down - Cornell Campbell
• 3 Rub a Dub Style - Ranking Trevor
• 4 Name of the Game - The Fantails
• 5 Cool Out Son - Junior Murvin
• 6 Ababa John I - Don Carlos
• 7 Youth Man - Noel Phillips
• 8 Soon Forward - Gregory Isaacs
• 9 Bubble Up Yu Hip - Eek-A-Mouse
• 10 Time Is a Moment in Space - Wayne Smith
• 11 Gone Water Gone - Lee Van Cleef 
• 12 Fat She Fat - John Holt 
• 13 Rub ‘n’ Scrub - Lone Ranger 
• 14 Can’t Stop Us Now - The Viceroys 
• 15 Boneman Connection - Nicodemus 
• 16 Gun Shot - Anthony Johnson 
• 17 Banana Export - Clint Eastwood & General Saint 
• 18 Poor and Humble - Wayne Wade 
• 19 No Time to Waste - Papa Bruce 
• 20 Roots Man Dubbing - Roots Radics 

CD 2

• 1 Mr Chin - Yellowman 
• 2 Fight I Down - Al Campbell 
• 3 Move Up - Sugar Minott 
• 4 I Can’t Stand It - Ringo 
• 5 No Shot Nuh Fire - Tristan Palmer 
• 6 Gwan a Dance - Ranking Toyan 
• 7 Bubbling Telephone (Chalice) - Charlie Chaplin 
• 8 Bang Belly - Sister Nancy 
• 9 Jah Black - Barrington Levy 
• 10 Woola Woop - Josey Wales 
• 11 In the Air Girl - Madoo 
• 12 Rocking Dolly - Cocoa Tea 
• 13 Argument - Jah Batta 
• 14 History of Jamaica - Early B 
• 15 Pull it Up Now - Michael Palmer 
• 16 World a Music - Ini Kamoze 
• 17 Bubbling Style - Little John 
• 18 See Them a Come - Pad Anthony 
• 19 Ring the Alarm - Tenor Saw 
• 20 Run Down the World - Nitty Gritty