Would anyone like a gift of this big, coffee table, #reggae book? Please DM me if you're interested. Small tear in dust jacket but otherwise near mint. Lots of beautiful photos - but I've not looked at it in years - and having a clear out.

Easton Clarke recorded his debut single at Lee Perry's Black Ark studio in 1975. In it he related a sufferer's tale of riding around town in a curfew and being arrested while trying to make some money to pay the rent... youtu.be/RoFWltbrd4c?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

A few words about the inspirational Steve Barrow, who truly did not waste a minute of a life in service to music, but perhaps remains best known as the driving force behind the Blood and Fire label.

Remembering the great Barry Brown who died on this day in 2004. Barry was a roots singer who crossed over into the dancehall era with a string of hits in the early 80s like Stand Firm on the wonderful Bobby Bobylon rhythm... youtu.be/NoNCJoAWxCA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Sorry to hear this news. I was/still am a big B&F fan and had the pleasure of Interviewing Steve for a piece on the Rough Guide he did with Peter Dalton. The Herald, Scotland, Jan 98, I think.

RIP Steve Barrow. 🙏 Prior to the magnificent Blood and Fire label, Steve worked for Trojan. In the late 80s he dug deep into their archive and compiled dozens of LPs that contained many rare reggae and rocksteady gems. Here's just 9 of those incredible LPs... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #musicsky

Really sad news, hearing that the mighty Steve Barrow has passed. Partnered the Daddy Kool shops in the 70’s and compiled 100’s of essential sets. When he co-founded Blood & Fire in 1993, he transformed the reggae music business, making sure those players got their due. A knowledgeable, kind soul

youtu.be/nbgtMBnAfrs?... Hopefully this the start of a series and he does the Drifter Rhythm next.

#OTD 1973 Grand Bank Holiday Reggae Revue Just £1-00 #bobmarley #desmonddekker #reggae #reggaesky #musicsky

Happy 77th birthday to Lloyd Parks. Amongst many career highlights, Lloyd was the bass player at Joe Gibbs studio in the 1970s. He played on all the hits including Two Sevens Clash, Uptown Top Ranking and this mighty 12"... youtu.be/28ly3VFsWfU?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Remembering the great Sugar Minott who was born on this day in 1956. Here's a 12" Sugar recorded in 1983 at Channel One with Sly & Robbie. This became the title track of his LP the following year on the Power House label... youtu.be/GotayAHt6Uo?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Remembering the legendary Prince Buster who was born on this day in 1938. In the early 60s, Buster was an expert in self-promotion. On this great 7" he's celebrating his own Voice Of The People sound system... youtu.be/vLX_Gp_EZwM?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska

Studio 1 house band The Soul Vendors toured the UK in Autumn '67. This included playing 3 shows at Brixton's Ram Jam club. It inspired Jackie Mittoo to name his instrumental of The Heptones Fattie Fattie after the club... youtu.be/aRRV3Hmbo04?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

The man is one of my reggae heroes. This (with Janet Kay) on backup vocals is one of my all time favourites youtu.be/4rZQ_bcXr8g

Happy Birthday Dennis Bovell - Row Row Row (Rowing Down The River) youtube.com/watch?v=nm6m...

Happy 73rd birthday to Dennis Bovell. Amongst many career highlights, Dennis wrote, produced and played on Silly Games. He had previously worked with Janet Kay and knew she would be perfect to hit those high notes... youtu.be/T6LjYAaHy7A?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Bob Marley And The Wailers album 'Exodus' reviewed by Vivien Goldman in Sounds 21st, May 1977.

Noel Bailey aka Sowell Radics started out as a singer before taking up the guitar and playing on many of the Roots Radics early recordings. He still recorded the occasional vocal, like on this powerful roots 12"... youtu.be/Ny_ClDbxUgk?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Very nice! 👌 youtu.be/2XzfXKbYX4s?... #reggae #rocksteady

Miscredited record labels Pt. 163 This 7" is actually Roman Stewart's immense Fire At Your Heel. It was produced by Phil Pratt and recorded at Lee Perry's Black Ark studio in 1974... youtu.be/ZM_ddz7560o?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

More Sylford Walker. King Tubby’s/Glen Brown dub plate to go with the 12. One of my most prized possessions big up Duke & Natty Frontline forever 🛐 Very Heavy Shit 💀

Yesterday also marked 9 years since Frankie Paul died aged just 51. Here's his legendary cover version of Starship's US No.1 hit Sara. Frankie's version topped the UK reggae charts for months in the autumn of '87... youtu.be/XA4ZGfbKEYc?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Remembering the legendary Augustus Pablo who died on this day in 1999. Here's a slightly rare tune of him doing a melodica version of the Try Me rhythm, which was made famous by Big Youth's Tippertone Rock... youtu.be/jBQl6cp8Xoc?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #augustuspablo

Black Ark Thread 🧵- Five cuts from The Black Ark, presented with their dubs/versions, produced by Lee Scratch Perry. #ReggaeSky #LeeScratchPerry #BlackArk 🔈🔈🔈🔥🔥🔥 1/6

In 1962 Coxsone Dodd was holding auditions and in walked a young vocal trio led by one Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert. At first Coxsone was sceptical but was persuaded to give them a go by Lee Perry. Here is their debut 7"... youtu.be/huRcgnsh-Ns?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska

Bob Marley & The Wailers Could You Be Loved was released #OTD in 1980. On the B side was One Drop, one of my favourite songs by Bob in this era. It had first appeared on 7" in Jamaica and on the Survival LP in 1979... youtu.be/ZzHTVzt23XM?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Here's a much shorter doc, has some good shots of the painted speaker cabinets, decorated with native Americans, Fidel Castro, African themes etc youtu.be/1_Z_jAMNg1w?...

sad to hear this. Always loved this one also. RIP

Sad to hear that dancehall singer Roland Burrell has died aged 75. Roland scored big hits in the early 80s with Stormy Weather and Johnny Dollar. This 7" of No Other But Marcus is also a personal favourite... RIP Roland 🙏 youtu.be/OH_ZnTXwCNQ?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

youtu.be/vKfg-hKzrfM #ReggaeSky Rest in Power

Wicked tune! The Pablo excursion is hot too… youtu.be/bsgzHrIRd_A?...

Happy 72nd birthday to Clive Chin. Clive took over Randy's studio when still a teenager and produced countless great records there in the early 70s, including the debut album by his childhood friend Augustus Pablo... youtu.be/oPLbyog_nJE?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Remembering Winston Riley on his birthday. As a singer, producer and label owner, he played a major role in the development of reggae music from rocksteady to dancehall. This anthology tells the story 🇯🇲🔊▶️ open.spotify.com/album/3IPuQh... 🍏▶️ music.apple.com/gb/album/reg...

To continue with this beautiful Stevie Wonder riddim, here's a pure instrumental trombone version by Rico Rodriguez. #ReggaeSky #MusicSky #RastaMusic is non-stop version from Creation to Zion youtu.be/sxhegqxGBwk

hell yeah that is the stuff. Happy Birthday Stevie

Happy 76th birthday to Stevie Wonder. There have been several reggae versions of Stevie's 1966 hit A Place In The Sun. David Isaacs recorded it first for Lee Perry but my favourite is this beautiful Slim Smith version... youtu.be/jFolW0iE8wg?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Following the Bob Marley remembrance posts yesterday, I came across this Cornell Campbell 12" in my collection. On the DJ cut, Lord Sassafrass pays 'tribute to the King' on an update of the Bend Down Low rhythm... youtu.be/LwYKJ8XP7JA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #bobmarley

Remembering the legend Bob Marley who died on this day in 1981 aged just 36. Here's the classic Upsetter production of Duppy Conqueror that The Wailers recorded at Randy's studio in 1970... youtu.be/pas9EfAi8AI?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #bobmarley

Happy 76th birthday to Prince Alla. Here's the 12" of Bucket Bottom, one of my favourite songs by Prince Alla. The laidback rhythm is played by Soul Syndicate and includes a stunning 5 minute dub mixed at King Tubby's... youtu.be/1JpcECZXgKM?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Mega thread of film and TV inspired #ska and #reggae 👇

Thank you, I'm discovering the original I only know the LP version backed by Carlton Barret and Aston Family Man #ReggaeSky #ReggaeVersion #JamaicanCulture youtu.be/kw2gBwy2YBg

Now I know why you loved this version. It's great, better than I thought it would be. Thanks for this. youtu.be/bGwy_4rDM_0?...

Remembering Justin Hinds who was born on this day in 1942. Justin recorded solely for Duke Reid throughout the 1960s. He was best known for his proverb songs like on this blank 7" of his early reggae classic, Drink Milk... youtu.be/Lov0THKTfyE?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

Remembering Don Drummond who died on this day in 1969 aged 35. Here's one of his early compositions which became a big hit in 1962. This was the tune that inspired Tommy McCook to start recording ska music... youtu.be/FLE_AFwFTQM?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska

Where modal jazz and reggae meet in perfect harmony youtu.be/jQ9LdwjwCTI

Remembering legendary saxophonist Tommy McCook who died on this day in 1998 aged 71. After years of playing jazz abroad, Tommy returned to JA in 1962. Here's one of the earliest 45s he recorded for Coxsone Dodd... youtu.be/yiNnC0UfgwA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska

Happy Isis Day to those who celebrate.

Love this teenage effort from him youtu.be/joB52B83BGo?...