It's a Jam in the Streets: Spring inna Babylon by erik1966lutig

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Submit Date: 4/13/2005
Format: CD
Category: Theme

It's a Jam in the Streets: Spring inna Babylon


Artist	Song
John Holt	It's a Jam in the Streets

Freddie Notes and the Rudies	Montego Bay

Tony Tribe	Red Red Wine

Toots and the Maytals	Sweet and Dandy

Jackie Mittoo	Get Up and Get It

Dave and Ansel Collins	Double Barrel

Althea and Donna	Up Town Top Ranking

Michigan and Smiley	Nice Up the Dance

Bob Marley and the Wailers	Lively Up Yourself

Carl Dawkins	Dr. Rodney

The Ethiopians	Condition Bad a Yard

Johnny Clarke	None Shall Escape the Judgement

Cornell Campbell	The Judgement Come

Max Romeo and the Upsetters	War inna Babylon

Sylford Walker	Burn Babylon

Junior Murvin	Police and Thieves

Lee "Scratch" Perry	City Too Hot

Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus	Keep Cool Babylon

Ashanti Waugh	Babylon Wrong

The Heptones	Babylon Falling

Dr. Alimantado	Born for a Purpose/Reason for Living

Jimmy Cliff	Wonderful World Beautiful People

Comment:

I wanted to create a "warm weather" mix with a theme.
This mix serves as a soundtrack for an imaginary film about a riot, styled after the Notting Hill Carnival riot of 1976. The opening tracks are meant to convey the misery-free, all-dancing party portion of the film. Skanking galore!
Right around the half-way mark or so, we begin to learn that life is not so grand for our imaginary protagonists. Then, the carnival descends into a full-scale riot... Babylon is truly burning.
I anchor this mix with "Police and Thieves," a deceptively beautiful song and the tune that provided a de facto soundtrack for the real Notting Hill Carnival riot. After the Heptones weigh in with the sumptuous "Babylon Falling," I lighten the mix considerably -- giving my imaginary film a happy ending by closing with Johnny Rotten's third favorite song and a Jimmy Cliff tune that reminds us all to quit "fussin' and fightin.'"
This mix is dedicated to all of us who are emerging from a winter of sadness and entering into a spring that promises much happier times. You know who you are.
For more information, please check out http://erik1966route1.blogspot.com/
No, really... please check it out... nobody ever reads the damn thing...

Feedback:

Media Vixen: Radio Sally
Date: 4/13/2005

God, I love that song "Police and Thieves" ... Nice work there, EriK

The Misfit
Date: 4/13/2005

Looks great.

hemizen
Date: 4/13/2005

dig the reggae music, mon. Here's to happier times for everybody.

Jenergy
Date: 4/13/2005

OOOoooh, I love a happy ending! Thanks Erik. That's such a great Toots song, too!

p the swede
Date: 4/13/2005

love all

Mo Twang!
Date: 4/13/2005

Hooray for Toots! And all the rest, too.

French Connection
Date: 4/13/2005

Everyting Irie here Erik; Me gwan smoke a reefa in honour of dis music Ja rasta far I mon!

Rob Conroy
Date: 4/13/2005

This looks fantastic. I especially love "Sweet and Dandy".

antisthenes
Date: 4/13/2005

Excellent mix! Maybe also Brand Nubian's "Wake Up (Reprise In The Sunshine)" could've made it.

SMoss
Date: 4/13/2005

I can dig this! I have some John Holt on cassette I picked up in Jamaica in the 80's. Very cool and laid back. This looks interesting and off-beat (but I am not a reggae expert - just a mainstreamer). Hope all is well.