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Post by admin on Jan 24, 2006 18:52:40 GMT
Today I received 12 CDs featuring around 50% of all Bluebeat 45s from Zapatoo.
I only own 6 releases on the label myself, the majority of my ska and rock steady 45s being on original Jamaican issues or on reissues. It's wonderful to hear so many great ska and rocksteady killers for the first time.
I'll post a Bluebeat Top 10 later this evening once I've listened through all 12 discs.
Respect
Gordy
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Post by zapatoo on Jan 24, 2006 22:12:39 GMT
Due to having received many recent CDs from kind folk from here, Trojan, Pama and BAF, I'm luxuriating in not having listened to all of these Bluebeat CDs yet (nor all of the many others either), just picking them out as the mood takes me... Definitely Musical Fever!!! (Which I copied from Mikey...and I haven't listened to yet) So much music...so little time ...I only have about 15 Bluebeat label singles myself...
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Post by rubba on Jan 25, 2006 8:13:35 GMT
having only just started listening to bluebeat i am very impressed, i was sent vol 14 of the disks the other day and will definatly be trying to pick up the other disks. i only have 1 single myself OH CAROLINA - FOLKS BROTHERS i bought it about 20 years ago and it still has the 50 p price tag on it. one love rubba
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Post by zapatoo on Jan 25, 2006 13:26:31 GMT
Any of you good folk got Bluebeat volume 13 they could do for me, please...
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Post by nickbug on Jan 25, 2006 13:29:25 GMT
Joe
If no one has offered yet I can do that for you. Have you got all of the others inc vol 14?
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Post by admin on Jan 25, 2006 14:40:57 GMT
Er it's hard to pick out a top 10 but the two top tunes for me right now are You're Mine by Prince Buster and Golden Pen by Zoot Simms. Ska at it's joyous best.
Respect
Gordy
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Post by zapatoo on Jan 25, 2006 14:51:55 GMT
Joe If no one has offered yet I can do that for you. Have you got all of the others inc vol 14? No one has Nick so I'll take up your kind offer for volume 13. - do you have my address details? Do I need to send aught by return? Gabriel sent me volume 14 about a week since, but I think the man rubba is doing this for Gordy. Er it's hard to pick out a top 10 but the two top tunes for me right now are You're Mine by Prince Buster and Golden Pen by Zoot Simms. Ska at it's joyous best. Respect Gordy ...I haven't listened to them all yet, mate - so I've no chance of a Top 1, much less a Top 10 at the moment ;D
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Post by nickbug on Jan 25, 2006 15:14:37 GMT
Joe
No need to send me anything. Be good just to do something in return for all the work you've done on the serenades spreadsheet. Can't remember if I've got your address so just email it to me.
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Post by Reggae Souldier (Big Five) on Jan 25, 2006 15:57:32 GMT
I'm Tryin to put togather No 15
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Post by Reggae Souldier (Big Five) on Jan 25, 2006 16:00:38 GMT
Any of you good folk got Bluebeat volume 13 they could do for me, please... have got this yet if not i will send it?
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Post by lankou2 on Jan 25, 2006 17:08:35 GMT
agreed Gordon, Scully's Golden Pen , is one of my fave songs too, along with its B-side Eric Morris 's So You Shoot Reds, which makes for a great double-sider! Scully as a singer is one of the most criminally under-rated veterans there ever was.Too bad his & Bunny's Studio One album was shelved right after the boss 's death!! let's pester the Dodds with it !!!! ; ) there are great songs on all the volumes but some r'n'b tunes are pretty basic sometimes, enjoyable for their historical value, nevertheless. i was sent the FAB vol. 1, a mixed bag of wonderful tunes and some of the most lackluster rocksteadies i have ever heard (even by artists whom i usually rate much higher!)
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Post by BMC on Jan 25, 2006 18:05:15 GMT
FAO Nickbug: Hi Nick, I send you a pm at 'the other place' about the Blue Beat volumes we pm'd about before.
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Post by ekki on Jan 25, 2006 19:41:12 GMT
A brilliant series but the volumes came in so fast, that I still haven't catched up in listening.
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Post by zapatoo on Jan 25, 2006 22:32:43 GMT
Any of you good folk got Bluebeat volume 13 they could do for me, please... have got this yet if not i will send it? Thanks mate - but Nick's knocking one out for me - he got his offer in just before you did. Lawrence - I must finish those Pama albums and burn for you - I haven't forgotten, it just seems a daunting task getting them onto CD...
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