GO FEET! Radio # 286, 26 March 2014
Greetings musical lovers! The likelihood of you having music by an ex-Alpha Boys School pupil in your musical collection is very high. Notable alumni, all musicians, include: the four founding members of the Skatalites (Tommy McCook, Johnny “Dizzy” Moore, Lester Sterling and Don Drummond), Dizzy Reece, Cedric Brooks, David Madden, Theophilus Beckford, Rico Rodriguez, Yellowman, Vin Gordon. Harold McNair, Joe Harriott, “Deadly” Headley Bennett, Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, the Israel Vibration vocal trio (Lascelle “Wiss” Bulgin, Albert “Apple Gabriel” Craig, and Cecil “Skeleton” Spence) and Leroy Smart.
Kingston, Jamaica’s legendary Alpha Boys’ School, a school for disadvantaged youth that has been a powerhouse in training reggae musicians, is seeking funding for a radio and music studio and media lab to be constructed on the campus of the historic school in the summer of 2014. I catch up with Trace Mamoun, project manager, to hear how a girl from Paris gets to be in Jamaica helping youth shes never met before and hear all about the ins and outs of the project. With only minutes left to pledge your support I urge you to consider giving generously to this worthy project (see link below for details). All the music in this episode, except the track by Toots, features ex-pupils of Alpha Boys School. Enjoy!
1. Eddie ‘Tan Tan’ Thornton – Alpha Boys Song
2. The Alpha Boys Band – Upward and Onward We Go
3. Tommy McCook – Boogie Down Dub
4. Tommy McCook – Crashing Dancehall
5. Leroy Smart – Happiness Is My Desire
6. Jo Jo Bennett – Hot Pop
7. Deadley Headley – Corn Meal Pop
8. Johnny Osbourne – Truth And Rights
9. Version City Rockers with Johnny Osbourne – Let There Be Love
10. Johnny Osbourne – Dub Specialist – Luanda
11. Yellowman – Over Me
12. Toots and The Maytals UNRELEASED LIMITED EDITION – Time Tough
13. Im and David – The Way To My Heart
14. Tommy McCook – Rocket Ship
15. Don Drummond and Tommy McCook – Music Is My Occupation
16. Johnny ‘Dizzy’ Moore – Tribute To Sir Alex
17. Lester Stirling – Soul Voyage
18. Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace – Skanky
19. The Joe Harriott Quartet – Just Friends
20. Bertie King – Blue Lou
21. Ska Rebirth Band (Alpha Boy’s School Graduates) – Rehearsal With Sparrow Martin
22. Rico Rodriguez – Rainbow Into The Rio Mino
23. Jools Holland Band with Rico Rodriguez – L-O-V-E
24. Kitty Daisy and Lewis with Tan Tan and Rico – I’m Sorry
25. Prince Fatty with Wintson Francis and Dennis Alcapone – Ali Baba
26. Judah Eskender Tafari and Cedric Brooks – Sitting In The Park
27. The Skatalites feat. Cedric Brooks – Outback Ska
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