2019 is a big year in terms of ska and reggae anniversaries, and we wanted to take the next couple episodes to properly mark them. For this month’s episode, we’re focusing on the 50th anniversary of the Spirit Of ‘69. Boss reggae came into its own in 1969, another drastic change in sound for Jamaican music after the smooth rocksteady of the past couple years. There were a cavalcade of fantastic tunes released during the course of the year, and we picked out an hour’s worth of our favorites! Jim of
Windy City Sound System
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Sufferation 1969
The Blenders - Decimal Currency
Clancy Eccles - Fattie Fattie
Amiel Moody - Ratchet Knife
Count Sticky & The Upsetters - Dry Acid
Dandy Livingstone - Reggae In Your Jeggae
David Isaacs - Since You Are Gone
Dennis Walks - The Drifter
Richard Ace - More Reggae
John Holt - What You Gonna Do Now
Ken Boothe - Old Fashioned Way
Laurel Aitken - Reggae 69
The Upsetters - Bronco
Phyllis Dillon - Love Is All I Had
Joe Nolan - Poison Reggay
Stranger Cole - Help Wanted
The Maytals - Oh Yea
The Reggae Boys - Me No Born Ya
Sound Dimension - Time Is Tight
The Tennors - Another Scorcher
Winston Francis - The Break
