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Friday, August 23, 2019

#565 :: Windy City Sound System 20 :: Authentic Jamaican Ska (21 August 2019)

This week: Jim Cascino serves up an all Jamaican, 100% authentic, classic Ska mix.

For one reason or another, I always find myself listening to a lot more ska during the summertime than any other season. Seeing as we’re smack dab in the middle of summer here in the States, that’s a good enough reason to put a spotlight on the genre for the next couple episodes! Next month, we’ll highlight some of the outstanding contemporary ska that’s out there; but for this month, it’s 100% classics. Included within are some of my absolute favorite 1960s ska tunes, that perfectly encapsulate the sound of a young, newly independent Jamaica! ~Jim

TRACKLIST

Alton Ellis - Ska Beat

Frank Cosmo - I Am The Greatest

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Rub Up Push Up

Lord Briscoe - Trojan

Lord Tanamo - Come Down

The Wailers - Jumbie Jamboree

Lee Perry - Hand To Hand

King Edwards Group - Russian Roulette

The Maytals - Domino

Delroy Wilson - Jerk All Night

The Clarendonians - Shoo Be Doo Be

Derrick Morgan - Soldier Man

Stranger Cole & Ken Boothe - I Want To Go Home

B.B. Seaton - Rub It Down

Jackie Opel - Mary’s Lamb

The Baba Brooks Band - Girls Town Ska

Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Mount Zion

Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso - Musical Storeroom

Jack Sparrow - Ice Water

Clive Bonnie & Naomi Phillips - Open The Door

Prince Buster - Tongue Will Tell

The Skatalites - Beardsman Ska

Friday, August 16, 2019

#564 :: Cosmic Bambaloo (14 August 2019)

1 Don Cosmic - A Good Year

2 The Prizefighters - Firewalk

3 Satélite Kingston - Pain

4 The Meters - It Ain't No Use

5 Laurel Aitken - Bambaloo

6 The Ska Jazz Unit - Jazz Goes Ska

7 Jim the Boss feat. The HiFi Rockers - Birthday Party

8 The Frightnrs - Make Up Your Mind

9 The Frightnrs - Make Up Your Mind (Dub)

10 The Dualers - Countless Nights

11 AceTones - CC

12 Wild Man Riddim - Jolly

13 The Simmertones - El Gringo

14 Eugene Grey - Eastern Standard Time

Thursday, August 8, 2019

#563 :: Maori Music Month (7 August 2019)

August is Te Marama Pūoru Waiata Māori - Maori Music Month so tonight's episode is full of reggae music from Māori bands and artists or inspired by te ao Māori. We dedicate this episode to the Save Our Unique Landscape campaign - SOUL and all others up at Ihumatao.

#ProtectIhumatao

1 Katchafire - 100

2 Ihi - Mana Whenua

3 Herbs - E Papa

4 The Yoots - Pupu Ake Mai

5 NRG Rising - Rua Kenana

6 Mt Zion - Soul deep

7 The Yoots - Nga Iwi E

8 Kora - Politician

9 Herbs - Dragons & Demons

10 1814 - Whakahonohono Mai

11 Troy Kingi - True Love

12 L.A.B. - Baby Will You Let Me

13 Cornerstone Roots - New Generation

14 House Of Shem feat Ruia - Tahuri Mai Ra

"I am committed to doing everything in my power to prevent Fletchers from desecrating historically significant lands at Ihumatao. "Not one more acre" said Dame Whina Cooper, so I work to honour her legacy to ensure that our next generations enjoy this open landscape. Ka whawhai tonu matou, until my living able body allows, so I'm prepared Fletchers." -Pania Newton

Friday, August 2, 2019

#562 :: Love The One You're With ( August 2019)

Eastern Standard Time - Lovely In Mad

Don Cosmic - Walk Jackie Walk

Hollie Cook - Vessel Of Love

The Skatalites - Beardsman Ska

Jackie Mittoo - Jump For Joy

Mighty Megatons - I Want To Know

The Dualers (Palm Trees and 80 Degrees) - What a Bangarang

The Mellow Larks with Clue J & His Blues Blasters - Love You Baby

The Aggrolites - Love Me Tonight

The Oldians - Come Here Baby

Andy & Joey - You're Wondering Now

Saturday, July 27, 2019

#561 :: Tribute To Pat Kelly (24 July 2019)

The great Pat Kelly has passed away (1949 – 16 July 2019).

Here's Nate's tribute to one of Jamaica's finest voices.

1 The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield - Minstrel and Queen

2 The Techniques with Pat Kelly - Queen Majesty (aka Minstrel and Queen)

3 Bitty Mclean - Make It With You

4 Dennis Alcapone - Majesty in Bed (AKA the Harder They Come)

5 U-Roy - Chalice In The Palace

6 Bongo Herman & Bingy Bunny - Feel Nice

7 Clint Eastwood - Long Run Short Ketch & Version

8 The Uniques with Cornell Campbell - Queen Majesty (Discomix)

9 Pat Kelly talks about how he made one of Jamaica's greatest songs

10 Pat Kelly - Talk About Love

11 Pat Kelly - How Long Will It Take

12 Pat Kelly - I Wish It Would Rain

13 Pat Kelly - The Dark End Of The Street

14 Los Aggrotones feat. Pat Kelly - Are You For Real

Thursday, July 18, 2019

#560 :: Windy City Sound System 19 :: Early 60's (17 July 2019)

In the early days of the Jamaican recording industry, the bands and artists primarily tried to emulate the rhythm & blues music released in the US during the 1950s. This led to a slew of fantastic R&B, jump blues, doo-wop, and ballads that were released in the early ‘60s; and even when ska, rocksteady, and reggae came to dominate the island, some artists even put out some soul sides. For this month’s edition of the show, we’ve put together a mix of these types of tunes. We’re only scratching the surface here, so expect more episodes like this in the future!

TRACKLIST

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Work Your Soul

Laurel Aitken - Bongo Jerk

Sir Dee’s Group - President Kennedy

Owen Grey - Dolly Baby

The Wailers - Teenager In Love

Jackie Edwards - Do You Want Me Again

The Maytals - It’s No Use

The Jiving Juniors - Sugar Dandy

Lester Sterling & The City Slickers - Whalebone

Owen Gray - Mash It, Pts. 1 & 2

Clue J & His Blues Blasters - Silky

The Blues Blasters - Little Vilma

Theophilus Beckford - Now You Are Dead

Jimmy James - My Request

The Federal Singers - Funny Thing To Say

The Downbeats - Midnight Love

Alton Ellis & Eddy Parkins - My Heaven

Derrick Morgan & Patsy Todd - Thank You

The Paragons - If I Were You

Roland Alphonso & The Originals Orchestra - Hip Hug Her

The Maytals - The Preacher

Thursday, July 11, 2019

#559 :: Dub Mi Rockers (10 July 2019)

An all dub episode.

1 Milton Henry & The Breadwinners - Salvation Dub Salvation

2 Charles Bradley featuring The Inversions - Whatcha Doing (To Me)

3 The Inversions featuring Charles Bradley - Whatcha Doing (To Me)

4 Black Market - Rudie Can't Fail

5 The Black Seeds - Everybody Knows (Deep Fried Dub Remix)

6 Lee Scratch Perry and Mad Professor - Dub Those Crazy Baldheads

7 Pacey ft. Dr. Ring Ding - Joy and Pleasure & Dub

8 Prince Fatty Ft. Big Youth & George Dekker - Get Ready & Dub

9 Vin Gordon - Shucumooku

10 Rusty Zinn - Spellbound by Dub

11 Jim the Boss - Dub in HiFi - Rockers (feat. David Hillyard)

Sunday, July 7, 2019

#557 :: Winter Warm Up

From Australia to Belgium, Korea, Jamaica and everywhere in between, here's a musical mix of ska, reggae, dub and funk to warm the coldest feet this winter.

Track list

Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Beans and Rice

Lee Scratch Perry - Cool Rockers

The Jet Scene - Jet 747 (Version 4)

Rusty Zinn - Rock Me (It's so Easy)

U Roy - Sound Of The Wise

Third World - Cool Meditation

Masons Arms - Früher war alles besser

Sir Harry & Ansel Collins - Bigger Boss

The Ska Jazz Unit - Be Nice

James Brown - Cold Sweat (parts 1 & 2)

Eugene Grey - Giant Steps

The Classics - Got To Be Cool

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Long Long Winter & Dub

Jamaican Jazz Orchestra with Helena Casella - Morning Girl

Roy Ellis feat. Transilvanians - Ice Cream From the Milky Way

Saturday, June 22, 2019

#556 :: Windy City Sound System 18 :: 2019 Highlights ... so far (19 June 2019)

It’s hard to believe, but we’re already halfway through 2019. As has been the case for the last couple years, there has been a wealth of new ska, rocksteady, and reggae music that has been released! Rather than wait until the end of the year, we wanted to pick some choice cuts off albums released during the first half of the year, which have been on repeat here at WCSS HQ. Big ups to all of these artists, and here’s to hoping the remainder of the year is just as prolific with new music! ~Jim

Playlist

The Gramophone Allstars Big Band - Rock Sweet Rock

AceTones - CC

The Prizefighters - Kashmir

Roy Ellis & The Transilvanians - Cool Down Your Temper

The Mighty Megatons - Atomic Bomb

The Crepitans - Pick it Up Strong

The Aggrolites - Why You Rat

Renaldo Domino - Never Thought

Aphrodite Delacruz - Toxic

King Zepha - You Let Yourself Go

The Scotch Bonnets - Hair Did

The Israelites - Coxsone’s Memorial

The Piseógs - Don’t Grow Up

Los Barrelshots - I’m Coming Home (feat. Lady Lex)

The Loving Paupers - And The Piano’s Playing

The Skints - I’m A Fool