House of Reggae
@houseofreggae.bsky.social
Taking a leisurely stroll through my vinyl record collection to share a few of my favourite Jamaican tunes and trivia, just like I used to do a few years ago in the House of Reggae podcast... https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/houseofreggae
#OTD 55 years ago
Bob Marley & The Wailers top the Jamaican Hit Parade with Trench Town Rock.
They had self-produced it at the Dynamic studio and released it on their Tuff Gong label.
It would remain at the top of the chart for 4 weeks...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #bobmarley
Bob Marley & The Wailers top the Jamaican Hit Parade with Trench Town Rock.
They had self-produced it at the Dynamic studio and released it on their Tuff Gong label.
It would remain at the top of the chart for 4 weeks...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #bobmarley
September 26, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#OTD 55 years ago
Bob Marley & The Wailers top the Jamaican Hit Parade with Trench Town Rock.
They had self-produced it at the Dynamic studio and released it on their Tuff Gong label.
It would remain at the top of the chart for 4 weeks...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #bobmarley
Bob Marley & The Wailers top the Jamaican Hit Parade with Trench Town Rock.
They had self-produced it at the Dynamic studio and released it on their Tuff Gong label.
It would remain at the top of the chart for 4 weeks...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #bobmarley
#OTD 50 years ago.
The Reggae 7" singles chart as published in Black Echoes.
Junior Murvin's 2 month stay at the top of the chart is finally over as Tapper Zukie's MPLA, which itself had been in the chart for the same time, finally takes the top spot...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
The Reggae 7" singles chart as published in Black Echoes.
Junior Murvin's 2 month stay at the top of the chart is finally over as Tapper Zukie's MPLA, which itself had been in the chart for the same time, finally takes the top spot...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Very sad to hear foundation bass player Jackie Jackson died yesterday aged 79.
Jackie's very first recording at Treasure Isle in 1966 was playing the now legendary bassline on Alton Ellis' Girl I've Got A Date.
RIP Jackie 🙏
youtu.be/XpXT4YI0qRc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Jackie's very first recording at Treasure Isle in 1966 was playing the now legendary bassline on Alton Ellis' Girl I've Got A Date.
RIP Jackie 🙏
youtu.be/XpXT4YI0qRc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Very sad to hear foundation bass player Jackie Jackson died yesterday aged 79.
Jackie's very first recording at Treasure Isle in 1966 was playing the now legendary bassline on Alton Ellis' Girl I've Got A Date.
RIP Jackie 🙏
youtu.be/XpXT4YI0qRc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Jackie's very first recording at Treasure Isle in 1966 was playing the now legendary bassline on Alton Ellis' Girl I've Got A Date.
RIP Jackie 🙏
youtu.be/XpXT4YI0qRc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Happy 57th birthday to Junior Kelly.
This infectious 7" was a big hit for Junior. It was picked up by VP Records who also released an LP of the same name in 2001.
It's on a modern update of The Wailers Stir It Up rhythm...
youtu.be/OO-iyfOge3U?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
This infectious 7" was a big hit for Junior. It was picked up by VP Records who also released an LP of the same name in 2001.
It's on a modern update of The Wailers Stir It Up rhythm...
youtu.be/OO-iyfOge3U?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 23, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Happy 57th birthday to Junior Kelly.
This infectious 7" was a big hit for Junior. It was picked up by VP Records who also released an LP of the same name in 2001.
It's on a modern update of The Wailers Stir It Up rhythm...
youtu.be/OO-iyfOge3U?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
This infectious 7" was a big hit for Junior. It was picked up by VP Records who also released an LP of the same name in 2001.
It's on a modern update of The Wailers Stir It Up rhythm...
youtu.be/OO-iyfOge3U?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Excellent short film from the early 80s looking at sound systems around Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill including Daddy Vego's People's Sound...
#reggae #reggaesky
#reggae #reggaesky
September 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Excellent short film from the early 80s looking at sound systems around Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill including Daddy Vego's People's Sound...
#reggae #reggaesky
#reggae #reggaesky
The Melodians recorded Passion Love at Treasure Isle in late '72. It is a gorgeous harmony-filled love song.
They re-recorded it a few more times over the next couple of decades, but this original remains my favourite...
youtu.be/Jf9NqY8jZck?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
They re-recorded it a few more times over the next couple of decades, but this original remains my favourite...
youtu.be/Jf9NqY8jZck?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The Melodians recorded Passion Love at Treasure Isle in late '72. It is a gorgeous harmony-filled love song.
They re-recorded it a few more times over the next couple of decades, but this original remains my favourite...
youtu.be/Jf9NqY8jZck?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
They re-recorded it a few more times over the next couple of decades, but this original remains my favourite...
youtu.be/Jf9NqY8jZck?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Remembering DJ legend U Roy who was born on this day in 1942.
U Roy had 8 Top 10 hits in the JA chart in 1970, including 3 No.1's. He carried over that success into 1971 with this Top 10 single on The Paragons Only A Smile...
youtu.be/iLwvmTqMOao?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
U Roy had 8 Top 10 hits in the JA chart in 1970, including 3 No.1's. He carried over that success into 1971 with this Top 10 single on The Paragons Only A Smile...
youtu.be/iLwvmTqMOao?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Remembering DJ legend U Roy who was born on this day in 1942.
U Roy had 8 Top 10 hits in the JA chart in 1970, including 3 No.1's. He carried over that success into 1971 with this Top 10 single on The Paragons Only A Smile...
youtu.be/iLwvmTqMOao?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
U Roy had 8 Top 10 hits in the JA chart in 1970, including 3 No.1's. He carried over that success into 1971 with this Top 10 single on The Paragons Only A Smile...
youtu.be/iLwvmTqMOao?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
#OTD in 1969
Wembley hosted the first Caribbean Music Festival.
The second one in April 1970 was filmed by Horace Ové for the great concert film 'Reggae'. Here's the advert for the long-forgotten first one in Sept '69...
#reggae #reggaesky #music #musicsky
Wembley hosted the first Caribbean Music Festival.
The second one in April 1970 was filmed by Horace Ové for the great concert film 'Reggae'. Here's the advert for the long-forgotten first one in Sept '69...
#reggae #reggaesky #music #musicsky
September 21, 2026 at 6:21 AM
#OTD in 1969
Wembley hosted the first Caribbean Music Festival.
The second one in April 1970 was filmed by Horace Ové for the great concert film 'Reggae'. Here's the advert for the long-forgotten first one in Sept '69...
#reggae #reggaesky #music #musicsky
Wembley hosted the first Caribbean Music Festival.
The second one in April 1970 was filmed by Horace Ové for the great concert film 'Reggae'. Here's the advert for the long-forgotten first one in Sept '69...
#reggae #reggaesky #music #musicsky
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1/6 🧵
A year or two before ska and a decade before roots reggae, the Jamaican 7" singles chart on 18th June 1961 saw Nyahbinghi rhythms and Revival lyrics take over.
Here's a short thread looking at the top 4 singles...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #ska #jamaica
A year or two before ska and a decade before roots reggae, the Jamaican 7" singles chart on 18th June 1961 saw Nyahbinghi rhythms and Revival lyrics take over.
Here's a short thread looking at the top 4 singles...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #ska #jamaica
September 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
1/6 🧵
A year or two before ska and a decade before roots reggae, the Jamaican 7" singles chart on 18th June 1961 saw Nyahbinghi rhythms and Revival lyrics take over.
Here's a short thread looking at the top 4 singles...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #ska #jamaica
A year or two before ska and a decade before roots reggae, the Jamaican 7" singles chart on 18th June 1961 saw Nyahbinghi rhythms and Revival lyrics take over.
Here's a short thread looking at the top 4 singles...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #ska #jamaica
September 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Happy 72nd birthday to Carlton Livingston.
Here's Carlton's huge 1984 dancehall hit on a deep version of the Hot Milk rhythm.
Despite the label credits, this was produced by Jah Life at Philip Smart's HC&F studio in New York...
youtu.be/o2Gq5jimiYg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Here's Carlton's huge 1984 dancehall hit on a deep version of the Hot Milk rhythm.
Despite the label credits, this was produced by Jah Life at Philip Smart's HC&F studio in New York...
youtu.be/o2Gq5jimiYg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Happy 72nd birthday to Carlton Livingston.
Here's Carlton's huge 1984 dancehall hit on a deep version of the Hot Milk rhythm.
Despite the label credits, this was produced by Jah Life at Philip Smart's HC&F studio in New York...
youtu.be/o2Gq5jimiYg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Here's Carlton's huge 1984 dancehall hit on a deep version of the Hot Milk rhythm.
Despite the label credits, this was produced by Jah Life at Philip Smart's HC&F studio in New York...
youtu.be/o2Gq5jimiYg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
#OTD 50 years ago, this great doc on the London reggae scene was broadcast on ITV at 10:45pm...
youtu.be/Ah5-2qA_drk?...
#reggae #reggaesky
youtu.be/Ah5-2qA_drk?...
#reggae #reggaesky
September 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
#OTD 50 years ago, this great doc on the London reggae scene was broadcast on ITV at 10:45pm...
youtu.be/Ah5-2qA_drk?...
#reggae #reggaesky
youtu.be/Ah5-2qA_drk?...
#reggae #reggaesky
The original Full Up rhythm was created at Studio 1 by Leroy Sibbles and Jackie Mittoo in 1968.
It has since been versioned many times with at least a dozen cuts from Studio 1, like this great rub-a-dub combination from 1983...
youtu.be/hrtifeO2-no?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
It has since been versioned many times with at least a dozen cuts from Studio 1, like this great rub-a-dub combination from 1983...
youtu.be/hrtifeO2-no?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The original Full Up rhythm was created at Studio 1 by Leroy Sibbles and Jackie Mittoo in 1968.
It has since been versioned many times with at least a dozen cuts from Studio 1, like this great rub-a-dub combination from 1983...
youtu.be/hrtifeO2-no?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
It has since been versioned many times with at least a dozen cuts from Studio 1, like this great rub-a-dub combination from 1983...
youtu.be/hrtifeO2-no?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
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#ReggaeSky
But, feeling soul, I'm too experienced to hope against hope. Though life could be a symphony, I would be a fool to let them say otherwise. My time now is up, and I've got to go back home, unchained, to my desperate lover who just wants to stay in my lonely arms, singing "Crime don't pay!"
But, feeling soul, I'm too experienced to hope against hope. Though life could be a symphony, I would be a fool to let them say otherwise. My time now is up, and I've got to go back home, unchained, to my desperate lover who just wants to stay in my lonely arms, singing "Crime don't pay!"
September 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
#ReggaeSky
But, feeling soul, I'm too experienced to hope against hope. Though life could be a symphony, I would be a fool to let them say otherwise. My time now is up, and I've got to go back home, unchained, to my desperate lover who just wants to stay in my lonely arms, singing "Crime don't pay!"
But, feeling soul, I'm too experienced to hope against hope. Though life could be a symphony, I would be a fool to let them say otherwise. My time now is up, and I've got to go back home, unchained, to my desperate lover who just wants to stay in my lonely arms, singing "Crime don't pay!"
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This was King Stitts last track he voiced with Natty King on Dub Club excellent album -Foundation Come Again 🤙
open.spotify.com/track/0RY2g4...
open.spotify.com/track/0RY2g4...
Gimmie Gimmie
King Stitt, Natty King · Foundation Come Again · Song · 2013
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September 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
This was King Stitts last track he voiced with Natty King on Dub Club excellent album -Foundation Come Again 🤙
open.spotify.com/track/0RY2g4...
open.spotify.com/track/0RY2g4...
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"Herbsman" can be traced back to a 1950s instrumental by the Ernie Freeman Combo - "Live It Up"
youtu.be/cXZgqVJ4eck?...
youtu.be/cXZgqVJ4eck?...
Ernie Freeman - Live It Up
YouTube video by GotYouFish
youtu.be
September 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"Herbsman" can be traced back to a 1950s instrumental by the Ernie Freeman Combo - "Live It Up"
youtu.be/cXZgqVJ4eck?...
youtu.be/cXZgqVJ4eck?...
Remembering foundation DJ King Stitt who was born on this day in 1940.
Here's a Trojan 12" that reissued Stitt's Herbsman Shuffle along with Phantom, the proto-dub version which was mixed by Lynford Anderson at Dynamic studio...
youtu.be/SaGtiLCZ6rA?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Here's a Trojan 12" that reissued Stitt's Herbsman Shuffle along with Phantom, the proto-dub version which was mixed by Lynford Anderson at Dynamic studio...
youtu.be/SaGtiLCZ6rA?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Remembering foundation DJ King Stitt who was born on this day in 1940.
Here's a Trojan 12" that reissued Stitt's Herbsman Shuffle along with Phantom, the proto-dub version which was mixed by Lynford Anderson at Dynamic studio...
youtu.be/SaGtiLCZ6rA?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Here's a Trojan 12" that reissued Stitt's Herbsman Shuffle along with Phantom, the proto-dub version which was mixed by Lynford Anderson at Dynamic studio...
youtu.be/SaGtiLCZ6rA?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Happy 82nd birthday to master drummer and percussionist Bongo Herman.
In the early 70s Bongo Herman and Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont played together on numerous 45s, just like on this drum version of a Cables medley...
youtu.be/8ZidrwqqL7E?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
In the early 70s Bongo Herman and Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont played together on numerous 45s, just like on this drum version of a Cables medley...
youtu.be/8ZidrwqqL7E?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Happy 82nd birthday to master drummer and percussionist Bongo Herman.
In the early 70s Bongo Herman and Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont played together on numerous 45s, just like on this drum version of a Cables medley...
youtu.be/8ZidrwqqL7E?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
In the early 70s Bongo Herman and Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont played together on numerous 45s, just like on this drum version of a Cables medley...
youtu.be/8ZidrwqqL7E?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Remembering the Voice of Thunder Prince Far I who was killed on this day in 1983 aged just 38.
Here's his self-produced Round 2 sequel to the original Big Fight of Dreadlocks Vs Babylon that was on his Under Heavy Manners LP...
youtu.be/m47FqjVRpi0?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Here's his self-produced Round 2 sequel to the original Big Fight of Dreadlocks Vs Babylon that was on his Under Heavy Manners LP...
youtu.be/m47FqjVRpi0?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Remembering the Voice of Thunder Prince Far I who was killed on this day in 1983 aged just 38.
Here's his self-produced Round 2 sequel to the original Big Fight of Dreadlocks Vs Babylon that was on his Under Heavy Manners LP...
youtu.be/m47FqjVRpi0?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Here's his self-produced Round 2 sequel to the original Big Fight of Dreadlocks Vs Babylon that was on his Under Heavy Manners LP...
youtu.be/m47FqjVRpi0?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
The Cool Operator Delroy Wilson gained his nickname from this hit record which peaked at No.2 in Aug '71.
However in the tune itself he is the poor penniless onlooker dreaming about the girl with the cool walk, talk and smile...
youtu.be/4po8_01nNII?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
However in the tune itself he is the poor penniless onlooker dreaming about the girl with the cool walk, talk and smile...
youtu.be/4po8_01nNII?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
September 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The Cool Operator Delroy Wilson gained his nickname from this hit record which peaked at No.2 in Aug '71.
However in the tune itself he is the poor penniless onlooker dreaming about the girl with the cool walk, talk and smile...
youtu.be/4po8_01nNII?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
However in the tune itself he is the poor penniless onlooker dreaming about the girl with the cool walk, talk and smile...
youtu.be/4po8_01nNII?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
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cedric im brooks & brentford rhythm band everyday skank
YouTube video by skunk night & jah sound
youtu.be
September 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Here's a beautiful Burning Spear 7" from his days at Studio 1 in the early 70's.
Call On You became the opening track on his 2nd LP, Rocking Time. He also re-recorded it as The Sun for his Dry & Heavy LP...
youtu.be/WwHA9mTKOYc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #burningspear
Call On You became the opening track on his 2nd LP, Rocking Time. He also re-recorded it as The Sun for his Dry & Heavy LP...
youtu.be/WwHA9mTKOYc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #burningspear
September 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Here's a beautiful Burning Spear 7" from his days at Studio 1 in the early 70's.
Call On You became the opening track on his 2nd LP, Rocking Time. He also re-recorded it as The Sun for his Dry & Heavy LP...
youtu.be/WwHA9mTKOYc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #burningspear
Call On You became the opening track on his 2nd LP, Rocking Time. He also re-recorded it as The Sun for his Dry & Heavy LP...
youtu.be/WwHA9mTKOYc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #burningspear
Rukumbine is a traditional Jamaican folk song with as many different spellings as meanings.
In 1965 Shenley Duffus and The Skatalites turned it into a ska scorcher full of bawdy lyrics and great horn lines...
youtu.be/DkjjRHKYjcg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska #jamaica
In 1965 Shenley Duffus and The Skatalites turned it into a ska scorcher full of bawdy lyrics and great horn lines...
youtu.be/DkjjRHKYjcg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska #jamaica
September 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Rukumbine is a traditional Jamaican folk song with as many different spellings as meanings.
In 1965 Shenley Duffus and The Skatalites turned it into a ska scorcher full of bawdy lyrics and great horn lines...
youtu.be/DkjjRHKYjcg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska #jamaica
In 1965 Shenley Duffus and The Skatalites turned it into a ska scorcher full of bawdy lyrics and great horn lines...
youtu.be/DkjjRHKYjcg?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska #jamaica
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