7" of Upsetters - Return Of Django on Upsetter label. Released in 1969. Produced by Lee Perry.
Released #OTD in 1969.
Return Of Django spent 6 months being played in clubs and discos before Trojan gave it an extra push in September resulting in it entering the UK charts and spending 3 weeks at No. 5 in Nov '69...
youtu.be/ax5phXqMjCU?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
7" of Don Drummond - Eastern Standard Time on Island label. Released in 1964. Produced by Duke Reid.
Remembering the maestro Don Drummond who was born on this day in 1934.
Here's his most famous composition, a beautiful laid-back ska he recorded in 1964, and a favourite of Sister Ignatius from the Alpha Boy's School...
youtu.be/bNNNVrOPyhw?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #ska
I have the 1967 Simon Dee Annual!
his rapid rise from pirate Radio DJ to BBC Saturday Night Superstar chat show & his equally rapid decline into local radio and massive paranoia and general weirdness is one of *the* great celebrity stories of the sixties.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_D...
Remembering the late Conductor and Composer, Ronnie Hazlehurst (13 March 1928 – 1 October 2007)
During my 'know your enemy' researches Christopher Cross *always* turns up in articles & features in praise of this nastiest of sub-genres.
"Let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball"
Incredibly, New York songwriter Mike Stoller is 93 today. He's written some of the classiest pop ever with lyricist Jerry Leiber, including Stand By Me, Pearl's a Singer, and this absolute stunner from Peggy Lee youtu.be/3sWTnsemkIs?...
That's Yacht Rock for you - nasty rhymes for nasty folk.
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
John Frankenheimer's superb political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962 121 mins.)
starring Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury.
[Sky Arts 21.00]
letterboxd.com/film/the-man...
A+ nickname
Top 20 Reggae LP chart as published in the UK music paper Black Echoes on 6th March 1976. You can find this chart and more on the great website www.ukreggaehistory.com
The Reggae album chart as published in Black Echoes 50 years ago this week.
It's notable to see that nearly half of the chart are dub LPs and most of the others are roots and DJ albums including U Roy at No. 1. Dread In A Babylon indeed!
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #dub
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Terrence! Malick's Second World War drama The Thin Red Line (1998 163min.)
starring Sean Penn, Nick Nolte and Jim Caviezel.
[Great Action 21.00]
letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...
#spy?
Where does Ray Davies do his supermarket shopping and how long does it take him?
Aldi and all of the night
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Steven Spielberg's fact-based Cold War drama Bridge of Spies (2015 135mins.)
with Tom Hanks and an Oscar-winning Mark Rylance.
[Film 4 18.15 & +1]
letterboxd.com/film/bridge-...
Greetings. Half Pint with Sly & Robbie on The Tube 40 years ago
youtu.be/07wjODFDMm4
#Review Xana Romeo’s ‘The Divine Blueprint’ feels like a real step forward. Stronger voice, richer production, and serious family vibes with Max Romeo and Addis Pablo. Big ups to writer Yankee Nupe for highlighting an album that keeps roots front and center. #Reggae #XanaRomeo #ReggaeSky #MaxRomeo
I'd quite like to watch some #TestMatch #cricket.
Do I really have to wait until June for there to be any played anywhere in the world?
Operation Ego Fuel, more like.
Is that a still from the (unreleased) Milli Vanilli Story?
SNAP!
And here is Burning Spear at Reggae Sunsplash in 1982 with possibly his most impassioned performance of Slavery Days...
youtu.be/CqPuyL8PsIc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #musicsky #burningspear
7" of Burning Spear - Slavery Days on Fox label. Released in 1975. Produced by Lawrence 'Jack Ruby' Lindo.
Happy 81st birthday to living legend Burning Spear.
It's over 50 years since he recorded this 7". Rupert Willington and Delroy Hinds' chanted refrain underpin Spear's passionate lead.
It remains a roots reggae classic. ❤️💛💚
youtu.be/KVaWIOagJi0?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Alfred HItchcock's classic thriller The Lady Vanishes (1936 92mins.)
starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave
with scene stealing support from Mae Whitty and Cecil Parker
[BBC2 12.10 & iPlayer for 30 days]
letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...
Last nights first watch #film was the excellent revenge #western Gun The Man Down (US, 1956)
superbly directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and with a strong ensemble cast of character actors led by James Arness, Angie Dickinson (making her film debut) & Emile Meyer.
letterboxd.com/film/gun-the...
SNAP!
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Howard Hawks' sparkling comedy Monkey Business (1952 92 mins.)
starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn and Marilyn Monroe.
[Film 4 12.55 & +1]
letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...
Don't do this very often but....Under Salt Marsh (2026, Sky Atlantic 6 eps) really annoyed me.
A loosely written, over directed, badly acted (massive waste of Rafe Spall's talent), weak attempt at relocating the #ScandiNoir to Wales.
I was really looking forward to this but a massive disappointment
Now, *that* was a career.
Goodbye to Neil Sedaka.
#TOTP
