Recommendations for ska and reggae

[Neil P]

Can anyone recommend good places to start for reggae and ska music? I've known for years that they're virtually the only genres that get me dancing around the house, but have never sought out some tunes.

Over to you good folks!

 

[Bodkin]

Dancing, may rule out so much Reggae,
So much ska and reggae not the best recorded but will still make you move your feet.
Ska-
Roland Alphonso
Don Drummond
Baba Brooks
So many to choose from.

 

[Bodkin]

 

[Bodkin]

The Upsetters

 

[Neil P]

Dancing, may rule out so much Reggae,
So much ska and reggae not the best recorded but will still make you move your feet.
Ska-
Roland Alphonso
Don Drummond
Baba Brooks
So many to choose from.

Thank you. I should clarify re dancing - i hate it in public, but always find my posterior swaying to reggae (not true dancing ha ha)

I remember seeing Trojan compilations in record stores ... are they another good place to start?

 

[Bodkin]

Don Drummond

 

[Bodkin]

Slim Smith

 

[Bodkin]

Carlton and the shoes

 

[Bodkin]

Trojan , studio one but look out for Ska comps or rock steady . Obviously not Dub stuff , though can sway to that too but in a different way

 

[Sean K]

Another vote for Don Drummond. Cornerstone is a cracker

 

[Sean K]

The Upsetters

I wish I could like give this more likes

 

[Bodkin]

Drumbago and the dynamites

 

[Wolfmancatsup]

As mentioned above, Trojan and Studio One have released some superb compilations. I first got into reggae etc. in the very late ‘sixties as a lad (my first single was The Liquidator) and my preference for the music remains mostly from the mid-‘sixties to the mid-‘seventies.
On top of artists mentioned by others, some good choices might be Toots & the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff and Desmond Dekker. YouTube might help the op narrow down the stuff he likes.

Mick

 

[Woodface]

Bob Marley & the Wailers - ‘Catch a fire’ is a good place to start, Jimmy Cliff - ‘The harder they come’ & Toots & Maytals - ‘Funky Kingston’. 3 good starting points.

 

[Bodkin]

Many compilations out there. Already mentioned check you tube to get an idea on what style Reggae you like. Rockers, Roots etc
Few more classics from more well known artists

 

[Bodkin]

 

[Bodkin]

Pablo Moses

 

[Bodkin]

Good one for bass workout

 

[Bodkin]

 

[mikechadwick]

nice selection of roots rockers on "Don Letts - Dread meets Punk Rockers Uptown" (Heavenly CD/LP) and there's a few decent Island Records Comps in the "Presents" series.