Featuring a guest selection from Jessie Proverbs... killer new live Anthony B... and nuff tunes praising Rastafari...


RAS MICHAEL & SONS OF NEGUS - Rasta Man Chant (Nyahbingi: Trojan)
ABYSSINIANS - Thunderstorm (Satta Dub: Tabou.1)
PETER TOSH & U-ROY - Rightful Ruler (Honorary Citzen: Columbia)
BOB MARLEY - Jah Live (Songs of Freedom: Island)
THE ROYALS - Pick Up The Pieces (Pick Up The Pieces: Pressure Sounds)
JUNIOR DELAHAYE - Love (Showcase: Wackies)
FREDDIE McGREGOR - Natural Collie (Anthology: VP) -req
VIN GORDON - Zion Youth (Keep The Pressure Down: Elite)
SKAZZ - Sway (Welcome To Civilization)
ROOTBOUND SYSTEM - Track 2 (unreleased promo)
KING JAMMY WITH DRY & HEAVY - Breaking Dub (In The Jaws of the Tiger: Valve)
ROD TAYLOR - His Imperial Majesty (Ethiopian Kings: Patate)
BASEY JOCKEY - Hail King Selassie Non Stop (Proverbs 7")
JESSIE PROVERBS - Reaction (Proverbs 7")


STEVE MACHETE - Vote For Jah (Strictly Roots and Culture: Pickout)
SCREWDRIVER - Nah Bow To The System (Operation Attack Babylon: Charm)
BUSHMAN - What A Gwaan (Treasure Chest vol 1: Jet Star)
SUGAR MINOTT - Herbman Hustling (Herbman Hustling: Heartbeat)
JR KELLY - Black African Star (Reality Calling vol 1: Jet Star)
JESSIE PROVERBS - Chapter and Verse (Chapter and Verse: Proverbs)
JESSIE PROVERBS - Judge Not (Chapter and Verse: Proverbs)
DAWEH CONGo - Iration (Reality Calling vol 1: Jet Star)

CHRISINTI - Comfort My People (Comfort My People: VP)
CHRISINTI - Better Days (Comfort My People: VP)
BERES HAMMOND - Hail His Name (Star Trail 7") -req
ANTHONY B - Burning and Looting (Live on the Battlefield)
ANTHONY B - Storm Winds (Live on the Battlefield)
SUGAR ROY - Legalize The Herb (Dance Nice Again: Brickwall)
JAH MASON - Keep The Fiya (Keep Your Joy: Ghettotech)

Featuring a whole heap of requests, new albums from Jah Mason and Chrisinti, and new singles from Capleton, Ras Shiloh, and Queen Omega...


CORNELL CAMPBELL - I'll Mash You Down (ossie 7")
VERSION - I'll Mash You Down (ossie 7")
U-ROY & THE PARAGONS - Wear You To The Ball (Your Ace From Space: Trojan) -req
GLADIATORS - Naturality (Vital Selection: Virgin) -req
BUNNY WAILER - Love Fire (Roots Radics Rockers Reggae: Shanachie) -req
NINEY THE OBSERVER - Dub Long Rastafari (Sledgehammer Dub: Motion) 
PETER TOSH - Buk-In-Hamm Palace (Mystic Man: Intel-Diplo) -req
CONGOS - Don't Blame It On I (Arkology: Island) -req
LEROY SMART - Mirror Mirror (Keep The Pressure Down: Prestige)
DR ALIMANTADO - Best Dressed Chicken In Town (Best Dressed Chicken: Greensleeves) -req
ROOTBOUND SYSTEM - Track 1 (unreleased promo)
MISTY IN ROOTS - Judas Iscariot (Misty over Sweden) -req
ERROL DUNKLEY - Keep The Pressure Down (Keep The Pressure Down: Prestige) -req
HEPTONES - Suffering So (Cool Rasta: Trojan)
JESSIE PROVERBS - Reaction (Proverbs 7")
PREZIDENT BROWN - Can't Touch My Soul (Showcase vol 2: Jahmani)
JAH MASON - Impress (Keep Your Joy: Ghettotech) -req
QUEEN OMEGA - Bomb Inna Sodom (Charm 7")
RAS SHILOH - It's The Truth (Penthouse 7")
BERES HAMMOND & MORGAN HERITAGE - Help The Needy (Family and Friends 3: AO)
CHRISINTI - Mightier Than Dem (Comfort My People: VP)
BERES HAMMOND - Warriors Don't Cry (Penthouse 7") -req
GLEN WASHINGTON - Serious Man (Hi Power 7") -req
CAPLETON - Still A Bun Dem (John John 7")
BOUNTY KILLER - Sufferer (40/40 7") -req
CORNELL CAMPBELL - Jah Jah Give Us Love (Tomoki-Wambesi 7")

PBS-FM Radio Festival 2002

The second of two radio fest specials for Chant Down Babylon, bringing in almost 50 subscribers again!  Many thanks to all the subscribed, and showed their support for PBS-FM, and reggae music in Melbourne.

This show special was a "riddim revue", looking at some of the biggest riddims in reggae music, and the practise of "versioning".  Riddims included The Heathen, Satta, Drum Song, Real Rock, Stalag, Darker Shade of Black, Answer, Forever Loving Jah, and Cuss Cuss.


PREZIDENT BROWN - Heathen Chant (Showcase Vol 2)
VERSION - Heathen (Brickwall 7")
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Heathen (Exodus: Tuff Gong)
VERSION - Satta (Clinch 7")
THIRD WORLD - Satta Massa Gana (Reggae Ambassadors: Mango)
ANTHONY B - Dreader Than Dread (Manatee 7")
SOUND DIMENSION - Drum Song (100% Dynamite)
PRINCE FAR I - Every Time I Hear The Word (Voice of Thunder: Trojan)
MORGAN HERITAGE - Set Yourself Free (Protect Us Jah: Anansi)
BOMBA - Copshow (Copshow EP)
BOMBA - Sensa Sole (Copshow EP)
SOUND DIMENSION - Real Rock (Coxcone 7")
WILLIE WILLIAMS - Armageddon Time (100% Dynamite)
JR DEMUS - Sound Killa (Chant Down Dubplate Special)
VERSION - Stalag 17 (Techniques 7")
SISTER NANCY - Bam Bam (Stalag 2000: VP)
TENOR SAW + BUJU BANTON - Ring Alarm Quick (Techniques 7")
JACKIE MITTOO - Darker Shade of Black
DENNIS BROWN - Yagga Yagga (Money In My Pocket: Trojan)
FRANKIE PAUL - Pass The Tusheng Peng (Volcano 7")
SLIM SMITH - I'll Never Let You Go (Born To Love)
JAH MASON - Fire (Keep Your Joy: Ghettotech)
VERSION - Forever Loving Jah (Penthouse 7")
SYLVIA TELLA - There Is No Love (Jetstar Reggae Max)
RAS SHILOH - Who Can't Hear (Penthouse 7")
LLOYD ROBINSON - Cuss Cuss (Rare Reggae Grooves From Studio 1: Heartbeat)
JR KELLY - Far From Jah (Mixing Lab 7")

PBS-FM Radio Festival 2002

The first of two radio fest specials for Chant Down Babylon, bringing in almost 50 subscribers!  This playlist was compiled from requests submitted by listeners via email or phone.


BURNING SPEAR - Door Peep (Chant Down Babylon: Island)
WAILERS - Rastaman Chant (Songs of Freedom: Tuff Gong)
BUJU BANTON - Untold Stories (Til Shiloh)
JOHNNY OSBOURNE - Truths & Rights (Truths & Rights: Heartbeat)
MARCIA GRIFFITHS - No No No (Truly: Heartbeat)
THIRD WORLD - 1865 (96 Degrees In The Shade: Island)
STEEL PULSE - Macka Splaff (Handsworth Revolution: Island)
PETER TOSH - Legalize It (Legalize It: CBS)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Zimbabwe (Songs of Freedom: Island)
MAX ROMEO - Chase The Devil (War Ina Babylon: Island)
LEE SCRATCH PERRY - Roast Fish + Corn Bread (Arkology: Island)
COCOA TEA - Young Lover (Reggae Riddems of Love: AO)
QUEEN OMEGA - Highest High (Queen Omega: Green House Family)
SIZZLA - Black Woman & Child (Black Woman & Child: Greensleeves)
JR GONG - More Justice (Halfway Tree: Motown)
ALPHA BLONDY - Jerusalem (Jerusalem: Shanachie)
BOB MARLEY - Sun is Shining (Songs of Freedom: Island)
GARNETT SILK - Complaint
BARRINGTON LEVY - Here I Come (Here I Come: Time 1)
JAH CURE - Trod In The Valley (Xterminator 7") 

featuring great new singles on the Calibud, Stampa, Vikings, Wall Street, and 40/40 labels...

LUCIANO - Mystery Babylon (Wall Street 7")
THE REVOLUTIONARIES - Why War (The Revolutionaries: Channel 1)
DENNIS BROWN - Concentration (Money In My Pocket: Trojan)
ERROL DUNKLEY - Keep The Pressure Down (Keep The Pressure Down: Prestige Elite)
LEROY SMART - Mother Liza (Keep The Pressure Down: Prestige Elite)
JIMMY RILEY - Prophesy (Techniques 7")
THE HEPTONES - Cool Rasta Dub (Cool Rasta: Trojan)
JOHN HOLT - Can I Change My Mind (1,000,000 Volts of Holt: Rhino)
WAILING SOULS - Got To Be Together (Wild Suspense: Island)
NINEY THE OBSERVOR - Tribulation (Sledgehammer Dub: Motion)
TECHNICIAN - Shadow Warrior Dub pt II (Badder Than Bad Dub)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON - Come Wi Go Dung Deh (Dread Beat & Blood: Virgin) -req
LITTLE ROY - Old Man (Columbus Ship: Copasetic)
BIG JOE - Smoke Marijuana (Rockers From Channel 1: Trojan)
TENOR SAW - African Children (Black Roots 7")
WARRIOR KING - Empress Divine (Calibud 7")
CHRISINTI - Forgive & Care (Calibud 7")
HALF PINT - Just Be Good (Harmony House 7")
BUSHMAN - Extortioners (Penthouse 7") -req
ZUMJAY - Courtney (Penthouse 7") -req
JAH THUNDER - Free Jah Cure (Stampa 7")
ANTHONY B - Waan Back (Universal Message: VP)
KIMBERLEY WASHINGTON - Wonderful Peace (Kings of Reggae: AO)
BOUNTY KILLER - Sufferer (40/40 7")
GARNETT SILK & LUCIANO - Rule Dem (Killamanjaro Remembers Garnett Silk) -req
ADMIRAL TIBET - Bloody Revolution (Vikings 7")
JAH MASON - Do Your Own Thing (Vikings 7")
MORGAN HERITAGE - Liberation (HMA 7") -req


CHAT PON RIDDIM: The Revolutionaries on Channel One

DENNIS BROWN - Jah Can Do It (Visions: Shanachie)
DENNIS BROWN - Money In My Pocket (The Mighty Two: Heartbeart) -req
PRINCE MOHAMMED - Cool Runnings (The Mighty Two: Heartbeart)
MIGHTY DIAMONDS - Love Me Girl (Tell Me Whats Wrong: Channel One) -req
AFRICAN BROTHERS - Party Night (Want Some Freedom: Easy Star)
BOMBA - Run For Cover Dub
TECHNICIAN - Under Ground Test Dub (Badder Than Bad Dub)
STEEL PULSE - Ku Klux Klan (Handsworth Revolution: Island) -req
ALPHA BLONDY - Bloodshed In Africa (Jerusalem: Shanachie)
MAJEK FASHEK - Majek Beware (Sprirt of Love: Interscope) -req
CHARLIE CHAPLIN - That Ain't Funny (Red Pond/Chaplin Chant) -req
GREGORY ISAACS & LOUIE CULTURE - Tune In (Calibud 7") -req
PRINCE MALACHI - Cease The War (Stingray 7")
BOB MARLEY & GYC - Kinky Reggae (Chant Down Babylon: Tuff Gong) -req
EVERTON BLENDER - Slick Me Slick (Rootsman Credentials Heartbeat) -req
ANTHONY B - Love Or Infatuation (That's Life: VP)
MORGAN HERITAGE & DADDY GONG - Give a Little Love (Family & Friends Vol 3)
PASHON - Roaring Lioness (Family & Friends Vol 3)
MORGANS - Earthquake (Live In Europe: VP) -req
CAPLETON - Intro + Search Fi Find (Still Blazing: VP)
QUEEN IFRIKA - Gone With The Man (Manatee 7")
GARNETT SILK & CAPLETON - Retreat (African Star Dubplate) -req
LUCIANO - Land Out Yonder (Kings of Kings 7") -req

TRISTAN PALMA - Babylon (Joker Smoker: Greensleeves)
DR PABLO & DUB SYNDICATE - Man of Mystery (North of the River Thames: On-U Sound)
MICHAEL PALMER - Reaping What You Don't Sow + Dub
MISTY IN ROOTS - Economical Slavery (Musi O Tunya: Kaz)
PETER TOSH - Buck-In-Hamm Palace (Mystic Man: Rolling Stones) -req
U-ROY - Chalice In The Palace (Original DJ: Trojan)
DR ALIMANTADO - Mama Dub (Kings Bread Dub: Ital Sounds)
KING TUBBY - Class One Dub (King Dub: Nascente)
TECHNICIAN - Technician Meets Negotiator Dub (Badder Than Bad Dub)
CULTURE - Production Something (Production Something: Heartbeat) -req
LINVAL THOMPSON & KING TUBBY - Can I Have This Dance (Linval Thompson Meets King Tubby Inna Reggae Style Dub)
OSSIE DELLIMORE & JR DEMUS - Sharp As a Razor (Freedom's Journal: AB) -req
LOUIE CULTURE - Nanco (Digital B 7") -req
FREDDIE MCGREGOR - Peace and Love (Stingray 7") -req
DAWEH CONGO - Coconut Chalice (Militancy: Runn)
NORRIS MAN - Progressive Line
CAPLETON - Salvation (Roots Mix) (Black Scorpio 7")
ANTHONY B - Chant a Prayer
COCOA TEA & SIZZLA - Bruk Down (Xterminator 7")
EARL 16 - Reality (Jah Warrior Showcase 2: Jah Warrior)
ROOTS HI-TEK - Central Dub pt. 1 (Hi-Tek 7")
MEDITATIONS - Run Away Heathen (Easy Star 2: Easy Star)
JR KELLY & KING DAVID - Lion In Me (71 Records 7")


CHAT PON RIDDIM: North of the River Thames by Dr Pablo & Dub Syndicate (ON-U sound)

JOHN HOLT - Chanting (Police In Helicopter: Greensleeves)
AUGUSTUS PABLO - Lightning and Thunder (Earths Rightful Ruler: Shanachie)
BOB MARLEY - Ride Natty Ride (Rebel Music: Island) -req
PETER TOSH - Equal Rights (Honorary Citizen: Columbia) -req
NO FIXED ADDRESS - We Have Survived (From My Eyes: Rough Diamond)
JIMMY CLIFF - Piece of the Pie (The Power and the Glory: CBS) -req
LITTLE ROY - Tribal War (Tafari Earth Uprising: Pressure Sounds) -req
IMPACT ALL STARS - Jaro (Forward The Bass: Blood & Fire)
I-ROY - Hospital Trolley (Don't Check Me: Blood & Fire)
IMPACT ALL STARS - Maro (Forward The Bass: Blood & Fire)
LUCIANO - Wicked Haffe Run Way (Jet Star Reggae Max)
XTERMINATOR - Wicked Haffe Run Dub (MLK Dub: RAS)
SIZZLA - Dreams (Burning Up: RAS) 
MACKA B - Pam Pam Cameroon (Peace Cup: Ariwa)
SMILEY CULTURE - Cockney Translation (Massive: Virgin) -req
CAPLETON - Two Minute Man (The Club 7")
CAPLETON - Things That You Do (Star Trail 7")
BERES HAMMOND - Holiday (Harmony House 7")
DAWEH CONGO - Proverbs (Guidance: Jet Star)
GARNETT SILK - Judge Not -req
TECHNICIAN - Rasta Man Skank (Roots of Dub Funk 2: Tanty)
I-SONIC INSTITUTE - Ancient Motion (Roots of Dub Funk 2: Tanty)
STEVIE CULTURE - No More (Morgan Family & Friends: AO)


CHAT PON RIDDIM: Earth's Rightful Ruler by Augustus Pablo (Shanachie)