featuring the brilliant new album from Beres Hammond "Music Is Life", 
and the new compilation "3 Wise Men volume 2"...


FREDDIE McGREGOR - Chant It Down (Zion Chant: Heratbeat)
THIRD WORLD - 96 deg in the shade (Live: Tabou.1)
DANNY WATSON - Brother Man (Ragafugi)
KING TUBBY - Black Lash (Rewind Selecta, Roddys Dub Classics)
HEPTONES - Love Wont Come Easy (Night Food: Island)
LLOYD ROBINSON - Cuss Cuss (Rare Reggae Grooves: Heartbeat)
HORACE ANDY - Mr Bassie (Nice Up The Dance: Heartbeat)
BURNING SPEAR - Free Black People (Spear Burning: Pressure Sounds)
TECHNICIAN - Rendezvous Dub (day After Dub)
THE TECHNICIAN AND ALPHA & OMEGA - Zion's Purpose (Show Me A Purpose Versions)
JAH WARRIOR AND ALPHA & OMEGA - Big Shot Dub (Show Me A Purpose Versions)
COCOA TEA - Come Back (2o Tracks of Cocoa Tea: Sonic Sounds)
DENNIS BROWN - Sitting and Watching (Spellbound)
LUCIANO - Oh Father I Love Thee (A New Day: VP)
RAS SHILOH - Slavery (Babylon You Doom: Shiloh B)
QSHAN DIA - I Rejoice (3 Wise Men II: J&D)
SIZZLA - Somewhere Oh Oh (Taking Over: VP)
BERES HAMMOND - Gonna Shine Again (Music Is Life: VP)
BERES HAMMOND - I Wanna Cry (Music Is Life: VP)
GLEN WASHINGTON - Give Jah Praise (Free Up The Vibes)
JIGSY KING - Gimme The Weed
ANTHONY B - Love or Infatuation (That's Life: VP)
LUCIANO - Saturday Night (3 Wise Men II)
DUB SYNDICATE - Togetherness (Acres of Space: Lion & Roots)

Featuring a brilliant new album from Beres Hammond, along with new Sizzla, 
Luciano and Jr Kelly cuts.  A wicked show with incredible feedback, 
the phone running hot from start to finish.


TWINKLE BROTHERS - Give Rasta Praise (Rasta Pon Top: Twinkle Music)
DUB SYNDICATE - Each Breath I Take (Fear of a Green Planet: Shanachie)
DAVID MADDEN & RAS DAHNI - Running Nowhere (Beres and Friends: ERC)
PHILLIP FULWOOD - I Gave You My Word (Spear Burning: Pressure Sounds)
VERSION - Word (Spear Burning: Burning Spear)
THE VICEROYS - Slogan On The Wall ext (Nice Up The Dance: Heartbeat)
CEDRIC IM BROOKS - Give Rasta Glory (100% Dynamite: Soul Jazz)
PHYLLIS DILLON - Woman of the Ghetto (100% Dynamite: Soul Jazz) -req
DR AMILANTADO - Best Dressed Chicken (Best Dressed Chicken In Town: Greensleeves) -req
JAH LLOYD - Zion Rock (Soldier Round the Corner)
YAMI BOLO - Mystery Babylon (Healing of all Nations: Roots Foundation)
ALPHA BLONDY - New Dawn (Yitzhak Rabin: Stern)
LARRY MALUMA - I Am Free (Nuff Is Enough: Safari) -req
HONOR REBEL - Herbalist 
BERES HAMMOND - Dusty Road (Music Is Life: VP) -req
BERES HAMMOND - Angel Eyes (Music Is Life: VP)
LUCIANO - Enough Is Enough (3 Wise Men II: J&D) -req
JR KELLY - Gideon Red (3 Wise Men II: J&D)
SIZZLA - Whirlwind (Taking over: VP)
SCION SUCCESS - The General (Ranking Joe 7")
RANKING JOE - Original General (Ranking Joe 7")
MICHAEL ROSE - Why (Ranking Joe 7")
SANCHEZ - Babylon Wall (Perilous Time: AO) -req
KEN BOOTHE, VEGAS, ANTHONY B - When I Fall In Love (Peoples 7")
DUB SYNDICATE - Wake Dem Up (Acres of Space: Lion & Roots)


CHAT PON RIDDIM: Dub Syndicate's "Fear of a Green Planet" on Shanachie

Highlights included the new Burning Spear reissue on Pressure Sounds, a great new album from Dub Syndicate, a new Beres Hammond / Zap Pow compilation from ERC, and version excursions on the No Vaccancy and Tune In riddims.

TONY REBEL & MARICA GRIFFITHS – Forever Loving Jah (Penthouse 7″)
VERSION – Forever Loving Jah (Penthouse 7″)
BURNING JUNIOR – On That day (Spear Burning: Pressure Sounds)
BIG JOE & BURNING SPEAR – The Prophet (Spear Burning: Pressure Sounds)
MIGHTY DIAMONDS – Stand Up To Your Judgement (The Best of: Sonic Sounds)
BERES HAMMOND & ZAP POW – Bubbling (Beres Hammond and Friends: ERC)
AUGUSTUS PABLO & MAX – August / Inner City Blues (Beres Hammond and Friends: ERC) DUB SYNDICATE – More Kaya (Acres of Space: Lion and Roots)
DUB SYNDICATE & JAH BLESS – Guns and Cocaine Crime (Acres of Space: Lion and Roots) SALMONELLA DUB & MAD PROFESSOR – For The Love of It (Love Your Ways CD single) FREDDIE McGREGOR – Apple of My Eyes (Come On Over: ras)
HALF PINT – Don’t Let It Fade Away (Classics: Hightone)
LITTLE JOHN – I Am A Lover (Clark’s Booty)
DEVON CLARKE & YANKEE B – Ganja Man live On
JR GONG – More Justice (Ghetto Youths 7″)
TURBULENCE – Dem and Those (Xterminator 7″)
SUGAR MINOTT – No Vacancy (Slice of the Cake: Heartbeat)
SUGAR MINOTT & LOUIE CULTURE – No Vacancy (Boot Camp 7″)
YAMI BOLO – Work It Out (Boot Camp 7″)
MORGAN HERITAGE – Jeaousy (Boot Camp 7″)
TERROR FABULOUS – I Can Feel (Boot Camp 7″)
PATRIOT – Vacancy Deh A Hell (Boot Camp 7″)
COCOA TEA – Cycle (Boot Camp 7″)
TONY REBEL – Foriegn Crazy (Boot Camp 7″)
VERSION – Tune In (Calibud 7″)
GREGORY ISAACS & LOUIE CULTURE – Tune In (Calibud 7″)
WARRIOR KING – Never Go Where Pagons Go (Calibud 7″)
BUSHMAN – Arms of a Woman (Calibud 7″)
CHRISINTI – Say Jah (Calibud 7″)
CAPLETON – Righteousness (Black Scorpio 7″)
LUCIANO – Long Story (Black Scorpio 7″)
GREGORY ISAACS – Sentence (Black Scorpio 7″)
JAH CURE – Cease All War (Stone Love 7″)
EVERTON BLENDER & BEENIE MAN – Slackness (Visionary: heartbeat)
LUCIANO – Journey (A New Day: VP)

Warming things up for the "Dancehall Attack" dance, with guest soundsystem Nasty Tek 
(from Sydney) taking control for an hour.  Other highlights included the killer 
new Burning Spear compilation on Pressure Sounds and the new Anthony B album on VP.


GLEN BROWN - Away With The Bad (Boat To Progress: Pantomime)
GLEN BROWN & KING TUBBY - Dub Universal (Termination Dub: Blood & Fire)
TONY BREVETT & THE ISRAELITES - Starlight (Motion records pre-release CD)
BURNING SPEAR - Spear Burning (Spear Burning: Pressure Sounds)
BURNING SPEAR VERSION - Jomo (Spear Burning: Pressure Sounds)
KEITH HUDSON - We Felt The Strain (Rasta Communication: Joint)
JOHN HOLT - Private Doctor (Police In Helicopter: Greensleeves)
SAMMY DREAD - Road Block (Road Block: Channel One)

ANTHONY B - All God's Children (That's Life: VP)
EVERTON BLENDER - War Monger Man (Visionary: Heartbeat)
BUSHMAN - Blood Out (Higher Ground: Greensleeves)
GLEN WASHINGTON - How Sweet It Will Be (Free Up The Vibes: VP)
LUCIANO - Road of Life (A New Day: VP)
COCOA TEA - Easy Nuh (Digital B 7")
GREGORY ISAACS - Informer (Digital B 7")
MILITARY MAN - Fire Light (David House Kings and Warriors: Lion Roots)

Week two of the PBS-FM radio festival, raising money for the station's continued operation...
this show featured entirely live reggae, including quite a few unreleased gems.


ASWAD - Live and Direct (Live and Direct: Island)
BOB MARLEY & WAILERS BAND - Trenchtown Rock (Live at the Lyceum: Island)
THIRD WORLD - Jah Glory (Reggae Ambassadors: Island)
BURNING SPEAR - Jordan River (Chant Down Babylon: Island)
STEEL PULSE - Ku Klux Klan (Live In Paris)
THE ITALS - Herbs Pirate (live at the Brickworks, 1997)
THE GLADIATORS - Soul Fire (live at SNWMF 2000)
THE TWINKLE BROTHERS - Rasta Pon Top (live at SNWMF 2000)
U ROY - Rock It (live at SNWMF 2000)
MISTY IN ROOTS - Mankind (Live at the Counter Eurovision 1979)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON - Five Nights of Bleeding (Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall)
BUJU BANTON - Til Shiloh > Rastafari Is (live at the Brickworks 2000)
LUCIANO & MIKEY GENERAL - Sideshow (live at the Brickworks 1998)
LUCIANO - Sweep Over My Soul (live at the Brickworks 1998)
SIZZLA - Babylon A Listen > Real > Time Bomb (live at the Brickworks 1998)
LUCKY DUBE - Feel Irie (live in Melbourne 2000)
LEE SCRATCH PERRY - Punky Party Pot (live in Melbourne 1999)
JAH CURE - Every Song I Sing (Live in Amsterdamn 1998)
PETER TOSH - Jam > Legalise It (Live in NY 1979)

PBS radio festival 2001: consider the alternative!  That time of the year again, 
when we ask our listeners to subscribe to the station to keep us on air.  
This show loosely traced the history of reggae music, from the early cuts that shaped 
the way reggae developed, through to the modern tunes running things currently in JA.
Thanks to special guest Mohair Slim for dropping in with some vintage Jamaican 
R&B and Ska selections.


THE WAILERS - Rastaman Chant (Songs of Freedom: Island)
U-ROY - Wake The Town (Your Ace From Space: Trojan)
JIMMY CLIFF - The Harder They Come (The Harder They Come: Island)
LEE SCRATCH PERRY - Original Jungle Dub (Blackboard Jungle Dub)
THE WAILERS - Slave Driver (Catch A Fire: Island)
LAUREL AITKEN - Going Back To Kansas City (The Pioneer of JA music)
THE SKATALITES - Addis Ababa (Foundation Ska: Heartbeat)
ALTON ELLIS - Ain't That Loving You (Cry Tough: Heartbeat)
JOHNNY CLARKE - Everyday Wondering (Ire Feelings: Trojan)
BURNING SPEAR - Marcus Garvey (Marcus Garvey: Island)
MIGHTY DIAMONDS - Right Time (Right Time: Virgin)
CULTURE - Two Sevens Clash (Two Sevens Clash: Shanachie)
GREGORY ISAACS - Soon Forward (Soon Forward: Virgin)
BARRINGTON LEVY - Looking My Love (Bounty Hunter Wanted: Sonic Sounds)
EEK-A-MOUSE - Wa Do Dem (Wa Do Dem: Greensleeves)
WAYNE SMITH - Under Mi Sleng Teng
ANTHONY RED ROSE - Tempo
GARNETT SILK - The Rod 
LUCIANO - It's Me Again Jah (Where There Is Life: Island)
BUJU BANTON - Untold Stories (Til Shiloh: Loose Cannon)
SIZZLA - Praise Ye Jah (Praise Ye Jah: Xterminator)
CAPLETON - Time (Acres of Space: Lion & Roots)

Featuring new albums from Luciano, Everton Blender, and Jah Warrior.  
This show was livicated to bredren James Daw - more strength!


LUCIANO - No Night In Zion (A New Day: Qabalah)
AUGUSTUS PABLO - Only Jah Jah Dub (Eastman Dub: Greensleeves)
I KONG - Life's Road
LLOYD PARKES - Good To Be There (ext)
WAYNE WADE, AL CAMPBELL, JR TAMLIN, DILLINGER, TRINITY - Five Man Army
HUGH MUNDELL - Blessings of Fari (Arise: Network)
THE WAILERS - All Day All Night (Catch A Fire deluxe ed: Island)
ISRAEL VIBRATIONS - Why Worry (The Same Song: Pressure Sounds)
COCOA TEA - If Jah Is For Us (20 Tracks of Cocoa Tea: Sonic Sounds)
JAH CURE - Trod In The Valley (Xterminator 7")
SIZZLA - Guide Over Us (Black Woman & Child: Greensleeves)
CAPLETON - Strength (Slam 7")
GLEN WASHINGTON - Free Up The Vibes (Free Up The Vibes: VP)
FREDDIE McGREGOR - Keys to the City (Signature: VP)
MORGAN HERITAGE - Helping Hand (More Teachings: VP) -req
LUCIANO - Journey (A New Day: VP)
EVERTON BLENDER - Jah Vibes (Visionary: Heartbeat)
EVERTON BLENDER & ANTHONY B - Brain Food (Visionary: Heartbeat)
MILITARY MAN - Straight Forward (Kickin 7")
GLEN WASHINGTON - One of these Days (Number One Girl: VP) -req
MORGAN HERITAGE - Too Much Chef (Jammys 7") -req
PREZIDENT BROWN - Nothing Beats A Failure (Showcase vol 2: Jah Warrior)
JAH WARRIOR - Nothing Beats A Dub (Showcase vol 2: Jah Warrior)

Chat Pon Riddim: "Eastman Dub" by Augustus Pablo (Greensleeves)

Highlights included an Australian reggae set, 
and a bunch of fresh singles mixed up by 
Chant Down co-selector Ras Crucial.


MAX ROMEO - It Sipple Out Deh (In This Time: Satta) -req
TRIBU ACUSTICA - Dub Out Deh (In This Time: Satta)
TONY BREVETT & THE ISRAELITES - Starlight (Motion pre-release)
SENYA - Natural Woman (Cobra Style: Heartbeat)
BUSHRANGERS - Identification
SLYVAN WHITE - One Destiny (African's Unite: Roots Foundation)
DR ALIMANTADO - Born For A Purpose (Born For A Purpose: Greensleeves) -req
BROKENHEAD - Zoo Army (Locarno)
JEFF DREAD - Dub The Farmers Daughter (Dub For The Masses: Creative Vibes)
HERBAL TERRORISTS - Forward Notion (You Can't Resist: I-Sonic)
TECHNICIAN - East of Baccus Marsh (Roots of Dub Funk: Tanty)
IRIE - Stand Up (Irie) -req
BOMBA - Aston Is The Man
SLIM SMITH - Watch This Sound (Techniques 7")
ALPHA BLONDY - New Dawn (Paris Bercy: Shanachie) -req
RIDDIM - Anwer (Massive B 7")
RuCL - live freestyle in studio
CHRONICLE - Give A Little Love (Massive B 7")
NICODEMUS - Keep A Dance (Massive B 7")
HALF PINT - Fever (Massive B 7")
SUGAR ROY - Dance Nice Again (Fire Ball 7")
MICHAEL FABULOUS & POWERMAN - One Way (Fire Ball 7")
CAPLETON - Can't Tan Yah (Fire Ball 7")
CAPLETON - Gimme The Woman (Big Jeans 7")
ELEPHANT MAN - Yu A war (Big Jeans 7")
BUSHMAN - Bush Doctor (Jam Pac 7")
FREDDIE McGREGOR - Hand In A De Fire (Stingray 7") -req
VERSION - Ready for This (David House Warriors and Kings: Lion & Roots)
MOSES I - Ready for the World (David House Warriors and Kings: Lion & Roots)
LMS - Zion's Gate (Zion Gates: VP) -req
MIKEY GENERAL - Conquer All My Foes (321 Strong 7")

Running through some of the big tunes from last weekends hugh Jah Trinity dance,
including some killer new singles on the African Star and Gurr labels.  
Also included a wicked roots mix thanks to Maarty from NZ and the Weedbeat soundsystem.


CAPLETON - I&I Chant (African Star 7")
VERSION - I& I Chant (African Star 7")
MILITARY MAN - Uprising (African Star 7")
JR DELGADO - All I Have Is Love (Reasons: Big Cat) -req
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON - Liesense Fi Kill (More Time: LKJ)
PABLO GAD - Begga Dub (Best of Pablo Gad)
NUCLEUS ROOTS - Dreada Dub (Nucleus Roots)
LISA ELLIS - Tribulation (Unity Is Strength)
PRINCE ALLA - Glory Dub (Glory: Jah Warrior)

ROD TAYLOR - His Imperial Majesty (Rockers Vibration: Heartbeat)
REVOLUTIONARIES - Weather Report Dub (Hit Sounds From Channel One)
BUNNY WAILER - Rise and Shine (Liberation: Solomonic)
U-ROY & MAX ROMEO - Material Man (Now: Tabou.1)
MILITARY MAN - Protect I (African Star 7")
EVERTON CHAMBERS - Jah Is The Light (African Star 7")
CAPLETON - I Will Survive (African Star 7")
JOSEPH I & JAH BLESS - Mountains of Blessing (Kings and Warriors School: Lion & Roots)
VERSION - Give Her Wey She Want (Xterminator 7")
TURBULENCE - Give Her Wey She Want (Xterminator 7")
GLEN WASHINGTON - Feeling (Gurr 7")
GEORGE NOOKS - Face of an Angel (Gurr 7")
JAH MASON - Plan Out (Gurr 7")
BUSHMAN - It's So Easy (Live in Toronto) -req
VERSION - Ready For The World (Kings and Warriors School: Lion & Roots)
ERIC DONALDSON - Night Soul -req