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)

Featuring killer new singles on the Star Trail label, fresh Warrior King,
the latest Jamdown "Reggae Xplosion" mix CD, and 100 pounds of herb tunes!


JR ROSS & THE SPEARS - Babylon Fall (Babylon Fall: New Star)
PRINCE PHILLIP SMART & BARRETT BROS - Capo Dub (Macka Dub: RAS)
KEN BOOTHE - On My Mind (A Man & His Hits: Heartbeat)
LEE SCRATCH PERRY - Psyche & Trim (Return Of The Super Ape: VP)
YABBY U - Jah Vengeance (Jesus Dread: Blood & Fire) 
YABBY U - Vengeance in Dub (Dub it to the Top: Blood & Fire)
LINVAL THOMPSON - Hungry Belly Dub (Phoenix Dub: Motion)
ISRAEL VIBRATION - Universal Father (Power of the Trinity: RAS)
MIGHTY DIAMONDS - Ghetto Living (Mighty Two: Heartbeat)  --req
BUNNY WAILER - Who Feels It (Protest: Island)
CORNELL CAMPBELL - 100 Pounds of Collie (Silver Jubilee: Rhino) --req
CARLTON LIVINGSTONE - 100 weight of Collie (Big Blunts 2: Tommy Boy)
CARLTON LIVINGSTONE, LEROY SMART, SAMMY DREAD, MICHAEL PROPHET, 
SCION SUCCESS - Superstar Mixup (Greensleeves 12")
MINX - Jah Breathe Life Inna Me (Dancehall Culture: Easy Star)
COCOA T & DADDY P - Fling It Gi Me (Roaring Lion 7")
GARNETT SILK - Kingly Character (Flag Flown High: Max Pressure) --req
SIZZLA - Good Ways (Flag Flown High: Max Pressure) --req
WARRIOR KING - Jah Is Always There (Isle of Springs 7")
BERES HAMMOND - Hail His Name (Star Trail 7")
CAPLETON - Things You Do (Star Trail 7")
GHETTO YOUTH CREW - Kaya (Ghetto Youths 7") --req
LUCIANO - Astronomical Changes (Reggae Xplosion 2002: Jamdown)
GLEN WASHINGTON - Weeping (Reggae Xplosion 2002: Jamdown)
TONY CURTIS - Be My Girl (Reggae Xplosion 2002: Jamdown)
HALF PINT - Move On (Reggae Xplosion 2002: Jamdown)
CAPLETON - Earthquake in Zion (Reggae Xplosion 2002: Jamdown)
NINJAMAN - Mi Maddah Bawl (Love Promotion 7") --req
LUCIANO - None Can Hide (Star Trail 7") --req

CHAT PON RIDDIM:  Macka Dub on Ras

A wicked show featuring Nasty Tek soundsystem from Sydney, in town for 
Dancehall Attack 2002.  Also bringing in 5 subscribers!

GARNETT SILK - Mystic Chant (Flag Flown High: Max Pressure)
BOB MARLEY - Rebel Music (Rebel Music: Island) --req
BOB MARLEY - Trenchtown Rock (Songs of Freedom: Island) --req
MAX ROMEO - Warning Warning (Open The Iron Gate: Blood & Fire)
YABBY U - Heads A Roll Dub - Dub it to the Top: Blood & Fire)

SPECIAL STUDIO GUESTS- NASTY TEK SOUND SYSTEM
Prince Andrew running selection, Mikey Glamour taking the mic!

PRESTIGE - No Love (Black Scorpio 7")
DADDY RINGS & GENTLEMAN - River Jordan (Black Scorpio 7")
ANTHONY B - Third Eye Blind (Easy Star 2 Dancehall Culture)
QUEEN OMEGA - Take A Chance (Queen Omega: Green House Family)
TURBULENCE - Just Can't Stop (Rising: VP)
PRINCE MALACHI - Prophet Priest & King (Rising: VP)