CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JULY 19 > 2008

Paying respect to "the high priest" Roy Shirley, and Bevin Fagan of
the great UK reggae band Matumbi... RIP.  Also featuring the killer
new riddim "Sunrise" from Soul Vybz, and more from the new compilation
Gather The Remnant...

MATUMBI - War (Matumbi: EMI)
ROY SHIRLEY - Leave Babylon Land (Striker Lee 7")
ROY SHIRLEY - Hold Them (Explosive Rocksteady: Heartbeat)
ROY SHIRLEY - Touch Them (Music Is The Key: Trojan)
ROY SHIRLEY - Rolling Rolling (Music Is The Key: Trojan)
MATUMBI - Ethiopian (Testify: Solid Groove)
MATUMBI - Guide Us Jah (Seven Seals: EMI)
MATUMBI - Blood of Jesus (Matumbi: EMI)
MATUMBI - Rock (Seven Seals: EMI)
ROCKAMOVYA - The Bounty (Rockamovya: Young Tree)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON - Soon Come (Forces of Victory: Island) --request
BOB MARLEY - Pimpers Paradise (Uprising: Island) --request
JACOB MILLER - Keep On Knocking (Jacob Miller Lives On: VP) --request
U BROWN - This Old Man (Jacob Miller Lives On: VP)
LUTAN FYAH - Blessings (Gather The Remnant: Conscious Riddims)
MIDNITE - Tropics (Gather The Remnant: Conscious Riddims)
KING DAVID - Oompakatan (Gather The Remnant: Conscious Riddims)
DEZARIE - Real Luv (Eaze The Pain: Afrikan Roots Lab) --request
SIZZLA - Clean Up Your Heart (Jet Star Reggae Max: Jet Star)
ALBOROSIE - Rainy Day (Soul Vybz 7")
FANTAN MOJAH & ZAREB - Smuggler (Soul Vybz 7")
LUCIANO - Business Lock (Soul Vybz 7")
PRESSURE - Never Will I (Soul Vybz 7")
PINCHERS - Headback Nuh Careless (Digital B 7")
PINCHERS - Can't Frighten We (Midnight Rock 7")
CARLTON LIVINGSTON - Shotta (Midnight Rock 7")
GENTLEMAN & ALBOROSIE - Celebration (Another Intensity: Four) --request

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JULY 12 > 2008

MIDNITE & I GRADE - Thank The Lord (Vijan: I Grade)
SLIM SMITH - You Don't Care (Born To Love: Heartbeat)
NORA DEAN - Barbwire (Queens of Jamaica: Jah Slams)
WINSTON FRANCIS - Lets Go To Zion (Studio One 7")
EARTH AND STONE (?) - Black Magic Woman (On Top 7") --req
GREGORY ISAACS - Tribute To Wa De (Cool Ruler Rides Again: Music Club)
GREGORY ISAACS - Night Nurse (Chant Down dubplate special) --req
EEK A MOUSE - Smuggling (Most Wanted: Greensleeves)
EEK A MOUSE - Noah's Ark (Most Wanted: Greensleeves)
TENOR SAW - Jah Guide and Protect Me (Tenor Saw 7")
INI KAMOZE - Wings With Me (Ini Kamoze: Island)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Jah Live (Songs of Freedom: Island)
HUGH MUNDELL - Jah Will Provide (Africa Must Be Free By 1983: Ras)
TARRUS RILEY - Marcus Teaching (Cannon 7")
TARRUS RILEY - Larger Than Life (Ya Man 7")
ROCKAMOVYA - Warrior Sound (Rockamovya: Young Tree)
MIDNITE - Knowledge Increase (Gather The Remnant: Conscious Riddims)
PERFECT & CHEZIDEK - Journey (Irievibrations 7")
GYPTIAN - Struggler (Irievibrations 7")
TURBULENCE - Only Love (Irievibrations 7")
NATURAL BLACK - World In Trouble (Irievibrations 7")
JAH MASON - Don't Deny Me (Irievibrations 7")
SOJAH - War (Irievibrations 7")
TURBULENCE - Chant With Me (Chant Down dubplate special)
JUNIOR REID - Fire (JR 7")
BUSY SIGNAL - Can't Beat We (SSMG 7")
PRESSURE - My Enemies (Don Corleon 7")
BLING DAWG - Grudge (Don Corleon 7")
CAPLETON - Get The Hell Out (Weedy G 7")
BURRO BANTON - Sort Out Yourself (Weedy G 7")
CHEZIDEK - Bless I (Fire Ball 7")
LUTAN FYAH - Ganja Outlaw (Fire Ball 7")

talkover - King Tubbys' "Dub Like Dirt" on Blood and Fire

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JULY 5 > 2008

A varied show, featuring reggae music from all eras, and all over
the world - including Australia, New Zealand, and of course fresh
prereleases from Jamaica...

MIKEY SPICE - Chant Down Babylon (Happiness: Ras)
JUSTIN HINDS - Carry Go Bring Come (Made In Jamaica: Tuff Gong)
JOYA LANDIS - When The Lights Are Low (Queens of Jamaica: Jah Slams)
JOYA LANDIS & JOHN HOLt - I'll Be Lonely (Queens of Jamaica: Jah Slams)
JOE HIGGS - Wages of Crime (Every Mouth Must Be Fed: Pressure Sounds)
JR BYLES - Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Every Mouth Must Be Fed: Pressure Sounds)
CARL DAWKINS - Satisfaction (Techniques 7")
PRINCE ALLA - Gold Diver (Rootsman Connection: Kingston Sounds)
THE SEEKERS - Jah Know You (Rootsman Connection: Kingston Sounds)
DEZARIE - What A Morning (Eaze The Pain: Afrikan Roots Lab)
GNAWA DIFFUSION - Ya Laymi (World Reggae: Putamayo)
BANAWARUN - Bullymen (Banawarun)
AGENCY DUB COLLECTIVE - Merdeka 
ILLZILLA & JORNICK - All In (Wasteland: Shock)
SYNPA LEVI & JAH MASON - Face Reality (The Sojourner: Reality Chant)
WARRIOR KING & DUBWISE - Never Go (Crate Killaz: More Fire)
WARRIOR KING & LINVAL THOMPSON - No Bad Boy (Dubmatix pre-release)
GYPTIAN & KHARI KILL - See The From Far (Lion King pre-release)
CAPLETON - Fire Bun (Made In Jamaica: Le Maquis)
CAPLETON - Jah Is My Everything (Made In Jamaica: Le Maquis)
DUANE STEPHENSON - August Town (From August Town: VP)
LUCIANO - Jah Is My Navigator (Jah Is My Navigator: VP)
MIKEY GENERAL - Sinners (Stronger Rastaman: VP)
KONSHENS - Teach Them How To Pray (No Doubt prerelease)
BUGLE & TARRUS RILEY - Love Reigns (Sons of Spoon prerelease)
BUSY SIGNAL - Unknown Numbers (Juke Boxx 7")

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JUNE 28 > 2008

A special show tracing Australia's role in the birth of Jamaica's
music scene, featuring music by The Caribs (a group of Australian
musicians who played on some of the very first recordings) and a 
studio interview with engineer Graeme Goodall, who set up the island's
very first recording studios, and ran his own label, Doctor Bird.
Other hightlights included the Secrets riddim on Don Corleon, A Bitter
World riddim on Irastapasta, and a relick of the Fort Augustus riddim
on Stingray...

CORNEL CAMPBELL - Press Along (Striker Lee 7")
LAUREL AITKEN & THE CARIBS - Boogie In My Bones (R&B 7")
THE CARIBS - Taboo (Starlight 7")
OWEN GREY & THE CARIBS - Mash It pt.1&2 (Starlight 7")
LYNN TAIT & THE BOYS - Storm Warning (Doctor Bird 7")

LORD COMPOSER & THE SILVER SEAS HOTEL ORCHESTRA - Hill and Gully Ride/Mandeville Rd (Mento Madness: V2)

JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES - The Higher The Monkey Climbs (Doctor Bird 7")
ALTON ELLIS - Girl I've Got A Date (Doctor Bird 7")
THE ETHIOPIANS - The Whip (Doctor Bird 7")
THE TENNORS - Massi Massa (Doctor Bird 7")
ROLAND ALPHONSO & THE SOUL VENDORS - From Russia With Love (Doctor Bird 7")
MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA - Rockfort Rock (live)
JAMELODY - Pressure (VP 7")
JAH CURE - Miles Away (Don Corleon 7")
MORGAN HERITAGE - Gun Town (Don Corleon 7")
PRESSURE - Bless My Soul (Don Corleon 7")
QUEEN IFRIKA - Keep It To Yourself (Don Corleon 7")
ALBOROSIE - Call Up Jah (Forward 7")
BUSHMAN - King Selassie (Stingray 7")
FREDDIE McGREGOR - Work (Stingray 7")
CHUKKI STARR - Back Door Deal (Stingray 7")
RAS ITES - Sex Violence and Drugs (Stingray 7")
CHEZIDEK - A Di Weed (Irastapasta 7")
LUTAN FYAH - Lonesome Fyah (Irastapasta 7")
CUTTY RANKS - The Stopper (The Stopper: Profile) --request

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JUNE 14 > 2008

Highlights included new riddims General Key on Oneness, Journey
on Danger Zone, Kingdom on Massive B, Cherry Pie on African Beat,
plus two fresh Jr Reid combinations, and the new Tappa Zukie compilation
Rootsman Connection on Kingston Sounds...

MIKEY GENERAL - Babylon Cake (Chant Down dubplate special)
LLOYD CHALMERS - Judgement (Wild Flower 7")
MAX ROMEO - Revelation Time (Open The Iron Gate: Blood and Fire)
I ROY - Message From The Top (Every Mouth Must Be Fed: Pressure Sounds)
JOHN HOLT - Left With A Broken Heart (The Tide Is High: Trojan) --request
CORNEL CAMPBELL - Press Along (Striker Lee 7")
YABBY YOU - King Pharoah's Plague (Jesus Dread: Blood and Fire)
TRINITY - King Pharoah's Plague (Jesus Dread: Blood and Fire)
THE VIBES TONE - Leaders Of Black Countries (Rootsman Connection: Kingston Sounds)
CULTURAL ROOTS - Every Man Has A Right (Cultural Roots: Greensleeves)
CULTURAL ROOTS - Love Feelings (Cultural Roots: Greensleeves)
JOHN HOLT - Police In Helicopter (Volcano 7")
MIDNITE & DESMOND WILLIAMS - Jah I (Kayamagan: Rastfaria) --request
DEZARIE - The Truth (Eaze The Pain: Afrikan Roots Lab)
LUCIANO - Jah Is My Navigator (Jah Is My Navigator: VP)
TARRUS RILEY - Ease Off (Reggae Gold 2008: VP)
QUEEN IFRIKA - About Love (Oneness 7")
JR KELLY - Can't Reach (Oneness 7")
PRINCE MALACHI - Gideon Road (Oneness 7")
JAH CURE - Journey (Danger Zone 7")
FANTAN MOJAH - No War (Danger Zone 7")
MORGAN HERITAGE - Traitor (Danger Zone 7")
QUEEN IFRIKA - Rise Ghetto Youths (Danger Zone 7")
TONY REBEL - Hope The Law (Danger Zone 7")
I OCTANE - Sow Life Seed (Danger Zone 7")
CHEZIDEK - Call Pon Dem (Massive B 7")
COLLIE BUDZ - Let Me Know (Massive B 7")
CHOPPA CHOP - Poor Man Cry (Massive B 7")
BURRO BANTON - Garrison (Massive B 7")
ALBOROSIE - I Am (African Beat 7")
BURRO BANTON - No Problem (African Beat 7")
BUSY SIGNAL - Curfew (Juke Boxx 7")
JAH CURE & JR REID - Hot Long Time (Danger Zone 7")
JR REID & BUGLE - Living Legend (Daseca)
TARRUS RILEY - Stop Watching (Fat Eyes)

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JUNE 7 > 2008

Highlights included an interview with Simon Jerrems, lead
singer of Fyah Walk from northern New South Wales... a brand
new 7" out of Melbourne produced by the Secret Masters... the
new Micron compilation "Every Mouth Must Be Fed" on Pressure 
Sounds, the new Hit Drop riddim on Irievibratons, the Ignite 
and Blaze riddim on New Brand Music, and wicked new tunes 
from Pressure, Konshens, Movado, and more...

MIDNITE & DESMOND WILLIAMS - I Chant (Kayamagan: ARL)
CLAIRE RAINE - I Want You (Rewind and Come Again: Moodies)
JOE HIGGS - Hard Times Don't Bother Me (Life of Contradiction: Pressure Sounds)
THE DEFENDERS - Our Rights (Every Mouth Must Be Fed: Pressure Sounds)
CULTURAL ROOTS - Hell A Go Pop (Hell A Go Pop: Greensleeves)
NORRIS REID - Some Day (Roots and the Vine: Message)
KIDDUS I - Graduation In Zion (Rockers: Island) --request
BOB MARLEY - Johnny Was (Rastaman Vibration: Island) --request
FYAH WALK - Sunrise Red (Sunrise Red: Roots Tree + Stream)

FYAH WALK - Hate No More (Sunrise Red: Roots Tree + Stream)

FYAH WALK - Thieves In The Night (Sunrise Red: Roots Tree + Stream)
DEZARIE - Eaze The Pain (Eaze The Pain: ARL)
BATCH, RAS ATTITUDE, PRESSURE - Wicked World
KONSHENS - Rasta Imposter (Young Veterans)
SECRET MASTERS & TIPPA IRIE - Black Culture (Master Tunes 7")
PERFECT & CHEZIDEK - Journey (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
GYPTIAN - Struggler (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
JAH MASON - Don't Deny Me (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
NATURAL BLACK - World In Trouble (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
NORRIS MAN - Just For You (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
SOJAH - War (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
ELIJAH PROPHET - Prove Me Guilty (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
TURBULENCE - Only Love (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
IRIEPATHIE - Marianne (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
KIMOE - Geniesse Tag Für Tag (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
LUTAN FYAH - Ignite and Blaze (New Brand Music 7")
GYPTIAN - Everyman (New Brand Music 7")
LUCIANO - Live By The Gun, Die By The Gun (New Brand Music 7")
PRESSURE & BERES HAMMOND - Putting Up Resistance refix (Don Corleon)
MOVADO - Don't Worry (Daseca 7")

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > MAY 31 > 2008

Week Two of the 2008 PBS Radio Festival, with the theme of
"Music Fanatics".  As always, pure big tunes, With a focus
on getting listeners to become members of the station...

BOB MARLEY - Chant Down Babylon (Confrontation: Island)
THE WAILERS - Get Up Stand Up (Songs of Freedom: Island)
DENNIS BROWN - Money In My Pocket (Money In My Pocket: Trojan)
BIG YOUTH - A So We Stay (Money In My Pocket: Trojan)
HORACE ANDY - Skylarking (Good Vibes: Blood and Fire)
LARRY MALUMA - Makani Angu
MIGHTY DIAMONDS - Pass The Kutchie (Hi Grade Ganja Anthems 2: Greensleeves)
DENNIS BROWN - To The Foundation (Kings of Reggae: Rapster)
TENOR SAW - Lots of Signs (Fever: Ras)
THE ITALS - Ina Dis Ya Time (Real Authentic Reggae: BBE)
GREGORY ISAACS - Night Nurse (Night Nurse: Island)
TANYA STEPHENS - It's A Pity (Germaican 7")
ALBOROSIE - Sound Killa (Forward 7")
EEK A MOUSE - Ganja Smuggling (Volcano 7")
QUEEN OMEGA - Uprising (Queen Omega: Green House Family)
DEZARIE - For The People By The People (Eaze The Pain: ARL)
BUSHMAN - Fire Pon A Weakheart (Total Commitment: Greensleeves)
TONY REBEL - Know Jah (If Jah: VP)
BUJU BANTON & SIZZLA - Complaint (Til Shiloh: Loose Cannon)
SIZZLA - Solid As A Rock (VP 7")
MORGAN HERITAGE - Uncomfortable (Big Yard 7")
QUEEN IFRIKA - Fyah Muma (Fyah Muma: Flames)

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > MAY 24 > 2008

Week One of the 2008 PBS Radio Festival, with the theme of
"Music Fanatics".  As always, pure big tunes, With a focus
on getting listeners to become members of the station...

BURNING SPEAR - Door Peep (Chant Down Babylon: Island)
THIRD WORLD - 1865 (96 Degrees In The Shade: Island)
ALPHA BLONDY - Jerusalem (Jerusalem: Shanachie)
LUCKY DUBE - Victims (Victims: Gallo)
THE WAILERS - Concrete Jungle (Catch A Fire: Island)
PETER TOSH - Equal Rights (Equal Rights: CBS)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON - Street 66 (Bass Culture: Island)
HORACE ANDY - You Are My Angel (Clocktower 7")
JR MURVIN - Police and Thieves (Police and Thieves: Island)
SIZZLA - Praise Ye Jah (Xterminator 7")
CAPLETON - Raggy Road (Brickwall 7")
JAH CURE & SIZZLA - King In The Jungle (Harmony House 7")
ANTHONY B - Raid The Barn (Star Trail 7")
MIDNITE - Ras To The Bone (Jubilees of Zion: ARL)
DEZARIE - Set The Flame (Eaze The Pain: ARL)
GROUNDATION, DON CARLOS, CEDRIC MYTON - Undivided (Hebron Gate: Young Tree)
TARRUS RILEY - One Two Order (Parables: VP)
LUCIANO - Trod Out (Jah Is My Navigator: VP)
ALBOROSIE - Rastafari Anthem (Forward 7")