BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 15th August 2015

Featuring a spotlight on reggae out of Virgin Islands, plus a bunch of requests, and the new Bunny Lee compilation Next Cut…

JOHNNY CLARKE – Down In A Babylon (alternate cut) (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
VIN GORDON & THE AGGROVATORS – Enforcement (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
LINVAL THOMPSON – Supernatural Love (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
LINVAL THOMPSON – Ethiopian Girl (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
TOMMY McCOOK – Death Trap (Steppers Cut) (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
JIMMY CLIFF – Many Rivers To Cross (Island) –request
UB40 – King (Signing Off: Island) –request
DAWN PENN – You Don’t Love Me (Studio One) –request
JACKIE EDWARDS – Johnny Gunman (Jackpot) –request
STANLEY & THE TURBINES – Weeping Slave (Africa: Lagoon)
STANLEY & THE TURBINES – Leave Mi Kisiloo (Africa: Lagoon)
DAVE BARKER & THE WAILERS – Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Upsetter)
CARL DAWKINS – Picture On The Wall (Upsetter)
LITTLE JOHN – I Love You Jah Jah (Ghetto Youth: Jah Guidance)
LITTLE JOHN – Youth In The Ghetto (Ghetto Youth: Jah Guidance)
MICAH SHEMIAH – Lemonade Days (Shemala Productions)
NIYORAH – Angry Mother Nature (A Different Age: I Grade)
MIDNITE – Voices Of The Remnancy (Ride Tru: I Grade)
MIDNITE – Jubilees Of Zion Dub (Intense Pressure: Rastafaria)
YAHADANAI – Roman Soldiers (One Atonement: I Grade)
DANNY I – Gone Away (Unchangeable: I Grade)
DANNY I & ARMY – Never Lay Down (To Your Majesty: I Grade)
YAHADANAI – Rise In Dub (One Atonement: I Grade)
DEZARIE – Not Who We Are To Be (Love In Your Meditation: Benjamin Newton)
BAMBU STATION – How Tings A Go
ABJA – To De Ground (Songs Fa Jah: Lionz Of Kush)
REEMAH – Wanderaz (Check Your Words: Feel Line)
XANA ROMEO – Rate Rasta (Charmax)
MORGAN HERITAGE – Rise and Fall (Strictly Roots; VP)
JESSE ROYAL – Little Did They Know (XTM.Nation) –request

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 8th August 2015

Jesse I back at the controls after a few weeks away on the inaugural PBS Reggae Lovers Tour of Jamaica. Featuring interviews with Dexta Daps and Jesse Royal, some fresh Chant Down dubplate specials, and a few guest selections from System Uknown’s Major Delay.

JAH VINCI – Never Give Up (Babylon Burning dubplate special)
HEPTONES – Hypocrite (Joe Gibbs) –request
DENNIS BROWN & BIG YOUTH – Money In My Pocket (Joe Gibbs) –request
AL CAMPBELL – Hide and Seek (Sunshot)
COCOA TEA – Lost My Sonia (Volcano)
COCOA TEA – Rocking Dolly (Volcano)
COCOA TEA – She Loves Me Now (Xterminator)
BERES HAMMOND – I Could Beat Myself (Xterminator)
JESSE ROYAL – Finally (Biggy Music)
< Interview with Jesse Royal >
JESSE ROYAL – Modern Day Judas (Overstand Entertainment)
CHRONIXX – Here Comes Trouble (Overstand Entertainment)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Too Long (Notis)
RAGING FYAH – Jah Glory (Raging Fyah)
JEGZ & BUGLE – Step Town (Babylon Burning dubplate special)
TORCH – Good Reggae Music (Chant Down dubplate special)
IBA MAHR – Diamond Sox (Chant Down dubplate special)
JAH VINCI – Never Too Late (Chant Down dubplate special)
DEXTA DAPS – We Reach (CR203)
DEXTA DAPS – 7Eleven (Troyton)
< Interview with Dexta Daps >
DEXTA DAPS – Shabba Madda Pot (Daseca)
RED DRAGON – Duck Dance (Jammys)
RED DRAGON – Hol A Fresh (Techniques)
YT – No Wata Down (Chant Down dubplate special)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Phenomenon (Digital B)
< interview with Major Delay >
COCOA TEA – Good Life (Xterminator)
LADY SAW – Sycamore Tree (Mad House)
BURNING SPEAR – Social Living (Social Living: Burning Spear)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 11th July 2015

Featuring the Soul Roots riddim from Big Link, new music from Chronixx and Fikir Amlak, and an interview with local reggae artist Ras Jahknow.

BURNING SPEAR – Door Peep (Man In The Hills: Island)
KARL BRYAN – 2K Strut (Studio One)
BURNING SPEAR – Come (Social Living: Burning Spear)
THIRD WORLD – Satta Amasa Gana (Third World: Island)
THIRD WORLD – Yim Mas Gan (Ghetto Youths International)
BUNNY WAILER – Rastaman (Blackheart Man: Island)
PETER TOSH – Jah Guide (Equal Rights: Virgin)
CLIVE MATTHEWS – I’m Going Home (Fox Fire) –request
IJAHMAN LEVI – Jah Is No Secret (Haile I Hymn: Island)
PETER TOSH – Igziabeher (Legalize It: CBS) –request
BURNING SPEAR – Man In The Hills (Man In The Hills: Island) –request
RAS JAHKNOW – Rastaman (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
RAS JAHKNOW – You and I Dub (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
RAS JAHKNOW – Can’t Change Jah Jah Man Dub (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
RAS JAHKNOW – Can’t Change Jah Jah Man (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
MIDNITE – True King (Ainshant Maps: Afrikan Roots Lab)
DEZARIE – Gracious Mama Africa (Gracious Mama Africa: Afrikan Roots Lab)
FIKIR AMLAK – Give Thanks (Be Still and Know: Conscious Riddims)
FIKIR AMLAK – I Garden (My Time Will Come: One Drop Music)
REEMAH – Jah World (Feel Line)
JAH BOUKS – Angola (Sunizes) –request
KHARI KILL & IZIAHDESERVANT – Selassie I Return (Royal Order Music)
BUSHMAN – Chant Down Chant (Chant Down dubplate special) –request
I WAYNE – Stay Humble (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
I SEMAJ – Fire Red (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
LUTAN FYAH – Africa (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
DAWEH CONGO – Free Ganja (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
CHRONIXX – Ghetto People (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International)
IBA MAHR – Talk If Dem Want (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 4th July 2015

Featuring new music from the likes of Kabaka Pyramid, Army, Midnite, Alpha Blondy, plus riddims Sounds Of The Heart, Body Grooving, and Kingston Jamaica… plus the usual foundation classics in the first hour.

MAX ROMEO, SUGA ROY & CONRAD CRYSTAL – Chant Rasta (Fire Ball)
JR ROOTS – Natty Dread Time (Black Roots)
SUGAR MINOTT – Penny For My Song (Black Roots)
DENNIS BROWN – Home Sweet Home (Papa D)
FRANKIE PAUL – Cardboard Where I Lay My Head (Hit Bound)
MICHAEL PALMER – Your Love (Black Roots)
BARRY BROWN – Land Of The Living (Snowbird)
HORACE ANDY – Give It To Me
FREDDIE McGREGOR – Lovers Rock, JA Style (Observer)
CULTURE – Dog A Go Nyam Dog (Production Something: Heartbeat)
DECLAN KELLY & EMMA DONOVAN – The Dead Heart (Diesel N Dub: Declan Kelly)
ANTHONY QUE – Stop Play Politics (Terrence Matthie: Black and Yellow Entertainment)
JHIKOMAN & PEETAH MORGAN – Africa Arise
ALPHA BLONDY & IJAHMAN LEVI – Rainbow In The Sky (Positive Energy: Alphalliance)
IJ – Smokers Choice (Blessings Flow vol 1: House of Music)
ARMY – Close To The Ground (Be Still and Know: Conscious Riddims)
MIDNITE – Plants Grow Up (Be Still and Know: Conscious Riddims)
PREZIDENT BROWN – Never Be Ungrateful (The Journeyman: Tower Productions)
SEVANA – Bit Too Shy (Overstand & Indiggnation)
PUMA PTAH – Upright (In One Accord: Honest Music)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Too Long (Notis)
MICAH SHEMIAH & RASSY HARDLOCKS – Legal (Shamala)
VERSHON – Inna Real Life (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
FABIAN – Live How Mi Waan Live (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
BUGLE – Got A Lot Of Love (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
EXCO LEVI – Today (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Change This World (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
BUGLE – No Bad News (Body Grooving riddim: Stainless)
BUSY SIGNAL – Winner (Body Grooving riddim: Stainless)
LUTAN FYAH – Higher The Monkey Climb (Body Grooving riddim: Stainless)
JAH VINCI – Provide My Needs (Kingston Jamaica riddim: Social Yaad)
DEMARCO – Nah Change (Kingston Jamaica riddim: Social Yaad)
SIZZLA – Haunted and Nervous (Star Trail) –request

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 27th June 2015

BRIMSTONE – Babylon (Cobra Style: Heartbeat)
PABLO NKOMO – Du Misa Gunman Version (Harry J 7″)
WAYNE JARRETT – Live It Up (Mini Showcase: Wackies)
WAYNE JARRETT – Praise Jah Jah (Mini Showcase: Wackies)
NAGGO MORRIS – You Rest On My Mind (Mini Showcase: Wackies)
OKU ONUORA & AK7 – A Slum Dweller Declares (Pressure Drop: Blue Moon)
OKU ONUORA & AK7 – Dread Times (Pressure Drop: Blue Moon)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON – Reality Poem (Forces Of Victory: Island)
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS – Monkey Man (Beverlys) –request
ALTON ELLIS – It’s True (Studio One) –request
ALTON ELLIS – I’m Still In Love With You (Trojan) –request
KC WHITE – Throw Me Corn & DJ Version (Showcase: Love People)
JUSTIN HINDS – In The Jungle (Travel With Love: Nighthawk)
ANGELE SMITH – If You Want Good (Reggae Land riddim: Masterkat)
TORCH – Bring Back The Love (Reggae Land riddim: Masterkat)
LUTAN FYAH – Wah Dat (Reggae Land riddim: Masterkat)
ANTHONY QUE – Boby Wrong (Terrence Matthie: Black and Yellow Entertainment)
TYDAL – Somewhere In Africa (Mission Incomplete: Master One)
I OCTANE – Pretty Little Flower (Contagious riddim: Troyton Music) –request
JAH VINCI – Ghetto Youths (Contagious riddim: Troyton Music)
MORGAN HERITAGE & CHRONIXX – Child of Jah (Strictly Roots: VP)
MORGAN HERITAGE – Strictly Roots (Strictly Roots: VP)
NIYORAH – Let Love Flow (Rising Sun: Denkenesh)
ALAINE & TARRUS RILEY – Sugar Love (Ten Of Hearts: Juke Boxx)
CHRONICLE – Give A Little Love (Answer riddim: Massive B)
DON CARLOS & NORRIS MAN – I’m Not Giving Up (Answer riddim: Massive B)
NICODEMUS – Keeping A Dance (Answer riddim: Massive B)
JR KELLY – Ghetto Region (Answer riddim: Massive B)
BURRO BANTON – Settle Yourself (Answer riddim: Massive B)
PINCHERS – Bandelero (Jammys)
BUJU BANTON – Batty Rider (Penthouse)
SHABBA RANKS – Caan Dun (Steely & Cleevie)
SUPERCAT – Mud Up (Skengdon)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 20th June 2015

Featuring several home-grown reggae releases, new riddims “Tough Times” from Hungry Lion Records and “Ras” from Jah Youth Productions, and a bunch of listener requests…

SIZZLA – African Children (Manatee 7″)
KARL BRYAN & COUNT OSSIE – Black Up (Studio One)
THE WAILERS – Dreamland (Studio One) –request
SONS OF SELASSIE – I Man A African (Observer)
DENNIS BROWN – I Am The Conqueror (Observer)
SUGAR MINOTT – I’m Not For Sale (Bam Bam)
CASSYMAN – Humble Yourself (Black Roots)
SYLVAN WHITE – World of Confusion
TRINITY – Three Piece Suit (Joe Gibbs) –request
MARCIA AITKEN – I’m Still In Love With You (Joe Gibbs) –request
DENNIS BROWN – Night Nurse (Dennis Brown Sings Gregory Isaacs: RAS) –request
KOOYEH – Soaking Up Rays
RAMBUTAN JAM BAND – Clocks (East Point: Rambutan Jam Band)
IAN TAMBO – True Culture (Origins: Deepswitch Records)
BEAM UP – Kick Off (Innerstand: BBE)
BEAM UP & JORNICK – No Chains (Innerstand: BBE)
NHATTY MAN – Ghetto Youth
NATTALI RIZE, KABAKA PYRAMID, NOTIS – Generations Will Rize
GROUNDATION – Ruling Dub (Dragon War: Young Tree) –request
MIDNITE – A Reminder (Beauty For Ashes: I Grade)
MIDNITE – Restore (Ride Tru: I Grade)
FIKIR AMLAK – Call On Jah (Ras riddim: Jah Youth Productions)
BIBLICAL – Little More Loving (Ras riddim: Jah Youth Productions)
ARMY – Increase (Be Still & Know: Conscious Riddims)
TONY CURTIS – Rolling (Flabba Music) –request
GARNETT SILK – Splashing Dashing (Digital B) –request
LUCIANO & SELVIE WONDER – Neighbourhood Watch (Xterminator)
I OCTANE – Chatty Mouth (Tough Times riddim mix: Hungry Lion)
BUGLE – Rope (Tough Times riddim mix: Hungry Lion)
IBA MAHR – Awakening (Tough Times riddim mix: Hungry Lion)
ANTHONY B – Whoa Mama Africa (Tough Times riddim mix: Hungry Lion)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 30th May 2015

A nice regular program after two weeks of Radio Festival madness. Running through a heap of requests from the last few weeks, plus new riddims including Miss Wire Waist and Every Tongue Shall Tell from Penthouse, Hungry Dayz from Larger Than Life, and new music from the likes of Randy Valentine, Gappy Ranks, Chezidek, Anthony Que, Shuga, and local artist Dizzy Dee…

JAHMIEL – Bun Babylon (Ricky Hype Productions)
WILLIE WILLIAMS – I Man Version (Messenger Man: Blood and Fire)
DESMOND DEKKER – Pretty Africa (Beverleys 7″) –request
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS – Pressure Drop (Beverleys 7″) –request
THE MELODIANS – Sweet Sensation (Beverleys 7″)
THE UNTOUCHABLES – Tighten Up (Upsetter)
ALTON ELLIS – Can I Change My Mind (Studio One)
THE HEPTONES – Cool Rasta (Cancer 7″)
GREGORY ISAACS – Down The Line (Soon Forward: Virgin)
EARL SIXTEEN – African Tribesman (Sufferer’s Heights)
MIKEY DREAD – African Tribesman Dub (Sufferer’s Heights)
PETER TOSH – New York 1986 interview excerpt
PETER TOSH – Oh Bumbo Klaat (Wanted Dread & Alive: EMI) –request
BUNNY WAILER – Dance Rock (Rock N Groove: Solomonic)
THIRD WORLD – Now That We’ve Found Love (Island 12″) –request
LUCKY DUBE – Different Colours One People (Gallo) –request
TWIN OF TWINS – Obama (Audiotraxx Productions)
DALTON HARRIS – Words Of Wisdom (Miss Wire Waist riddim: Penthouse)
SHUGA – Soon Seal Up (Miss Wire Waist riddim: Penthouse)
SHUGA – In Deh (Penthouse)
SHUGA, LONE RANGER, HORACE ANDY – Every Tongue Shall Tell (Every Tongue Shall Tell riddim on Penthouse)
DALTON HARRIS – I’m Numb (Every Tongue Shall Tell riddim on Penthouse)
EXCO LEVI – Youths Dem So Violent (Every Tongue Shall Tell riddim on Penthouse)
KYMANI MARLEY – My Heart Cries (Every Tongue Shall Tell riddim on Penthouse)
TONY REBEL – Jah Is Always There (Every Tongue Shall Tell riddim on Penthouse)
HORACE ANDY – Every Tongue Shall Tell (Every Tongue Shall Tell riddim on Penthouse)
ANTHONY QUE – Freedom Train (Terrence Matthie: Black and Yellow Entertainment)
JOGGO – Jah Jah Descendent (Black Star riddim: The Handcart Market)
GAPPY RANKS & BARRINGTON LEVY – Them A Murderer (Generation: Hot Coffee)
RANDY VALENTINE – Wake The Town (Hemp Higher & Ariwa)
CHEZIDEK – Fame (Words Of Righteousness: Green Lane Music)
RC – Hungry Dayz (Hungry Dayz riddim: Larger Than Life)
GAPPY RANKS – Everything (Hungry Dayz riddim: Larger Than Life)
LUCIANO – Solid Like Rock (Hungry Dayz riddim: Larger Than Life)
BOBBY HUSTLE – Legal We Legal (Hungry Dayz riddim: Larger Than Life)
DIZZY DEE – Time Shall Tell (Lion Riddims & ABRA Tribe)
CHRONIXX – Somewhere (Tads)

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