On this weeks show we celebrate the life and music of Junior Byles who passed away at the age of 77 down in Jamaica. We will featurenmusic spanning his career from the 1960's through 1980 from the great producers like Joe Gibbs, Pete Weston, Lee Scratch Perry and Niney The Observer. Also this week we play some roots classics from Burning Spear, Sugar Minott, Barrington Levy, Don Carlos, Hugh Mundell, Prince Phillip & Breezy, Glen Washington, Mystic Eyes & The Revolutionaries and Barry Brown with The Aggrovators. New Music this week comes from The Georgetown Orbits, Real Mckoy, Skillinjah, Queen Omega with Nature Makonnen, Joseph Lalibella & Vibronics, Groundation with Mykal Rose and Alpha Blondy, Clinton Fearon, Chezidek, Baltimores and Eskifaia Sound, Protoje, Dougy, and Busy Signal plus the ever popular many many more!
Enjoy!
Junior Byles - Weeping - Niney The Observer: Roots With Quality - VP Records
Junior Byles w/Kojak & Liza - Dreadlocks Time/Fist To Fist - Joe Gibbs 12” Reggae Discomix Showcase - VP Records
Junior Byles & Rupert Reid - Chant Down Babylon - 129 Beat Street Ja-Man Special 1975-1978 - Blood & Fire
Junior Byles w/Jah T & The Upsetters - Beat Down Babylon/Informer Man/Outformer Version/Ital Version - Beat Down Babylon Deluxe - Doctor Bird
Scientist Meets Blanc du Blanc - Treading: Eternal Resonance - Before The Beginning - Soul Selects Records
Junior Byles & The Mighty Two - Heart & Soul/Give It To Jah - Errol T Records 7”
Junior Byles - A Place Called Africa - Orchid 7”
Dennis Alcapone - Africa Stand - Beat Down Babylon Deluxe - Doctor Bird
Junior Byles - Demonstration - Curley Locks: Best Of Junior Byles & The Upsetters 1970-1976 - Heartbeat Records
Junior Byles - King Of Babylon - Reggae Anthology: Randy’s 50th Anniversary - VP Records
Junior Byles & The Versatiles - Cutting Razor - Cutting Razor: Rare Cuts From The Black Ark - Heartbeat Records
The Versatiles - Trust The Book - Joe Gibbs & Friends: The Reggae Train 1968-1971 - Trojan Records
Junior Byles - Rasta No Pick Pocket - Beat Down Babylon Deluxe Edition - Doctor Bird
Junior Byles - When Will Better Come - Curley Locks: Best Of Junior Byles & The Upsetters 1970-1976 - Heartbeat Records
Junior Byles - Lorna Banana - Micron Music Presents: Every Mouth Must Be Fed - Pressure Sounds
Pete Weston & The Flames - Revolution Is For The Chinaman - Micron Music Presents: Every Mouth Must Be Fed - Pressure Sounds
Junior Byles - Ain’t To Proud To Beg/Last Of The Love Songs - Micron Music Presents: Every Mouth Must Be Fed - Pressure Sounds
Junior Byles - Come Da Da - Curley Locks: Best Of Junior Byles & The Upsetters 1970-1976 - Heartbeat Records
Junior Byles - Fever/Lick The Pipe Peter - Beat Down Babylon Deluxe Edition - Doctor Bird
The Georgetown Orbits - Disintegrator - Constellations - Orion Anderson
Burning Spear - My Roots - The Burning Spear Experience - Burning Music Productions
Sugar Minott - Devil’s Pickney - Sugar & Spice - Ras Records
Barrington Levy - Prison Oval Rock (Greensleeves 12” Mix) - Prison Oval Rock 40th Anniversary Edition - VP Records
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