ANYONE OUT THERE . . ?

This blog lies inside an ether-proof bubble I reckon!
But if you fall upon it by luck or mistake, take a read and leave a comment. It is virtually in its infancy and as such is a little unrefined, but will grow with input - I hope!

This blog is passionate about early Jamaican music, not necessarily from a collector's point of view but for those who enjoy the music.

NEED PROVOCATION . . ? OK . . !

1: "Return of Django" is the definitive reggae tune. Fact.

2: Don Drummond is revered as an exceptional musician and a key figure in laying the foundation of Jamaican music. Could his reported near-pathological hatred of whites been altered had he lived to enjoy the reverence of the hundreds of thousands of white fans that now buy his music?

3: Jackie Mittoo is truly over-rated as the definitive Jamaican keyboard player, compared to Third World's Michael "Ibo" Cooper and veteran Winston Wright - let alone the master, Monty Alexander.
A case of: Not everything that glitters Studio One is gold . . ?

4: Since most of the innovators of early Jamaican music are now dead, who gets the money you pay for your music? Even the ruthless producers who abused and robbed those guys of their rights when they were poor, struggling musicians are mostly gone, so where does it go?

5: Gases given off by large amounts of ageing vinyl are known to penetrate the main brain stem of susceptible individuals and are stored deep in the brain, which in time can result in an inflated ego.