Just took a booking for october (yeah i know its a long way away)

now the party is a 50th birthday and all the said was "make sure you have loads of 70's and reggae music"

Now the 70's im not to worried about, but what would you play reggae at a birthday?

ive asked them to supply a list of songs if possible,

but thought id ask you friendly lot aswell.



cheers all

Bob Marley
UB 40
Desmond Decker
Althia & Donna
chaka Demus & Pliers
Dennis Brown
Eddy Grant
Janet Kay
Jimmy Cliff
Ken Booth
Sophia George
Sugar Minott
Susan Cadogan

These all did sort of MOR reggae hits but they might want heavier stuff try to find out
There are a few different forms of this genre...

Hope this helps

Nik

I would read Reggae as Reggae and Ska

Bad Manners
Madness
The Selector
The Specials
UB40
Prince buster
Desmond Dekker
Etc

Trojan label stuff you can get a compilation from Virgin for all of the chart Reggae from the 70's

Monkey man
Double Barrell
Long shot Kick de Bucket
Return of Django etc are all chart stuff

There is plenty to choose from.

Jim

Me, meself and I (or even I and I) would look to see whether we are talking white, black UK or black Jamaican. These are 3 very different 'reggae' categories!
This would determine whether its ska, dub, roots rock, chart or whatever!!!!

Good Point.....Reggae has a very diverse history

Reggae and Reggae, could be totally different if you see what I mean

Correct, but you can't go wrong with Junior Murvin - Police and Theives.

Can anyone recommend a good few cds?

Have a look for the Tighten Up Volumes, and also the 1st Young Gifted & Black

Morrisons have cheap 70's Reggae CD's. Good stuff on them as well.

Paula and the eskie are your experts on this stuff , why not send em a pm ?

Pioneers.

Ken Booth - Everything I Own
Freddie Mg Gregor - Just Dont Wanna Be Lonely
Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way
Dave & Ansell Collins - Monkey Spanner
Sugar Minnott - Good Thing Going
Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted & Black

Etc Etc

And of Course if its a 70's night.........


Loads and loads of T. REX

You need to go shopping, and this is what you may need to get!


Young Gifted & Black 1 & 2

Reggae Love Collection

Tighten Up (Which was a series of compliations in this era)

Then you need to go to HMV and pick up or look up The Trojan Box sets, there currently on offer at 3 for something ( Cant remember what)
Some good songs I know are on the Tighten up, Lovers, Rare Groove & Jamaican Superstars Sets.

This I would say unless anyone would like to differ or add further is what I've found to be played /requested for this sort of age group who like this music.

Takeing all of these albums into consideration, these are the sort of songs that I have played!

Then you have to get Eskie on here to add to it, and your sorted!

Here I Am Baby, Al Brown
Uptown Top Ranking, Althea & Donna
I'm Still In Love With You, Alton Ellis
Just When I needed You Most, Barbara Jones
Side Show, Barry Briggs
Why Why Why, Betty Sinclaire
Young, Gifted & Black, Bob & Marcia
You Don’t Know, Bob Andy
Liverly Up Yourself, Bob Marley
One Love, Bob Marley
Chairman Of The Board, Bongo herman
Elizabthan Reggae, Boris Garderner
Knock Three Times, Brent Dowe
Fattie Fattie, Clancy Eccles
Feel The Ridim, Clancy Eccles
Shame & Scandal, Clint Eastwood
Suzanne Beware Of The Devil, Dandy Livingstone
Double Barrel, Dave & Ansel Collins
A Place In The Sun, David Issacs
Till I Cant Take It Anymore, David Issacs
You Don't Love Me (No No No), Dawn Penn
It Hurts, Delroy Wilson
Money In My Pocket, Dennis Brown
Silhouette, Dennis Brown
Some Guys Have All The Luck, Derrick Harriot
007 Shanty Town, Desmond Decker
Israelites, Desmond Decker
It Mek, Desmond Decker
You Can Get It If You Really Want, Desmond Decker
Darling Ooh, Errol Dunkley
Montego Bay, Freddie Notes & The Rudies
Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely, Fredgie McGregor
Win Your Love For Me, George A Penny
All I Have Is Love, Gregory Issacs
Love Is Overdue, Gregory Issacs
Liquidator, Harry J Allstars
Black Pearl, Horace Faith
In Paradise, Jackie Edwards
You Eyes Are Dreamin, Jackie Edwards
Homely Girl, Jackie Robinson
Silly Games, Janet Kay
I'll Be Standing By, Jimmy London
Help Me Make It Through The Night, John Holt
I'd Love You To Want Me, John Holt
Stick By Me, John Holt
Police & Thieves, Junior Murvin
Anywhere But Knowhere, KC White
Now I Know, Ken Boothe
Silver Words, Ken Boothe
Why Baby Why, Ken Boothe
Kingston Town, Lord Creator
I'm In The Mood For Ska, Lord Tanamo
Put A little Love In Your Heart, Marcia Griffiths
Wet Dream, Max Romeo
Barbwire, Nora Dean
I cant Stop Loving You, Owen Gray
Reggae Dance, Owen Gray
The Twelth Of Never, Pat Kelly
Perfida, Phyllis Dillion
Things Of The Past, Phyllis Dillion
Dat, Pluto Shervington
Your Honor, Pluto Shervington
Al Capone, Prince Buster
Madness, Prince Buster
I Like Your Smile, Roy Shirley
Silly Wasn’t I, Sharon Forrester
Good Thing Going, Sugar Minott
Hurt So Good, Susan Cadogan
One Way Love, The Coloured
Train To Skaville, The Ethiopians
Love Me For A Reason , The Fab Five inc
Mix It Up, The Kingstonians
54 56 Was My Number, The Maytals
Monkey Man, The Maytals
Sweet Sensation, The Melodians
You Don’t Need Me, The Melodians
Let Your Yeah Be Yeah, The Pioneers
Long Shot Kick De Bucket, The Pioneers
Guns Of Navarone, The Skatalites
Johnny Too Bad, The Slickers
Wreck A Buddy, The Soul Sisters
Them A Laugh And A Kiki, The SoulMates
Lonely For Your Love, The Uniques
Tighten Up, The Untouchables
Return Of The Django, The Upsetters
This Monday Morning Feeling, Tito Simon
You Cant Be Serious, Tito Simon
It Must Be True Love, Toots & The Maytals
Red Red Wine, UB40
Wake The Town, U-Roy
Please Don’t Make Me Cry, Winston Groovy

Now the rest of you can have a think and add more!

Nothing to add!
cos i get the feeling that they'll probably just want pop reggae most of which has already been covered here. if they wanted genuine reggae (i.e. 99.9% of which NEVER charts) they would have likely booked a genuine reggae DJ or reggae sound system! People who are REALLY into reggae wouldn't leave it to chance that a mobile Disco is gonna know what they want!

Don't forget the dub reggae - King Tubby style. Highly typical of the era.
I remember listening to some of this on the John Peel Show in the 70s.

Some of the original stuff - ska perhaps - was more a 60s phenomenon.