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Crucial Vinyl: The Congos

The Don's Crucial Vinyl, an album that has shaped his musical taste, is Heart of the Congos, the classic 1977 release by Jamaican roots reggae band the Congos.

Each week Don selects a piece of Crucial Vinyl (an album that has shaped his musical taste and helped make him who he is). He features three tracks from it and explains why it means so much to him.

This week he picks Heart of the Congos, the classic 1977 release by Jamaican roots reggae band the Congos.

The album was produced by the genius Lee 'Scratch' Perry in his backyard studio the Black Ark in Kingston, Jamaica. As well as the beautiful vocals of Cedric Myton and Roy "Ashanti" Johnson, the album featured musicians such as Ernest Ranglin, Boris Gardiner and Sly Dunbar.

It was another album that appealed strongly to some of the punks for whom Don was DJing at the UK's first punk club The Roxy in 1977.

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Sun 16 Nov 2014 22:00
成人快手 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Batida

    颁茅耻

    • Dois.
    • Soundway.
    • 10.

  • The Big Pink

    Dominos

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.

  • Bishop Nehru & DOOM

    Darkness

    • Lex.

  • The Congos

    Fisherman

  • The Congos

    Ark Of The Covenant

    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Da Lata

    Unknown/ Marc Lee Brown Remix

  • Dan the Automator

    Fear Of A Brown Planet

  • The Dramatics

    In The Rain

  • Dreadzone

    Fire In The Dark (King Dread Remix)

  • Jonny Faith

    Slumber

    • Zheng/Slumber (single).
    • Tru Thoughts.

  • Elizabeth Fraser

    Moses

  • Richard Hawley

    Coles Corner

    • Mute.

  • High Hazels

    Misbehave

  • Grace Jones

    Pull Up To The Bumper

    • Island.

  • Kinobe

    Slip Into Something More Comfortable (Stephen Hague 2016 Mix)

  • Paul McCartney

    Junk

  • Omega Male

    Testosterone

  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd.
    • EMI.

  • Post War Years

    Soul Owl

  • Santigold

    Lights Out (Diplo's Panda Bear Mix)

  • Slow Magic

    Still Life

  • Smerins Anti-Social Club

    Dr. Who

    • Deadly Top Ten.
    • 成人快手 Worldwide.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • (Single).
    • A&M.

  • Reggie Stepper

    Drum Pan Sound

  • Travis Bretzer

    Promises

    • Mexican Summer.

  • Trouble Funk

    Still Smokin'

    • 4th & Broadway/sland Records Inc..

  • Tuff Love

    Slammer

    • Lost Map Records.

  • Verckys et l始Orchestre Ve虂ve虂

    Nakobala Yo Denise

  • White Rabbits

    Company I Keep

    • It's Frightening.
    • Mute.
    • 5.

  • Yasushi Ide presents Lonesome Echo Strings

    Ain't No Sunshine (feat. 鲍鈥怰辞测)

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Nov 2014 22:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music