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Crucial Gladiators

The Don's selections cross time, space and genre. This week's Crucial Vinyl is Trenchtown Mix Up, released in 1976 by Jamaican roots reggae band the Gladiators.

The Don's selections cross time, space and genre. Each week, as well as blending his favourite new music with classics from the UK, USA, Jamaica, Africa and way beyond, he highlights a piece of Crucial Vinyl - a cherished album from his own collection. This week it's Trenchtown Mix Up, released in 1976 by Jamaican band the Gladiators.

Don says, "A great debut album by one of the many acts later signed to Richard Branson's Frontline label during my memorable first trip to Jamaica with John Lydon.

Like many of their peers, the Gladiators had already worked with producers Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Coxsone Dodd, before moving over to Joe Gibbs' studio, where they collaborated with Prince Tony Robinson and recorded what is widely acknowledged as a classic example of roots reggae.".

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Sun 4 Mar 2018 22:00
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Music Played

  • The Clash

    Clash City Rockers

    • Clash City Rockers.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • The Orielles

    Blue Suitcase (Disco Wrist)

    • Silver Dollar Moment.
    • Heavenly Records.
    • 12.

  • Esther Williams

    Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had A Ball)

    • Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had A Ball).
    • Friends & Co.
    • 1.

  • Kris Kross

    Jump (Super Cat Dessork Mix)

    • Kriss Kross.
    • Ruff House Records.
    • 2.

  • Pete Molinari

    It Came Out Of The Wilderness

    • It Came Out Of The Wilderness EP.
    • Damaged Goods.
    • 1.

  • Black Francis

    Half Man

    • Live In Nijmegen.
    • The Bureau.
    • 6.

  • tUnE-yArDs

    Look At Your Hands

    • I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life.
    • 4AD.
    • 7.

  • Kenny Knots

    Watch How The People Dubbing

    • Watch How The People Dubbing.
    • Reggae Roast.
    • 1.

  • Janelle Mon谩e

    Make Me Feel

    • Dirty Computer.
    • Wondaland Records.
    • 8.

  • A Guy Called Gerald

    Voodoo Ray

    • 24 Hour Party People.
    • London Records.
    • 9.

  • Porches

    Anymore

    • The House.
    • Domino Records.
    • 8.

  • Hylu & Jago & Kosher

    Pressure

    • Pressure.
    • LIONVIBES/Unit 137.
    • 1.

  • EELS

    Today Is The Day

    • The Deconstruction.
    • E Works Recording.
    • 7.

  • Robert Palmer

    Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley

    • Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley.
    • Island Records.
    • 3.

  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Wriggle

    • The Much Much How How And I.
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 2.

  • Ensemble Trakia

    Kaval Sviri

    • Bulgarian Folk Ensembles And Songs.
    • 袘邪谢泻邪薪褌芯薪.
    • 14.

  • Silent Poets & Hollie Cook

    Shine

    • Shine.
    • Another Trip.
    • 1.

  • Nirvana

    Rainbow Chaser

    • All Of Us.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • U.S. Girls

    Rosebud

    • A Poem Unlimited.
    • 4AD.
    • 5.

  • Golden Rules

    Golden Ticket

    • Golden Ticket.
    • Lex Records.
    • 13.

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Judy Teen

    • Judy Teen.
    • EMI Records.
    • 1.

  • Tom Misch & Loyle Carner

    Water Baby

    • Geography.
    • Beyond The Groove.

  • Jib Kidder

    Appetites

    • Teaspoon To The Ocean.
    • Weird World.
    • 3.

  • The Gladiators

    Hearsay

    • Trenchtown Mix Up.
    • Caroline Records.
    • 7.

  • The Gladiators

    Looks Is Deceiving

    • Trenchtown Mix Up.
    • Caroline Records.
    • 3.

  • The Gladiators

    Eli Eli

    • Trenchtown Mix Up.
    • Caroline Records.
    • 6.

  • Everything Is Recorded & Sampha & Owen

    Everything Is Recorded

    • Everything Is Recorded (Richard Russell).
    • XL Recordings.
    • 12.

  • Bobby Womack

    Please Forgive My Heart

    • The Bravest Man in the Universe.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Sia

    Rewrite

    • Colour The Small One.
    • Go! Beat.
    • 1.

  • Wooden Shjips

    Staring At The Sun

    • Staring At The Sun.
    • Thrill Jockey Records.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Mar 2018 22:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music