Beat Down Babylon

[Guest]

looking for the channel 1 version of the riddim, what are some good tunes?

[bonga]

are you sure it was released on Channel one ? Never heard that riddim on a channel one production... I know several tunes from studio one & lee perry....

[Guest]

yeh, thatswhy i thought i ask the massive as i also never hear a channel 1 version yet..

[Ron]

There's the version (medley) on [Jordan](http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1 ... light=2520), but I don't know whether that's a Channel One recording.

[Guest]

found one:
dr alimantado - ride on brother /striker lee

sounds exactly as i expected



ron, thanx. but that cut is from black ark i think the channel one credit goes to another tune on the same album.

[Guest]

+ one more:

kojak & liza - chant down babylon /striker

[Ron]

"Beat Down Babylon" wasn't recorded at The Black Ark to begin with, cause there was no Black Ark at that time.
Besides, the version on 'Jordan' is not the Lee Perry cut.

Btw, 'Lorna Banana' is the song credited to Byles & Perry.

[chungdejah]

... right; moreover Alimantado's Ride On Brother / Weak Heart Is Babylon is also on the original Lee Perry tape (that is if it comes on a Vital Food 7 from 1973) ...
i do not believe Bunny Lee took a shot on that rhythm ... tbh i expect it to be a recent bootleg by Mister Lee on his Striker "reissue program" of "salvaged wares" ...

[Guest]

well the alimentado version is exactly same as kojak & liza, and the kojak version is a clean relick of the original one wether black ark or different label... the version sounds like all other relicks from channel 1, heavy & slow with big drum roll

[Ron]

The Kojak version is indeed a 'relick', most likely recorded at Channel One.
Not quite the same as the Tado version as this is a Dynamic/Perry recording from the early 70's.