Looking for more reggar artist to play on the radio!

[carl wollschlager]

Hey i am having my own radio show two hours a week and i am trying to build up a collection of really mellow traditional style reggay! Early styles like the wailers, peter tosh, the itals, burning spear. If any one has any recommedations let me know. Thanks Carl

[VdP]

There are loads of them. Most early Studio 1, Treasure Isle, Wackies and ClockTower cover anything from Ska, through Rocksteady to Roots.

Ethiopian - Everything Crash: awesome album
Johny Clark - Rootsy Reggae
Bob Andy's early stuff (although "Bob Andy Lots of Love and I", 1977, is sweet and soulful too)
Slim Smith
The Paragons
The Termites
Horace Andy - "In the Light", "Sings for you and I"
Check out soem stuff on Trojans "Upsetter" label: Busty Brown, etc, etc

Hope this helps.

Cheers

[Alexander de Large]

check for pre-1980 stuff by these artists:

Wailing Souls, Ijahman Levi, The Congos, The Meditations, Lee Scratch Perry, The Mighty Diamonds, Augustus Pablo, Yabby You, Toots & The Maytals, Desmond Dekker, The Melodians, Culture, The Revolutionaries,...