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we all love reggae music - but what was "THE" song that started your love affair with reggae.

for me it was:

"Back A Yard" - In Crowd

regards
glenn

KC White : First Cut Is The Deepest

& "Feel The Spirit" Wailing Souls (Massive)

I can't remember the exact song but I definately know the first albums I ever heard that started it all.

Bob Marley-Kaya
Peter Tosh-Wanted Dread & Alive
Fred Locks-Black Star Liner
Yabby You-One Love, One Heart
Steel Pulse-Tribute To The Martyrs

Satta Massagana by the Abyssinians

Concrete jungle, Bob Marley

Ini Kamoze-World A Music

Of course, like many, it was Bob that started everything, but the first other reggae artist that started it all, and I realized that reggae was a whole new world:

Ijahman - Jah Heavy Load

It was around 1980 and since, it never stopped

Respect

'Come Ethiopians' by Phillip Frazer

Jammin - Bob Marley. It was the only reggae 45 on a juke box in my local pub. Somebody kept playing it instead of the rock/punk/pop stuff that the mainly biker drinkers preferred. Eventually, I set aside my prejudices and realised that it was a very good tune.

I also have to thank John Peel for relentlessly playing reggae in betwen punk songs on his late night radio show.

And thanks to the friend who gave me a tape of Leggo Dub, this really kick started my love affair with reggae music.