How did you first get into reggae music?

[leggo rocker]

Tell us the story of how you came to reggae music.

[Jah Glu]

you go first...

[sean]

i listened to police n thieves by junior murvin on a schoolmates cassette player..high storrs school sheffield, 1978..wondrous

[ital kemar]

i was about 13. was into the specials etc and after reading about their influences i started to seek out the originals of guns of navarone etc. so i was listening to the original stuff too, and loving it, when one day we went to nick some records down the local shop,[they used to leave the records in the sleeves bless 'em] and i swiped some roots reggae LPS by mistake. i was gonna throw them over a wall but decided to keep them. wise move. wasnt long before i was buying reggae on a regular basis, [yes, buying, as the other shop closed down] and now at 39 i still buy records regularly, still have my two tone records too, well they were the start of my journey so must keep them. still get a buzz from hearing new sounds for the first time and of coure my favourites from over the years.

ites

ital kemar

[Vinnie]

believe it or not it was bob marley&the wailers
then starting johnny clarke barry brown jacob miller pablo moses yabby you jah stich twinkle brothers a bit of the dancehall super cat superbeagle

until i heard a jah shaka dance on a recordingtape

and then life

my mind was set

soundsystem is the way to go

the path was set

[Red Eyes]

The Clash, the Specials, Doe Maar.
Then on to Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker.
Then on to Culture, Phillip Frazer etc etc

[_Easy_]

damn, all you old guys are making me feel young haha. The one and only robert nesta got me hooked, than i got into culture, midnite, black uhuru, and many more, i also used to live next to a band (soja, soldiers of jah army, if you guys are familiar) and loved to listen to them play/practice and go to their gigs, and well its just a runaway train from there, and man, im looking forward to many years of listening pleasure!

[I-Lion Tafari]

My friend and neighbour had a French fancy car, a 1973 green-metallic citroen ds 23i pallas.
While washing it he had a tape playing with tunes like Chase The Devil, One Step Forward, Roots Rock Reggae, Pick Myself Up, Croaking Lizard etc.
I was impressed bout the music cause this was different to all what I had ever listened to before....
I remember I asked him what kinda music it was. He answered...reggae...and I wanted to know if reggae was a singer or a band or what else...
He meant...the whole music thing is reggae...

I was 9 yrs old in those days and couldn´t understand the lyrics. But the music really got me...loved it.
It was a long way to find out what it was all about and encouraged me to pay attetion to my english lessons at school. Altough this didn´t help in patois questions )))
It was exciting to puzzle it all together.

Now it´s 30 yrs later and I´m still happy I found MY music which I din´t regret 1 second...

Play on....

[Funkyfred]

Irie....

Well, Bob Marley & The Wailers awesome compilation did it for InI!!
Im talkin about "Songs of Freedom". Released back in ´93 I think?

The track "Soul Rebel" made my jaw drop! The base-line in that tune made my kidneys switch places!
(Hmm... and the windows in my room allmost cracked, and my parents wasnt so happy, u know?)
And then I was hooked to them sweet, sweet reggae-vibez!:D

[stained]

Harder They Come soundtrack in 75.
First concert, Marley's Rastaman Vibration tour 76