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Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:05 pm
by Guest
looking for the channel 1 version of the riddim, what are some good tunes?

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:16 pm
by 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....

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:25 pm
by Guest
yeh, thatswhy i thought i ask the massive as i also never hear a channel 1 version yet..:D

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:55 pm
by 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.

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:52 pm
by 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.

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:55 pm
by Guest
+ one more:

kojak & liza - chant down babylon /striker

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:14 am
by 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.

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:45 am
by 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" ...

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:30 am
by 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

Re: Beat Down Babylon

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:58 am
by 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.