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Colleen
Solid Steel Radio Show 24/4/2015 Hour 2

Album UK 2015 on Solid Steel Radio Show label
Reggae (Dub, Roots Reggae, Rocksteady)

COLLEEN – SPECIAL JAMAICAN MIX “Thank You Jamaica” From the text accompanying the mix - "My love story with Jamaican music is in three parts: first as a child in the late 70s/early 80s, when my parents bought (probably by accident) a tape containing mostly Lee Perry songs from 1976, which we would listen to on long car trips. Then in my mid-20s when I moved to Paris and bought and borrowed dozens of Jamaican reissues from the Paris music libraries – it was the first time I was listening to the music with a musician’s ear, but given my way of making music at that time (sampling from records) I ended up concentrating on other genres which could be of use as more “unrecognizable” sample-fodder. But in late 2012, just as I was recording my fourth album The Weighing of the Heart, I rediscovered the music and this time it hit me really deep – it was like my ears were finally in the right condition to really hear the music in all its amazing inventiveness, and I had also reached a point in my own way of making music where finally I could see how the Jamaican sense of freedom and experimentation could infuse my own music – and from that moment I knew in what direction I would take my next album, which became Captain of None. This mix contains some of my favourite Jamaican music and showcases its incredible diversity, with everyone (singers, musicians, producers) at the top of their game and displaying real individuality. " Track 1.1 available on Termination Dub (1973-79). Track 1.2 available on Techniques In Dub. Track 1.3 available on Noel Ellis. Track 1.4 available on King Tubby's In Fine Style. Track 1.5 available on Studio One Presents Burning Spear. Track 1.6 available on Termination Dub (1973-79). Track 1.7 available on In Dub. Track 1.8 not in the database at time of the original submission. Original available on Run Around Girl. Track 1.9 available on Rebel Music - A Reggae Anthology - Volume 2. Track 1.10 available on It Takes Time. This is the Bullwackies All Stars version of the Stranger Cole original. Credited as "Stranger Cole and Bullwackies All Stars – It takes Time" in the original tracklist. Track 1.11 available on Do You Know. Titled "Jesus Christus Is The King" in the original tracklist. Track 1.12 not in the database at time of the original submission. Track 1.13 not in the database at time of the original submission. Original version available on Rock It To Me Twice. Credited to Lee Van Cliff & Scientist in the original tracklist. Scientist was the producer. Track 1.14 not in the database at time of the original submission. Original version available on Sweet Talking. Track 1.15 available on Top Secret / Crazy Rhythm. Track 1.16 available on Rock & Shake / Take It Easy.

Musicians

	Colleen acg, *1976 FR album by
	Glen Brown g, key, *1944 JM performer on track
	The Techniques , *1962 JM performer on track
	Noel Ellis voc, performer on track
	King Tubby , 1941-1989 JM performer on track
	Burning Spear perc, bvoc, voc, *1945 JM performer on track
	Tapper Zukie voc, perc, *1955 JM performer on track
	Ronnie Davis bvoc, voc, *1950 JM performer on track
	Alton Ellis voc, bvoc, 1938-2008 JM performer on track
	Stranger Cole bvoc, perc, *1945 JM performer on track
	Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus , performer on track
	Ranking Devon , performer on track
	Lee Van Cleef , JM performer on track
	The Heptones , *1965 JM performer on track
	Winston Wright org, 1944-1993 JM performer on track
	Prince Buster voc, *1938 JM performer on track

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