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Post by Nightjar Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:38 pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spBPMoS8XEQ&list=PLBsS5X8lK4bDEQYdEYlZDYUU86sz1VkTI

Side A

A1 - Bass Culture
A2 - Street 66
A3 - Reggae Fi Peach
A4 - Di Black Petty Booshwah

Side B

B1 - Inglan Is A Bitch
B2 - Loraine
B3 - Reggae Sounds
B4 - Two Sides Of Silence

Running time: 32 minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Culture
https://www.discogs.com/Linton-Kwesi-Johnson-Bass-Culture/release/728595

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Post by Nightjar Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:53 pm

37 minutes before we all get to find out what Inglan is.

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Post by Guest Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:02 pm

Nightjar wrote:37 minutes before we all get to find out what Inglan is.

A B*tch?

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Post by Nightjar Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:02 pm

SPOILERS!

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:30 pm

It's started! Excited

Track 1 - Bass Culture.

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Post by Guest Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:30 pm

I'm in!



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Post by Guest Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:30 pm

Funny singing. Must be the accent.

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Post by Nightjar Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:30 pm

music

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:30 pm

Reggae.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:31 pm

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Post by Guest Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:31 pm

Oh, he lived in that there Jamaica till he was 10.


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Post by Nightjar Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:32 pm

You can really hear the Jamaican toaster placed in late '70s London.

It's hard edged.

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Post by Guest Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:32 pm

It's a lot more wordy than I'm used to. yes

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:33 pm

It's not really going anywhere now.

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Post by Nightjar Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:33 pm

It's like Reggae but with an almost TG production aesthetic. box

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:34 pm

He needs to come up with a middle eight.

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Post by Nightjar Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:34 pm

Real dub.

Greensleeves-stylee...

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:34 pm

They're just carrying on for the sake of it now.

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Post by Guest Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:35 pm

King Tubby style production things, and some more 80s things

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:35 pm

UB40 would've got this down to three minutes.

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