Post #80836 by johntiki on Sun, Mar 14, 2004 10:28 PM

I've been into reggae music for nearly 20 years and have a gigantic collection of music from the ska era until modern dancehall...so here is my proposal...I desperately need to add some more exotica to the playlist in my bar and since I don't have any exotica worth trading (I've got the Capitol double CD's of Denny and Baxter but that's about it) would anyone be willing to trade CDR's of exotica for reggae CD's? I could fire off some mean mixes of Jamaican music for you! I'm particularly into early dancehall circa 1980-1985 before it started sounding too much like rap...when it still had real instuments, usually played by the Roots Radics - artists like Yellowman, Eek A Mouse, Josie Wales, Little John, Wailing Souls, Sister Nancy, etc. Great stuff!!

Even if you are unfamiliar with reggae or know only Bob Marley please help me out!! It can be an eye-opening experience to those unfamiliar! The CD changer in the bar is loaded with Haole Hawaiian recorded off of vinyl and it desperately needs MORE exotica! Send me a list of favorite artists, eras, etc. and I'll let you know what I've got...

As a side note...there are only a few extremely popular reggae artists that I have little or none of their music...they are Black Uhuru, Third World and Steel Pulse...always sounded too pop for my liking.....

Also just to let the tiki purists know...reggae music is never heard in my bar...tiki and reggae are two of my interests that never mix...