Mosquito one, mosquito two... welcome to my second podcast. What about a little more than 40 minutes of DJ style? Yes! Early 70s versions of rocksteady or reggae tunes (usually classic ones) with added talk-over that IMHO makes these tunes a great choice when DJing because you're offering a classic tune with an "extra". Also both 60s and 70s reggae lovers will be happy if you've got a mixed crowd! Now, leaving personal opinions about DJ, let's start with the interesting (or not...) thing on this podcast.
I started with one of my fav DJ tunes, sold to me by another podcaster MoW a pair of years ago Sir Haryy - Meet the boss (JA pre-release) makes heavier the Willie Francis tune Motherless children (UK Bullet). Great intro and fast talk-over from Sir Harry. Boss! Then we jump to another great DJ, Cat Campbell - Hammering (PB5511A). A Joe Gibbs production over the classic If I had a hammer by Nicky Thomas (also on the credits on the Pressure Beat 7"). It's not commmon to include the original singer on the credits, but we can see this on this record. The following two tunes are versions of the same song, Ain't too proud to beg by Slim Smith (that's also a cover of the soul band The Temptations). First we can listen to Winston Williams - The people's choice (JP743A), a nice Bunny Lee production. Sorry about the crackle on this record. Next version is Hugh Roy - Love I bring (BU496B) which also includes Slim Smith on the record credits. The Jackpot one is 1970 and the Bulet one is 1972. Next song is a version of The Shades (Techniques) classic Who you gonna run to, on UK Camel. W can listen to another version of the same song at the end of this podcast. This JA Wind pre is King Couchy - Run come hide, not issued in UK if I'm not wrong. Comments welcome! After King Couchy we can listen to the great Dennis Alcapone under a nickname, El Paso - Mosquito 1 (JA Baron's). Classic DJ over anoher classic, Nora Dean's Barbwire. Issued on UK Big Shot. Then we jump to a Coxsone production over John Holt's Studio 1 classic, A love I can feel. The tune is Mad Roy - Universal love (BA327A), I really love both DJ and original tunes. From Coxsone to his "friend" Duke Reid with Hugh Roy - Wear you to the ball (DR2513A), of course, over the John Holt/Paragons tune. Holt is also on the credits on the UK release. Then another Paragons tune with Hugh's DJ, Hugh Roy - Flashing my whip (DR2519A) over the lovely Only a smile. And now we can listen to a great Keith Hudson production on a Indibimts pre-release: U-Roy - Dynamic fashion way over Ken Boothe's Old fashioned way. Saxophone by Val Bennet also added on the tune, as you can listen on the intro. And now it's time to a little bit of relax with a cover of the slow tune by Errol Dunkley You're gonna need me. The DJ tune is U-Roy Junior - Out of this world (JA pre-release). After this song, The Paragons again... Lizzy & Dennis (Alcapone?) - Happy go lucky girl (ACK114A). I don't really like the tune, maybe because the other DJs over Paragons/Holt tunes are better than this one, but maybe you like it. A 1970 Ackee production, not the best tune on the label for sure... but not the worst! From Ackee now we move to the dangerous Sioux label. 1972 version of Jay (John Holt) and Joya (Landis) supersweet tune I'll be lonely on J.D.(The Roc) - Superbad (SI008A). This is bad... superbad! And now Duke Reid again with a version of the superclassic by Freddie McKay's Love is a treasure on Lizzy - Love is a treasure (DU161A). A 1973 tune that surprised me when I bought it on the last Barcelona's record fair for a really cheap price. And then another classic DJ by the master, Dennis Alcapone - Wake up Jamaica (TI7074A). Great Treasure Isle record covering Joya Landis hit Moonlight Lover (Trojan). After Dennis tune, a song that improves a lot comparing it with the original: Carey and Lloyd - Come down part 1 (GR3025A). This 1972 song is better than the boring Pomps and pride by Toots Hibbert and his Maytals. After Come down, another version of Who you gonna run to by The Shades, now with horns added: Baba Dise - Wanted (dead or alive). JA pre-release but issued on UK Gas. And the last but IMHO the best tune on this podcast, Jan Fender and the Prince Buster All Stars - Sweet P (FAB164A). A heavy DJ over the great Shaking up orange street by Prince Buster. 1969 recorded on the white and red FAB label, this is the latest addition to my collection (coming from Germany again! thanks Heiko!) and will be on the DJ Top 5 for many, many time... although my girlfriend prefers the original!
Hope you'd enjoyed my selection, maybe 42 minutes of DJ are little bit hard, I promise that I'll not podcast more DJ tunes!
Cheers and happy 1968... or 2008?

Welcome to my first episode on this podcast world. This morning on 2007's christmas day when I decided that I would record my first session, I phoned my girlfriend and asked: "what style do you prefer for my first podcast?" The answer was clear: "ROCKSTEADY". So I started taking a look to my record boxes and the first record I decided to record was one of her fav tunes, the title of this first episode: Hot Shot. So now you've got why this episode is called on this way and what you're going to listen... 1967 and 1968 cool, cool rocksteady!
First tune on this chapter is an instrumental that since it came home I said it shall be a good opening for a nighter. The tune is C.(Clancy) Collins and Bob Stackie - Sock it softly (CR005A). A top Collins production IMHO! Then we move to a good 1968 tune by The Jamaicans (with Tommy McCook) - Woman go home. A Duke Reid production (TI7037B) that sounds with little bit of crackle, hope you don't mind... that also is the title of my following song, The Bases - I don't Mind. 100% Studio 1 sound by the great, great Coxsone Dodd issued on UK Studio 1 (SO2056A). From Coxsone we now jump to a top tune, The Wrigglers - The Cooler (GN26A). In demand 7", 1968 heavy rocksteady by this unknown group. Nex tune is a love song with Island Rcds. essence, Bobby Aitken and the Carib Beats - Sweets for my sweet (DB1077A). Next song is the B-Side from one of me and lady favs, that I prefer to reserve for ourselves. The tune I'd recorded is the good one by The Paragons - Memories by the Score, issued on Island in 1968 but recorded from a JA Deltone Pre-release. The following is a well-known one, but I love it, Delano Stewart - Tell me baby (DB1138B). And from Delano Stewart we go now to another classic one but always great to have a listen, Derrick Harriot - Walk the streets (WI3077A). Another in demand tune with a heavy rocksteady beat. Sam Cooke is maybe my fav soul singer, so a cover of this great artist shall be included on my first episode. The one I'd selected is Brother Dan AllStars - Another saturday night (TR608), on the first Trojan Records orange label serie. From a Dandy production, we jump to a perfect one by Duke Reid on his own UK label Duke: Sensations - Those Guys (DU2A). Second issue on this label, a top rocksteady that catche me more and more every time I listen to it. And now, another catchy tune, the one wich I decided to name on this first episode, Dermott Lynch - Hot shot (BS101A). Heavy and fast rocksteady on the Blue Cat label that will make the floor dancing if you decide to play it. I'll dance, for sure...And then Sir Collins Downbeat again. Classy rocksteady from the "loved by some Pama forum members" Owen Gray and Collins Band - Am Satisfy (CR007A). Love it or hate it. On the next tune I'd to say sorry again for the little crackles on the record, but I really like this one, The Conquerors (with Tommy McCook( - I fall in love (TI7035B), another love tune with Duke Reid leading the way. Following to this nice 68 rocksteady, a JJ pre-release with West Indians - Right on time. The you can listen to a fav one at home, again 1968, but this time a Perry production with Mellotones - None such (Busted me bet) (DB1136A). Next tune is another love one. Great voices by Bunny & Ruddy, a shame that they recorded very few tunes, because they're really good. The tune is Bunny and Ruddy - Treu Romance (NB007B). Coming back to Coxsone again, we can listen his production on Horace Taylor - Thundering vibration (CS7055B). A nice tune by this unkown (for me) singer. Fast rocksteady with heavy beat, not better than the A-side tune on this single (Marcia's Feel like jumping) but a good and not known one. And it's time to say goodbye with a classic tune, The Pioneers - Easy come easy go, recorded from a JA pre-release. You can listen here to the original '68 version, not the late version ('70) on Trojan.
Hope you'd enjoyed this 45 minutes (well, 44...) of rocksteady music on this christmas day.
See you on the next chapter of Loving Reggae!
Merry Xmas for all you boss sounds fans!!
Dani