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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting July 11, 2018: Testify! Goes to Jamaica!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017`  MP3 
Desmond Dekker and the Aces  Israelites   Favoriting 45RPM Single  UNI  1969  45 
Desmond Dekker and the Aces  Intensified   Favoriting The Israelites  Uni  1969  LP 
Dave and Ansil Collins  Double Barrell   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Techniques  1971  45 
The Slickers  Johnny Too Bad   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Panther  1970  45 
Don Drummond  Man In The Street   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Island  1964  45 
The Hooters  Man In the Street   Favoriting Hot Spots  Hot Spots  1981  MP3 
 
Harry J All Stars  Liquidator   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Harry J  1969  45 
Dandy Livingstone  A Message To You Rudy   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Ska Beat  1967  45 
Prince Busters All Stars  One Step Beyond   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Blue Beat  1965  45 
Prince Busters All Stars  Al Capone   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Blue Beat  1965  45 
Toots and the Maytals  Pressure Drop   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Jaguar  1969  45 
Toots and the Maytals  54-46 Was My Number   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Shelter  1972  45 
Bob Marley and the Wailers  Soul Shakedown Party   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Trojan  1970  45 
Zap Pow  This Is Reggae Music   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Trojan  1972  45 
 
The Federalmen  Soul Serenade   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Steady  1970  45 
The Gayletts  Son of a Preacherman   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Steady  1969  45 
The Pioneers  At the Discotheque   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Trojan  1973  45 
Dobby Dobson  Don't Make Me Over   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Pama  1970  45 
Lorna Bennett  Breakfast In Bed   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Harry J  1972  45 
Zap Pow  Soul Revival   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Jaywax  1976  45 
Tomorrow's Children  Sister Big Stuff   Favoriting 45RPM Single  London  1971  45 
Shark Wilson and the Basement Heaters  Make It Reggae   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Ashanti  1971  45 
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires  Hot Reggae   Favoriting Reggae Hot and Cool  Dynamic  1972  LP 
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires  Shaft   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Dynamic  1972  45 
Pat Rhoden  Living For the city   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Attack  1974  45 
Pat Rhoden  Boogie On Reggae Woman   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Horse  1975  45 
Jackie Mittoo  Hip Hug   Favoriting Evening Time  Coxsone  1968  LP 
 
Alton Ellis  La La Means I Love You   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mr Tipsy  1968  45 
Horace Andy  Show and Tell   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Money Disc  1973  45 
Winston Samuels and the Clintones  Let's Get It On   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Clintone  1973  45 
Ken Boothe  It's Gonna Take a Miracle   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Hulk  1974  45 
Ken Boothe  Down By the River   Favoriting Let's Get It On  Trojan  1974  LP 
Pioneers  Papa Was a Rolling Stone   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Trojan  1977  45 
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45 


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Jeff Ash:

Greetings from Wisconsin, mon!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Jeff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:04pm
chresti:

Hello greetings
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:04pm
coelacanth∅:

hey Larry and all
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Chresti! Hey C!
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 10:07pm
Erica:

Hi. Sorry I didn't show up last time. 5 hours is too much for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07pm
chresti:

The Magnificent!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:08pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Erica!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:09pm
chresti:

Gateway Jamaican tunes here...CHUNE!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10pm
Funky16Corners:

Lots more to come!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10pm
chresti:

nice version of Johnny Too Bad
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11pm
Funky16Corners:

The original (as far as I know)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11pm
coelacanth∅:

seems i was usually led to a section of the fence where there was no gate
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13pm
coelacanth∅:

(though i did hear johnny too bad first by Bunny Wailer, like many people i assume)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:14pm
chresti:

I heard it first on "The Harder They Come"
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:16pm
Funky16Corners:

Yes, this is THOSE Hooters
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:16pm
Funky16Corners:

Very early days
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 10:17pm
Erica:

I was about to ask if this was a different "Hooters".
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:17pm
Funky16Corners:

They were a whole different kind of band in the beginning
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:18pm
coelacanth∅:

i don't think i heard the entire harder they come soundtrack until about 1981.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:19pm
coelacanth∅:

(and i wasn't too impressed, in general!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:20pm
chresti:

I think it was around 80-81
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:23pm
chresti:

I saw the movie in a outdoor cinema near monte carlo/nice area on the beach, in 1980
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:24pm
coelacanth∅:

i had (still have) a friend who was into reggae in the mid/late 70s turned me on to burning spear, black uhuru, yellowman....i knew Bunny Wailer's solo work better than i knew Marley for a few years there. the harder they come soundtrack was too poppy for me when i heard it.
i like most of it now though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:24pm
chresti:

not Nice, Menton
  10:26pm
Gary via app:

I saw Harder They Come in Santa Cruz in the 70s and it blew me away
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Used to be on Night Flight all the time
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:29pm
coelacanth∅:

i saw that film at some reggae festival...or at the count basie theatre during a Bob Marley birthday event... i don't remember for sure, and i don't remember much of the movie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:30pm
chresti:

A show on KCRW in the 80s, Reggae Beat, was where I caught the fever, Hank Holmes portion of the show I would record, and so on and so forth.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:32pm
Funky16Corners:

I dig all kinds of reggae, but mainly collect ska, rocksteady, and Jamaican covers of American soul and funk
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:32pm
coelacanth∅:

chresti kcrw is that different than wkcr?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:34pm
chresti:

A friend of mine says he has/had a MASSIVE collection from Jamaica
KCRW, Santa Monica College-maybe a sister station
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:36pm
coelacanth∅:

wkcr is columbia university in ny. last time i listened was mostly jazz but would have specials (as on Marley's birthday)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:39pm
chresti:

I stopped listening in the 90s, after Hank left. I would try to find the tracks I wrote down from the cassettes of his set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:40pm
coelacanth∅:

i have what i think is a respectable reggae collection, but i know it's pretty dismal speck compared to some collections
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:40pm
chresti:

The one that I couldn't find was "Hello Honey" by the Maytals
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41pm
Funky16Corners:

I have a buddy that was deep into funk for years ad then did a deep, deep dive into reggae 45s
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42pm
chresti:

It's a logical transition
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:45pm
chresti:

The harmonies are what got me hooked
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:45pm
Jeff Ash:

I am wanting jerk chicken and a Cold Stripe now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:45pm
coelacanth∅:

i never collected reggae 45s. i would if i had lots of money. i do have many old comps though, with a lot of those groovy rocksteady singles on 'em.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:46pm
Jeff Ash:

I mean a cold Red Stripe.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:46pm
Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - That sounds really good!
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 10:47pm
Erica:

Sorry for keeping quiet. Not sure how long I'll be here for.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
chresti:

yeah there are great compilations- I would look for a song I was looking for and grab it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:48pm
chresti:

patties?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:49pm
coelacanth∅:

for a while i bought about any vintage comp i found. i figured there's be something to make it worth it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:50pm
coelacanth∅:

(i was always into albums anyway, but mainly i did that because i had little knowledge of what to look for)
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 10:52pm
Erica:

I love the organ keyboard on this one.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:53pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:53pm
chresti:

I think the first comp for me was a blank Trojan with "Queen of the World" on it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:53pm
coelacanth∅:

Johnny Nash broke through though in the us. i got the album at a very young age but except for "i can see clearly now" it mostly bored me
...Peter Tosh was when i really perked my ears up, because of his militant politics.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:54pm
coelacanth∅:

who's that chresti?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55pm
Funky16Corners:

Johnny Nash was American. From Texas. He had a hit in the 60s in Jamaica and fell in love with the sound
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:56pm
chresti:

Claudette Miller(?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:57pm
coelacanth∅:

ha yeah i think i did read that in "catch a fire" but that Marley helped him a lot.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:58pm
Funky16Corners:

He had a bunch of hits in the 60s. He veen had his own label, Joda. One of the earliest Cowsills 45s was on Joda
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:58pm
chresti:

and Lloyd
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:59pm
coelacanth∅:

whoa -Johnny Nash did?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:00pm
chresti:

/www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:01pm
coelacanth∅:

...maybe i have it backwards! maybe Nash assisted Marley to get through...but then, to what...Blackwell?
-or maybe that book is as full of tall tales as it seems!
(-or maybe i'm just very tired)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:03pm
Funky16Corners:

Nash recorded with Marley early on, but the Wailers had already had some success during the ska days.
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coelacanth∅:

cool, chresti. i thought you were saying there was a song called "queen of the world" that grabbed you; but that's the comp.

Larry i know they did... i don't trust what i remember about the connection.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:08pm
coelacanth∅:

(it may've been some royalty issue with Nash recording those Marley songs...but my brain will hurt if i think about it much more!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:08pm
chresti:

there might be a comp with that title somewhere
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:10pm
Funky16Corners:

I'll have to go back and check the chronology.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:10pm
chresti:

my copy had that title because I wrote it on the front with a sharpie
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:13pm
coelacanth∅:

chresti that discogs page is confusing! "1 composition, 16 tracks"? what does that mean?! and if it's a comp why doesn't it list the tracks?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:16pm
chresti:

www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:18pm
chresti:

sorry, I'm trying to drag it with apple mouse on a pc
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:19pm
Funky16Corners:

Big Shot had one of the great label designs
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:20pm
Jeff Ash:

"Very good," indeed, as written on the label!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:20pm
coelacanth∅:

Larry i just read the wikipedia entree on Johnny Nash and it has an in-detailed overview of what you're saying. (i'm sure i've read that before but i forgot) -the other involvements i'm having trouble recalling the details of i must've read in "catch a fire"; which is in this house i'm in but it's a poorly written book with almost no order and i wont hope to find what i'm looking for in any brief amount of time.
...it makes sense Nash is from the us though, judging by his (very safe) sound on that album.
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chresti:

Ya Such a treasure!
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coelacanth∅:

uh, i meant "UN-detailed...jeez)

- so that was your first,chresti?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:25pm
coelacanth∅:

righteous version mon
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Erica:

This version of Reggae Woman makes sense because it IS reggae.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:27pm
chresti:

When I started shopping for reggae/ska/rocksteady music
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28pm
chresti:

one of the first
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29pm
chresti:

coxsone was another with great compilations
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:30pm
chresti:

Reggae Time
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:32pm
chresti:

www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:34pm
coelacanth∅:

yeah and those studio one comps are killer!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
Jeff Ash:

Thanks, Larry! Catch you later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
coelacanth∅:

Stevie's original is reggae, by most standards
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
Funky16Corners:

Nite Jeff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:37pm
coelacanth∅:

(or at least most non-ja standards)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:37pm
Funky16Corners:

@C- I agree, but it's cool to hear a straight up reggae cover
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:38pm
coelacanth∅:

for sure, and a good one too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:38pm
chresti:

Yeah! covers!
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doctorjazz:

Just made it for the home stretch, another one to catch in the Archive, looks like a great fun show.
Hi!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:41pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc!
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coelacanth∅:

this is on one of my comps; and i have to admit i don't know that i've ever heard the original
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:42pm
Funky16Corners:

Big hit by Al Wilson in 1973
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Erica:

Hi doctor jazz.
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northguineahills:

Good stuff, Larry!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:43pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey NGH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:44pm
coelacanth∅:

thanks Larry. Al Wilson barely on my radar.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:44pm
doctorjazz:

Hi Erica!
Nice cover of Let's Get It On (well played 45....(
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:45pm
coelacanth∅:

yeah this is another righteous cover
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:46pm
doctorjazz:

Reggae covers of American hits are almost always terrific (even if the original wasn't quite...)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:47pm
Funky16Corners:

I wish you could see the label this is on. Hulk records, with a picture (naturally) of the Hulk.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:48pm
Funky16Corners:

www.45cat.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:49pm
doctorjazz:

That is a cool label!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:50pm
doctorjazz:

Neil! Reggaefied!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:50pm
coelacanth∅:

nice!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:50pm
Funky16Corners:

I have a Jamaican pressing of an Eddie Bo 45 with Ben Grimm on the label
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:50pm
doctorjazz:

(but, does it have the 1 note solo....)
Avatar ♥ 11:50pm
northguineahills:

What doctorjazz said....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:51pm
Funky16Corners:

The album that this is from is amazing.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:51pm
Funky16Corners:

www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:52pm
coelacanth∅:

Neil did play some reggae - at least once!
(cortez the killer. amusing.)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:52pm
doctorjazz:

Man, may have to get it...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:55pm
Franco Twinkie:

Papa was down by the river? La la la means let's get it on!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Franco!
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coelacanth∅:

papa la la means let's get it on down by the river
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Erica:

That's a good one Franco
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:57pm
coelacanth∅:

(by the rolling river?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58pm
Franco Twinkie:

Larry! You. you, you....Mr. Big Stuff!
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 11:59pm
Erica:

Papa got it on by the river.
  12:00am
chresti:

Thanks for the musical treasure Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening guys!
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Erica:

I hope to hear from you again next week too.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:01am
Funky16Corners:

I will be here!
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Erica:

Goodnight!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:01am
Funky16Corners:

Nite Erica!
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coelacanth∅:

Stellar program Larry -sayn!
Thanks!
gnight y'all
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:01am
Funky16Corners:

Thanks C!
  12:02am
chresti:

Ha Erica
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