December 1, 2019

Change at Jamaica for Babylon

In 1979, Vincent (Randy) Chin and his wife Patricia of Randy's Record Shop in Kingston, Jamaica started the VP Records imprint in Jamaica, Queens.  Forty years on, VP is the world's largest independent reggae label and the genre's biggest distributor as well.

Global A Go-Go is getting in on the 40th birthday celebration on December 2nd by spinning two sets of reggae and dancehall, most of it released or distributed by VP.  And we'll be giving away a pair of copies of VP's last release, Strictly The Best, Vol. 60.  Call in and win.

Also this week: unique rhythms from the Islamic funk belt; Tinariwen recorded in a desert camp-out; Southeast Asian rock of the 60s and 70s; and new and old Anatolian rock.

Podcast: radio4all.net/index.php/program/104399
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go


Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Sorie Kondi | Sierra Leone | Sorie Thogolobea | Thogolobea | Dutty Arts | 2013
Chris De Wise Shepherd | Ghana | Nera Wo'o Soke | single | Localophon | 2019
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band | Benin-USA | Jibiti | Medaho | Ubiquity | 2019

Tinariwen | Mali-Mauritania | Takount (feat Noura Mint Seymali) | Amadjar | Anti- | 2019
Noura Mint Seymali | Mauritania | El Mougelmen | Azawan II | self-released | 2013
Shueta | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Wadna | Mariem Hassan Con Leyoad | Nubenegra | 2002
Tamikrest | Algeria | Aratan N Tinariwen | Adagh | Glitterhouse | 2010

Thanh Mai | Vietnam | Toc Mai Soi Van Soi Dai | Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 | Sublime Frequencies | 197x
Koes Bersaudara | Indonesia | To The So-Called 'The Guilties' | To The So-Called 'The Guilties' | Sublime Frequencies | 1967
Suang Santi | Thailand | Baa Baa Buam Buam | Thai? Dai! The Heavier Side Of The Luk Thung Underground | Finders Keepers | 197x
Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | Chnam Oun Dop-Pram Muy | Cambodian Psych-Out | Defective | 197x
Adnan Othman | Malaysia | Hidupku Tambah Gembira | Bershukor: A Retrospective Of Hits By A Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend | Sublime Frequencies | 1970

Glen Brown & Lloyd Parks | Jamaica | I'm Your Puppet | Boat To Progress!: The Original Pantomine Vocal Collection 1970-1974 | Greensleeves | 1974
John Holt | Jamaica | Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) | Holt | Jaguar | 1971
Freddie McGregor | Jamaica | Change My Mind | Strictly The Best, Vol. 60 | VP | 2019
Keith & Tex | Jamaica | Don't Look Back | Greatest Hits 1966-1970 | Rebel Sound | 1968
Donovan Carless | Jamaica | Be Thankful For What You Got | single | Giant | 1974

Barrington Levy | Jamaica | Shaolin Temple | Bounty Hunter | Jah Life | 1979
Yellowman | Jamaica | Zungguzungguzungguzeng | Down In Jamaica: 40 Years Of VP Records | VP | 1983
Ned Sublette & Lawrence Weiner | USA-Jamaica | Rome Was Built For A Day | Monsters From The Deep | Excellent | 1997
Bunji Garlin | Trinidad & Tobago-USA | Differentology (Busta Rhymes remix) | single | VP | 2014

Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek | Turkey-Germany-France-England UK-Italy | Dom Dom Kursunu | Kar Yagar | Bongo Joe / Catapulte | 2019
Mazhar Ve Fuat | Turkey | Adimiz Miskindir Bizim | Turkuz Turku Cagiririz! | Shadoks Music | 1973
Altin Gun | Turkey-Netherlands | Vay Dunya | Gece | ATO | 2019

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