Recent Posts Tagged With '1980'

• Hip Replacement: Magic Reggae by Various Artists (K-Tel International)

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 16:16 in music, reggae, 1980, desmond dekker, hip replacement, old records, owen gray, althea & donna, bill lovelady, k-tel international, magic reggae, the pioneers

  THIS is where it starts getting tricky. It’s getting on for three decades ago since I first heard this album, so you’re just going to have to bear with me if it all gets a bit sketchy. Magic Reggae, a collection of music by Island, Creole, Trojan...

• Hip Replacement: LKJ In Dub by Linton Kwesi Johnson (Island Records)

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 14:56 in music, reggae, 1980, hip replacement, linton kwesi johnson, old records, dennis bovell, lkj in dub

  I HAVE a vague recollection of buying LKJ In Dub with Christmas gift vouchers from the exotic and exciting Record Village in town. I think it had been out for a while, but it was probably one of the first dub albums I ever owned - as opposed to havin...

• Hip Replacement: Grotesque: After The Gramme by The Fall (Rough Trade)

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 10:06 in music, manchester, 1980, the fall, hip replacement, rough trade, old records, grotesque: after the gramme

  “‘GROTESQUE’ is the new LP by The Fall .. The Fall are the group who keep being brought up and slagged by other insecure bands – this automatically invokes a curse on them which usually takes its toll. This is true. Most people who like The F...