Here's a great selection of reggae Christmas songs, with not a reggae-fied carol in sight.
Track listing
01 All I Want For Ismas (Jacob Miller & Ray I 1978)
02 Christmas Stylee (Johnny Osborne 1984)
03 Christmas Jambree (Sugar Minott 1978)
04 Santa Claus Dub (The Aggrovators 1975)
05 Holy Christmas (The Cimarons 1971)
06 Santa Claus Never Comes To The Ghetto (Yellowman 1998)
07 Christmas Is Here (The Wailers 1964)
08 Happy Christmas (Toots & The Maytals 1972)
09 Christmas A Come (Eek A Mouse 1981)
10 Irie Christmas (Freddie McGregor 1980)
11 Ding Dong Bell (The Ethiopians 1969)
12 Christmas Time (Michael Powell 1983)
13 Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (Lee Perry 1986)
08 Happy Christmas (Toots & The Maytals 1972)
09 Christmas A Come (Eek A Mouse 1981)
10 Irie Christmas (Freddie McGregor 1980)
11 Ding Dong Bell (The Ethiopians 1969)
12 Christmas Time (Michael Powell 1983)
13 Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (Lee Perry 1986)
This is great!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a sad coincidence, because I just found out today that Robbie Shakespeare died. I was thinking he would make a good candidate for your “and on guitar“ series
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Sad news about Robbie, one of the best and most revered bass-players in music history.
DeleteThanks for this amazing X-mas compilation!
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