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Fud Christian – Not The 1st Name in Reggae

This post is a tip of the hat to Fud Christian, who often flies under the radar whenever names of noteworthy Jamaican producers from the early roots reggae era are bandied about. click on song titles for streaming audio 1970 The Linkers “Bongo Man“ 1970 B-side > “Creation Version” by

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Early reggae
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Nora Dean’s Voice — Tremulous, Intriguing

I suspect I am hardly the only one who finds Nora Dean‘s voice so compelling — the emotional directness and its unique, tremulous quality. Given what little is known about Dean and how infrequently her voice was committed to disc, this only adds to the intrigue. Michael Garnice, creator of

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Chris Blackwell
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Trojan Records History Highlights

It always helps to have streaming audio within arm’s reach to make music history more of a ‘multimedia’ experience. From reading Young Gifted and Black:  The Story of Trojan Records by Michael de Koningh and Laurence Cane-Honeysett, for example, I have picked up a number of helpful listening tips and

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