Reggae music has done hundreds of cover versions of hundreds of American Top 40 hits. Since radio signals used to take a lot longer to travel the sounds of hit radio were very rare. So, the locals came up with a style of music to play those hits and the rest is history as they say. For episode 18 of BalconyRadio’s tribute to Reggae music, Songs From The Yard we focus on the greatest hit-making bands of all time, The Beatles, with a Ska and Reggae party of their greatest tunes. A nice companion to the recently-released final Beatles song, “Now And Then”. Let’s take it to the sand for a Beatles Reggae Barbecue!
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT-PAT KELLY (REGGAE CLASSICS)
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND-GLEN ADAMS (SOUND BOX ESSENTIALS)
AND I LOVE HER-BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (ONE LOVE)
ALL MY LOVING-PRINCE BUSTER (SKA AND ROCKSTEADY COLLECTION VOL. 1)
LOVE ME DO-THE SKATALITES (SKA MANIA)
SOMETHING-PHYLLIS DILLON (ONE LIFE TO LIVE)
HEY JUDE-TOOTS & THE MAYTALS (HERE COMES THE SUN: A REGGAE TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES)
COME TOGETHER-DANDY LIVINGSTON & THE ISRAELITES (THE BEST OF DANDY LIVINGSTON)
OB-LA-DI,OB-LA-DA-JOYCE BOND (TIGHTEN UP VOLS. 1 & 2)
WE CAN WORK IT OUT-BARRY BIGGS (ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE)
HERE COMES THE SUN-THE BURNING SOULS (20 BEST OF REGGAE)
ELANOR RIGBY-BB SEATON (SONGS OF THE BEATLES REGGAE STYLE)
DON’T LET ME DOWN-MARCIA GRIFFITHS (PLAY ME SWEET AND NICE)
THE FOOL ON THE HILL-OWEN GRAY (ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE)
I WILL-JOHN HOLT (1000 VOLTS OF HOLT)
YESTERDAY-DANDY (SONGS OF THE BEATLES REGGAE STYLE)
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE-THE MAYTALS (FROM THE ROOTS)
LET IT BE-NICKY THOMAS (LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE)
LADY MADONNA-DERRRICK HARRIOTT & THE CRYSTALITES (FOR A FISTFULL OF DOLLARS)
BLACKBIRD-THE PARAGONS (ON THE BEATH: ANTHOLOGY)
YOU WON’T SEE ME-CLARENDONIANS (SKA SOUNDS VOL. 1)
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS-ELLIS ISLAND (HERE COMES THE SUN)
MY SWEET LORD-KEN LAZARUS (SINGS REGGAE HTS OF THE 70S)
There are few places in time that you should be mad you missed out on . . . the Belle Epoque, Haight-Ashbury, Greenwhich Village come to mind. But the one you really missed out on was Jamaica in the 70s. Today for episode 15 of Songs From the Yard, our tribute to reggae (mon), we drop five on it for tickets to some of the best live music produced on the real Emerald Isle. Close your eyes and open your ears, the contact high is coming through the headphones.
Time to get on the train skaville, the real emerald isle — Jamaica. In episode 14 of Songs From the Yard, we spin twenty-two of the haziest jams the island could roll up and smoke. The soundtrack to the perfect afternoon of de-stressification has been located. Get comfortable. Stay hydrated.
