Midnight Raver

Ken Boothe “Peace Time” (Jack Ruby)

marleyrkives — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:43:08 +0000

Here’s an early scorcher from Ken Boothe titled “Peace Time,” which appears on the excellent 1975 album “Jack Ruby Hi-Fi” on the Clappers label. 10 minutes of a young and hungry Ken Boothe over a Jack Ruby-produced riddim. OUCH!

Cornell Campbell & the Eternals “You’re No Good” (Bunny Lee, 1973)

marleyrkives — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:41 +0000

Here we have a blazing roots track from Cornell Campbell and the Eternals.

“You’re No Good” is a 7″ vinyl single produced by Bunny Lee, which was released on 7″ vinyl in 1973. Campbell’s voice is amazing and the tune is “stronger than Sampson!”

Also included for you here is an article about Campbell direct from the Black Echoes collection of MIDNIGHT RAVER BLOG’S own Glen Lockley. The article was published in Black Echoes on February 14, 1976. Where else can you find vintage Cornell Campbell articles from the pages of Black Echoes? (Hint: it’s a rhetorical question). Give thanks!

Give Thanks To Our Readers!

marleyrkives — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:29 +0000

First off, I wish to send many, many thanks to our good friend who made the first donation to the Midnight Raver Archives through our donation page. To have someone show their appreciation for the work we do here is truly humbling. This donation will allow us to re-up more quality audio that was removed by our previous hosting service and will help to ensure that we can continue to offer high quality media downloads by allowing us to expand our hosting space. This gesture of appreciation keeps the spirits high and the vibes positive!!!

Over the holiday weekend, I will work diligently to re-up some of our best live performance audio.

Love & Inity…Raver

Peter Tosh Re-Ups! plus rare interview, Melody Maker, 1983

marleyrkives — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:15:32 +0000

Marley and Tosh Reunite To Burn Down Burbank

Bush Doctor: Peter Tosh at the Jamaica World Music Festival, 1982

Bob Marley and the Wailers: Paul’s Mall, Boston, 1973

Peter Tosh, Live at Convocation Hall, Toronto, ON 1979

Peter Tosh: Reggae Sunsplash III, July 2-5, Ranny Williams Entertainment Center, Kingston, Jamaica

Peter Tosh: The Bayou, Washington, DC, March 14, 1979

This interview by Colin Irwin appeared in the April 30, 1983 issue of Melody Maker:

Keith Hudson “Be What You Want To Be” w/ version (1981)

marleyrkives — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:16 +0000

Curtis wish he were as funky as Keith Hudson. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Mayfield man to the bone, but Hudson takes funky to the marrow. Wait, not “funky”…. Phonky! A man’s man with his swagger, and a ladies man with his looks, Hudson might fight you and record you on the same day. If he couldn’t beat you, ‘Stamma’ surely would. ‘Stamma’? As George Fully Fullwood once told me during an interview “Stamma was as his right hand all de time. Dem nuh cross Stamma.”

Hudson’s style? “Nuh skin up.”

No frontin.’

So natty he once “Broke The Comb…“

So sit back and have a listen to the phonkiest soul brotha, and oh what a mutha…hey watch yo mouth!

From the album ‘Playin’ It Cool’ (1981) I give you “Be What You Want To Be” w/ version and from the ‘Pick A Dub‘ album featuring the Barrett Brothers I give you “The Michael Talbot Affair.” Also check my review of Hudson’s ‘Rasta Communication’ which was re-released by Greensleeves last year.

And, seriously, where else on the web can you find vintage Melody Maker articles about the “Dark Prince Of Reggae“? Lucky for us it is a double-feature: Tosh and Hudson. Courtesy of MIDNIGHT RAVER’S own Peter van Arnhem.

Rude boy gone a foreign

marleyrkives — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:57:50 +0000

That’s right. The Raver is scouring the streets of one of the great American cities this week…Montreal, steady looking for that vintage vinyl. Seriously, it is shocking how much American culture dominates this French-Canadian territory. I mean, just like America, the people are rude-as-shit, hippies begging for cash on the corners, and each restaurant greasier that the previous one. I’ll tell you what though, Montreal has something that you will never find in the good ole US of A (well, maybe in Vegas, but I disowned Vegas in 2003). Michael Jackson street performers! I shit you not. On every corner too. I can watch that all day. Most would say that Michael Jackson is a great American export, although I would disagree (I have a problem with alleged kid-diddlers and convicted ones too). Here are a few others you can thank us for:

1. The Simpsons (Love it so much that it’s all I’m watching while in Montreal, AND IT’S IN FRENCH!)

2. Ice (They look at me here like a lunatic when I ask where the ice machine is. So American)

3. Great zombie movies (I will explain)

So it appears that they are filming a zombie movie or television show outside my hotel. I realized it when I woke up, opened the curtains, looked down, and saw about 50 zombies creeping down the street. I flipped. Thought the end was near. I asked the concierge about the zombies (“Is this a Montreal thing?”) and he said no worries, just filming for TV. Whew! Thought I was done for. So my mind started to wonder: wouldn’t it be great if there was a “Zombie Circus”? A real travelling circus, just with zombies. They would do trapeze, high wire walking, etc. They could stick their heads in the mouths of lions, and when the lions bite off their heads, they keep performing headless. I would go see that.

So to mark my trip to Montreal, here are a few cuts from Eek-A-Mouse’s superb 1988 album “U-Neek,” produced by Gussie Clarke for Peace Posse, including “Rudeboy Gone A Foreign.”. If you don’t have this one, track it down…it’s a killa. Hard to find though.

One note, I get tears in my eyes when I listen to the first one here “Let The Children Play.” An elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma was decimated today by the devil’s tornado. Multiple casualties. Unspeakable.

Kennedy Center Honors Bob Marley

marleyrkives — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:47:20 +0000

The Legacy of Bob Marley

Got my tix!

The Kennedy Center, in collaboration with the Grammy Museum, celebrates the international artistic and social influence of legendary reggae singer Bob Marley. Featuring Junior Marvin, Roots Radics, and others.

Sun., Jun. 23, 2013, 8:00 PM
Concert Hall
1 hour, 45 minutes
$20.00 – $48.00

Tickets on sale now. Tickets went on sale March 25, 2013 to Kennedy Center Members

Not a member? Join today to receive priority purchasing and other benefits!

Tickets went on sale April 3, 2013 to the public
Call Kennedy Center Information or check online regularly for last-minute availability.

Horace Andy “Musical Episode” Extended Mix (Wackies)

marleyrkives — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:34:53 +0000

A great Horace Andy cut featured on what is, in my opinion, the finest produced 12″ that Wackies ever pressed, the Sugar Minott “Wicked Ah Go Feel It” 12″. By the sound quality here you might assume that this is a re-press copy. However, this is from a flawless original copy that I got from the great folks at Deadly Dragon Sound in NYC! This record was treated like gold, and you can definitely hear it. My favorite Horace Andy cut from his years with Wackies.

“A Man For All Reasoning” by Neil Spencer, New Musical Express, May 16, 1981

marleyrkives — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:23:33 +0000

Published just 6 days following Bob Marley’s passing, this fitting tribute by Neil Spencer hits hard and heavy. I include it primarily because of the photo, a publicity photo for the “Catch A Fire” album, which is one of my all time favorite photos of King Marley.

Max Romeo & Prince Buster All Stars “Word, Sound, and Power” (Prince Buster)

marleyrkives — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:47:06 +0000

Here is a Max Romeo cut from 1969/70 called “Word, Sound, & Power” w/ Version from my own 7″ vinyl collection. Lee Perry production. Max Romeo’s distinctive vocal over the original “River Jordan” riddim, played by the Prince Buster All-Stars. Take note of the sax on this track. Sounds absolutely ridiculous. Version is real nice.

“Jordan River’s gonna roll”…