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| The
ultimate word on the history of reggae, this six part series, shot on
film by an Oscar nominated cameraman, was produced in the early 1980s,
just after the premature death of Bob Marley. It was a time to look
back and to look forward. The films feature some amazing archive, much
of it never seen before, of how Jamaican music developed before it
became famous world-wide. Film-maker Howard Johnson interviewed the
important figures who had influenced the course of the music. Along
with musical performance there are interviews with cultural historians,
folklorists and musicologists, along with those who created the music
and those involved in the early days of Mento, Ska, Rock Steady and the
sound systems. Also toasters, record producers and many great Reggae
artists of the day
Part 1 - REVIVAL
“Captured on film - a nation of singers and dancers”
“The most amazing footage of African music in the Caribbean”
How
kumina, poco, burru and mento - the music of slaves from Africa -
became the dance form of ska that conquered the world. How folk songs
and calypso kept culture alive and sensational footage of how the
revivalist churches carry a mix of Christian and African themes into
the Jamaican mainstream. Great footage of The Skatalites, Count Ossie,
Toots Hibbert, Don Drummond, Jimmy Riley and Jimmy Cliff.
Part 2 - RANKING SOUNDS
“If
you thought you knew everything about sound-systems, think again
– it’s all here. Raw. Beautiful. Powerful”
“Never-before seen interviews with the founders of an art form”
The development of sound-systems and the amazing origins of deejaying
and toasting. Rare footage of U Roy, Prince Buster and the Skatalites.
Memories of the one and only Duke Reid. The first and only time that
the originators of talk-over styles – Sir Lord Comic and Count
Matchouki – have ever performed together. And a glimpse of the
real thing, a Jamaican sound-system, Jack Ruby Hi-Power, playing a
Saturday night in Ocho Rios.
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The Skatalites, Count Ossie, Byron Lee, Louise Bennett, Jah Thomas, Jah
Jerry, Skully, Toots Hibbert & The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Don
Drummond, Jimmy Riley, U Roy, Micky Simpson, Sir Lord Comic, Tommy
McCook, Prince Buster, Jiving Juniors, Millie Small, Count Matchuki,
Icho Candy, Jack Ruby Hi Power, Bobby Culture, Scarface. At the
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