Reggae History 70s-80s
The Reggae beat has been through many stages since its formulation in Jamaica in the early 1960s. It began with all the Ska beat which derives from a strong influence of rhythm & blues, and after that Rocksteady, before reaching it's worldwide appeal as Reggae throughout the Seventies to early Eighties and producing such artist's as: Cubiculo
Peter Tosh, Dennis Brown, Junior Delgado, Burning Spear, Under developed, Pat Kelly, Matumbi, Black Uhuru, Black Roots, Big Youth, The Mighty Diamonds, One Blood, Junior English, Bunny Wailer, Prince Lincoln , Pablo Gad, Aswad, Steel Pulse, Carol Thompson, Louisa Marks, Janet Kay, Sister Love, and much more big name Reggae performers. We should remember that Bob Marley was the fore runner for all the above mentioned artist's.
The 12" 45rpm vinyl record was introduced during this period of reggae history, and toasting (an early form of rapping) was a another seventies invention. It absolutely was started by Sound System DJs at dances to help expand entertain their audiences and have become so popular that many artist's began adding toasting with their records to make their tunes unique.
The Reggae beat also became faster plus much more sophisticated musically, to keep up with the modern sound coming in through the USA called Funk which used the assistance of the new electronic instruments and included the famous syndrome utilized on many a tune.
Meanwhile artist's and musicians moving into the UK had a problem establishing a foot hold inside the Reggae market due to Jamaica's dominance. Currently Reggae did not have a romantic side, also it was felt that the lovers amongst us needs to be catered for, so Lover's rock came to be right here in the U.K, showing a softer side to the wonderful music. Lovers rock also covered lots of the popular pop songs in britain charts and made cover versions almost standard.
Even the vinyl records suddenly changed colour from other usual black, to green, white, yellow, blue, multi and many others in between. Buy
Roots music, which had a heavy Reggae bass line and lyrics to fit, really captured the mood of what life is like living in the ghetto. It also had become the fore runner for one more style, called Steppers, a virtually dance beat that you step to. Last but not least Rockers derives mainly from using old Rock Steady rhythms and revamping all of them with a new bass line and beat. Consider it early remixing of a slow tune into disco dance tune which is used today throughout the music business.
You can find these tunes on the market on this site.
This period seemed to be a very enterprising here we are at creating your own records labels although most of them are no longer around, however, this website has many exhibits of those labels, plus many more to come, they are a rarity themselves.
During this period I was an avid record buyer and consequently I built up an enormous and extensive collection,I also ran my own recording studio before the late 90s. which equiped me using a sound knowledge on the subject.
The Reggae beat has been through many stages since its formulation in Jamaica in the early 1960s. It began with all the Ska beat which derives from a strong influence of rhythm & blues, and after that Rocksteady, before reaching it's worldwide appeal as Reggae throughout the Seventies to early Eighties and producing such artist's as: Cubiculo
Peter Tosh, Dennis Brown, Junior Delgado, Burning Spear, Under developed, Pat Kelly, Matumbi, Black Uhuru, Black Roots, Big Youth, The Mighty Diamonds, One Blood, Junior English, Bunny Wailer, Prince Lincoln , Pablo Gad, Aswad, Steel Pulse, Carol Thompson, Louisa Marks, Janet Kay, Sister Love, and much more big name Reggae performers. We should remember that Bob Marley was the fore runner for all the above mentioned artist's.
The 12" 45rpm vinyl record was introduced during this period of reggae history, and toasting (an early form of rapping) was a another seventies invention. It absolutely was started by Sound System DJs at dances to help expand entertain their audiences and have become so popular that many artist's began adding toasting with their records to make their tunes unique.
The Reggae beat also became faster plus much more sophisticated musically, to keep up with the modern sound coming in through the USA called Funk which used the assistance of the new electronic instruments and included the famous syndrome utilized on many a tune.
Meanwhile artist's and musicians moving into the UK had a problem establishing a foot hold inside the Reggae market due to Jamaica's dominance. Currently Reggae did not have a romantic side, also it was felt that the lovers amongst us needs to be catered for, so Lover's rock came to be right here in the U.K, showing a softer side to the wonderful music. Lovers rock also covered lots of the popular pop songs in britain charts and made cover versions almost standard.
Even the vinyl records suddenly changed colour from other usual black, to green, white, yellow, blue, multi and many others in between. Buy
Roots music, which had a heavy Reggae bass line and lyrics to fit, really captured the mood of what life is like living in the ghetto. It also had become the fore runner for one more style, called Steppers, a virtually dance beat that you step to. Last but not least Rockers derives mainly from using old Rock Steady rhythms and revamping all of them with a new bass line and beat. Consider it early remixing of a slow tune into disco dance tune which is used today throughout the music business.
You can find these tunes on the market on this site.
This period seemed to be a very enterprising here we are at creating your own records labels although most of them are no longer around, however, this website has many exhibits of those labels, plus many more to come, they are a rarity themselves.
During this period I was an avid record buyer and consequently I built up an enormous and extensive collection,I also ran my own recording studio before the late 90s. which equiped me using a sound knowledge on the subject.