DJ Lynnée Denise returns with her in-depth series exploring global citizenship, African Diasporic connections, and music migration. This second edition, “UK 76-79’, follows the links between UK reggae and soul and Jamaica and its wide influence on the punk, post-punk, two-tone and new wave scenes during the late ‘70s. Featuring special guest Cleveland Watkiss.
Strut Records: Sound Systems Of The Diaspora - UK 76-79
Tune in for the Strut Records show on Worldwide FM presented by Quinton Scott. Strut Records explore the current music scene in Ghana, from the young generation of artists pushing boundaries to the producers and musicians helping to keep traditions thriving.
Steel Pulse – Ku Klux Klan (Island Records)
Aswad – Natural Progression (Island Records)
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Sonny’s Lettah (Anti Sus Poem) (Island Records)
Janet Kay – Silly Games (Scope)
Horace Andy – Skylarking (Studio One)
Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin)
Jacob Miller – Forward Jah Jah Children (Sweet City)
The Clash – Armagideon Time (CBS)
Prince Buster – Ten Commandments (Blue Beat)
Dandy Livingstone – Rudy, A Message To You (Trojan Records)
The Specials – A Message To You Rudy (Two-Tone Records)
Junior Murvin – Police And Thieves (Island Records)
The Clash – Police And Thieves (CBS)
The Police – The Bed’s Too Big Without You (A&M Records)
Sheila Hylton – The Bed’s Too Big Without You (Island Records)
The Pretenders – Private Life (Sire)
Grace Jones – Private Life (Island Records)
The Selecter – Missing Words (Two-Tone Records)
The Selecter – James Bond (Two-Tone Records)
X-Ray Spex – Warrior In Woolworths (EMI)
The Equals – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys (President)
Gang Of Four – Not Great Men (EMI)
David Bowie – Fascination (RCA Victor)
Siouxsie And The Banshees – Pure (Polydor)
Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (Yard Music)
Gregory Isaacs – Reform Institution (Burning Sounds)
Augustus Pablo – 555 Dub Street (Yard Music)
The Real Thing – Children Of The Ghetto (Pye Records)
Hot Chocolate – Let Them Be The Judge (Rak)
Average White Band and Ben E. King – A Star In The Ghetto (Atlantic)
Delegation – Where Is The Love (We Used To Know) (State Records)
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Bass Culture (Island Records)
Bunny Mack – Let Me Love You (Rokel)
Talking Heads – I Zimbra (Sire)