DJ Wicz

Good fortune blessed me recently with access to a collection of 80's dancehall. I was able to grab some hard-to-find records over the course of a day of looking.

Two sought-after tunes are featured above, by the one White Mice and Burro Banton. I can't think of two voices in reggae much more different from one another than these two, White Mice lives in the vocal register of the small rodent he is named after, and Burro has a cavernous rockstone voice. See Beth Lesser's excellent recent book of photos from Jamaica in the 80's for some pictures of White Mice.

I've decided to feature a number of soundbwoy and heartical digi tunes I've been digging up recently in a mix. Here's a draft of what I'm working on. Pictured below are Pinchers and his computer muse . . . NOTE: Please click the "continue reading" link at the bottom in order to display the soundfiles. We did this since the length of the clip may overburden people's bandwith.

1.Killa Sound — Eccleton Jarrett
2.Dancehall Murda — Banana Man
3.Cowboy MC — Major Worries
4.Idle Jack Horse — Chris Wayne
5.Sitting In Limbo — Yami Bolo & Blacka T
6.Juggling — Thriller U
7.Hot Bubbler — Michael Prophet
8.Red Eye Lover — Carl Meeks
9.Come Follow Me — Conroy Smith
10.Sound Boy — Super Black
11.False Alarm — Nitty Gritty
12.Ghetto Tenement Yard — Michael (Cane Juice) Marsh
13.Pass The Dub Plate — Frankie Paul
14.Jail House — Nut Head
15.Jah Send Me Come — Dignitary Stylish
16.We Dem Fah — Carl Meeks
17.Dangerous — Conroy Smith
18.One Big Family — Half Pint
19.Jah Guide & Protect Us — Tenor Saw
20.Posse Are You Ready — Mighty Diamonds
21.Cool It Off — Derrick Parker
22.Rough Neck Sound Killer — Banana Man
23Step By Step — White Mice
24..Eat Man — Pinchers
25.Uptown Girl — Conroy Smith
26.Pressure We — Robert Ffrench & Michigan
27.It A Worry Dem — Dirtsman

I found a really scratchy copy of "Hold Yu Corner" a couple of weeks ago and was very glad just to know about it from that copy. I lucked into a clean 45 of it today, so now I can enjoy listening to a playable copy.

Everton has an amazing voice and cut quite a few excellent tunes in the late 80's.