
Showing posts with label Vinyl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vinyl. Show all posts
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
'The Beat' Mash Up Cape Town and Less Than Two Weeks Later I Stumble Across Their 1st Album On Wax In Durban...

'The Beat' (known in North America as The English Beat) were formed in Birmingham, England in 1978, during a period of high unemployment and social upheaval in the UK. They are a 2 Tone Ska band who's songs fuse Ska, Soul, Reggae, and Punk Rock.
I had the opportunity to cover their Nov. show in Cape Town, it was a classic performance and I linked with the band for a bit after the show. Ranking Roger was a 'spot on chap' and his son Ranking Junior has got jokes, not to mention he is a sly one with the ladies.
A local print music guide was doing a review and needed an image, this friend of mine hit me up last min because they didn't have decent pictures to supply the mag. So I sent them 2 or 3 images before leaving for DBN, they used one of them but I was not around when the mag was out. While in DBN funny enough I found their 1st Album on Vinyl for like 20 Rand (about 3 Dollars) at a pop-up record shop.
When I got back another friend had cut out the article and saved it for me. Here it is along with a few other images of the night. I will be uploading a Funky-Bad'Man Vinyl Mix next week with one of the rad tracks until then,
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Monday, June 7, 2010
Check Out This Record Find!!!
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DJ Just Be...? added a few ultra rare classic punk albums to the wax collection recently. Found at a used vinyl shop in Muizenberg out side of Cape Town, South Africa. They are both O.G. pressings from 1977' none of that re-issue junk. So amped to drop these timeless tracks in a set or a new mix. Much thanks to the person who keep these vinyl pristine for such a long time for me and others to enjoy.
Big up,
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