7 Jan 2019

Nashville Babylon 7 January, 2019

From Nashville Babylon, 11:00 pm on 7 January 2019

Listen to Nashville Babylon's annual reggae special featuring classics from Desmond Dekker, the Gladiators, Don Drummond, Junior Murvin and Lee 'Scratch' Perry. There's also live music from the Notting Hill Carnival courtesy of Aswad and a dub rarity from The Clash.


Artist: The Gladiators
Track: Hearsay
Composer: Albert Griffiths
Album: Trenchtown Mix Up
Label: Virgin

Artist: Don Drummond
Track: Confucious
Composer: Drummond
Album: Single
Label: Top Deck

Artist: Desmond Dekker
Track: Israelites
Composer: Dekker / Kong
Album: Single
Label: Pyramid

Artist: Junior Murvin
Track: Police And Thieves
Composer: Perry /Murvin
Album: Police And Thieves
Label: Island

Artist: The Heptones
Track: Book Of Rules
Composer: LLewellyn/Johnson
Album: Rockers OST
Label: Mango

Artist: Bunny Wailer
Track: Rootsman Skanking
Composer: Bunny Wailer
Album: Rootsman Skanking
Label: Shanachie

Artist: The Twinkle Brothers
Track: Free Us
Composer: Grant/Grant
Album: Free Africa
Label: Front Line

Artist: Prince Far I
Track: Throw Away Your Guns
Composer: Williams
Album: Songs From The Front Line
Label: Virgin

Artist: Aswad
Track: Roots Rocking
Composer: Ford/Gaye/Robinson
Album: Live And Direct
Label: Island

Artist: Aswad
Track: Drum & Bass Line
Composer:  Ford/Gaye/Robinson/Biddy
Album: Live And Direct
Label: Island

Artist: Eric Donaldson
Track: Cherry Oh Baby
Composer: Eric Donaldson
Album: Cherry Oh Baby
Label: Trojan

Artist: The Clash
Track: Justice Tonight / Kick It Over
Composer: Williams / Mittoo
Album: Super Black Market Clash
Label: Epic

Artist: The Upsetter
Track: Party Time (pt2)
Composer: Leroy Sibbles
Album:Arkology
Label: Island

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