Boss Sounds Event - This is Woodland

Here is our next nighttime event ...

Sunday Afternoon "Simmer Down" Sessions Posters

Here is the poster and the dates for our Sunday Afternoon Boss Sounds. They are a little bit more laid back than our nights so we've entitled them "Simmer Down". Come along and put some Reggae in your Jeggae (and your Sunday Afternoon) ...

Playlist from my guest spot on "Kids with Class Kicking Arse" Radio Show on 4ZZZ FM

Yesterday I dropped into the "Kids with Class Kicking Arse" Radio Show on Brisbane's 4ZZZ FM with Danika and CJ. They kindly let me choose some tunes. Check out 4ZZZ FM here http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/ and if you can support their annual Radiothon Fund Raising.  Anyway here's what I played ...

The Piglets - Johnny Reggae
Innocenti - We Are The Mods
The Towerblocks - Kids of the Towerblocks
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
Amy Winehouse and The Four Tops Mash Up - I Can't Help Myself & Rehab
The Strange Tenants - Two Steps Back
Amy Winehouse - Hey Little Rich Girl
Sex Machines - School's Out For Summer
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Hush - Rough, Tough and Ready
Ella Fitzgerald - These Boots are Made For Walking
Plan of Attack - Two Sides
Panteon Rococo - St Pauli
Vanilla Muffins - Give Me Some Sugar Oi
Mari Elliot - Silly Billy
The Tams - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
The Crack - My World
Gerhand SkaCinta - This Is Ska
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra (with Rico Rodriguez on vocals) - L.O.V.E.
Arthur Kay and the Originals (with Judge Dread on vocals) - Skinhead Moonstomp

Boss Sounds fondly remembers Amy Winehouse

We were saddened to hear about the passing of Amy Winehouse. The world was definitely a more interesting place with her in it. She also forged some cool links to the subculture we all love here at Boss Sounds Brisbane.

I always really rated the Amy Winehouse Ska EP. It contained cover versions of  Specials' "Monkey Man", "Hey Little Rich Girl" and "You're Wondering Now" as well as a Ska cover of Sam Cooke's "Cupid". Amy's version of "Hey Little Rich Girl" is awesome and I played it often in my DJ sets. There is also a bootleg of Amy covering the Specials "Nelson Mandela" at his 90's Birthday Celebration concert which also featured the Special's Jerry Dammers  and the Soweto Gospel Choir which I have yet to check out.

Fred Perry's Amy Winehouse collection was also pretty cool. LJ has both of the above polos from it.

So to close off, check out this cool mash-up by Party Ben of Rehab and the Four Tops' "I can't help myself" as we at Boss Sounds Brisbane fondly remember Amy.

Postscript :

Apparently there are a bunch of unreleased reggae songs that Amy recorded when she stayed at Bob Marley's estate and worked with Damein Marley. It would be great to see these songs released in the future. http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/89416725/island-records-rejects-winehouses-reggae-album

Viktor Big Monkey's Top 10

It's a tough call to pick just ten but the others have managed it so here are ten from Viktor ...

Rude Boys are Back - Boss
Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy - The Tams
Play My Record - Arthur Kay and the Originals
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
Sugar Oi Come On - Vanilla Muffins
Ska Tunes Approaching - No Nonsense
Look at me now - The Volcanoes
Feel like Jumping - Marcia Griffiths
Hong Kong Ska - Lou and the Hollywood Bananas
(Love is like a) Heatwave - Martha and the Vandellas

Laura-Jane's Top 10

Here with my top 10 in alphabetical order ... it's my top 10 for today anyway!

Bonanza Ska – Bad Manners

Fire Corner – King Stitt

Hello – Mark Foggo

Hold On! I’m Comin’ – Sam & Dave

John Jones – Rudy Mills

Johnny Reggae – The Piglets

Monkey Spanner – Dave & Ansell Collins

Mr Misery – The Aggrolites

Skinhead Moonstomp – Symarip

White Shoes – Ritchie & the Loosers

This youtube film clip editing is champagne ...

Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex 1976 Reggae Single

2011 sadly saw the passing away of Poly Styrene, the lead singer of the Punk band X-Ray Spex. I was a big fan of their album "Germ Free Adolescents". When I was reading Poly Styrene's eulogy in the newspaper I was surprised to find out that before X-Ray Spex, Poly recorded a reggae single. The song was called "Silly Billy" and it was released under the name "Mari Elliott" in 1976. It's a catchy little tune ... check it out ...