▲ 7 r/reggae
Mudie‘s Heptones
Love Without Feeling b/w Version
Nice 7-inch right here! I think it’s the only recording a Heptone did with producer Harry Mudie. I wish there was more.
u/Emr3rson — 4 days ago
u/Emr3rson
The first “Cali Reggae” track was in 1968?
It was 1968 when American jazz/R&B songwriter Jimmy Norman penned the two songs When The Tide Comes In and Falling fusing psychedelic rock and the island beat. The recording was then overseen by American soul songwriter Johnny Nash. This all happened in Jamaica where it was performed by radio broadcaster Neville Willoughby.
The instrumentation on this record is quite radical compared to the pop early reggae that took hold in the UK. I view it as a precursor to the Cali Reggae sound that emerged later. Any other examples like this come to mind?
u/Emr3rson — 5 days ago