I Kong - The Way It Is

In the early 60s, Errol I Kong was founding member of the rocksteady group The Jamaicans. After working as a bartender and singer on a cruise ship for 2 years in the late 60s, he returned to music business. In the early 70s, he recorded his first solo single for Tommy Cowans Top Cat label, under the name of Ricky Storm (coming soon). After the hit single "Ghetto Cry", I-Kong released his first and only album "The Way It Is" in 1978. After that, being disillusioned about music business, he moved to the hills of St. Elizabeth and lived there in relative obscurity.

Thanks Discogs for I Kong bio

Willie Cobbs - You Don't Love

The original to Dawn Penn's - No No No

Yami Bolo - Jah Made Them All

Now Thing Riddim

Late 90's rhythm from Sly & Lenky also available on the Mo Wax - Now Thing compilation. My 20 month old son loves to dance to this one.

The Palm Trees - Step It Out

Thanks again to Bob Brooks of Reggae Revive

L. Crosdale - Free Me Version

Absolute killer Studio One roots dub. Much deeper than the vocal flip

Stan Bitters Score

Found these four Hans Sumpf Bitters pots in an alley with dead plants in them.  Hand thrown on a wheel, each weighs around 200 lbs.

Gregory Isaacs pulls out of Bowl Reggae Night

Gregory cancelled  for tonight's show. Here's a taste of what we'll be missing

The Cool Ruler in the 80's

Ted Bielefeld

Ted Bielefeld was a teaching assistant to Tony Prieto at

Mills College in the late 50's, early 60's. Not much info

can be found about Ted; he was a potter and a jazz

musician and died young. In a 1981 interview with

Robert Arneson, speaking of his days at Mills college,

Robert says "A fine fellow was Ted Bielefeld, who died a

few years later (mid 60's). I learned a lot from him as a

student." Vasefinder calls him "the 'Vincent VanGogh' of

studio because of his personal life struggle."

Jackie Mittoo - El Bang Bang