Reggae Disco Dub

[Silvio]

Shinehead's cover/slightly twisted cover of Bille Jean is fab...

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by Silvio

That cover was done by Richard Ace I believe.

It was recently re-edited by Phantom Slaher for their Gruble LP. Great tune!

Phantom Slasher - Gruble

I believe I have a copy of the Richard Ace track. Can't remember much about it though, except it was on a fairly decorative blue label. A little bit of research confirms it was on Blue Inc. in the UK.

[Simon White]

Just looking for something else and chanced across Bits and Pieces version of the Yarbourough and Peoples classic 'Don't Stop The Music' on Island. Not strictly reggae but Bits and Pieces are the iconic reggae guys Sly and Robbie who did all the things with Grace Jones. Anyway, that set me thinking so I dug out 'Get To This, Get To That' by Sly and Robbie also on Island, a record I always thought could have been great somehow but isn't and then The Compass Point All Stars 'Peanut Butter' which is an instrumental version of Grace Jones 'Pull Up To The Bumper' and from memory is Sly and Robbie again !

[Bernie]

Originally Posted by Simon White

Just looking for something else and chanced across Bits and Pieces version of the Yarbourough and Peoples classic 'Don't Stop The Music' on Island. Not strictly reggae but Bits and Pieces are the iconic reggae guys Sly and Robbie who did all the things with Grace Jones. Anyway, that set me thinking so I dug out 'Get To This, Get To That' by Sly and Robbie also on Island, a record I always thought could have been great somehow but isn't and then The Compass Point All Stars 'Peanut Butter' which is an instrumental version of Grace Jones 'Pull Up To The Bumper' and from memory is Sly and Robbie again !

Just played this Bits and Pieces track the other day. Also enjoy Boops by Sly.

Anyway, since the 1980s are fair game now then how about "What Is Life" by Black Uhuru, "Give Me" by I-Level, "Sense of Purpose" by Third World or even "Land of Hunger" by the Earons.

[Giovanni]

If talking of the true disco era two tracks come to my mind that were massive on the dancefloors:

TEN CC: Dreadlock holydays
INNER CIRCLE: Everything is great

[buckaroo]

what you guys are callling Reggae dance or Reggae Disco, was better known as Lover's Rock in the UK during the late '70s and '80s. The most succesful singers at the time were Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson, Donna Rhoden, etc. Many of them covered songs, but Carroll Thompson and her ilk, began to write their own material. Kay even got to #2 in the UK national charts back in '79 with a song she wrote.

Originally Posted by zef

The Cover of It's my house was by a group called Storm and was released commercially on the Scope record label which I think was distributed by WB's

Looky here: YouTube - STORM it's my house

Someone even did a Reggae version of Let It Whip by Dazz Band.