Warm Weather Mix - Irie Still (66mb 41minutes 14 tracks!)

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1. Lyn Tait & The Jets - Soul Food (PAMA)
2. Eric "Monty" Morris - Say Bye Bye (Kentone)
3. Roy Shirley - Sleeping Beauty (LEE)
4. The Clarendonians - You Can't Be Happy (Coxsone)
5. Theo Beckford - Easy Snapping (New Beat)
6. Clancy Eccles - Feel The Rythm (New Beat)
7. Ken Lazarus - Monkey Man (FRM)
8. The Upsetters - Dollar In The Teeth (Upsetter)
9. Ken Parker - The Dynamic Ken Parker (Attack)
10. Big Youth - A So We Stay (Attack)
11. The Marvels - Got To Get Away (Trojan)
12. The Heptones - I've Got A Feeling (Attack)
13. U Roy - Natty Don't Fear (Virgin)
14. Burning Spear - Black Wa Da Da (Wolf)

So here we are. The weather has been in the plus for over a week now and we're looking to be out of Winter's way for another year. This made me throw some old Jamaican wax on the platters and lo and behold....a new mix was born! I thought I'd post the New Northern mix first but I just had to share my desire for warm weather tiding first. It's 41 minutes long with 14 songs. See what happened there? Weird huh?

The vinyl on some of these tracks is a little crunchy, but all are quite enjoyable....and besides, some people PAY for software to make their songs sound this way! Ha Ha Ha.

Life has been quite busy of late and I will be travelling next week to the other side of the country (For those of you "not in the know" Canada is HUGE, so travelling from Ontario to British Columbia is quite a distance, approx 6 hours by plane). I'm going to see if there are any record shops of note in British Columbia so I'm not neglecting my digging duties whilst away on the work trip.

I'm quite excited about this. You'll all benefit from any goodies out there, so wish me luck!

I want to revamp my Blog Roll, so if any of you wish me to add your Blog, let me know. I'm also Twittering away, so follow me HERE. You can also leave a comment if you hate the post.....you can leave a positive comment too if you want. That's it for today, I hope you SHINDIGGIT!

-  Jason X

The Marvels - Got To Get Away (Trojan TR 7904)

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Hi Kids,

Well it's been a lot warmer this week and it got me in a Jamaican mood. Thus todays blog post. Last week we had a winter storm and this week it's been 10 degrees centigrade. I can't help but feel that Spring is on it's way.

I picked this single up at the local record show this weekend and felt it was a good candidate for my warm weather celebration post. The Marvels aren't exactly Reggae royalty but they have the distinction of being produced by one Dandy Livingston. All in all a solid effort. The A Side is a touch more gospel with "He's got the whole world in his hands", but the B side is perky and fun with a DEEEP base line for those of you with good speakers and an ending that surprised me the first time I heard it. It almost sounds tacked on to the end of the song, like another song is starting.....however, it's nothing but goodness so listen for it.

There's not much else to say here as I don't know much about this band. Being on Trojan is usully a good thing and I've STILL never been disappointed. So SHINDIGGIT and be on the lookout for a new mix coming soon. I've been scoring some brilliant Northern Soul and want to present it in another installment of "On A Northern Tip". Follow me on Twitter (Here) if you want to chat about records or any other Twitter Fodder you can think of.

- Jason X