#ReggaeSky is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 39 people shared 345 posts with it — around 12 a day. Activity is down 15% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 11 with 27 posts.

Posts with #ReggaeSky

House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

about 13 hours ago

Remembering DJ legend U Roy who was born on this day in 1942. U Roy had 8 Top 10 hits in the JA chart in 1970, including 3 No.1's. He carried over that success into 1971 with this Top 10 single on The Paragons Only A Smile... youtu.be/iLwvmTqMOao?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

7" of Hugh (U) Roy - Flashing My Whip on Duke Reid label. Released in 1971. Produced by Duke Reid.

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

about 23 hours ago

#OTD in 1969 Wembley hosted the first Caribbean Music Festival. The second one in April 1970 was filmed by Horace Ové for the great concert film 'Reggae'. Here's the advert for the long-forgotten first one in Sept '69... #reggae #reggaesky #music #musicsky

Advert for the Caribbean Music Festival at Empire Pool, Wembley on Sunday 21st September 1969. Star appearances by Johnny Nash, Desmond Dekker, Jackie Edwards, Jimmy James, Max Romeo, Jimmy Cliff, Count Prince Miller, Tony Tribe, Black Velvet, Derrick Morgan, Mohawks, Pat Kelly, Skatalites, Root & Jenny Jackson.

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

3 days ago

Happy 72nd birthday to Carlton Livingston. Here's Carlton's huge 1984 dancehall hit on a deep version of the Hot Milk rhythm. Despite the label credits, this was produced by Jah Life at Philip Smart's HC&F studio in New York... youtu.be/o2Gq5jimiYg?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

12" of Carlton Livingston - 100 Weight Of Collie Weed on Greensleeves label. Released in 1984. The label credits state 'Produced by Henry 'Junjo' Lawes. Backed by Roots Radics. Recorded and mixed at Channel One.'

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

1 day ago

1/6 🧵 A year or two before ska and a decade before roots reggae, the Jamaican 7" singles chart on 18th June 1961 saw Nyahbinghi rhythms and Revival lyrics take over. Here's a short thread looking at the top 4 singles... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #ska #jamaica

Sunday Gleaner 18th June 1961
Jamaican Hit Parade

01 Folks Brothers - Oh Carolina
02 Higgs & Wilson - Come On Home
03 Clancy Eccles - River Jordan
04 Jiving Juniors - Over The River
05 Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law
06 Owen Gray - Sinners Weep
07 Ben E. King - Stand By Me
08 Wilfred Edwards - Whenever There’s Moonlight
09 Brook Benton - Think Twice
10 Titus Turner - Miss Rubberneck Jones

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

3 days ago

#OTD 50 years ago, this great doc on the London reggae scene was broadcast on ITV at 10:45pm... youtu.be/Ah5-2qA_drk?... #reggae #reggaesky

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Aquarius British Reggae 1976

YouTube video by rocky storm

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social

OTD in 1976. Textbook mid 1970's BBC1 Saturday evening schedule - Dr Who, Gen Game, Duchess of Duke Street, The Two Ronnies, Starsky & Hutch, MOTD and Parkinson.

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

5 days ago

Remembering foundation DJ King Stitt who was born on this day in 1940. Here's a Trojan 12" that reissued Stitt's Herbsman Shuffle along with Phantom, the proto-dub version which was mixed by Lynford Anderson at Dynamic studio... youtu.be/SaGtiLCZ6rA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

12" of King Stitt & The Dynamites - Herbsman Shuffle / Phantom on Trojan Records label. Released in 1980. Produced by Clancy Eccles with Andy Cap at the Controls.

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Very saddened to hear that Max Romeo died yesterday aged 80 years old. Max had been singing and recording for nearly 60 years. Here's one of many favourites in my collection. A beautiful praise song from 1973... youtu.be/0tk--iWobHc?... RIP Max 🙏 #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #musicsky #maxromeo

7" of Max Romeo - Every Man Ought To Know on Pama Supreme label. Released in 1973.

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

10 months ago

Deeply saddened to hear that Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81. A truly magnificent singer and performer. He started out as a teenager in the early 60s recording future classics like this... RIP lion 🦁🙏 youtu.be/HRVqG5QxvhY?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #jimmycliff

7" of Jimmy Cliff - King Of Kings on Island label. Released in 1963. Produced by Leslie Kong.

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DonDeLion

@dondelion.bsky.social

8 months ago

#MusicSky #Music #ReggaeSky #Reggae Black Uhuru w/Sly & Robbie - Youth (Youth of Eglington version) youtube.com/watch?v=QBK-...

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

4 days ago

The original Full Up rhythm was created at Studio 1 by Leroy Sibbles and Jackie Mittoo in 1968. It has since been versioned many times with at least a dozen cuts from Studio 1, like this great rub-a-dub combination from 1983... youtu.be/hrtifeO2-no?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

7" of Rapper Robert & Jim Brown - Minister For Ganja on Studio One label. Released in 1983. Produced by Coxsone Dodd.

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DonDeLion

@dondelion.bsky.social

about 16 hours ago

#MusicSky #Music #ReggaeSky #Reggae Sound Dimension w/The Royals - Pick Up The Pieces Version youtube.com/watch?v=cB1p...

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House of Reggae

@houseofreggae.bsky.social

7 days ago

Remembering the Voice of Thunder Prince Far I who was killed on this day in 1983 aged just 38. Here's his self-produced Round 2 sequel to the original Big Fight of Dreadlocks Vs Babylon that was on his Under Heavy Manners LP... youtu.be/m47FqjVRpi0?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky