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Streamola Archive
by Streamola Archive
Streaming audio from back in the day
Episodes
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Rebel Radio: Gaps in the Dial podcast – EP 2: Dread Broadcasting Corporation – “Tune In If You’re Rankin”
“The story of London’s first Black-owned radio station. Broadcasting from West London, DBC brought the sound of reggae sound system culture to the airwaves and the spirit of carnival to the radio. DBC was also one of the first stations to understand the importance of branding, with its iconic...
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Rootsman Rak Earthday Roots & Steppas set
On May 31 2020 Rootsman Rak celberated his Earthday with an Online Session with a number of guest selecters. Here is his set. For more visit the Internet Archive. Your browser does not support the HTML5 video tag.
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FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 38 – Michael Williams Interview
On August 8 2018, in FlipsideLondon Radio Episode 38 program on the Portobello Radio station, Aidan McManus interviewed former DBC co-operator Michael Williams. After a brief summary of his time working at Better Badges, ‘Mike the Bike’ tells the story of how he, and the rest of the DBC crew…
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Billy Fury – That’s Love – Jean Carroll Show 1960
This showed up on YouTube, but out of sync, I’ve adjusted it. Apparently recorded June 23 1960 in London by Val Parnell as a ‘Saturday Spectacular’ and shown on Granada. Download video: MP4 format
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Dominick finally makes US Network TV debut.
Casually channel flipping on July 15 2015 I was surprised to see a familiar face.. Download video: MP4 format
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Good Morning Young America
A single track from DJ Woody Dee, a fine example of his political-themed-samples-over-heavy-beats style, as streamed at 24kbps in March 2001.
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Humble Tafari – Roots Dawta
With the advent of Live365 in July 1999 there was less dependence on the streamola server. Humble Tafari of Wildfiyah Sound was an early adopter, and this was one of his first independent streams – a tribute to feminine artistry.
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Breakfast Pirate Radio – London 1982
When I left the UK for the USA in 1983 I was sure to pack with me a few nuggets of British culture to entertain and amaze the colonists. Apart from reggae disco 12″ers and VHS’s of the Young Ones tv series – as yet unseen on this side of the pond, I had a […]
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Ras Kush – Article Vinyl Pt.2 – 11.21.00
In part two of this session Ras Kush, of Black Redemption Sounds of Praises, dug further into his extensive vinyl collection sprinkling liberal amounts of Wackies in the process.. It kicks off with an african selection, followed by some mash down babylon vibes turning into a brief vocalist…
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Ras Kush – Article Vinyl Pt.1 – 11.21.00
This is part one of this session in which Ras Kush, of Black Redemption Sounds of Praises, dug into his extensive vinyl collection for rarely played tunes. He began by showcasing the dubwise style including selections from producers Coxsone Dodd, Lloyd Barnes, Adrian Sherwood and Tapper Zukie.…
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AK The Conqueror – Warm Up Session 9-23-00
AK’s story is that as a youth he was a promising sound boy in the UK when suddenly he was hoiked off to the musically remote outlands of the USA by his family. AK thus stayed true to roots of classic sound system while the peers he left behind might have had other distractions. However […]
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AK The Conqueror – Old Time Steppers International 9-23-00
AK The Conqueror was a stalwart member of the Yahoo Club Rasta and a very popular DJ on Streamola, particularly with the ladies, specializing as he did in Lover’s Rock, both classic and modern. The Reggae Vibes stream was founded just to cater to his sessions. Making them all the more rare and...
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Brief Selection
Here’s another of those short fragments off an old mix tape of mine – includes fav tunes from the likes of Dillinger, Hugh Mundell, Jackie Mittoo, U Roy, Roland Alphonso, and The Skatalites.
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Cantankerous!
This is a very brief fragment from 1988 or so, some NYC radio plus a bit of Dominic – a young Ladbroke Grove skallywag who had turned up after making a name for himself in Jamaica – testing his chops on hip-hop played by Dreadbeat Massive’s Woody Dee. One feature of NYC is a large […]
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Eddie Edwards Show feat. Lee Scratch Perry
I have to make a few guesses about this one – 1) that it is from 1987, and 2) that it is from a London station called Time Radio. 3) that the host is DJ Eddie Edwards as it says on the tape which is actually marked with the date 17-3-84. Lee Scratch Perry, in […]
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Dread Broadcast Corp. – Carnival ’84
Yet more DBC. As mentioned early broadcasts, out of necessity, utilized the “plant the cassette player and transmitter on the tower block and retire to a safe distance†method. By 1984 the station’s technology had advanced to the point of being able to, via relays, do live broadcasts. Even to...
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Traffic Jam Radio – Aug 1987
A month later than the last posting here we have Traffic Jam in full effect – this time the only thing that’s sped up is the chat, as was the craze of the day. A well-oiled Arrows International crew take turns to show off their freestyle lyrical prowess and vocal skill over a Federal selection. […]
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London Radio 1987
The fact my beloved DBC Rebel Radio had been shut down, and Lepke the station manager arrested, was definitely a contributory factor to my decision to move to the USA in 1983. The door having been opened, however, a flood of new stations, mostly based in South London, sprang up. Someone gave me...
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Ranking Miss P – Orbitone Style
Back in 1982 bread and butter for the DBC – Dread Broadcasting Corp. – were sponsored programs by the likes of Harlesden record distros Starlite and Orbitone, again presented with flair by the Ranking Miss P. Here are few fragments that have survived the ages thanks to Ms Mandi Newall of NYC who...
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Ranking Miss P – Strictly for the Girls
Amongst the very first streams that went out on streamola, and then run on repeat for it’s entire existence, was a selection of the Better Badges sponsored London reggae pirate DBC – the Dread Broadcasting Corp. – from the beginning of the 80s. One of the best loved features of that station were...
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WWW – Aug 4 1999
My Yahoo ID WWWhatsup was universally abbreviated to plain WWW by the Yahoo Rasta Club. I used to quite often stream live spontaneously in the late evening and this is just such a session, from a warm summer’s night in 1999.
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Selecter Bernard – Muzik
Selecter Bernard is a young associate of Black Redemption Sound hailing from the Garden State. He contributed this mix which went out on Streamola’s Reggae Vibes channel in October 1999.
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One Love Hi Powa – Hamburg 1998
Not sure where this one came from – Manwel perhaps – but it’s Italian sound system One Love Hi Powa playing out in Hamburg, Germany on 7/31/98.
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Mad Professor – Tricks In The Mix 1999
Again thanks to The Dubologist for this recording, I believe from the same Wetlands show as the Lee Scratch Perry previously posted – 6/14/99. It’s a monster session with Neil throwing in dub, techno, jungle, and anything else he can lay his hands on!
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Rebel Rockers – Live 1983
When I arrived on the West Coast in mid-1983 I knew practically nobody except Zed Records and Roger Steffens. Steffens introduced me to Blue Riddim, who were on tour, and they in turn introduced me to the Rebel Rockers of Laguna Beach, who kindly took me in as a guest. Also staying in their house...
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Ras Kush in Session – Sep 15 1999
From the Ides of September 1999 an early Streamola session from Ras Kush of Black Redemption.
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Belize Reggae
I’ve already mentioned Jumpin’ Alex, a wild rock’n’roller of East European origin who had his own stream. He returned from a visit to Belize excitedly bearing a cassette of a snippet of an indigenous roots session recorded, I believe, one evening on a beach..
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Ras Kush – Tribute To Augustus Pablo Pt.1
A major feature of Streamola was the Augustus Pablo Memorial Stream. The great and inspiring musician Horace Swaby passed on in May 1999 just after the station’s founding. A year later Ras Kush of Black Redemption put together a definitive and heartfelt retrospective session, of which this is the...
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Go Bros. – Foundation
Yet another mix from Selecter Yoske, again with the rub-a-dub foundation vibes.
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Pre-release 1979
Here we have one of the oldest tapes I have around – dates back to the good days at Better Badges when we’d just got our Alpha hi-speed cassette duplicator. The great thing about this was that it was a magnet for rare and unreleased material, such as this, brought in by Steve Jameson – […]
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Ras Kush – Tribute to Jah Shaka Pt.3
Part 3 of Ras Kush’s tribute to the mighty Zulu Warrior. Also available: Part 1 | Part 2.
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Ras Kush – Tribute to Jah Shaka Pt.2
Part 2 of Ras Kush’s tribute to the mighty Zulu Warrior. Also available: Part 1 | Part 3.
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Ras Kush – Tribute to Jah Shaka Pt.1
One thing that became apparent, as Streamola gained more listeners, was that many, particularly in North America, were not well cognizant with the works of the mighty Zulu Warrior from Peckham. In spring of 1999 Ras Kush, of Black Redemption Sounds of Praises, took it upon himself to emancipate…
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Go Bros. – Rub-a-dub Pt.3 – Dubplate Style
In the third segment of Selecter Yoske’s ‘one man tribute’ we hear him leggo dubplate after dubplate, version after version, all on classic rub-a-dub rhythms. Also check Pt.1 | Pt.2
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The Big Broadcast
I believe this one went out as a casual special on the Jumpin’ Radio stream, it’s an edited version of The Big Broadcast – a longstanding Sunday night show on WFUV. DJ Rich Conaty spins classic jazz and pop tunes of the 1920s and ’30s. An archive of his most recent shows is here.
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Lee Scratch Perry On The Wire 1987
I have former Better Badges designer Derek Harris to thank for this one. He later got involved in making t-shirts for On-U Sound and forwarded me this tape back in 1987. Lee Perry, after 40 days and nights in the wilderness, had finally returned to the fold by hooking up with Adrian Sherwood and...
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Sturgraph 1982
Unlike the other Sound System session tapes featured thus far this one is not common. I’ve no idea where it came from. Sturgraph aka King Sturgav was a, if not the, top sound in Jamaica in the early 80’s, and even toured internationally. Listening to this it’s quite possibly from a UK visit…
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Selecter Joseph “in session“ Nov 11 2000
In this, I believe his first, session Joseph takes the opportunity to program the gamut of the current dancehall stars, including Jahmali, Terry Linen, Beres Hammond, King David / Anthony B, Xterminator, Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Norris Man, Capleton, Buju Banton, Daweh Congo, Glen Washington,...
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King Jammy’s SuperPower 1987
Here’s another of those classic sound system tapes – this time it’s King Jammy’s system playing out at Walkerman Lawn in 1987. MC’s/singers in the area like Major Worries, Frankie Paul, Tulloch T, Little Twitch.
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1997 KPFA Adrian Sherwood Interview
After a long absence from North America, On-U producer Adrian Sherwood returned in 1997 at the controls for Japanese dubbers Audio Active. San Francisco’s DJ Sep took the opportunity to collar him for a phone interview on her ‘Off the Beaten Path’ radio show. We streamed it out on the Dubzone a...
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Stereophonic – Skateland – 1980
Kush brought in this sound system tape, a classic of the genre and widely circulated, of Stereophonic playing Skateland. It is credited as a ‘V.Black Production’. Recorded in 1980 in the early days of the slackness boom certain sections – particularly the famous General Echo automobile metaphor –...
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Judy Hecker – Dillinger & Trinity Interview
A valued Streamola supporter was writer Judy Hecker. She contributed this tape to the programming – a raw and uncut interview with DJ Superstars Dillinger & Trinity. With whom, incidentally I was well familiar, as both used to hang out in the late 70s at the Jamaica Sounds store in Portobello…
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Ras Kush – Earth Day 2000 – Pt.2
Here we have Ras Kush feeling the spring vibes on April 22 2000. Knowing that both are old friends of mine he gets things started with a Jah Shaka/Aswad collab, and follows with another favorite Errol Dunkley to kick off a rockers segment. Prince Allah, Carlton Livingstone, Black Slate, all get a...
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