056 Montego Bay Hotel Calypso Band - A Souvenir A special offering, a once in a lifetime chance to hear an entire Lp. (which is 51 years old) of Jamaican Mento, played by the Montego Bay Beach Hotel Calypso Band (featuring Lord Lebby). I recently found this Lp and wanted to share it with you, it's a lovely taste of late 50s beach resort hotel flavour, Mento played by a really rather good band... I hope you like it, normal service will be resumed asap. Tracks are:~ Limbo Back to Back, Belly to Belly Red Head Matilda Maintainance Mary Ann Bloodshot Eyes Hold 'Im Joe Jamaica Fashion Thanks for putting up with Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio, why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group (now over 500 strong) for Bigmikeydread,where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and influence the future of the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

055 Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio meet House of Reggae - Dally Inna Higglers Close Once in a lifetime comes an opportunity to witness a miracle, once in everyone's life there comes a moment that will define the rest of their life.... for some it was the Moon landing, for others it will be the jet planes that flew into the twin towers, but for no one, no one at all, will the defining moment be.... the day that Bigmikey and Rankin' Ian got together and produced this show,... even though it is a small work of genius, a nugget of determined effort, and an example to all of how not to prduce a slick and prfessional radio programme. BUT THEN WHO CARES... you know what to expect, we've all been here before, and for some reason you people LOVE IT! Here are some tracks that we play on the show.... Blind Blake - Delia Gone / Derrick Morgan - Mow Sen Wah / The Silvertones - Raindrops / Slim Smith and the Techniques - Telling Lies / The Silvertones - It's Real / Delroy Wilson - Till I Die (Just Like A River) / Delroy Wilson - This life Makes Me Wonder / Tinga Stewart and Clint Eastwood - Dry Up Your Tears / Nicodemus - Tubby's Daddy / Josey Wales - Bobo Dread / Carl Meeks - Haul and Pull Up Selector / Clint Eastwood - Primo Ballareena / Black diciples and Jack Ruby - Free Rhodesia / Shenley and Lunan - Something Is On My Mind / B.B. Seaton - Rub It Down / Blind Blake - Goombay Drums Thanks for putting up with Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio and Ian Causer's House of Reggae, why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group (now over 500 strong) for Bigmikeydread,where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and influence the future of the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Even if Ian takes the mickey, he needs the dunza too, so you could always give him some moolah.. Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - The Greatest Tunes EVA Part 2 Part two of the internationally successful treatise on Jamaican music that is, the Greatest Tunes EVA1, enjoy this slightly lacklustre alter ego, shorter and to the point, there'll probably be somethng else this month, because this just won't do! Tracks are : The Ethiopian - When Will Be The End Screechie Joe - Labba Mouth Culture - Tell Me Where You Get It Culture - Jah Pretty Face (Nyahbighi Style) Lopez Walker - Fly Away Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revoltuion Shuamark and Robinson - Peace and Love Billy Boyo - One Spliff A Day (dedication) Vivian Jones - Have You Got A Light Thanks for listening to Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio, why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group (now over 500 strong) with the same name, where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and influence the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - The Greatest Tunes EVA Part 1 You won't agree, no one will ever agree, but these, offered to you are some of my favourite tunes, the ones that make me go ooooh. Tracks are : Bunny Wailer - Fighting Against Conviction The Gladiators - On The Other Side Abyssinians - Satta A Massagana Wailing Souls - Back Out Joe Higgs - Wave Of War Freddie McKay - Slip Away Courtney John - Lucky Man Eric Donaldson - Stand Up Gideon Jah Rubaal - Share The Wealth Carlton Jackson - History Johnny Osbourne - Truths and Rights Johnny Osbourne - Sing Jah (Jay) Stylee Thanks for listening to Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio, why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group (now over 500 strong) with the same name, where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and influence the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Freshest Selection ACCIDENTALLY REMOVED THIS so if you've downloaded this one before, don't do ti again... sorry!! Fresh Tunes from the past, stale tunes from the future, it's all rock n' roll to me, but we like it. I think I'm mixing metaphor and lyrics, possibly coming up with a sweet combination cocktail of sweet and sour for the hour, in good measure for your listening pleasure.... Bigmikey coming with a fresh selection. Hope you like it, Includes the rare Zeekiel Parchment and the Jaytals on One Combination. Trainspotters special. Tracks are : Ruddy Thomas / Trinity - Loving Pauper 12" Lone Ranger - Learn To Drive 12" Cutlural Roots - Only Jah Knows 12" The Jayes - Ya-Ho 12" The Mighty Diamonds - The Gates Of Zion 7" Jerry Morris (Jerry Mathias) - Nyah Nyah 7" Zeekiel Parchment and the Jaytels - West Beruit 7" Prince Tallis and the Israelites - Pressure Is Down On I 7" Toots and the Maytals - Screwface Underground 7" Ethiopians - Hong Kong Flu 7" Well Pleased and Satisfied - Sweetie Come From America 7" Tennors - Biff Baff 7" Early B - No Funny Trick 7" Maddoo / General Echo - Sister Sue 12" Thanks for listening to Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio, why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group with the same name, where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and influence the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page..

OBAMA'S I & Ipod Selection - A Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Special Bigmikey selects tunes according to rules set by listener Joshua Burns. President Obama of the USA gave Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain an ipod recently while on a visit to the U.K. Joshua thought,... just what tunes would Mr. Obama put on an ipod he was giving to the Queen if they were all Jamaican? Here's Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio's reply to that very question. Thank you Joshua for the idea! Tracks are : Maytones - Ital Queen Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Elizabethan Reggae Heptones & Jah Lion - Mr. President Lord Creator - King & Queen Gaylads - Royal Cord Treasure Isle Dub - Ballistic Queen Techniques - Queen Majesty U-Brown - Natty Dread A De President Barrington Levy - Money Makes Friends Pampi Judah - Royal Love U-Roy - Chalice In The Palace Beres Hammond - Queen and Lady Delroy Wilson - I'm Not A King Skatalites - President Kennedy Carlos Malcom - Royal Ska Dillinger - Buckingham Palace Bongo Herman and Lloyd Allstars - Tribute To The President Lizzy - President Rock Dub Specialist - Queen Of The Dub The Eternals - Queen Of The Minstrels Dennis Alcapone - Tour Of The World Thanks for listening to Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio get jiggy with President Obama and Elizabeth the 2nd - Why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group with the same name, where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and help influence the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

Money Worries Part 2 A Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Special Yes My People I still have my Money Worries, but according to Mr. Mundell, Nature Will provide, a pity therefore that Nature didn't provide him with a refridgerator that worked I guess! Sorry that's a bit thoughtless, but in this negativity, I and I find it hard to fight through to positivity, the only thing with which I can lift up myself is Music... so here it is, my offering to you, to lift yourself up, so overstand this my friends, Music is sustanance, as important as food. Tracklist - Hugh Mundell - Nature Provides Maytals - He'll Provide Leroy Smart - Mr. Rich Man Linton Cooper - You'll get Your Pay Brentford Road Disco Set - Deeds Frankie Paul - Rich and Poor Yami Bolo - Poor Man's Cry Delroy Wilson - Money Derrick Harriot - Do I Worry Gregory Isaacs - Payroll Joe Higgs - Hard Times Don't Bother Me David Isaacs - Hard Road To Travel Little Roy - Hard Fighter Canon and the Soul Vendors - Bad Treatment Thanks for listening to Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Dub It Up - Why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group with the same name, where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and help influence the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

Just In.. (next episode, money worries Part 2) Just In, a special offering to the faithful, pure tunes just bought and entered into the world of my attic! Nothing complicated about this one.... just tunes that came through the door this week. Hope you enjoy, includes some B side Version etc... forgive the moments when I pass a tune by after a few seconds, it's all part of the initial reviewing process. Tracks are : Silvertones, The - Blue Bird Karl Bryan - Red Ash Micky Simpson - Don't Cry King Tubby - Don't Cry Dub Riddim Kojak - Nice Up Jamaica Delton Screechie - Get Up Stand Up Wayne Jarratt - Chip In Horace Andy and Earl Flute - Don't Think About Me (I'm Alright) / Version U-Roy - Dynamic Fashion Way Dennis Alcapone - Spanish Amigo Errol Dunkely - Black Cinderella Augustus Pablo - Cinderella In Red Dawn Penn - Why Did You Lie Tommy McCook - Moody Ska Desmond Young - Warning Dennis AlCapone - Funky Tang (Funky Town) Derrick Morgan - Don't Call Me Daddy Baba Brooks - Girl's Town Don Drummond - Street Corner Gloria & The Dreamlets - Really Now Baba Brooks - Froggy Derrick Morgan & Naomi - So Wonderful Pat Kelly - I Don't Want To Go Thanks for listening to Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio - Why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group with the same name, where you can tell me what you'd like, you liked and find more music to listen to. Come we a go sit down and reason now.... becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

Money Worries Part 1 A Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Special Yep it's yer old mate Mikey, another day another.... dollar? Well not quite, particularly as I got the push from my job recently, still the occassion is good fodder for a themed podcast... Money Worries, because that's surely what I've got at the moment... Amazing to me that they're still paying Bankers their bonuses, that they aren't being made redundant, that they are secure in their jobs, and yet the tax on my last wage packet will go some way to propping up a situation of their own making, caused by their lack of foresight, and their greed, a situation that they were warned about. Tracklist - Fatman Riddim Section - Unemployment Rock Junior Byles - Poor Chubby Johnny Clarke and Tad Iwah - Poor Man's Cry Clint Eastwood - Natty Dread Is A Working Man Pat Kelly - Workman's Song Pat Kelly - I Don't Want To Go Sons Of Jah - Working People Frats Quintet - Mama Me Wan Fe Work Carl Bryan - Money Generator Alerth Bedasse with Chin's Calypso Sextet - No Money No Music Misty In Roots - Economical Slavery Black Uhuru - Rent Man Thanks for listening to Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio Dub It Up - Why not come in and sign up to the Facebook Group with the same name, where you can tell me what you'd like to hear, what you heard that you liked and help influence the show..... Becoming a fan of the show helps get it out to more people you can do so here:~ http://www.podomatic.com/profile/fan/bigmikeydread Finally - Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio really needs your help. It costs to get this show out to you. It doesn't have to be a lot! Just look down the rightside of the homepage for the show, There's a Paypal button there Yunno?! You guys are what keeps this show going! Don't forget you can find me on FACEBOOK and on Myspace, and if you want friends to find the show, just tell them to type 'Bigmikeydread' into Google and click the link to my podomatic page....

Dub Time Special No2. Time for part two and at a wopping two and a half hours long, you sure gonna get some dubwise now people! You can expect some strange sound effects and general fun in the edit as last time! As always we need your money to keep going, see the details after the tracklist to see how you can help us. Tah very much. Tracks are : King Tubby - Bandooloo Dub Crucial Bunny / Maxie? - Bodyguard Dub Fe Me Time All Stars - Micron Way Roots Radics - Get Up Stand Up Version King Tubby - Wage Of Crime Joe Gibbs and the Professionals - Walls Of Jericho Clive Chin / Errol Thompson - Extraordinary Version Sly and Robbie - Computer Malfunction Mad Proffesor / Massive Attack - Trinity Dub Scientist - Night Of The Living Dead Lizard - Milk and Honey Fatman Riddim Section - Copper Bullet Fatman Riddim Section - Frelimo King Tubby - Rub This Dub Mighty Two - Dub In My Pocket Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket Easy Star All-Stars with Horace Andy - Airbag Dread and Fred - Warrior Stance Augustus Pablo - Dub Ethiopia Lee Perry - Blackboard Jungle Dub Lee Perry - Curly Dub LKJ / Dennis Bovell - Peach Dub Revolutionaries - Ina Disa Time Dub Crystalites - Stop That Dub ? - Belly Dub Count Ossie and Karl Bryan - Black Up Coxsone and Soul Vendors - Daresalam Roots Radics and Scientist - Thunder Dub Scientist - 18 Drumallie Avenue Dub Scientist - One Man Dub Scienitst - Mass Murder and Corruption Roy Francis (Maxie?) - Rockers Hop Rockers Almighty In Dub - ? forgot which bloody tune I played didn't I! Techniques - A Foolish Dub Jah Shaka / Johnny Clarke - Babylon Deb Music Players - Umoja Dub Joe Gibbs and Erroll T - Tribesman Rockers Joe Gibbs and Erroll T - Lime Key Rock