Attic Beats

Attic Beats 019 - Recorded January 2-3, 2006

To kick off the New Year, we’ve got a little (actually a lot) extra for you this week. The show runs nearly two hours and covers loads of great hip-hop, reggae, dub, downtempo, abstract beats, jazz, breaks, exotica, and even some of that forgotten subgenre of the early 90s, hip-hop reggae. There’s classics, forgotten singles, white labels, and random obscurities. I think you’ll really like this one.

This week’s set is all vinyl. Some’s stuff I’ve had for years, other is stuff I’ve recently acquired from Ebay, Ragz, and thrift stores.

Dig in, folks. And thanks for listening.

• (ab) Takin’ These (instrumental)… The Coup
• Mr. Tung Twista… Tung Twista
• Do It To The Crowd… Twin Hype
• Dial M for Murder… Malik (white label)
• I Got it Made… Special Ed
• You Know What I’m About (Soundtrack Version)… Lord Finesse
• Jingle Jangle (Mental Mix)… The Legion
• Memphis Underground… Herbie Mann
• Sitting On the Dock of the Bay… O.C. Smith
• Bongo Rock (Remix)… Preston Epps
• Jose Outside… Mongo Santamaria
• Bertha Butt Boogie… Jimmy Castor
• Anotha Mutha for Ya… West Side Mob
• Unfinished Business… The Blackbyrds
• High Heel Sneakers… Jimmy Smith
• Strat Hear/Basin Street Blues… Kid Koala
• D3flex… Dev79
• The Call… Bobby Christian and His Orchestra
• Jungle Drums… Leo Diamond and Orchestra
• Livin’ It Up (instrumental)… Sensational
• The Breeze and I… Robert Maxwell, His Harp and Orchestra
• Megaton… Techno Animal
• (ab) The Heart of the Game… Siege
• Walk One Mile (version)… Yabby You
• Dread Locks Dub… King Tubby
• Dub Part 2… GG’s All Stars
• My Life… Warrior King
• Third Eye Blind… Anthony B
• New Jersey Drive (acapella)… Nardo Ranks and Junior Demus
• Living Condition… Cutty Ranks
• Boom Wa Dis… Burro Banton
• Underground Jugglin… Raheem
• Hole in the Bucket (Slave Ship Remix)… Spearhead
• (ab) Hole in the Bucket (Slave Ship Remix instrumental)… Spearhead