From Kingston 14 to Georgia Avenue: The Delroy Wright Interview – Part II
We continue with LIVE & LEARN week here at MIDNIGHT RAVER. From Kingston 14 to Georgia Avenue: The Delroy Wright Interview – Part I was posted yesterday. Today I’m sharing Part II of the...
View ArticleFrom Kingston 14 to Gergia Avenue: A Live & Learn Records Vinyl Selections Mix
For those who are not aware of Delroy Wright’s catalog of music, I put together a mix of some of my favorites. Vinyl selections only! Also included in the mix are excerpts from my interview with...
View ArticleNEW KINGSTON SIGNS TO EASY STAR RECORDS
New York City reggae outfit New Kingston is preparing to release its third full-length album KINGSTON CITY on indie reggae powerhouse label Easy Star Records. The record, which will come out January...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Trench Towns
“Trench Town Rock” was recorded in July 1971 on a four-track at West Indies Studios, more commonly known as WIRL (West Indies Records Limited) or Dynamic Sounds Studios. It is the same studio where...
View ArticleGarth Dennis ‘Trench Town 19 Third Street’ LP
You must check the brand new album by the legendary Garth Dennis, co-founder of Black Uhuru and vocalist for the Wailing Souls. Trench Town 19 Third Street is a classic roots reggae album which...
View ArticlePolice Officer! Time Hard Midnight Dread #61 March 8th-9th 1981 KTIM San...
Doug Wendt picks up mastering & digitizing vintage radio programs from where he left off Let’s set the stage because it’s been over a year since Midnight Dread archiving took a break. In early...
View ArticleKeepin’ Watch on Wailers – Joe Higgs live interview Midnight Dread #62 March...
Joe Higgs photo by Robert Fineman. Doug Wendt interviews the Father of Trenchtown Music, the mighty Joe Higgs -for the first time since its original broadcast– From Higgs & Wilson’s humble...
View ArticleBad Moon Cool Up Midnight Dread #65 April 5-6, 1981
Listen to greatest 12″ 45 in reggae history, 6 ways to stay cool, Mystic Rastas, song Dylan wrote for Jah Mallah, fair temper & Foul Play: Reggae Billboard time machine of events has Steel Pulse in...
View ArticleFrom Denham Town To Georgia Avenue: The Delroy Wright Interview – Part I
Today I find myself at a home in Gaithersburg, MD sitting across the kitchen table from one Delroy “Barry” Wright, record producer and owner of Live & Learn records. I had been seeking to link...
View ArticlePoor & Clean Midnight Dread #74 June 7-8th, 1981 KTIM
Rich man heaven is poor man hell. Shitstem gotta rearrange. Man hungry got natural collie… Available 1st time since original dreadcast:
View ArticleSummer Comin’ Hot Midnight Dread #76 June 21-22, 1981
On the day San Rafael hit 104 degrees MD hit the airwaves with hot new music from Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhuru, Bunny Wailer, Earl 16 et al + JA Marley midnight mixes & Ras Kidus drop by.
View ArticleTurned Tables MD #87 September 6th-7th, 1981 KTIM foundational roots aplenty
Don’t mess with dread 45 debuts like Dennis Brown’s To The Foundation. Murderation of the Capital Offence at 12am. KPOO’s Ras Gil drops by with new Bob Marley single. Jimmy Cliff sings Let’s Turn The...
View ArticleStorm Music MD #90 September 27-28th, 1981 KTIM sunblast coming
This smokin’ show has 1st announcement of Sunblast, 1st Major US Reggae Fest & The Wailers 1st concert abroad since Bob died. Jaharmi singer Tony Moses debuts this Harold Butler gem & toasts 2...
View ArticleRadio With A Difference MD #91 October 4-5th, 1981 KTIM
Rappa Robert gives shout out to reggae radio from JBC’s Barry G to RJR’s Winston Barnes + Carlton Jackson’s new Bunny Wailer production, Azeem’s Tribute To Marley, Wailing Souls, Johnny Osbourne, Joe...
View ArticleDo Good MD #92 October 11-12th, 1981 KTIM Freddie McGregor interview+
Bandulo mind tricks time. AnWar assassinated. Music like Armagideon coming thru. Freddie McGregor interview + at ’81 Sunsplash JA. Joe Higgs in L.A. Do something! Do good due & overdue. World’s...
View ArticleBerkeley Reggae Sunblast Preview MD #93 Pt 1 Oct 18-19 1981 KTIM I-Threes Salute
Fall 1981. 5 months Bob Marley gone. John Lennon murdered 10 months before. Retro Reagan, Thatcher, Seaga… run things. In Bob’s enormous wake reggae is shining, a fire in the sky. Big future so w’gwan?...
View ArticleBerkeley Sunblast Wrap MD #94 Pt 1 Oct 25-26 1981 KTIM 1st Major US Reggae...
The day after North America’s 1st reggae festival Midnight Dread celebrates its success by highlighting the show’s amazing line-up: The Wailers with Judy Mowatt & Marcia Griffiths + The Light Of...
View ArticleWailing Souls on MD #102 December 6-7th, 1981 KTIM Kingdom Rise
Wailing Souls’ Pipe, Bread, Buddy, & Garth live Midnight Dread interview introduced & interspersed with top ranking heartfelt music 6 weeks after their world debut outside Jamaica at Berkeley...
View ArticleAll Request Top 5s MD #103 Dec 13-14 ’81 Pt 1 KTIM Listener Postcards
Listen up to The Listeners’ Best! Here’s their individual picks for the Top Five Reggae Songs Of All Time plus the first inkling of the ranking of their collective All Time Top Fives as the Midnight...
View Article1981 Reggae Wrap Up MD #105 with Roger Steffens December 27th-28th ’81 KTIM...
Intensified! 2015 Ralph Gleason Award honoree Wendt winds up a year of mastering thanks to the Rex Foundation with this great program featuring guest Roger Steffens for Part II of their 3rd annual...
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