Foundation Selections

Gordy Robertson

I'm DJ Greedy G from Yorkshire in the UK and this is my podcast that features my favourite reggae, rocksteady, ska, soul and funk tunes.  

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  1. ROOTS IN THE EARLY DANCEHALL ERA 1979-85

    21.11.2024

    ROOTS IN THE EARLY DANCEHALL ERA 1979-85

    A selection of roots and heavy rub a dub tunes cut in the first dancehall era of 1979-1985 before Sleng Teng brought in the second era.  Lots of Junjo, Linval Thompson and Prince Jammy productions as arguably they were the leaders of the music at the time.  Please share far and wide and most importantly, enjoy.  Bless Up.  Gordy. Tracklist: 01 - Guide Us Jah Jah - Freddie McKay (Thompson Sound 12") 02 - Crisis - Earl Sixteen (Wambesi)* 03 - Be Wise - Audley Rollens (Philadelphia Reggae Sounds LP - Showcase) 04 - Armageddeon - Dennis Brown (Tads 12") 05 - Love Fire - Aswad (CBS LP - New Chapter) 06 - You Can't Stop Natty Dread - Gallimore Sutherland (KC 12") 07 - Glory Glory - Beshara (Home Spun Music 12") 08 - Glory Version - Beshara. 09 - What Kind Of Herb - Anthony Johnson (Midnight Rock LP - Gunshot) 010 - Hypocrite And Parasite - Lion Melody (Rockstone 12") 011 - Repatriation - Errol Dunkley (Jah Guidance) 012 - Youthman - Noel Phillips (Jammys 12") 013 - Ism Skisms - Wayne Smith (King Culture LP - Dancehall Vibes) 014 - Moving Out Ever - Rod Taylor & Ranking King (Unity Promotions 12") 015 - Englishman - Barrington Levy (Volcano) 016 - World Of Illusion - Cultural Roots (Germain LP - Drift Away From Evil) 017 - Judas And Jesus - Junior Murvin (Greensleeves LP - Muggers In The Street) 018 - Jah Love - Al Campbell (Prophets Studio B) 019 - Educate The Nation - Lui Lepke (Prophets Studio B) 020 - Jukes And Watch - Barry Brown (Greensleeves 12") 021 - Jukes And Watch Version  022 - Worries In The Dance (CH1 Cut) - Frankie Paul (Hitbound) 023 - Worries Version. 024 - Wild Like A Tiger - Eek A Mouse (Greensleeves 12") 025 - Rat A Cut Bottle - Lion Youth (Virgo 12") 026 - Jah Fire Will Be Burning - Hugh Mundell (J&F 12") 027 - Can't Stop Us Now - The Viceroys (Music Hawk 12")

    2 ч. 3 мин.
  2. SOULFUL SISTERS 3

    24.09.2024

    SOULFUL SISTERS 3

    After yet another break, I'm back at it. Here's the third installment of my Soulful Sisters series.  The first two parts, that focused mostly on R&B and Northern Soul, can be found over at Mixcloud (search for DJ Greedy G).  This time I've decided to go down the deep and sweet soul route with a couple of doo wop tunes thrown in.  If you like what you hear please share far and wide.  Thanks! Tracklist: 01 - No Other Love - The Blossoms (Capitol 1958) 02 - Stranger In My Arms - The Cookies (UK London American 1962) 03 - I Don't Want To Cry - Big Maybelle (Savoy 1957) 04 - Me And The One That I Love - Dinah Washington (Roulette LP - In Love 1962) 05 - I Don't Know You Anymore - Linda Hopkins (Brunswick 1961) 06 - What You Gonna Do - Debra Lewis (Valiant 1961) 07 - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is - Irma Thomas (Imperial 1964) 08 - Let Them Talk - Mitty Collier (Chess 1963) 09 - Someday, Someway - Martha & The Vandellas (Hip O Select CD - Lost And Found 2005) 10 - Good Things Come To Those Who Wait - Pat Hunt (Grand 1963) 11 - It's Gonna Take A Miracle - The Royalettes (MGM 1965) 12 - One Step Ahead - Aretha Franklin (Columbia 1965) 13 - Never Never Leave Me - Mary Wells (20th Century 1965) 14 - This Is Beautiful - Shirley Ellis (UK London American 1965) 15 - I Shall Be Released - Nina Simone (RCA LP - To Love Somebody 1969) 16 - I Don't Want To Go On Without You - The Sweet Inspirations (Atlantic 1967) 17 - Missin' My Baby - Clydie King (Imperial 1965) 18 - What Have I Done (To Make You Mad) - Linda Jones (Loma 1967) 19 - There'll Come A Time - Betty Everett (UNI 1968) 20 - I've Gotta Be Me - Vivian Reed (Epic LP - self titled 1968) 21 - Oh How It Hurts - Barbara Mason (Arctic 1967) 22 - I Love You So Much - Sugar Pie De Santo (UK Pye International 1964) 23 - Young Wings Can Fly - Ruby & The Romantics (UK London American 1963) 24 - True Love Don't Grow On Trees - Helene Smith (Deep City 1967) 25 - If I Ever Needed Love - Ruby Johnson (Volt 1967) 26 - I'll Work It Out - Marva Whitney (King 1968) 27 - Pledging My Love - Erma Franklin (Epic LP - Her Name Is Erma 1962) 28 - The Touch Of You - Brenda & The Tabulations (Top And Bottom 1969) 29 - Thank You Baby - Betty Wright (Numero LP - Outskirts Of Deep City 2007) 30 - What's Gonna Happen To Me - Jeanne & The Darlings (Volt 1967) 31 - Dedicated To You - Barbara Mason (Charger 1964) 32 - It's Dark Outside - Betty Harris (Jubilee 1963) 33 - I Know How It Feels - Marvelle Hampton (Piggylo 1973) 34 - What A Difference A Day Makes - Patti Austin (Coral 1967) 35 - People Make The World - Jeannie Reynolds (Washington 1972) 36 - I Love You Too Much To Say Goodbye - Margie Joseph (Volt LP - Phase II 1971) 37 - Ebb Tide - The Three Degrees (Roulette 1971) 38 - Good To Me - Mavis Staples (Volt LP self titled 1969) 39 - Souvenirs - Bettye Lavette (Art And Soul CD 2000) 40 - He Called Me Baby - Ella Washington (Sound Stage 7 1968) 41 - Good To The Very Last Drop - Millie Jackson (Spring LP - It Hurts So Good 1973)

    1 ч. 55 мин.

  3. 18.11.2023

    DOWN LOW: STUDIO 1 HEARTBREAKERS

    First of all, I'd like to send a massive thankyou to all of you who have been there for me while I've been on my "break" from doing this. While I was feeling down, I put together a set of tracks from Studio One that are about heartbreak and loss.  While I'm in a solid relationship myself, this set goes out to those who have lost someone and are feeling it.   Tracklist: 01 - Tears From My Eyes - The Gaylads 02 - I Don't Want To See You Cry - Ken Boothe 03 - You Can't Be Happy - The Clarendonians 04 - A Change Is Gonna Come - The Heptones 05 - Thinking - Ken Boothe 06 - Out Of My Mind - Junior Soul 07 - I Made A Mistake - The Termites 08 - Bye Bye Baby - Zoot Simms 09 - I'm Not A King - Delroy Wilson 10 - Let Him Try - Alton Ellis 11 - Giving Up On Love - Trevor Clarke 12 - Let Them Say - Bob Andy 13 - Losing You - The Madlads 14 - I Can't Get You Off My Mind - John Holt 15 - Since I Fell For You - The Heptones 16 - Down Low - Errol Dunkley 17 - I'll Never Fall In Love (12" Mix) - Dennis Brown 18 - Let Them Stay - Delroy Williams 19 - Without You - The Wailing Souls 20 - Gonna Take A Miracle - Alton Ellis 21 - What About Me - Myrna Hague  22 - Didn't I - Cornell Campbell 23 - You're Not The Kind - Freddie McKay 24 - Things Ain't Going Right - Lloyd Charmers 25 - What Difference Does It Make - Freddie McGregor 26 - Rainbow - Wentworth Vernal

    1 ч. 20 мин.
  4. Deep And Sweet Soul

    05.09.2023

    Deep And Sweet Soul

    Some of my favourite deep and sweet soul tunes from the 1960s and 70s with a couple of late 50s tracks too. Most tracks taken from reissues, LPs and CD.  Original label of release stated for those who want to track a tune down. Tracklist: 01 - I've Just Been Feeling Bad - Eddie Floyd (Stax) 02 - It's So Hard To Break A Habit - The Webs (Pop Side) 03 - Danger - Marvin L Sims (Revue) 04 - Love Bug - Willie And West (Stang) 05 - Suffer - Tyrone Davis (Four Brothers) 06 - Running Out - Vernon Garrett (Kent) 07 - Like A Big Bad Rain - Kenny Carter (Kent CD -  Showdown RCA Recordings) 08 - Take Another Look - The Turquinettes (Kent CD - Lost Without You) 09 - My Love Is Real - Little Joe Hinton (Arvee) 10 - My Heart Cries For You - The Invincibles (Warner Bros and Stardom) 11 - Faith - Ricky Allen (Age) 12 - No Headstone On My Grave - Esther Phillips (Atlantic LP - Country Side Of) 13 - His Love For Me - Inell Young (Busy B) 14 - One Hurt Deserves Another - Fabulous Fiestas (RCA Victor) 15 - I Need Lots Of Love - Johnny Taylor (Derby) 16 - One Girl - Garnett Mimms (United Artists) 17 - Sometime, Someplace, Somewhere - Johnny Wilson (Arnold) 18 - Tomorrow May Never Come - The Spinners (Motown) 19 - Human - The Ad Libs (AGP) 20 - Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Dee Clark (Abner) 21 - Life Is Too Short - Benny Spellman (Minit) 22 - You're The Most - Kelly Brothers (Sims) 23 - Saving Face - Roscoe Shelton (Sound Stage 7 unissued) 24 - Just A Little Overcome - The Nightingales (Stax) 25 - One More Chance - The Masqueraders (LA Beat) 26 - Black Balloons - Syl Johnson (Twinight LP - Is It Because I'm Black) 27 - Only Your Love - Paul Kelly (Dial) 28 - You Were Meant For Me - Little Buster (Jubilee) 29 - Always In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time - The Upsetters (lead - Jimmy Wess) (ABC) 30 - Lonely People Do Foolish Things - Judy Clay (Scepter)

    1 ч. 20 мин.
  5. INSTRUMENTAL SCORCHERS - ROOTS LOCKER WEST RADIO JULY 11TH 2023

    13.07.2023

    INSTRUMENTAL SCORCHERS - ROOTS LOCKER WEST RADIO JULY 11TH 2023

    My set that I was kindly invited to play on Roots Locker West Radio the US/UK collaboration, on July 11th this year: Tracklist (all tracks original JA 45s unless stated). 01 - Ska La Parisienne - The Skatalites (C&N) 02 - Man In The Street - Don Drummond (Studio 1) 03 - The Jerk - Granville Williams & Baba Brooks (Gayfeet) 04 - Addams Family Rock Steady - The Carib Beats (Sir JJ) 05 - Napoleon Solo - Lyn Tait & The Jets (Merritone) 06 - Full Charge - Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors (Studio 1 LP - Evening Time) 07 - Second Fiddle - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (Treasure Isle) 08 - Batman - Lyn Tait & The Jets (Merritone) 09 - Dulcemania - Drumbago & The Dynamites (Clandisc) 10 - Grandfather's Clock - Winston Wright & Rupies All Stars (Success) 11 - Soul Scorcher - Karl Cannonball Bryan (as King Cannon) (UK Trojan LP - No More Heartaches) 12 - Dynamite Line - Joe's All Stars (UK Joe) 13 - Shang Hied - The Vulcans (UK Trojan LP - Star Trek) 14 - Tomorrow's World - Fleece & The Live Shocks (UK Nu Beat) 15 - High Plains Drifter - The Upsetters (UK Scratch - RE) 16 - ET Special - Bobby Ellis & Tommy McCook (Impact LP - Java Java Dub) 17 - Invasion - Herman's All Stars (Aquarius) 18 - Dirty Harry - Tommy McCook & Richard Hall (Pantomine) 19 - Drugs Man - Hux Brown (Power Pack RE) 20 - Ten Years - Bubbles Cameron (Dennis) 21 - Lion Head - Bobby Kalphat (Leo) 22 - Unknown Scorcher - Bobby (Ellis) (Hot Spice) 23 - Hail I - Bongo Herman & Les (Crystal)

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  6. FOUNDATION SELECTIONS - MORE ROOTS

    21.06.2019

    FOUNDATION SELECTIONS - MORE ROOTS

    Another of my Foundation Selections shows from the past couple of months. First broadcast on Gumbo FM, Sheffield on 4/8/19. Tracklist: 01 - Away With Your Fussing And Fighting - Junior Delgado/Jah Levi (Rockers 12) 02 - Satta Dread (alternate take) - Wayne Jarrett (Pressure Sounds LP - Next Cut) 03 - Weakheart Men - Bim Sherman (Pressure Sounds LP - Tribulation) 04 - Version. 05 - Jah Jah Jahovia - Ronnie Davis (Live And Love) 06 - Father Father - Tappa Zukie (Ivanhoe) 07 - Ivanhoe Strikes Again (aka Zambezi) - Lennox Brown (Ivanhoe) 08 - Version - King Tubby (Live And Love) 09 - Please Officer - Earl Zero (Arab) 10 - We Nah Run - Barry Brown (Moll Selekta LP - Richman Poorman) 11 - Repatriation - Carl Malcolm & Ranking Trevor (Cancer Kid 12) 12 - Sons Of The Almighty - Fred Locks ( Vulcan LP - Black Star Liner) 13 - Malcolm X (D.Harriott cut) - Earl Sixteen (Wildflower) 14 - Version (Wildflower) 15 - Cold Cold World - The Morwells (Morwell Esq) 16 - Their Reward - Prince Alla (Guiding Star RP) 17 - Version (Guiding Star RP) 18 - Here I Come - Freddy McKay (Plant LP -Creation) 19 - Every Man Has A Right - Cultural Roots (Greensleeves LP - Hell A Go Pop) 20 - Whom Shall I Be Afraid - Barrington Levy (Germain Revolutionary Sounds 12) 21 - Jah - Barrington Levy (GGs LP - Lifestyle) 22 - Sunday School - Barrington Levy (JB 12) 23 - The Prophet Rides Again - Dennis Brown (A&M LP - same) 24 - Running Star - Barry Brown (Jabba Roots) 25 - Birdsong - Larry Marshall (Original Music LP - Throw Mi Corn) 26 - Roots Music - Devon Russell (Studio 1 LP - same) 27 - I'm A Revolutionist - Freddie McGregor (Studio 1 LP - Bobby Bobylon) 28 - The People Keep Quarreling - Alton Ellis (Bamboo LP - Grooving With Bamboo) 29 - New Civilization - Burning Spear (Ironside) 30 - Our Rights - The Defenders (Micron)

    1 ч. 60 мин.
  7. DEEP ROOTS SELECTION

    05.04.2019

    DEEP ROOTS SELECTION

    Originally broadcast on Gumbo FM, Sheffield on 1st April 2019. George Nooks drop. 01 - It Isn't Fair - Charlie Organaire (CCs) 02 - Blacker Than Black - The Episodes (Don One) 03 - Jah Jah Dreader Than Dread - Linval Thompson (Faith UK) 04 - Wake Up Everybody - O.C.Roberts (Grounation UK) 05 - The Chapel (aka Bend Down) - Roman Stewart (Morpheus UK) 06 - Peace And Love In The Ghetto - Jah Woosh (Student UK LP) 07 - Our Jamaican National Heroes - Horace Andy (Striker Lee) 08 - Red Gold And Green - Stranger Cole (Wackies) 09 - Sabayindah - Light Of Sabah (Kingston Connexion LP) 10 - Inner City Blues - Max Edwards/Augustus Pablo (LMS) 11 - Tribulation - Bim Sherman (Revue UK) 12 - Black Horns - Baba Leslie & Mark (Wackies) 13 - Entrance To Jah World - Norris Reid (Rockers) 14 - It's Time To Be Free - Noel Tempo (Iroko RP) 15 - Borrowed Time - Knowledge (Wambesi) 16 - Chapter A Day - Charlie Chaplin (Wambesi) 17 - African Tribesman/Butter 'Gainst Sun - Earl Sixteen/Mikey Dread (Sufferers Heights UK) 18 - Repatriation - Errol Dunkley (Jah Guidance) 19 - Version - Roots Radics (Jah Guidance) 20 - Redemption Time - Dave Robinson (El Speedway) 21 - See What You Stirring Up - Dean Stone & Bandido (Third World UK) 22 - Love Rastafari And Live - Mighty Randells (Brownbeat Disc) 23 - African Dream - Hugh Griffiths (Steppers) 24 - Jahoveah's Kingdom - More Relation (More Relation US) 25 - This Tribulation - Honey Vaughn (Rhythm Sound) 26 - Helping Hand - Peter Noel (Navara)

    1 ч. 49 мин.
  8. MASH DOWN BABYLON SELECTION

    31.03.2019

    MASH DOWN BABYLON SELECTION

    Two hours of tunes chanting down babylon. First broadcast on Gumbo FM, Sheffield on January 7th this year. Listen to me live every Monday night at www.gumbofm.co.uk 1 Babylon Falling Charlie Ace & Gaby Wilton 2 Beat Down Babylon Junior Byles 3 Weakheart Is Babylon Dr Alimantado 4 Babylon Laurel Aitken 5 Babylon Yard Johnny Clarke & Dillinger 6 Red In A Babylon Lloyd Jones 7 Run Babylon Larry Marshall 8 Dread In A Babylon Big Youth 9 Bearded Babylon Jackie Brown 10 Fight Against Babylon Eric Clarke 11 Babylon Fight Down Youthman Errol Mais 12 Come Let Us Leave Babylon Enos McLeod 13 Babylon Too Rough Gregory Isaacs 14 Down Here In Babylon Brent Dowe 15 Babylon Falling The Heptones 16 Babylon Fight Rasta The Jolly Brothers 17 Babylon Trap Them The Meditations 18 Babylon Go Down Cornell Campbell 19 Chant Down Babylon Junior Byles & Rupert Reid 20 Dread In A Babylon Jacob Miller 21 Down In A Babylon Johnny Clarke 22 Babylon Fall Junior Ross & The Spear 23 Babylon Let I Go Dr Alimantado 24 Babylon Queendom Peter Tosh 25 Run Babylon Horace Andy 26 Six Babylon Linval Thompson 27 Babylon Wrong Ashanti Waugh 28 Babylon Bridge Cultural Roots 29 Chant Down Babylon Jah Bull 30 Mash Down Babylon Jackie Mittoo

    2 ч. 3 мин.
  9. FOUNDATION SELECTIONS STUDIO ONE SPECIAL PT.2

    25.02.2019

    FOUNDATION SELECTIONS STUDIO ONE SPECIAL PT.2

    Another two hours of my favourite tunes from 13 Brentford Road, Kingston, Jamaica (now renamed Studio 1 Boulevard). First broadcast on Gumbo FM, Sheffield, England on 28.1.19. You can listen to me live every Monday at 10pm UK time on www.gumbofm.co.uk Tracklist: 01 - Swinging Down The Line - Jimmy James 02 - Solid Rock - Jackie Opel 03 - Jailhouse (aka Good Good Rudie) - The Wailers 04 - Green Collie - Roy Richards 05 - Nannys Corner - The Skatalites 06 - You Got To Change Your Ways - Delroy Wilson 07 - Honky Panky - Roy Richards 08 - Mama - The Heptones 09 - Counting On You (12") - Joy White 10 - Everyone Got To Be There - The Hamlins 11 - Why Birds Fly - Hortense Ellis 12 - Captain Cudjoe - Barrington Sadler & Sound Dimension 13 - Last Dance - Al Campbell 14 - You Have Lost Your Date - Righteous Flames 15 - Feel So Good - Denise Darlington 16 - In The Mood - Sound Dimension 17 - Sea Of Love - The Heptones 18 - Tequila - Roland Alphonso 19 - Love Is A Pleasure - The Cables 20 - Hey Mama - Hubert Lee 21 - Do Better To Me - Hugh Griffiths 22 - Stop The War - Dillinger 23 - Kissing Version - Big Joe 24 - Skank Corner - King Stitt 25 - Blues For I - New Establishment 26 - Serious Thing - The Gladiators 27 - Beat Down Babylon - Freddie McGregor 28 - Right On Rasta - Cedric Im Brooks & Count Ossie 29 - Dread Oppression - The Mellodies 30 - Lonesome I - Soul Defenders 31 - A Prayer To Thee - The Gladiators 32 - Version Of Prayer - Gladiators Band 33 - You'll Be Sorry - Freddy McKay 34 - Mr Bassie (12") - Horace Andy 35 - No Bother With No Fuss (12") - Angela Prince 36 - Double Minded Man - Anthony Rocky Ellis 37 - When Will Be The End - The Ethiopian 38 - Don't Steal My Baby - The Fountainairs 39 - Let Me Be Yours Until Tomorrow - Marcia Griffiths 40 - Impossible - Dennis Brown

    2 ч. 5 мин.
  10. FOUNDATION SELECTIONS - STUDIO 1 SPECIAL PT.1

    24.02.2019

    FOUNDATION SELECTIONS - STUDIO 1 SPECIAL PT.1

    My Foundation Selections radio show from Gumbo FM in Sheffield, England. On this show I featured two hours of Studio One music. Part 2 will be uploaded soon. Tracklist: 01 - Little Joe - Lascelles Perkins 02 - Sit And Cry - Owen & Millie 03 - Pretty Baby - David Brown 04 - Best Twist - Owen Gray 05 - Til The End Of Time - Jackie Opel 06 - Charley Marley - The Gaylads 07 - All I Need Is Loving - Delroy Wilson 08 - World's Fair - Ken Boothe & Stranger Cole 09 - King Solomon - The Skatalites 10 - Help The Weak - Lee Perry 11 - Ska Legion - The Skatalites 12 - Jam Rock - Tommy McCook 13 - Ball O' Fire - The Skatalites 14 - Provocation - Roland Alphonso 15 - Amen - The Wailers 16 - Sugar Cane - The Soul Brothers 17 - Soft Hand - Derrick Morgan 18 - Let Him Try - Alton Ellis 19 - I'm Not A King - Delroy Wilson 20 - Money Worries - Ernest Wilson 21 - Ten To Ten - Vin Gordon & Sound Dimension 22 - Travelling Home - Sound Dimension 23 - Colour Him Black - Sound Dimension 24 - I'm So Proud - The Freetones 25 - Let Me Blow My Smoke - The Ethiopian 26 - Limit Skank - Hugh Griffiths 27 - Chucky Skank - Dillinger 28 - Gun Court - Little Joe 29 - Ram Dance Master (12") - Brigadier Jerry 30 - Happy Man (12") - The Gladiators 31 - Armagideon Time (12") - Willie Williams 32 - Let's Try (12") - The Heptones 33 - Let's Go To Zion (10") - Winston Francis 34 - Satta - Cedric Im Brooks

    1 ч. 59 мин.
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I'm DJ Greedy G from Yorkshire in the UK and this is my podcast that features my favourite reggae, rocksteady, ska, soul and funk tunes.  

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    Gordy Robertson
  • Годы выхода
    2019 - 2024
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