"Tighten Up" The Untouchables (1968)
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HE IS THE DUB ORGANISER BLESS SCRATCH
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good old days
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mr lee scratch perry, we owe a lot to this inovator.
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@halfinchturnups Nice One me too
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I was born when this song came out!!!
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'68....What memories. Contrary to belief, forget about '69, there was a lot of us skinheads about in 1968. This was my first reggae single I bought...Had to travel from Wandsworth to a record shop in West Croydon called Diamonds. No other record shop had heard this in those days......A classic!
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yay, beautiful music.....!!
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no need to argue what genre it is apart from the fact its just a great tune .......
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although there were still elements of rocksteady running through JA music right up through 1970, the "double up" organ is most definitely an early reggae characteristic and is typical in a lot of the uptempo reggae of the period (late '68 - 70) where the organ drives the rhythm ("Liquidator", "Pop-A-Top" style).
the next cut to this is "Cane River Rock" by Lee Perry and Dillinger (supposedly, sounds like someone else) - also yet another variation by King Scratch.
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@mx2600 Not really its Rocksteady, but it's all related
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the dogs bollocks,what a gem of a song
lancerpsycho 2 years ago 4
100% REGGAE !!!
mx2600 2 years ago 3