Bluebeat .... The Folks Bros. Count Ossie Afro Combo.

Count Ossie - Oh Carolina ..

( Original version )

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bluebeat
• ska
• reggae

[keepingthefaith72]

Good for you your Ladyship ... lol

[Badmoodboy]

Most people who write about mods leave this music out. This was the roots of Mod. Buying Blue beat in Shepards Bush market or brick lane, sitting in Jacks cafe on a weekend in Clacton with the vespa parked outside, playing this on the juke box. The best years of my life.

[keepingthefaith72]

I must put up some Prince Buster and Skatalites , they were played along side this gem .. first heard them in my youth around 14 year old ,and they just blew me away and still love them till this day ... KTF..

[hippiefeef]

this masterpiece with rasta drums was made with love, and i felt it =when it came out of the 18 inch speakers in south east london in the 60s, and lucky the police never walked in and kicked the shit out of the system

[mr1168726]

What has happened to Jamaican/West Indian music these days? It is all Rap Shit, that all sounds the same. I used to go to Brixton in the 60s to get a bit of good weed, and the place was buzzing with amazing sounds. I know that times move on, but this kind of music should retain it's place. It's all part of the Jam/W.I, heritage.

[thedavidjoss46]

@noggin48 I WAS A DOOR MAN IN THE DISCOTHEQUE AND THE FLAMINGO AND THE RORING 20S IN CARNBY STREET .

[jammigal59]

1963 in the UK maybe but before that in Jamaica. As a teenager in 70's Kingston, we had an old single that was before 1963.

[deeceeluton]

Definitely released in 1963. I bought it in a tiny Jamaican record store on Portobello Road. Just released this week is The Story Of Blue Beat. A double CD that contains the first 24 releases on the Blue Beat label in 1960. Give it a try.

[ShortieLeeroy]

Can´t top the original,it run tings.

[noggin48]

Oops! Almost forgot! My copy of "Carolina" is on Bluebeat, and is dated 1963. So how come I see the years 1959, 1960, and 1961 mentioned as release dates, but none display their year, except mine? I always thought that my copy was the genuine UK copy? I was never out for the count in my youth, unlike some of the people, my mind was never controlled by smoke, or other things, so I really do remember the 60's =D

[noggin48]

Name dropping Er! I was born in Windsor, like my parents. Left school in Easter 1964, bought Mary Wells "My Guy" 1964, was a Mod by 1965. My "Church", as I like to call it, was the Ricky-Tick, Barry Avenue, Windsor. Martin Fuggles (DJ) was my Preacher. I also went to the Pink Flamingo, La Discotheque, Whisky-A-Go-Go, The Scene, The Marquee, Putney Pontiac, Pantiles (Tiles), and lastly, The Last Chance Saloon. It was the "Chance", where I reckon that I heard "Carolina" for the first time!

[BoomBapProductions]

this was the first "ska" tune with autehntic Rasta musician... the first to tie th mainstream and rasta together.. a unification of jamaica through music. sweet... you can hear the nervousness of the singer in this.. it was rebel music in its purist form!!

[davidyb123]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

[amo32g]

base culture lead me here too :D