5/30/2007 Echo Chamber
Well...this was a special that I've been planning on revisiting for quite some time: "A Fistful of Dub: A Dread Western Special". The Echo Chamber heads out to the wild, wild west... The two anchors of the show (and the two items that were the germ of the project) were Roots Control's fantastic Dread Western album, and the Ennio Morricone soundtrack to the spaghetti western "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly". A big chunk of the show comes from the two Trojan Records "western reggae" compilations: "The Big Gundown" and "For a Few Dollars More", along with "The Wild Bunch" on RAS Records. On top of all these classic ska & rocksteady tunes (with titles like "Guns of Navarone", "Django Shoots First", "Death Rides a Horse", and "Dollar In the teeth") we had such great tunes as "Looks Like We're Shy One Horse" (by Colourbox), "Mentally Ska'd" (By 2Badcard), "Holy Cowboys" (by All India Radio), and "Version Pardner" (from The Clash). To get some dub in the mix, we included "AU Dub (aka 24 Karat Dub)" from The Technician; "Grinning In Your Face" from Dubblestandart's latest album; "Fistful of Peanuts" from Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz; and several dubs from "Dread Western". Finally, DJ Baby Swiss layed down a new Mutant Frogs track just for the special show called "Cowfrog"! What a riddim-ridin' shootout in the ol' Echo Chamber!
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Note: * indicates recent releases and newly re-released material
| Hugh Montenegro & Orchestra - The Ecstasy of Gold album: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; label: RCA | |
| Roots Control - Theme from Dread Western album: Dread Western; label: Wordsound | |
| Roy Richards - Death Rides a Horse album: The Big Gundown; label: Trojan | |
| Space Monkeyz vs. Gorillaz - Fistful of Peanuts (aka Clint Eastwood dub) album: Laika Come Home; label: EMI | |
| Sir Lord Comic & Upsetters - Django Shoots First album: The Big Gundown; label: Trojan | |
| Crystalites - Dollar A Head album: The Big Gundown; label: Trojan | |
| Roots Control - For A Few Dubs More album: Dread Western; label: Wordsound | |
| *Dubblestandart - Grinning In Your Face album: Immigration Dub; label: Collision - Cause of Chap. 3 | |
| Trevor "The Technician" McKenzie - AU Dub (24 Karat Dub) album: Chemical Dub; label: self release | |
| Roots Control - North 11th Skank album: Dread Western; label: Wordsound | |
| Skatalites - Guns of Navarone album: The Story of Jamaican Music; label: Island | |
| Joe White & Crystalites - They Call Me Trinity album: The Big Gundown; label: Trojan | |
| Hugh Montenegro & Orchestra - Vice of Killing album: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; label: RCA | |
| The Clash - Bankrobber (Dub) album: Wild Dub - Dread Meets Punk Rocker Downtown [various]; label: Select Cuts | |
| Colourbox - Looks Like We're Shy One Horse album: Colourbox; label: 4AD | |
| Roots Control - Tumbleweed album: Dread Western; label: Wordsound | |
| Skaboom - Longshot Kick De Bucket album: Don't Call Me Ska Face; label: Metrodome | |
| The Specials - Longshot Kick De Bucket album: Too Much Too Young; label: Castle Pulse | |
| George Lee - The Burial of Longshot album: The Wild Bunch [various]; label: Trojan | |
| Hugh Montenegro & Orchestra - The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly album: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; label: RCA | |
| Sly & Robbie - The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly album: Mambo Taxi; label: VP | |
| Scofflaws - The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly album: Record of Convictions; label: Moon Ska | |
| Ennio Morricone / Terranova - For A Few Dollars More album: Morricone RMX; label: Warner Bros. | |
| Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel album: Double Barrel; label: RAS | |
| Wordsound I Powa (w/ Likkle Jer & Rankin Boopsman) - Puro Malo album: Live From Planet Crooklyn; label: Wordsound | |
| Harry J All Stars - Liquidator album: Mojo Magazine; label: Trojan | |
| 2 Badcard - Mentally Ska'd (Guns I'll Never Own) album: Hustling Ability; label: On-U Sound | |
| Upsetters - Dollar In the Teeth album: The Big Gundown; label: Trojan | |
| The Clash - Version Pardner album: Sandinista; label: Sony | |
| Hugh Montenegro & Orchestra - Theme from Fistful of Dollars album: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; label: RCA | |
| Hugh Montenegro & Orchestra - For A Few Dollars More album: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; label: RCA | |
| All India Radio - Holy Cowboys album: The Inevitable; label: Inevitable | |
| *Mutant Frogs - Cowfrog (brand-spankin' new cd single... as it airs, I made it only hours ago!) album: N/A; label: IMT-Skankworks | |
| Clue J. & the Blues Blasters - Toomstone album: Toomstone 45; label: Coxone | |
| The Selecter - Celebrate the Bullet album: Best of Selector; label: Disky | |
| The Top Cats - Lay Down the Law album: Mr. Donkey Paradise; label: self release | |
| Tommy McCook - Riding West album: Blazing Horns-Tenor in Roots; label: Blood & Fire | |
| Fully Fullwood - Buffalo Cowboy album: For All Time; label: Bad Daddy | |
| Westbound Train - Soapbox (ft. Alex Desert) album: Five to Two; label: Relative | |
| Jackie Mittoo - Wild Bunch album: Tribute to...; label: Studio 1 / Heartbeat | |
| The Skatalites - Ringo album: Top Sounds from Top Deck - Ska Boo Da Ba; label: Top deck | |
| Go Jimmy Go - Long Shot On the Rise album: Fishbowl Eyes; label: Moon Room | |
| Stingers ATX - The Story album: this good thing; label: Jump Up! | |
| The Prophets - Revenge of Eastwood album: For a Few Dollars More - 28 Shots Of Western Inspired Reggae; label: Trojan | |
| Lee Perry & the Upsetters - Clint Eastwood album: For a Few Dollars More - 28 Shots Of Western Inspired Reggae; label: Trojan | |
| The Rudies - Guns of Navarone album: For a Few Dollars More - 28 Shots Of Western Inspired Reggae; label: Trojan | |
| The Crystalites - The Bad album: For a Few Dollars More - 28 Shots Of Western Inspired Reggae; label: Trojan |
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