DJ Don Letts compiled a wicked collection of tunes for Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown from his vast collection of reggae and dub 7-inches. The album is a veritable soundtrack to London’s legendary Roxy Club circa December ’76 – April ’77, where the Pistols, Clash and Banshees were known to kick it while Letts spun irie tunes. Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown features 16 tracks by King Tubby, Culture, Jah Stitch, Horace Andy, Lee “Scratch” Perry, U-Roy, Junior Murvin and many more.

The album even includes the apocalyptic Culture song “Two Sevens Clash”:

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What we have here is a simple roundup of reggae shows and reggae music festivals dat a gwaan this month in north america. Mostly in Cali, but there a few others sprinkled in. By no means exhaustive, I just wanted to throw these out there without spending a long time posting about them. Have a peek: ([More →])