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As the man Yoni Ranking says, Attention music lovers! The great Big Youth is in Sydney and Melbourne this week – first time in Australia.
Fire On The Wire runs a Big Youth music special on Wed 8 February (2SER 107.3FM 1-3pm, or download here) and The Professor has the man himself in the studio on Thursday (Lawless Street, 2RRR 88.5FM 4-6pm).
listen/download 128Kbps 44Khz stereo mp3
Firehouse released this 35 track 70 min mix as a limited release promo CD for people at the Firehouse Hi-Fi sessions at the Bat & Ball Hotel.
This is an mp3 version for download.
Adrian Crestani — Firehouse selector, ex-Greensleeves staffer and one a way don — was in Jamaica in July 2005.
For your interest and edification, firecorner.com presents a selection of his photographs.
People – this is something we’ve been wanting to do for a long time – and now we have an intimate place to run some intimate reggae vibes …
Firehouse has booked the back room at the Bat & Ball Hotel on Sundays and we’ll see how we like it and you like it over the coming weeks. We’re bringing our own sound equipment and with a max of 80 people in the place you know it’s all about the music and the social living.
Update: Firehouse is taking a break from Sunday sessions at the Bat & Ball – thanks to everyone who came down – look out for some Saturday night reggae dances in February /March 2006.
Here’s Mikey Dread on Sydney radio 2JJJ – way back in 1985, encoded from a much-beaten cassette copy. Enjoy Dennis Brown singing the stings and Mikey Dread bigging up the cricketers and athletes and progressive people in this “cosmopolitan” city…
Listen Mikey Dread on Triple J – 50mb mp3
Thanks to Michael Stone for this classic drop.