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Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King
Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King

 enlarge 		Author: Lloyd Bradley
Publisher: Viking
Category: Book

Buy Used: $53.06



Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 2 reviews
Sales Rank: 5046856

Format: Import
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8

ISBN: 0670855634
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.646
EAN: 9780670855636

Publication Date: 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars geat reference   July 6, 2008
Bass Culture
This is a great resource for any fan of reggae, or anyone interested in Jamaica's recent social/cultural history. Bradley's obviously spent a lot of time collecting and sifting through the history of the music, a seemingly impossible task when you consider the haphazard and apocryphal nature of it all, and presents the accumulated knowledge in a fair and balanced way. Doubtless, there's small inaccuracies here and there but this book is one of the most thorough I've read on the subject. I found this book to be a goldmine of information and it lead me to discover some wonderful music and musicians which may have otherwise passed me by.


5 out of 5 stars Exhaustive Roots Reggae Survey   March 22, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

At over 500 pages this thick little British import is an exhaustive survey of the Roots Rocker Era of reggae: '69 thru early 80's when dancehall took over.

The book begins with the birth of Jamaican music, and the rise of the sound systems. Ska, Rocksteady, then Roots Reggae are examined. Economics,and the rise of Rastafarism are woven throughout the story.

The various producers and their work are discussed, along with the importance of Britain as a sales base, and the emergence of Trojan.

Dub, DJ's, producers, singers, rhythm sections, etc are all discussed.

This very dense and packed with stories and information I cannot imagine anyone being disappionted as long as they realize this deals exclusively with the 70's roots era.


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