SIR LORD, COUNT, KING, AND WHO?

Change of gears here. I ran into a Sir Lord Comic cut and had to point you to it. He was an early reggae DJ, back when there were very few, Count Machuki and King Stitt among them. Sir Lord, Count and King. That's a lot of royalty floating around in those names. Then U Roy waltzes in, and ruins the whole regal name streak (though he did record for Duke Reid). Where was I? Oh yeah, Sir Lord Comic. His stuff doesn't pop up online very often, so that's why he's down there. The rest are just a cross section of DJ stuff, reggae DJ stuff (if you don't know the difference here's a wiki thing). Some of it's been here before, but there are a couple other goodies I hadn't seen before, a Big Youth live cut from '74, and a very early U Roy, with the Tommy McCook and the Supersonics (gloriously scratched I might add). 

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Listen:
Sir Lord Comic - The Great Wuga Wuga mp3 at Dinosaur Gardens
Count Machuki - Pepper Pot mp3 at Planet Mondo
King Stitt & the Wailing Souls - Whitebread mp3 at Constant Pressure
U Roy - Flashing My Whip mp3 (via DivShare) at Black Gold with Tommy McCook!
U Roy - Runaway Girl mp3 at Tous les jours la grande chose
Scotty - Draw Your Breaks mp3 at La Grand Chose
Dillinger - Cocaine mp3 at Giant Panther
Big Youth - Cool Breeze mp3 at Le Blog de la Grande Chose
Big Youth - Santa Massa Gone Ya (Live) mp3 at Earmilk 
Dennis Alcapone - Cassius Clay mp3 at Reggae Top Site 

"UGLY" SOUNDS BAD, USE "KING."

King Stitt, was born Winston Sparkes, and known by many as "the Ugly One", a nickname he gave himself, acknowledging his unconventional facial features. He passed away in January at the age of 71. Along with Count Machuki and Lord Comic, he was one of reggaes first DJ/toasters, and when he passed away, the oldest living one. He began toasting in 1956, and was associated with Coxsonne Dodd's Downbeat sound system until 1968, when Dodd decided to concentrate on his record business. Stitt had an encyclopedic knowledge of music, and not just reggae, but R & B and jazz as well. Still performing just a few months before he passed away, his influence on later reggae DJs cannot be overstated.

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Listen:
King Stitt & the Wailing Souls - Whitebread mp3 at Constant Pressure (Pickings are slim. This was the only one I could find.)
Visit:
King Stitt at Wikipedia