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Sound Dimension –<\/strong> Real Rock – Original Version Of Rhythm – 1969<\/a><\/p>\n Dillinger –<\/strong> Fountain On The Mountain – 1975<\/a><\/p>\n Willie Williams<\/strong>– Armagideon Time – 1978<\/a><\/p>\n Jackie Edwards<\/strong> – Git Up – Original Version Of Rhythm – 1977<\/a><\/p>\n Danny Ray<\/strong> – Revolution Rock – 1977<\/a><\/p>\n Mexicano<\/strong> – Dub Rock – 1977<\/a><\/p>\n The Clash – Armagideon Time – 1979<\/a><\/p>\n The Clash – Justice Tonight \/ Kick It Over – 1979<\/a><\/p>\n The Clash – Revolution Rock – 1979<\/a><\/p>\n The Clash, to me, were extremely inspirational, whatever you think about the band, one thing that can not be denied is the band’s real love of\u00a0Black music and culture, reggae music was no exception. If it was not for\u00a0The Clash promoting authentic reggae via the media,\u00a0via namedrops\u00a0on original compositions and also covering some of the songs of the day, thousands of people, like me,\u00a0may not have been touched by this music. Sure there were other bands around the time also, and The Clash did attempt ‘Police\u00a0And Thieves’ and ‘Pressure Drop’ in a more punked up style, but when it came to 1979 this band found out that they were far from just a ‘punk’\u00a0band. With Mickey Gallagher and other musicians in tow, the band recorded the sessions that would result in the formidable ‘London Calling’ LP\u00a0way down deep in Highbury, North London.<\/p>\n Straight onto the B-Side of the massive ‘London Calling’ single goes ‘Armagideon Time’ a recent hit in JA for Willie Williams voiced onto a well known rhythm going way back, almost a decade before the Willie Williams hit. The Clash’s version of this song is so good, even\u00a0champion soundman Fatman\u00a0carries the Clash\u00a0tune in the big\u00a0box marked ‘Special’. I know this for a fact as Daddy Fatman dropped it one night, when myself and Kevin Webb RIP ex-Conflict were the only non Rastas in the hall! The Rastas seemed to be cool with The Clash’s version and the dub version, that was spun next…<\/p>\n On the ‘London Calling’ LP one of the highlights (for me anyway) was\u00a0the band’s version of Danny Ray’s ‘Revolution Rock’.<\/p>\n A relatively recent import from 1977,\u00a0with the help of The Pioneers imprint Golden Age Records, this\u00a0rhythm\u00a0was cut several times, originally releasing ‘Git Up’ voiced by old Jamaican legend\u00a0Jackie Edwards, who had been around since the 1950’s, and who had also helped Chris Blackwell organise Island Records at a time when Blackwell was selling records out of the back of his Austin Mini. Hope he got his cut further on down the line…Probably not.<\/p>\n The much younger vocalist, and less well known in Root’s than his favoured U.K. Lovers Rock circles, Danny Ray voiced this tune in the same year for Golden Age Records. This is the version that The Clash covered.<\/p>\n Eddy Grant’s brother, Mexicano was taken into the Stoke Newington Coach House studios to voice the DJ cut, again for Golden Age Records. Incidently the rhythm for this track was originally created in Jamaica, but all the versions uploaded here\u00a0were voiced in the U.K.<\/p>\n *** Wanted to add\u00a0another track for Mick Slaughter from the ‘Londons Calling’\u00a0era Clash and the original track from way back on Rio Records by The Rulers. The Clash\u00a0copied the track with repect and even kept the false start on the recording!<\/p>\n The Rulers – Wrong Em Boyo – 1966<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i192.photobucket.com\/albums\/z149\/pengy1966\/img633.jpg\")
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