great british mc's

right now this album is at the top of my reggae list. only problem is its way out of print and way too expensive to buy online. check out the jemm listing... right? i know. out of control. since im not going to be buying it any time soon and i can't find a download link for you to follow and stick your gruby computer hands on, here are all the tracks compiled in album order. hopefull with some luck one day ill come across this scorcher more in my price range.



Fashion LP #FADLP 001 1984
Record date : 1984

Album style : DJ, dancehall

Playlist :
Smiley Culture - Slam Bam
Phillip Levi - Mi God Mi King
Asher Senator - Fast Style Origination
Peter King - Me Neat Me Sweet
Macka B - A Gentleman With Manners
Smiley & Asher - It's Coming Down
Papa Benjie - Fare Dodger
Pato - Nice Up The Session
Papa Face & Bionic Rhona - To The Bump
Laurel & Hardy - You're Nicked

Engineer : Barry Boom & Chris Lane & Gussie Prento

Producer : Paul Robinson

Drums : Angus Gaye & Richard Stevens
Bass : Tony Robinson (UK) & Ian Austin
Guitar : Chris Lane & John Kpiaye
Keyboards : Clifton Bigga Morrison & Reg Graham
Horns : David De Fries & Dave Bitelli & Annie Whitehead & Tim Sanders & Barbara Snow
Percussions : Chris Lane
Drums Programming : Chris Lane

Studios :
Recording : A-Class (UK)
Mixing : A-Class (UK)

the monkey and a dolphin

Stephen Gooden, illus. Aesop's Fables, 1936

A sailor, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast of Greece, a violent tempest arose, in which the ship was wrecked, and he, his Monkey, and all the crew were obliged to swim for their lives. A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore.

When the Dolphin arrived with his burden in sight of land not far from Athens, he asked the Monkey if he were an Athenian, who answered that he was, and that he was descended from one of the noblest families in that city. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus (the famous harbor of Athens). The Monkey, supposing that a man was meant, and being obliged to support his previous lie, answered that he knew him very well, and that he was an intimate friend, who would, no doubt, be very glad to see him.

The Dolphin, indignant at these falsehoods, dipped the Monkey under the water and drowned him.

Moral:
He who once begins to tell falsehoods is obliged to tell others to make them appear true, and, sooner or later, they will get him into trouble.