{"id":3721,"date":"2010-07-23T07:29:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T06:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2020-10-18T19:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T19:09:08","slug":"new-mix-boops-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/new-mix-boops-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mix: Boops Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boopsmix.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3729\" title=\"boopsmix\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boopsmix.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the great things about reggae&#8217;s &#8220;version culture&#8221; is how getting your mitts on a new tune can reactivate whole swathes of your collection. I stumbled across a storming UK twelve on the Boops riddim&nbsp;recently and spent a very pleasant Saturday afternoon on a version excursion tip, fishing out classics and long forgotten cuts from the dustier corners of my vinyl shelves.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s a little mix for you, done live in one take &#8211; with a little bit of post-editing before the last track.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways it&#8217;s a companion to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/answer-riddim-clash-john-eden-round\/\">Answer one-riddim-clash mix<\/a>, but no war business with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.grievousangel.net\/answer-soundclash-the-final\">Paul Meme<\/a> this time.<\/p>\n<p><del><a href=\"https:\/\/rcpt.yousendit.com\/914558389\/bfd06eff0b8ca637174fbdbae554fdde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yousendit download link<\/a> or:<\/del><\/p>\n<h3><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4284\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3721-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/mp3\/boops.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/mp3\/boops.mp3\">https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/mp3\/boops.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/mp3\/boops.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3721-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/mp3\/boops.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"boops.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/uncarved-org-podcast\/id1536820384?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?embed_type=widget_standard&amp;embed_uuid=985b74e4-560f-4678-87fa-21ba0f7d6fad&amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fjohnedenuk%2Fjohn-eden-boops-specialist-riddim-mix%2F&amp;hide_cover=1&amp;hide_tracklist=1&amp;replace=0\" width=\"660\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; height: 3px; width: 652px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 4px; color: #999999; width: 652px;\"><a style=\"color: #808080; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/johnedenuk\/john-eden-boops-specialist-riddim-mix\/?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;utm_term=resource_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John eden: boops specialist riddim mix<\/a> by <a style=\"color: #808080; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/johnedenuk\/?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;utm_term=profile_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnedenuk<\/a> on <a style=\"color: #808080; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;utm_term=homepage_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Mixcloud<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; height: 3px; width: 652px;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>TRACKLIST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The Ethiopians \u2013 Last Train to Skaville (1966? \u2013 from &#8220;Celebration: 25 Years of Trojan Records&#8221; LP)<\/p>\n<p>2. Toots and the Maytals \u2013 54-46 (1969 &#8211; from Soul Jazz &#8220;400% Dynamite&#8221; CD)<\/p>\n<p>3. Johnny Ringo &#8211; I And I Number (From \u201cJA To UK M.C. Clash\u201d LP, Fashion 1985)<\/p>\n<p>4. Asher Senator \u2013 Abbreviation Qualification VIP Mix (Fashion 12\u201d 1984)<\/p>\n<p>5. Horace Andy \u2013 Cool and Deadly (Tads 12\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>6. Superman and Spiderman \u2013 Roadblock (From \u201cSuperman &amp; Spiderman\u201d LP, Kingdom 1985)<\/p>\n<p>7. Papa Face and Bionic Rhona \u2013 To the Bump (From \u201cGreat British MCs\u201d LP, Fashion 1984)<\/p>\n<p>8. Concrete Jungle Overcoat (from \u201cRubble Dub M.C.&#8217;s Choice\u201d LP, Rubble 1986)<\/p>\n<p>9. Supercat \u2013 Boops (Techniques 7\u201d 1986)<\/p>\n<p>10. Pam Hall \u2013 Dear Boopsie (Blue Mountain 12\u201d, 1986)<\/p>\n<p>11. King Kong &#8211; Don\u2019t Touch My Boops (Unity Sound 12\u201d 1986)<\/p>\n<p>12. Papa Charjan And Jack Reuben Featuring Higgy Rygin \u2013 Moany Moany (Shuttle Records 12\u201d 1986)<\/p>\n<p>13. Bayley &amp; Chacka Demus &#8211; One Scotch (Unity Sound 12\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>14. Papa Charjan And Jack Reuben Featuring Higgy Rygin \u2013 One Scotch, One Tennants, One Brew (Shuttle Records 12\u201d 1986)<\/p>\n<p>15. Rebel MC and Double Trouble &#8211; Street Tuff (Desire 7\u201d, 1989)<\/p>\n<p><strong>SLEEVENOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ethiopians \u2013 Last Train to Skaville (1966? \u2013 from &#8220;Celebration: 25 Years of Trojan Records&#8221; LP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3739\" title=\"trojan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/photo.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ethiopians started in the 1940s and passed through Studio One in the sixties before recording this for WIRL. This opening track is a little on the quiet side, partly because that&#8217;s how I like to start, but also because Trojan have unwisely included 10 tracks per side of this LP. Which, to be fair, did make it good value &#8211; just not so great for playing out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toots and the Maytals \u2013 54-46 (1969 &#8211; from Soul Jazz &#8220;400% Dynamite&#8221; CD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/400.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3733\" title=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/400.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone has heard this, surely? So the story behind this tune&nbsp;is that Toots Hibbert was busted for ganja and the title of the tune was his prison number. Unfortunately that<em> is<\/em> just a story. Toots says he was busted (for what isn&#8217;t clear) whilst trying to pay bail for a mate &#8211; and the number is just something he made up.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, these first few tracks are off compilations and not crackly seven inches. People get snobbish about that I guess, so here is full disclosure. Both of these comps are brilliant, by the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Johnny Ringo &#8211; I And I Number (From \u201c<\/strong><strong>JA To UK M.C. Clash\u201d LP, Fashion 1985)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/dub\/chat\/graphics\/asherringo.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>JA MC on tour in the UK cuts album underneath the Dub Vendor shop, riding the riddim with some nice &#8220;definition lyrics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately Ringo died in 2005, his passing was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2005\/07\/johnny-ringo-1961-2005\/\">noted by me here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asher Senator \u2013 Abbreviation Qualification VIP Mix (Fashion 12\u201d 1984)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/dub\/chat\/graphics\/asherqual.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Saxon MC Asher&#8217;s first single, which I&#8217;ve written about previously in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/asher-senator\/\">Born To Chat: The Asher Senator Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Horace Andy \u2013 Cool and Deadly (Tads 12\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/l_2048_1536_386F2AFF-05A0-494F-BE01-13EE4346C92B.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/l_2048_1536_386F2AFF-05A0-494F-BE01-13EE4346C92B.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sleepy brings his take on &#8220;ABC&#8221; by the Jackson 5 to the party. This raises the musical levels after Asher&#8217;s lyrical onslaught. I often play the two in combination like this on the increasingly rare occasions that I am trusted on the decks in public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Superman and Spiderman \u2013 Roadblock (From<\/strong> \u201c<strong>Superman &amp; Spiderman\u201d LP, Kingdom 1985)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/super.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3742\" title=\"super\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/super.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mysterious trademark-infringing duo in the mould of Michigan and Smiley.<\/p>\n<p>Superman was born in Birmingham, but raised in JA. He now records UK Dub material under the name of <a href=\"http:\/\/reggaelicious.pbworks.com\/Sandeeno\">Sandeeno<\/a>. Spiderman I know little about but seem to recall he was JA born and bred.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, superhero imagery has been well used in reggae, from Tony McDermott&#8217;s great covers for Scientist dub albums, to these labels:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hulk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3743\" title=\"hulk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hulk.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Papa Face and Bionic Rhona \u2013 To the Bump (From \u201cGreat British MCs\u201d LP, Fashion 1984)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/dub\/chat\/graphics\/gbmclp.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Nuff man chat on the Shank I Sheck, but me no hear no-one pon this one yet&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Underrated duo, previously written about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/bionic-rhona\/\">here<\/a>. Rhona is an uncarved.org reader, Face has continued to MC as mic man for David Rodigan and is a regular fixture behind the counter at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dubvendor.co.uk\/index.asp?function=WEBPAGE&amp;page=4\">Dub Vendor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concrete Jungle Overcoat (from \u201cRubble Dub M.C.&#8217;s Choice\u201d LP, Rubble 1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/rubbledub.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3730\" title=\"rubbledub\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/rubbledub.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Very talented musicians at Fashion. Their riddims and dub albums never get proper credit, but it&#8217;s nice gear. I meant to write about them all for <em>Woofah<\/em> but it didn&#8217;t quite happen. Gussie Prento production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Cat \u2013 Boops (Techniques 7\u201d 1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/supercat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"supercat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/supercat.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And when you check it out Friday ah payday&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The tune that started the craze. Super Cat tells the story of an older guy who has the girls flocking &#8211; but only because of his wallet. The Techniques lick of the riddim is proper loose (in a good way) and even has a bum note towards the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pam Hall \u2013 Dear Boopsie (Blue Mountain 12\u201d, 1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/pam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3745\" title=\"pam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/pam.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Since you&#8217;ve been gone &#8211; I&#8217;ve forgotten the taste of wine&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pam is the sister of Audrey Hall. Dear Boopsie attempts to give some female perspective on the Boops phenomenon, though it&#8217;s hardly an advert for womens&#8217; liberation. Oddly this seems to be the only tune in the mix which has troubled the UK Charts, skirting around the mid 50s for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The tune even appeared in one of the few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/more-chart-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reggae charts featured on ITV&#8217;s The Chart Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>King Kong &#8211; Don\u2019t Touch My Boops (Unity Sound 12\u201d 1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/unity.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3746\" title=\"unity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/unity.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Gorgeous smile and she had pretty looks&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a King Jammy production which was licensed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2004\/06\/88clash\/\">Hackney&#8217;s Unity Sound label<\/a> because of their strong connections.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty soon Boops was inescapable, as is evident from Daddy Kool\u2019s pre-release chart of April 19, 1986:<\/p>\n<p>1. King Kong &#8211; Don&#8217;t Touch My Boops &#8211; Jammys<br \/>\n2. Anthony Red Rose &#8211; Me No Want No Boops &#8211; Firehouse<br \/>\n3. Michael Prophet &#8211; Nah Call Me John Boops &#8211; Techniques<br \/>\n4. Sugar Minott &#8211; John Boops &#8211; Cornerstone<br \/>\n5. Lyrical &#8211; No Try No Boops &#8211; 10 Rossevelt Avenue<br \/>\n6. Pompidou &#8211; I Love My Boops &#8211; Striker Lee<br \/>\n7. Super Dad &#8211; See Boops Ya &#8211; Blue Mountain<br \/>\n8. Radicals &#8211; Rum Tree &#8211; Roots Radics Gang<br \/>\n9. Ringo &#8211; See Foreign Deh &#8211; Harry J<br \/>\n10. Delroy Williams &#8211; Watchdog &#8211; Rockers<\/p>\n<p>Sly and Robbie hit the national charts one year later with their own take on the fad&#8230; (major labels being unable to keep up with the street commentary of reggae culture).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Papa Charjan And Jack Reuben Featuring Higgy Rygin &#8211; Moany Moany (Shuttle Records 12\u201d 1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/moany.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"moany\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/moany.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shuttle operated out of Haringey, with offices around Turnpike Lane and Green Lanes. This is a Fatman production. Fatman runs a longstanding soundsystem and label. <a href=\"https:\/\/uncarved.org\/dub\/splash\/fatman.html\">There&#8217;s a nice piece on him here<\/a> from Penny Reel&#8217;s 1981 NME Soundsystem Splashdown feature.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Fatman&#8217;s selector was <a href=\"https:\/\/uncarved.org\/dub\/splash\/ribs.html\">Ribs (interviewed here)<\/a>. But Ribs then left Fatman to start his own Unity Hi-Fi sound. Charjan and his brother Reuben were two of Unity&#8217;s first deejays (soon to be joined by Peter Bouncer, Navigator and the Ragga Twins amongst many other key &#8216;nuum figures).<\/p>\n<p>But then Charjan and Reuben <em>really <\/em>upset the applecart by leaving Unity and joining Fatman. Apparently the animosity is made abundantly clear in Fatman\/Unity clash tapes from the mid eighties.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the history, this is a boss tune which equals most of the Boops ouevre for its slightly dodgy gender politics. In fact it&#8217;s intriguingly similar to &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; by that other cockney MC crew Chas and Dave. Charjan and Reuben&#8217;s double delivery on the chorus is breathtaking and there are some neat rhymes here also.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Admiral Bailey &amp; Chaka Demus &#8211; One Scotch (Unity Sounds 12&#8243; 1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bailey and Chaka rework John Lee Hooker&#8217;s blues standard for Jammys, with added bonus reference to the Joe Gibbs oddity &#8220;In Heaven There Is No Beer (It&#8217;s Why We Drink It Here)&#8221; by The Happs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Papa Charjan And Jack Reuben Featuring <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/Higgy+Rygin\"><strong>Higgy Rygin<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u2013 One Scotch, One Tennants, One Brew (Shuttle Records 12\u201d 1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/R-1370038-1213643559.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"one scotch one lager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/R-1370038-1213643559.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you like drinking, let&#8217;s go on a drinking spree&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Charjan and Reuben come again with a London ting. Frankly the prospect of a scotch, a can of Tennents <em>and<\/em> a Special Brew is enough to make me feel decidedly queasy. Still, might be one to test out one weekend, purely in the interests of research&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately my copy didn&#8217;t come with the ace picture cover, so it&#8217;s thanks to discogs for that. It does have this sticker on it though:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/tennants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3748\" title=\"tennants\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/tennants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"194\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other odes to Tennents Super include Alabama 3&#8217;s &#8220;Old Purple Tin&#8221; and &#8220;Purple Boy&#8221; by Smart Alex and Clever Cloggs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebel MC and Double Trouble &#8211; Street Tuff (Desire 7\u201d, 1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/tuff.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3749\" title=\"tuff\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/tuff.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone realises this is the same bassline as Toots and The Maytals&#8217; &#8220;54-46&#8221; but then it is at 120bpm or thereabouts. A big chart hit, which will always remind me of everyone on the cheese factory production line grooving away when it came on Radio One.<\/p>\n<p>Rebel MC went on to mutate into Congo Natty, but I guess everyone knows that now?<\/p>\n<p><strong>ADDENDUM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Boops riddim was reversioned again earlier this year, but none of the tunes particularly grabbed me. So this remains an archival selection for your delectation.<\/p>\n<p>As usual this is simply what I&#8217;ve picked up over the years so I make no apology if your favourite cut isn&#8217;t included. Feel free to have a heated debate in the comments boxes, or do your own mix &#8211; or simply enjoy the music for what it is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great things about reggae&#8217;s &#8220;version culture&#8221; is how getting your mitts on a new tune can reactivate whole swathes of your collection. I stumbled across a storming UK twelve on the Boops riddim&nbsp;recently and spent a very pleasant Saturday afternoon on a version excursion tip, fishing out classics and long forgotten cuts &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/new-mix-boops-specialist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;New Mix: Boops Specialist&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mixes-2","category-reggae","category-specials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6855,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions\/6855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}