Groundation – Each One Teach One / Each One Dub One
Baco Records – Deluxe Re-mastered double CD, vinyl
Over here in the UK we have been hit with Arctic style weather conditions, I don’t think I have experienced anything quite like it. The village I live in has been cut off for a couple of days now, the drifting snow has made the routes out impassable. The odd snowplough comes through now and again but the roads soon ice up again. But we English do love a weather crisis, so you can keep your religion, the weather is now our god and we welcome our new frozen overlords. Joking aside it doesn’t take much for the UK to endlessly discuss the weather, a dusting of snow or a heatwave it’s all we need to keep us amused.
Anyway being stuck at home has given me the chance to catch up on some press releases and this Groundation reissue caught my eye. Reggae is the antitheses of a cold winter (even though technically we are now in spring!) particularly when it originates in California. So let’s warm the cockles with a bit of east coast skanking.