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Memphis - ME-10 Blue Beat

1970’s MIJ Analog Drum Machine

“Seemingly lifted from a reprinted photograph in a 1979 report by Melody Maker on the ska revival and 2-tone, the cartoon was sculpted by Hunt Emerson, and based on a fascinating young woman.

Brigitte Bond – also known as Brigitte Saint John / Brigitte St. John – was a huge ska fan, who went on to record for UK label Blue Beat. She was also a trans pioneer, and her ultimate fate remains a mystery.

The new documentary was pieced together by Miss Upsetter, a film maker and designer whose work is well worth checking out.

LOCOMOTIVE: first incarnation, 1965 photo credit, JIM SIMPSON Reading the ‘tags’ above, you’d be forgiven for thinking there had been some kind of editorial cock-up. Ska & Blue Beat? Yes, obviously, if you played the track above. Prog / progressive rock? Eh? Read on – I shall explain. Locomotive (initially billed as The Locomotive)were formed in Birmingham, England, during 1965, by trumpet…

SKA FACE – Neville Staple on The Specials, Fun Boy Three and The Return Of Judge Roughneck

Picture: John Coles Judge Roughneck is back and about to lay down the law at a venue near you. Ska great Neville Staple revived the character, first heard on The Specials‘ Stupid Marriage, for his latest double album The Return of Judge Roughneck. Now the Jamaican-born vocalist is heading out on the road to promote the record with a backing band featuring his wife Christine ‘Sugary’ Staple.…

Millie Small - Time Will Tell (Full Album) 1970 (Trojan records)