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Baldhead Selector on September 30th 2004 a écrit :http://www.mashitup.org.uk/

Mash it Up!
Saturday 23rd October 2004
The finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and
straight-up funky-assed funk from the old school

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Yes indeed dear groovers.

Mash it Up! is back with the crucial beats to move your feets on Saturday 23rd October (see below for a sneaky preview of what could well be on the playlist).

As ever we'll give a tenth of all profits to the Alpha Boys School (and home) in Kingston, Jamaica - in tribute to Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore (see interview below) and Alpha’s other great musical graduates.

Children in need of care and protection come to Alpha through the Family Courts in Jamaica, (some abandoned, abused, orphaned, incorrigible). Without Alpha and its continuing music program, there would have been no Skatalites, no reggae as we know it and no Mash it Up! But now, the economy of Jamaica has put the school and its children in jeopardy. And the hurricanes are not helping!

Sister Susan Frazer at Alpha Boys School said:
“Alpha needs money URGENTLY at this time. Continuing with these severe financial problems will not be possible without some serious and consistent level of financial support. We are working now to build a trust that will secure Alphas' future into the next century. I'm grateful for any help that Mash it Up! may be able to give. God knows right now we need it. God Bless.”

This should be a big night. Not least because Mrs Baldhead Selector should be coming out for her first big knees-up since giving birth to our youngest Baldhead.
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Baldhead Selector. x.
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An Extract from interview with "Dizzy" Johnny Moore of the Skatalites conducted by Mohair Slim, 11 May 2000 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Source: http://niceup.com/interviews/dizzy_johnny_moore

Johnny tell me how you started out to be a musician

Well, it's a long story. That's from my early childhood days. I grew up in a home where there was some music there. But, according to the folks it wasn't for me to be a part of. So I wound up in Alpha Boys School where I learnt to play some music and I took it from there you know?

How did you end up in Alpha School for Boys?

Well, I had to pull a couple of pranks. My folks wasn't the type who would have liked to dump their kids there y'know? So I had to pull a couple of pranks so that they figure I was going haywire.

You did it on purpose?

Yes, because I had to learn the music and ever since I was a kid I told them hey I didn't want to do anyting else. I used to like use the leaf of the pumpkin and make like flutes, papaya stalks that kind of stuff there and combs, sardine cans with elastics, anything that would make a sound.

How did you know the Alpha School was the place to go?

Funny. I seen some kid next door to me. Beating off a mean drum. I say "Bwoy, where did you learn to do that?" and he said "Alpha". I said "Where is that". He says "You can't go there", coz my folks they weren't the worst off. They weren't the type of people, were seventh day adventists, they don't go with the Roman Catholic sentiment of things anyway, y'know? I says "Whoah, I got to get to that place". Like I said, I had to pull a couple of pranks (laughs).

For more on the Alpha Boys School and its importance in music history, see:http://www.mashitup.org.uk/alpha.htm
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Sneaky Preview of what could be on the playlist:

Phoenix City - The Skatalites
Poison Flour - Dr Alimantado
Power Version - Dennis Alcapone
Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
Rastaman Shuffle - The Upsetters
Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
Return of Django - The Upsetters
Ring The Alarm - Tenor Saw
River Nile Version - Augustus Pablo
Rock me again and again and again and again and again - Lyn Collins (the female preacher)
Rocksteady - Aretha Franklin
Roots and Culture - Mikey Dread
See Them a Come - Culture
Sexy Coffee Pot - Tony Alvin and the Belairs
Shack Up - Banbarra
Shine Eye Girl - Barrington Levy
Sing a Simple Song - Sly and the Family Stone
Sit and Wonder - Prince Buster
Some Like it Dread - Big Youth
Stepping Razor - Peter Tosh
Storm Cloud - The Heptones
Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Reburial- Don Drummond
The Vulture - Labi Siffre
Think (about it) - Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)
Unchained - Bob Andy
Under Me Sleng Teng - Wayne Smith
Uptown top Ranking - Althea and Donna
Very Well - Wailing Souls
Wa Do Dem - Eek a mouse
War is Coming - War
Warrior Charge - Aswad
Zylon - Lloyd Charmers

For more on the sort of music you can hear at Mash it Up! please see:
http://www.mashitup.org.uk/top100.htm



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Messagepar Baldhead Selector » 01/10/04 09:56

Thanks Funky girl. Its a good looking forum. I wish it well.

Baldy
Mash it Up! - The very finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and straight-up, funky-assed funk. A tenth of all profits go to keep Alpha Boys School open in tribute to Don Drummond and Alpha's other great, musical graduates.
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Messagepar Baldhead Selector » 14/10/04 14:12

OOPS!

I didn't say where or how much.

Mash it Up!
Saturday 23rd October 2004


The finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and
straight-up funky-assed funk from the old school

The venue: Lowdown at the Albany, 240 Great Portland Street, London - next door to Great Portland Street tube station
The time: 8.30pm until 2am
The door tax: £4 before 10pm, £6 after

Hope to see you there groovers.

Love
Baldhead Selector. x.
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Mash it Up! - The very finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and straight-up, funky-assed funk. A tenth of all profits go to keep Alpha Boys School open in tribute to Don Drummond and Alpha's other great, musical graduates.

http://www.mashitup.org.uk/

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Messagepar Baldhead Selector » 29/03/05 14:17

Baldhead Selector on March 07 2005 a écrit :http://www.mashitup.org.uk/
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Dear Friends

Mash it Up! is nearly sold out for Saturday April 2nd. I have about 15 places remaining only.

The remaining places are available on a strictly first come, first served basis - and are by invitation only. If you would like an invitation you need to email me:

baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk

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As well as the finest selections in upbeat, danceable reggae and stright-up, funky-assed funk from the old school, we are also offering:

1. A new level of giving - this time - ALL of the proceeds go to the
Alpha Boys School and orphanage on Kingston, Jamaica, in memory of Don
Drummond, Tommy McCook and Alpha's other great, musical graduates.

What's more, the DJs and the venue are all providing their services for free so virtually all of your £5 entrance charge will go to this very worthy cause.

2. The North East's no 1 revive reggae and soul specialist, making his
club debut south of Watford: Greedy G (Roots on Wax) - Along with your
regular Mash it Up! DJs.

3. A brand new (secret) venue in Hackney N16. Ssshhh!
Drinks at pub prices - natch.

4. A new door policy. This time, its an invitation only event because
its only a very little venue. If you would like an invitation you need to email me:

baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk

NB. You cannot pay on the door - you can only book in advance. This is
the reason I'm keeping the venue a secret until you book.

Also, we've only got this venue until midnight so we're going to lock
the doors at 9pm to ensure sufficient time for jumping around. This
also means that a lovely friend will do the door for an hour as a
favour, and then they'll get to jump around too. This means I won't
have to hire a door person which means more money for the Alpha Boys
School and orphanage. It also means of course that it is going to be
virtually a private party with a really sweet crowd.

Love and respect

The (very excited) Baldhead Selector. x

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Dear Friends

Mash it Up! is now completely sold out for Saturday April 2nd.

Thanks to all who have booked their place from myself and from the beneficiaries at the Alpha Boys School and orphanage.

It is currently an invitation only event- so if you want to make sure of your share next time we do it - you can get yourself on the mailing list by simply sending me an email:

baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk

Love and respect

The Baldhead Selector. x

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Mash it Up! - The very finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and straight-up, funky-assed funk. A tenth of all profits go to keep Alpha Boys School open in tribute to Don Drummond and Alpha's other great, musical graduates.

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Baldhead Selector on March 20 2006 a écrit :http://www.mashitup.org.uk
baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk


Press Release - for immediate use

Mash it Up! returns in bid to save reggae’s ‘spiritual home’

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The event: Mash it Up!

The cause: We give money (at least 10 per cent of anything we make) to the Alpha Boys School and orphanage in Kingston, Jamaica in tribute to Don Drummond and Alpha's other great, musical graduates

The music: Upbeat, danceable reggae and straight up funky-assed funk (expect James Brown, Studio One, Temptations, Upsetters)

The date: Saturday 20th May 2006

The venue: A secret Islington location - all will be revealed to those joining the mailing list at http://www.mashitup.org.uk/

The time: 8.30pm until 2am

Booking: £5 per head - advance booking only

The drinks: Pub prices

Info and bookings: http://www.mashitup.org.uk/




Mash it Up! returns for a one-off night in May, playing the finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and straight-up, funky-assed funk from the old school. As always, we will be give at least a tenth of all profits to the Alpha Boys School (and home) in Kingston, Jamaica - in tribute to Don Drummond, Tommy McCook and Alpha’s other great musical graduates (see footnotes).



Children in need of care and protection come to Alpha through the Family Courts in Jamaica, (some abandoned, abused, orphaned, incorrigible). Without Alpha and its continuing music program, there would have been no Skatalites, no reggae as we know it and no Mash it Up! But now, the economy of Jamaica has put the school and its children in jeopardy.



Club organiser and DJ, John Baldy said:

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to give a little back to the school which gave us so many of the musicians that we love to jump around to at Mash it Up!"



Sister Susan Frazer at Alpha Boys School said:

“Alpha needs money URGENTLY at this time. Continuing with these severe financial problems will not be possible without some serious and consistent level of financial support. We are working now to build a trust that will secure Alphas' future into the next century. I'm grateful for any help that Mash it Up! may be able to give.

God knows right now we need it. God Bless.”



Contact: baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk
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Briefing on Alpha Boys School and its famous graduates


1. As well as some famous names in jazz, the school fostered:

· Tenor saxophonist Tommy McCook, who figured in both of the two most important bands in Jamaican music. He was leader of the Skatalites and also featured in Lee Perry’s ‘Upsetters’,

· Legendary trombonist Don Drummond, whose minor-key arrangements and solos brought greater fame to the Skatalites. Their influence was incalculable. Their 1964 debut Ska Authentic ruled Jamaican airwaves throughout the year, and in addition to leading sessions with all of the island's top solo artists, they also helped launch the careers of newcomers including Delroy Wilson, the Wailers, Lee "Scratch" Perry and Ken Boothe.

· Skatalites founding member Johnny "Dizzy" Moore who remains with the band today and has retained links with Alpha.

· Vin Gordon who played trombone on innumerable reggae tracks including classic albums such as The Upsetters - Super Ape, Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey, Culture – Two Sevens Clash, The Heptones – Party Time

· Current Skatalites saxophonist Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks who played on countless Studio One sessions and also played on Bob Marley’s ‘Kaya’ album.

· Trombonist Rico Rodriguez, a notable soloist who has collaborated with groups as diverse as Jools Holland’s Big Band, The Specials, The Super Furry Animals, Toots and the Maytals and U Roy.


· Drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace who has recorded with such notables as Augustus Pablo, Beres Hammond, Frankie Paul, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, The Abyssinnians, Prince Far-I and Sugar Minott.

· Lester Sterling aka Mr Versatile, founding member of the Skatalites and still in their line up today on alto saxophone and trumpet.



2. As Geoff Parker points out at:
http://www.reggaezine.co.uk/skanotes.html


The Skatalites had dominated the music of Jamaica in the brief period between their formation in June 1964 and the breakdown the next year of….trombonist Don Drummond. They defined ska as a driving, assertive and truly home grown music appropriate for the newly independent island. These veteran musicians had worked together for many years before the formation of the Skatalites, even before the birth of the Jamaican recording industry itself, making their living in the big bands, dance bands and jazz bands that preceded an indigenous Jamaican music. With the demise of the Skatalites, these men simply continued as before to freelance, now as session musicians for every major producer and artist on the island, thereby exercising immense influence over Jamaican music as it developed from ska to rocksteady and into what the world has come to know as reggae. The history of these musicians is literally the history of Jamaican music itself.

3. From: ‘A Brief History of the Skatalites’
http://www.skatalites.com/music/liners_foundation.htm


A nun with the Sisters of Mercy, and an instructor at the Alpha School for Boys, Sister Ignatius met Don Drummond, Lester Sterling and Johnny Moore in the first and second form, when she was their teacher.

"I didn't have Tommy as a student, as he was older. I knew Don Drummond, I knew Lester Sterling and I knew Johnny Moore", Sister explains. "Music is a big part of the curriculum here at the school. Back when Tommy, Don, Lester and Johnny were students, we would have all day classes in music. Nowadays, the music classes are a half day."

Known as 'Jamaica's Nursery For Brass Band Music', the Alpha Boys School band has earned an international reputation for excellence through 'Music in Education'. The school is on South Camp Road in Kingston, and inside its spacious Lennie Hibbert Music Hall, the walls are adorned with photos and memorabilia honoring the achievements of Alpha School graduates. Don Drummond has his own corner amid fellow Alpha 'old boys' such as Joe Harriot, Bertie King, Dizzy Reece, Dudley Farrier, Harold 'Little G' Gaynair, Joe Bennett, Wilton Gaynair, Headley Bennett, Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton, Raymond Harper, Ron Wilson,

Manuel 'Rico' Rodriguez, and Bobby Ellis. Johnny Moore recalls his days at Alpha fondly, "They [the nuns] were serious people and don't take to joking, but I enjoyed it at the Alpha School. I was there with Don and Lester and I remember Don always study music by reading piano books. He played trombone but he would sit under the dibby-dibby tree studying his piano book for hours." Moore also recalled being close to Sterling while at Alpha, "Sterling was kind of a teacher of mine. We were close in age, he was in the next form, and he played trumpet in the Alpha band."

Moore left Alpha in 1955, and "a couple of months later I joined the military band."

Tommy McCook also warmly recalls his days at the Alpha School, "My brother was already at Alpha when I first went there with my Mom to visit. Frank was a little older than me and he was a good singer. Alpha helped bring that out and later Frank was a singer with Roy Coburn's Blue Flames Orchestra. When I started at Alpha in the band, I played tenor right away, and it was my teacher’s sax. It came about because his time was up. I was given the school sax to use as my first."

McCook recalls his start at Alpha, "The nuns took good care of us. Sister Marie Therese, who was the caretaker and superintendent of the school when I started there in '39, was a very stern person. We called her Sister Martarez. She was kind of cool, saintly. Sister Alphonso was her helper, and she was big and robust, like a man. Sister Ignatius came next."

As for Don Drummond, according to school records, he entered Alpha at age nine, "because his mother could no longer tolerate his truancy". It also states that he spent three years in third form, and completed level five before he left on September 12, 1950 to join the Colony Club Orchestra, which was led by Eric Deans. Eric Deans was a popular bandleader who recruited heavily from Alpha. His bands played American swing and Latin rhythms which emanated from Cuba and points south.

"Eric Deans had a way of grooming young kids into playing the music", states Tommy McCook. "Us kids kept going in the band, whenever we see a member left the band, he

would come to Alpha and audition a young chap to fill in". During the forties and fifties, most of the Skatalites spent time working in his bands after they first left school.

4. An Extract from interview with "Dizzy" Johnny Moore of the Skatalites conducted by Mohair Slim, 11 May 2000 in Kingston, Jamaica. Source:

http://niceup.com/interviews/dizzy_johnny_moore


Johnny tell me how you started out to be a musician

Well, it's a long story. That's from my early childhood days. I grew up in a home where there was some music there. But, according to the folks it wasn't for me to be a part of. So I wound up in Alpha Boys School where I learnt to play some music and I took it from there you know?


How did you end up in Alpha School for Boys?

Well, I had to pull a couple of pranks. My folks wasn't the type who would have liked to dump their kids there y'know? So I had to pull a couple of pranks so that they figure I was going haywire.


You did it on purpose?

Yes, because I had to learn the music and ever since I was a kid I told them hey I didn't want to do anyting else. I used to like use the leaf of the pumpkin and make like flutes, papaya stalks that kind of stuff there and combs, sardine cans with elastics, anything that would make a sound.


How did you know the Alpha School was the place to go?

Funny. I seen some kid next door to me. Beating off a mean drum. I say "Bwoy, where did you learn to do that?" and he said "Alpha". I said "Where is that". He says "You can't go there", coz my folks they weren't the worst off. They weren't the type of people, were seventh day adventists, they don't go with the Roman Catholic sentiment of things anyway, y'know? I says "Whoah, I got to get to that place". Like I said, I had to pull a couple of pranks (laughs).


5. To donate to Alpha, or buy Alpha merchandise, or get more information, please see:

http://www.alphaboysschool.com/


Contact: baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk




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Providing the musical treats for your dancing feet at this years extravanganza, we are chuffed indeed to showcase the talents of the north's finest revive reggae selector: DJGreedyG who will be flaunting his legendary reggae collection for your pleasure in a solo set at 10pm.

Then in a special tribute to the Alpha Boys School, he will also be finishing the night in a strictly Studio One soundclash, playing records one each in turn with Hackney's own Studio One specialist: Jack Johnson of Tuff-Tone Hi-Fi. This promises to be storming!

Between (and before) these sweetest of treats, the mighty Zapatoo the Tiger - of Trojan Records fame will be delighting the dancefloor still further alongside your regular Mash it Up! selectors: DJ Evel Ken and the Baldhead Selector with their king-sized reggae/ska, and funk party classics.
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NB. With just two weeks to go - this remains and advance booking only event for the good people on my mailing list and their good friends.

*** And all you need to do to get yourself on the mailing list is ask.
***

Respect

Baldy

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Messagepar Baldhead Selector » 18/08/06 13:21

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The event: Mash it Up!

The cause: We give money (at least 10 per cent of anything we make) to the Alpha Boys School and orphanage in Kingston, Jamaica in tribute to Don Drummond and Alpha's other great, musical graduates

The music: Upbeat, danceable reggae and straight up funky-assed funk (expect James Brown, Studio One, Temptations, Upsetters)

The date: Saturday 21st October 2006

The venue: Lark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street, Loondon N1

The time: 8.30pm until 2am

Booking: £5 per head

The drinks: Pub prices

Info and bookings: http://www.mashitup.org.uk/




Mash it Up! returns for a one-off night in October, playing the finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and straight-up, funky-assed funk from the old school. As always, we will be give at least a tenth of all profits to the Alpha Boys School (and home) in Kingston, Jamaica - in tribute to Don Drummond, Tommy McCook and Alpha’s other great musical graduates.



Children in need of care and protection come to Alpha through the Family Courts in Jamaica, (some abandoned, abused, orphaned, incorrigible). Without Alpha and its continuing music program, there would have been no Skatalites, no reggae as we know it and no Mash it Up! But now, the economy of Jamaica has put the school and its children in jeopardy.



Club organiser and DJ, John Baldy said:

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to give a little back to the school which gave us so many of the musicians that we love to jump around to at Mash it Up!"



Sister Susan Frazer at Alpha Boys School said:

“Alpha needs money URGENTLY at this time. Continuing with these severe financial problems will not be possible without some serious and consistent level of financial support. We are working now to build a trust that will secure Alphas' future into the next century. I'm grateful for any help that Mash it Up! may be able to give.

God knows right now we need it. God Bless.”



Contact: baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk

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This remains a predominantly advance booking only event for the good people on my mailing list and their good friends.
Please note that this event sold out some time in advance last time.
I am keeping a VERY few tickets back for purchase on the night to make things slightly easier for those working the door
- but I expect almost ALL THE TICKETS WILL GO IN ADVANCE.

*** All you need to do to get yourself on the mailing list is ask by the way. ***


Respect

Baldy

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Messagepar Funkygirl » 18/08/06 14:33

3 topics already open on Mash Up ....

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Please use only 1 (you can edit the subject...) I'll try to join them now... :cool:

The only one to use now is this one
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Messagepar Baldhead Selector » 18/08/06 15:43

Sorry Funkygirl

I will keep it more tidy in future.

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Messagepar Funkygirl » 18/08/06 15:51

Don't Be sorry... English is not my fluent language so I don't often make the effort to explain (One subject, only one topic, it's like that easier for everybody) so it's my fault at the beginning... :oops:

And I can understand that this forum is in French, so to search YOUR topic, try the "Express Research" At the top, on the left, like this you would easily find it next time)

Happy to see you back with always good programs :wink:
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