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Reggae Roast Jamaican Cinema Block Party

The Reggae Roast crew takeover the Block Party with a mix marking 50 years of The Jamaican film industry and the seminal 1972 film The Harder They Come.

The Reggae Roast crew takeover the Block Party with a mix marking 50 years of The Jamaican film industry and the seminal 1972 film The Harder They Come. The film is credited with popularising Reggae around the world and featured Jimmy Cliff, Toots & The Maytals, and the legendary Carl Bradshaw, who has gone on to appear in practically every Jamaican film for the last half century.

27 minutes

Music Played

  • Desmond Dekker & The Aces

    007 (Shanty Town)

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Dennis Bovell

    Jazsterpiece

    • Babylon - The Original Soundtrack.
    • Chrysalis Records.
  • Kiddus I

    Graduation In Zion

    • Rockers.
    • Mango Records.
  • Aswad

    Warrior Charge

    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
  • Burning Spear

    Marcus Garvey

    • Mango.
  • Peter Tosh

    Stepping Razor

    • Mango.
  • Jimmy Cliff

    The Harder They Come

    • BR Music.
  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

  • Janet Kay

    Silly Games

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Junior Murvin

    Police And Thieves

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Yellowman

    Zungguzungguguzungguzeng

    • Original Best Of Sunshine.
    • 10.
  • Jimmy Cliff

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

  • The Revolutionaries

    Kunte Kinte (Dubplate)

    • Drum Sound.
    • Pressure Sounds.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Aug 2022 12:33