Lyric DVD Magazine

Lyric Reggae DVD Magazine - Issue 7

Another great idea, very close to Vintage Boss - except think of this as more of a various artist DVD. 

Well, this one is anyway - trying to find the others is hard work. But it's worthwhile.

Included in this edition are people like Dennis Alcapone, Lynn Taitt, Ranny Bop, Lloyd Delpratt, Don Carlos, Pluggy Satchmo, Ken Boothe, Tabby from the Diamonds.

These are not interviews as such more like sound bites - with a fast intercut style.

Which sometimes works very well.

Other times people cut in with no great reason.

Still, Lynn Taitt, and Lloyd Delpratt both get a good portion of time. To talk about the business. In the case of Lloyd Depratt - you get the chance to see him play the piano in a very unusual style - I could listen to that all day. His version here of the 'Full Up is truly something else. 

It shows just how many different styles reggae could come up with - It sounds like some kind of jazz style to me, but that is probably too easy an explanation. 

So many artists pop up briefly throughout the DVD.

Yellowman comes and goes, he talks about slackness in relation to the world.

"They give them money to fix the road, and they don't fix the road, I call that Slackness"

Telll them, Yellowman, Tell Them."

Lord Sassafras is another youth with much to say. Including a great story about how he rode his horse into a dance. 

Dennis Alcapone and Mikey Brooks display how the call and response aspect of deejaying is what makes it so good.

Lynn Taitt recalls the early days of the music with a great story about Joe Gibbs and how he came to Kingston with £100.00 and started his record company.

Although I do recall someone also discussing Gibbo once said "I remember when he had no track"

Ranny Bop tells how he came to England with the Wailers - and toured with them. One of reggae's greatest guitarists - he also recalls playing on some tracks at Harry J, but can't remember what they are, "I must ask Bunny Wailer about this" he adds.