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The Rebel Dread blends his pick of new music with a selection of certified sounds from the UK, Jamaica, USA, Europe, Africa and beyond.

This week鈥檚 Crucial Vinyl is Young, Gifted and Black, released by Aretha Franklin in 1972.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 19 Dec 2021 22:00

Music Played

  • Sly & Robbie

    Sweet Dub

    • Red Hills Road.
    • Taxi Records.
  • Paul Simon

    Getting Ready for Christmas Day

    • So Beautiful Or So What.
    • Hear Music.
    • 10.
  • Jack Cheshire

    Tunnel Vision

    • Jack Cheshire.
  • Denise Chaila

    061

    • It's A Mixtape.
    • Narolane Records.
  • Black Uhuru

    Solidarity

    • Sinsemilla.
    • Island.
    • 6.
  • Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje

    Unjak' Upelile

    • Township Jive & Kwela Jazz (Volume 3 (1960-1965)).
    • Ubuntu Publishing.
    • 11.
  • Espiritu

    Los Americanos

    • Heavenly/Columbia.
  • Anchorsong

    Split

    • Chapters.
    • Tru Thoughts Ltd.
  • Sly & Robbie & Lutan Fyah

    Heathen

    • One Pop Reggae.
    • Taxi Records.
  • Billy Nomates

    Christmas Is For Lovers, Ghosts and Children

    • Bandcamp.
  • Inwards

    Feeling So Fun Reality

    • Feeling So Fun Reality.
    • Small Pond Recordings.
  • Stealers Wheel

    Right Or Wrong

    • Right Or Wrong.
    • Mercury Records Limited/A&M Records.
  • Sly & Robbie & Junior Delgado

    Jailbreak

    • Spectrum Music.
  • The Bug & Jason Williamson

    Treetop

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Thea Gilmore

    That'll Be Christmas

    • Strange Communion.
    • Fullfill.
  • Tame Impala

    No Choice

    • Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd/Modular Recordings Pty Ltd.
  • Pretenders

    2000 Miles

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.
  • Death by Chocolate

    Magpie

    • Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
  • Dreadzone

    Where Is My Friend

    • Dread Times.
    • Dubwiser Records.
    • 2.
  • Beach House

    New Romance

    • Sub Pop.
  • Milan Ring

    Hide With You

    • I'm Feeling Hopeful.
    • Astral People Recordings.
  • Kai Kwasi

    Cracks

    • JAHALIA EP.
    • PLAY IT AGAIN SAM.
  • Al Fingers

    No Woman No Cry (Love Is A Losing Game Remix)

    • Not On Label.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Day Dreaming

  • Aretha Franklin

    Rock Steady

    • Atlantic Gold (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Young, Gifted and Black

    • Young, Gifted and Black.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
  • Sufjan Stevens

    That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!

    • Songs For Christmas.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 5.
  • Lee Scratch Perry & Sandra Robinson

    Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

    • (single).
    • Trojan Records.
  • Jackie Mittoo

    After Christmas

    • Goldenlane Records.
  • C Duncan

    The Wedding Song

    • The Wedding Song.
    • Bella Union.
  • Jamire Williams & Kenneth Whalum

    When It Gets Dark

    • But Only After You Have Suffered.
    • International Anthem LLC.
  • Damon Albarn

    Darkness To Light

    • The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows.
    • Transgressive.

Broadcast

  • Sun 19 Dec 2021 22:00