Late Night Tales Presents: Version Excursion Selected By Don Letts

Cultural polymath - pop star, filmmaker, radio broadcaster, commentator, Grammy winner. Oh and DJ, too. Take your pick from the many coats worn by our selector, Don Letts aka The Rebel Dread. Born in Brixton, a child of the Windrush Generation, Letts' slippery and unorthodox career is somewhat hard to define, without taking a few detours around London, New York and Jamaica. He began his working life managing the dauntingly hip Acme Attractions on Chelsea's Kings Road, where he made a mark with his attitude, dress and, especially, the pounding dub reggae that vibrated the shop's walls. His first gig as a DJ at the short-lived Roxy in Neal Street, became mythical for turning a generation of punks on to reggae. They in turn hipped him to their DIY ethos resulting in his reinvention as a filmmaker. This led to a shed-load of music videos (Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Clash, Bob Marley) not to mention documentaries on the likes of Gil Scott-Heron, George Clinton and Sun Ra. In the '80s, he was part of Mick Jones' new venture, Big Audio Dynamite and his innovative use of samples were a core part of their sound. Listeners of his weekly 6 Music radio show are taken on a musical safari that moves seamlessly between time, space and genre. It's not called Culture Clash Radio for nothing. So this latest bulletin from Letts HQ is merely one angle of a multifaceted personality, his take on the JA tradition of the cover version. The history of Caribbean music owes a debt to R&B as many of t

Tracks

1~1~Ghetto Priest - Hercules (North Street West 'late Night Tales' Dub) - Exclusive Remix
1~2~Prince Fatty & Shniece McMenamin - Black Rabbit
1~3~Wrongtom Meets The Rockers - Dub In The Supermarket Exclusive Remix
1~4~Gaudi Meets The Rebel Dread Ft. Emily Capell - E = Mc2 Exclusive Track
1~5~Rude Boy - Superstylin' Exclusive Remix
2~1~Capitol 1212 Ft. Earl 16 - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Vocal Dub) Exclusive Remix
2~2~Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - All I Do Is Think About You (Far East Dub) Exclusive Remix
2~3~Zoe Devlin Love Ft. Tim Hutton - Caroline No
2~4~John Holt - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Mad Professor 2021 Dub) Exclusive Remix
2~5~Cornell Campbell - Ital City Dub Exclusive Remix
2~6~Matumbi - (I Can't Get Enough Of) That Reggae Stuff (Dennis Bovell Remix) Exclusive Remix
3~1~Gentleman's Dub Club Ft. Kiko Bun - Use Me (Ben McKone Dub)
3~2~Black Box Recorder - Uptown Top Ranking
3~3~Obf - Sixteen Tons Of Dub
3~4~Yasushi Ide - Ain't No Sunshine (Space Dub Mix) Exclusive Remix
4~1~The Tamlins - Baltimore
4~2~Emotion (Dennis Bovell Remix) Exclusive Remix
4~3~Ash Walker - There's Nothing Like This Exclusive Track
4~4~The Senior Allstars - Slipping Into Darkness
4~5~Easy Star All-Stars - Within You Without You
4~6~Khruangbin - Dern Kala (Khruangbin Dub Mix) Exclusive Remix

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Don Letts, Various Artists
Release Date: 24 September 2021
Genre: Special Interest / Miscellaneous
Label: LATE NIGHT TALES
Distributor: Rocket Group