Mostly from people who realised it was a joke, I would presume. TYL is fairly well known for parodying American right wing ignorance.
09.02.2026 18:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@sscpresident.bsky.social
Returning Solicitor-advocate, Past President Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, formerly at Scottish Government
Mostly from people who realised it was a joke, I would presume. TYL is fairly well known for parodying American right wing ignorance.
09.02.2026 18:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think you'll find that TYL is a parody account
09.02.2026 13:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is this at Kouklia? I'm going there next month
08.02.2026 19:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cover of a Ladybirds B-Side from 1965 that had found its way to Studio One and John Holt.
08.02.2026 16:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Remake of a tune he did for Sonia Pottinger in 1972
youtu.be/kLyXMBEY62U?...
The Nether Largie Stones, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll for #Standingstonesunday
08.02.2026 09:46 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think at times a little of Scratch goes a long way. He recorded numerous killers but also cut some second division singers on average tunes where the mixing was samey
07.02.2026 16:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Bad Ryan" was of course Rad Bryan. "Rock Children" rode the "Peenie Wallie"/"Duppy Conqueror" rhythm
07.02.2026 12:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I would rate him far higher as an engineer/mixer than Lee Perry. His ability to create innovative mixes wth the width and depth that allowed for additional overdubs was helped by his board having far more tracks than Scratch had at Black Ark, where the sound could be very predictable
07.02.2026 12:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I dug it out again today as promised. I still don't rate it. The covers of "Satta" and "DoR" still sound weak, and the mix of "Yim Mas Gan" isn't a patch on the 45 mix.
It's okay, with some decent songs and they sing well, but the style is just too uptown for my ears
"Reggae Magic" was recorded in Toronto with Carl Delaney but released on Studio One.
I don't rate his Canadian recordings at all, but I know some others do
I will need to revisit it. I have never rated it as a patch on the singles they put out on Clinch, and am not a fan of Clive Hunt's "uptown" production style, but I'm obviously missing something
07.02.2026 00:06 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Also versioned by Ansel Collins
youtu.be/OIWR2n2aeQg?...
This is one I return to regularly
youtu.be/fRYmHTFfHQY?...
"Queen of Sheba" on "More Scrubbing the Dub"
youtu.be/imgi26-egio?...
In fairness to Neil, it can reasonably be argued that "Born For a Purpose" and "Pocket Money" were both better than "UTR", but he loses marks for failing to recognise the Soul Syndicate cut of "I'm Still I Love", which has been a popular rhthm for decades
04.02.2026 22:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Old Techniques Treasure Isle tune
04.02.2026 20:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He cut a tune called "Borderline", where Charley Pride is credited as the songwriter.
Tbh it's not much cop
... Then re-reappeared to cut some country and western covers and ska remakes for Coxsone in NY in the 1990s
03.02.2026 19:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nice to see the correct writer credit to Toronto based singer/performer Harold Meikle
youtu.be/gHTdegxotjc?...
47 years ago in a hotel room in Edinburgh, I was singing "Satan Side" with Chinna Smith and Dennis joined in to make it a three part. The recording is alas long since lost.
31.01.2026 23:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You could post Leroy Sibbles tunes all night and barely scratch the surface
29.01.2026 20:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They remade it for Harry J in 1977. Robbie Lyn and Leslie Butler on keys, Sidney "Junior Dan" Gussine on bass, Max Asher on drums and a Downie brother on guitar, plus a toast from Prince Jazzbo
This set me back a few bob at the time...
youtu.be/MSY4RiZ5cNg?...
It's not always a great idea to trust sleeve credits, and the Trinity LP came out a couple of years after the rhythm was laid down
27.01.2026 19:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Was "Three Piece Suit" not a version of a Soul Syndicate tune with Santa Davis behind the kit?
27.01.2026 14:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Spoiler: He dies at the end
27.01.2026 14:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ernest Hoo Kim's mike placement and mixing skills helped a lot here, but Sly is in thunderous form on yet another Coxsone cover
youtu.be/bb_GH3jSWRA?...
Here he is with Lloyd Parks on bass covering an early 70s Herman Chin Loy tune best known as "King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown"
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"High Seat kill Miss Thomas' puss
And the greedy dog lose his bone
To the reflection of his own shadow
There shall be reaction"
One of the tunes where his drumming changed the music
youtu.be/Bxk-QCKKDh4?...
The Monzie Stones, near Gilmerton, Crieff, Pethshire for #Standingstonesunday
25.01.2026 11:10 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0