This selection comes straight from vinyl and showcases the dark, deep and militant roots that often gets over looked and under played.
I did this mix in the summer 11′ but failed to upload it due to sheer laziness. It only seems right to dedicate this selection to the memory of John Girling a friend and long time supporter of the Birmingham reggae scene. I know he would have loved this selection and feel sorry that he never got to hear it.
Jus got back from a much need holiday and it would seem the UK has gone to shit. The worst kinda riot an unrighteous one that sees yout fuck up the place for shits and giggles. Little fryers that suck the life outta poor communities, a result of a lack of heavy manners at the home and social neglect. Jah needs to strike them with the rod of correction for the devil finds work of idle hands. My heart goes out to the good honest people that have worked all their lives to set up small businesses like that of my friends at Ideal Skate Shop and Hatman that have been looted.
Should have stayed in Spain….
Horadadad.
Cambino Serra.
Kestrel
Deliverance
Prawn cocktail on a Scorpion Fish bed.
Duck confit say no more.
Prentice a apprentice, mantice a mantice. Rescued from a pool
everyday, This was served to me by a Real Madrid legend that used to play for them in the 70s can’t remember his name but big up your badself and all the Torrevieja crew.
me and the Governor Reggae legend Joseph Cotton. Proud moment!
at home in El Mojon, is this a Honeysuckle? Answers in please…
A dog Mr Chiwawa named after me.
And thats your lot hope it provided you a light relief from all shit going down outside.
All booked and banged out. The next installment of Lombard Royale is on it way and this one is large. We’re teaming up with The Big Dirty to bring the people of Birmingham A VERY RAGGA CHRISTMAS. Jus like Christmases of ye olde!
A night of undiluted Raggamuffin runnings!
REGGAE-DANCEHALL-DUBSTEP-JUNGLE
There will be Caribbean Food Served all night long baby!
£8 on the Gate
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LIONDUB INTERNATIONAL
Label owner, producer and DJ, Liondub comes correct! An authentic product of Brooklyn, his musical mindset was formed at the crossroads of major international bass vibrations originating from Jamaica, NYC and the UK. Inspired by the global rhythm culture emanating from the streets beneath his feet, Liondub has spent a lifetime pounding that very pavement in pursuit of his passion for bottom-heavy beats.
Always armed with a current arsenal of jungle/dubstep &
reggae dubplate specials, Liondub’s soulful, explosive, unique, and precise sets have gone down a storm on stages shared by a lengthy list of legends and luminaries including Sly & Robbie, The Fugees, Sister Nancy, Johnny Osbourne, Steel Pulse, Black Uhuru, The Beatnuts, Smith & Mighty, DJ Kush, Afrika Baambaata, Jazzy Jay, DJ Hype, Andy C, Goldie, Pinch, Loefah, Kryptic Minds and Damian Marley to name but a few.
Check this link for Liondub & David Boomah on Kool FM
A legend in Jungle and D&B, a versatile mic man with nuff top dubs under his belt. Worked with the likes of Rebel MC, Shy FX, Benny Page, Curtis Lynch Jr, G Corp, Stenchman, Demolition Man as well as LionDub International.
Not much needs to be said bout Jam Jah South Birminghams Premier Sound System. Expect Reggae, Dancehall, Dubstep and Jungle from Robidon, Bongo Damo, Olbi Iyah and of course MC Pablo Rider.
I’m lucky enough to have seen Mr Minott A few years back at Ruskin Hall with Stur Gav. I think I was the youngest whitest man in the dance. I could waffle on about how great a singer, producer and all round mr fix it he was but I ain’t going to bother because everyone knows he murkt it since how long. Jus listen to my musical celebration of some of my favourite records that I’ve amounted over the last decade.
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This show goes from the early 70s with the vocal group African Brothers on to his work at Studio 1, then on to Channel 1, moving north to the Big Apple with Wackies, back to JA for his own Youth Promotion, crossing the pond to East London with Black Roots and finally back to JA to work with George Phang and Redman International.
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African Brothers – Lead us Dub
African Brothers – Father Lead us
African Brother – Hold tight
Version
Sugar Minott – The people got to know
Version
Sugar Minott – Roof over my head
Version
Sugar Minott – Vanity
Version
Sugar Minott – Jah Jah children
Version
Sugar Minott – Try love
Version
Sugar Minott – Mr DC
Version
Sugar Minott – So many things
Version
Sugar Minott – Walking through the ghetto
Version
Sugar Minott – Free Jah Jah children
Version
Sugar Minott – Sufferers Choice
Sugar Minott – Ruff ole Life
Sammy Dread – Rude Boy (M16)
Lone Ranger – M16
Sugar Minott – Wicked a go feel it
Sugar Minott – Some time girl
Sugar Minott – Genuine Lover
Bullwackies All Stars – Version
Jah Batta – Youthman
Sugar Minott – International Herb
Bullwackies All Stars – International Herb dub
Sugar Minott – Hardtime Pressure
Captain Sinbad – Hardtime Pressure
Ranking Dread – Superstars
Sugar Minott – No Vacancy
Sugar Minott – Good Thing Going
Sugar Minott – Nah follow fashion
Tenor Saw – Roll call
Charlie Chaplin & Sugar Minott – Four wheel wheelie
Sorry bout the inconsistent posts. Not much has been happening on the whole. The Rodigan session at the Hare was large, sell out, dance cork. It was all together a better dance the one at the Newt. Rodi played more dubplates in the this session, I think you can still hear it on Rhubarb (you want pt2). There was still a few idiots in the dance that believe it is there rights to come in for free…..Jus looking at that picture reminds me I had a chat with Bobbie Friction (nice guy) about Bobby Digital .
Lord I started writing this time ago, I’ve been in London village for a month working at the Big British Castle.
Very eventful! Got to see nuff celebs innit and got to see a couple of average wank bands like Hot Chip and some yankie guy with curls he was particularly crap. I didn’t manage a song by him before I made my excuses and went and bought a samosa.
(I realise my mindless rambling is boring so have a listen to my last Version Galore show with Jostafari.)
I shared a lift with diddly diddly Dale Winton, “love your work”. I remember as a kid we went to Florida or somewhere like that and some annoying couple befriended me Mum and Dad, you know the kind that write to you when you get back. How long the friendship lasted I don’t know! Anyway I was ill and had the day off school about a year later so I sat on my Nan’s sofa and watched telly, I probably had a hot toddy or two (brandy has been used in our family from way back when, ragga ragga from the age of 10). Would you believe it that the very same couple were on Supermarket Sweep. First time I ever seen anyone I know on TV. Straight estate!
Saw that twat Nick Griffin the other day, him and his gang look uncomfortable in their own skin. They need some new tailors too, those suits don’t sit right like their concepts of britishness and their understanding of the islands history.
Who else did I see….oh a guy who injects snake venom, that man off that program…Louie Spence (look Bobbie I didn’t refer to him a derogatory fashion, “good boy”). fortunately I’d left the studio to get a samosa when he decided to pull up his thong and wiggle his ass like a dancehall queen to some Major Lazer tune. At least when bashment is homophobic it limits the chances of seeing that horror.
There was talk of a real A-lister ‘Ray Mears’ coming in but it din’t happen, I’d have been first in line for his signature on my machet, I’d have bought an air rifle jus to get it signed! To be honest I saw loads of celebs yeah but the whole thing was on a bit of a downer after Ray’s no show.
So back in the manor, looking forward to the summer, world cup, talking about football, BBQs and stuff like that. I’m not looking forward to tomorrow and the thought of a Cuntservative government. I don’t hate many people but David Cameron can stay far! What a git, I don’t love Gordon but I rather him than that prick. I thought he’d grown back a set of balls when he’d called that woman a bigot, turned out he hadn’t and he promptly went back to her with his tail between his legs.
It’s no secret that I’m going to go green or liberal but even them have got me vex. Jerry Evans looks like a bit of a nonse (sorry you’re all thinking it) but I don’t vote based on what a person looks like. I think his campaign has gone perhaps as far as it can to push me away from voting for them. Their daily bombardment of propaganda is disgraceful in both the content and layout. The pictures are particularly counter productive with him in Moseley bog lookin like hes up to no good (illfitting suit), digging a hole with some old bigot (illfitting suit) and many more thought-provoking unrealistic action shots.
The way the pamphlets are worded are really disappointing just cheep stabs at the uselessness of the other two parties and mock newspaper grabs “Liberals odds on favourite to beat labour in Hall Green Ladbrookes“. Ernie seems like a good chap though he’ll get my vote, he got solar panels on the church. His suit seems to fit too!
I cycled past George Galaway the other day. Yeah he was stuck in traffic outside Euston, what a sucker…No chance of me voting for Respect neither! If it rebranded itself as Respec’ I may think about it. I reckon whats her face will get in down Balsall Heath/Sparkbrooke, she gwan bout ‘respect, justice, equality, peace’ forget that get rid of the people who throw their shit on the street seven days a week and the rats will fuck off too. No if I was living across the B12 broader I’d vote for her over a labour candidate.
Warrior Queen this friday down there at the Rainbow, should be a jolly good night. Jus in case I don’t write another post for sometime we’ve got Bongo Chilli on the 21st of May and some Back to the Future Night the following evening. The later was a revival ting so nuff roots, rockers and rub a dub from me…
So this weeks radio show, its not like me to be so on it but I can give you the track listing…
Once again big props to Joss for providing a different energy to the show all being well Gman is back on it next week.
Posted in reggae with tags reggae on December 18, 2009 by olbiiyah
Itsssssssssssss Christmasssssssss! I’ve got a lissssssssp! Why thank you Santa! Nothing that exciting has been happening to me of late, apart from being cold professionally. I’d like to thank Christ for being born and granting some kind soul the ingenuity to invent Long Johns and Fisherman’s Friends. Beeeeeeeautiful!
Of course it is important to remember what Christmas is all about….. little baby Jesus who happen to be born on Christmas day jus Like my mate Alexi (they get all their years presents on one day). Unlike Alexi, Jesus wasn’t actually born on Christmas day, the Catholic church thought it was a good idea to hijack the old pagan holiday. It jus works well innit!
What is Christmas without an ultimate chart run down as presented by Mark Goodyear? So I’ve done a top 20 run down of my favorite 7s as purchased this year…I think.
Great British MC, this tune is a classic in the making, especailly for English reggae fan’s . Saw him perform this twice, once in Brum at a Friendly Fire night and at Rototom in Italy. That particular performance was why this will forever be dear to me. Nuff English people rep’in loads of Steel City Masssive. Really proud ting!
No.19 Lloyd Robinson – Cuss Cuss – Harry J
Original Cuss Cuss. This is an 80′s repress of the 69 original, love the riddim and not the only one cuss cuss in this years chart, trust.
No.18 Ninja Man – Number One – Bobby Digital
Maybe not number one in this chart but big none the less. Another example of a tune heard first in a jungle style. I have a heavy jungle version I bought many moons before I stumbled across this original. Aggressive in his delivery as always. One of the greatest intros. Fingers shaped like a gun!
No.17 Tenor Saw- I Know – Night Life Posse
Another Cuss Cuss in a digital style, Great tune, nice squelchy sound through it. Typically good singing from Tenor Saw. Very good quality repress.
No.16 Don Carlos – Hog and Goat – H. Lawes
One of his best in my opinion, ‘Tink a soldier man come with the ham and goat, little more spliff go down i man throat.’ imaginative lyrics, well sung and on great Scientist riddim. Rub a Dub gold! Sadly the wrong version is on the reverse.
No. 15 Senya & the Wailer Band- Children of the Ghetto – Impact
A classic 70s roots tune, righteous female vocalist, great riddim, well played in every way. The version is also boom. The late great Clive Chin.
No. 14 Lacksley Castell – Collie Tree – Firehouse
Great Yout singer, early 80s rub a dub pre digital business. ‘Hey mister, hey mister why can’t i plant my….’ great Scientist production at Tubby studio.
No.13 Big Youth – ? – Yabby U
Deep roots, on the Conquering Lion riddim by the original Jesus dread. A dark and moody riddim with deejay lyrics to follow. The name of the track I don’t know. Not the only moody roots pon it.
No.12 Errol Dunkley -Created by the Father - Impact
A great cover of Dennis Brown, old-time roots. Once again another great version on the reverse.
No.11 Sylford Walker – Lambs Bread – Glen Brown
I could have put about 10 Glen Brown tunes in this chart, bought a lot this year. Great 70s deep roots and rockers. Mystical horns were his occupation. Lambs Bread is one of my favorites in more ways than one! Deuteronomy is classic.
No.10 Johnny Osborne – People a watch me – Studio 1
Quite possibly my favorite veteran singjay. 70s rub a dub about nosy people put their nose where it not belong. Sound Dimension riddim.
Hold tight the top 10 will be up soon!
Friendly Fire Christmas Party tonight whole heap of entertainers present @ the Hare an Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham.
Right I’m back to finish what I started…….It is now 2010, two years till Armageddon time! Should be a good year if I can stay out of trouble.
No. 9 Sammy Levi – Come of the road – Eclipse Records
This is a true great UK digi track. Bags of 80s dancehall charm! Great vocals ‘cool operator’ sung in a style that parodies Sade’s ‘smooth operator’ which probably came out some time before.
No.8 Boom Back – Ghetto Life – C. Oswald
A great Archive repress of another track I’ve never heard anyone play. This is on the Frankie Paul’s ‘Worries in a Dance’ riddim. I know near to nothing about his vocalist. I imagine he did this in his youth and moved into obscurity with age. If you know let me know, I find the lives of many of these lesser-common artists to be very interesting. Click the image to hear
No. 7 Fred I Jah – Hell’s for hero – Original Music
Big tune on the ‘drunken sailor’ riddim. Another artist with a un-prolific career. The repress is on Jah Woosh’s label. Click the image to hear in the mix.
No.6 Joseph Cotton – Plant deh Vegetable – Serial P
This wicked track is by one of my favorite veteran deejays. Impeccable delivery as always, about a good ital diet! another Great version by Earl Sixteen on the reverse. Big repec to Robin out of Friendly Fire for getting me this one back from Paris. Great modern French production.
No.5 Big Youth – Can keep a secret – Keith Hudson
Mystically moody and right up my street! Only got this about a month ago can’t remember where. This is on the Melody Maker riddim and produced by the Dark Prince of Reggae music Keith Hudson. I’ve got few more on other 7′s and lps. The sparse riddim and dark delivery got this cut in the chart. Another toasting legend.
No.4 Ken Booth – Artibella- Phil Pratt
Simply a beautifully song about heart-break by a singer that conveys that emotion better than most. Great Augustus Pablo version on the reverse to boot.
No. 3 Brigadier Jerry – Jamaica Jamaica
Briggy in bad style! This is on a great cut of the ‘answer’ riddim. Basically bigging up Yard, nice bit of story telling. Goes great with Super Cats cut. Both have ‘Jamaica Jamaica’ as the chorus. I was going to put Struggles version of the Marley classic ‘Rainbow Country’ here but there is some ambiguity as to whether I bought it 09 or 08, the same could be said for Boom Back but jus run with it.
No. 2 Capleton – day mi born – African Star Music
Deal of the mother fucking decade! 50p at the Music and video exchange. Ruff and rugged ragga business. Starts with a classical piano intro, a slow burning b-line with cuts. Very limited percussion that is high on the reverb. The lyrics are righteously aggressive.
Once again never heard anyone play this out. It’s a tune that needs a patient crowd because its build up is long. It doesn’t full drop until the 3rd chorus at about 1min someting.
No.1 Joseph Cotton – Wicked Runnings – Education
Doing this chart was really hard, I’m still not sure this is my favorite as every 7″ carries merit. This is sadly another tune I’ve never heard anyone play. The 2nd in the this chart by Joseph and the 3rd on the ‘cuss cuss’ riddim. I beg you to listen and learn. The best album to get is the Moll Selecta one, but there is trailer loads of great single he’s done.
He’s another artist with an interest background, he is the son of Count Ossie the legendary ideological father of the musical Rasta community.
The lyrical content of this particular tune is heavy and aggressive in his criticism of the worlds race for scientifical advancement. The Ranking Joe ‘One Jah’ on the same label compliments this nicely
Yeah, I hope you’ve enjoyed this little chart. I’m not going to do one for 10s, 12s or lps because it would jus take me to long.
I wish all good people a good year and bad people a bad one!
I’ve been busy doing what I do best, nothing in particular!
The Jibbering FC (UK Artist Champions) had a very good sessions down at the astro-turf next to the M6 last week. Very frosty under-foot but made for a high paced game, no injuries to report. Gone are the sorchio days in which we thrived! In that tournament we won every game and conceded only one goal! Maxwell 45 was well gutted he didn’t keep a clean sheet.
I got some great buys down there at the NIA record fair. Once again nuff respect in every aspect goes out to my main man Barry Issac’s. The man carts his crates around the country providing rarities to reggae collectors. The man works hard and is a very genuine gent. I got some great roots and rub a dub 7s and lps… Niney Observer anthology, Welton Irie at Glen Brown’s, bit of Black Ark stuff, Kieth Hudson 7s and a great version of ‘Superstar’ by Hortense Ellis. on the Rub a Dub front Chip in Lp by Wayne Jarrett, Johnny Osborne’s ‘Give a little Love’ (much loved), Ghetto man skank lp Toyan, Shank I Sheck riddim lp, selection of Fire House 7s, a great digital One DJ won’t do lp and the real surprise was the the King Stur-Gav Hifi 83live album which contains non-other than the gal dem sugar himself Beenie Man aged 10. Eventually you’ll be able to hear a lot of them when Rhubarb gets the listen again up and running. Until then hold tight!
Seen I’ve jus realized I’ve filled my Soundcloud account so there won’t be any more mixes up from me for a while. If you’re got nuff dunza and love my mixes then be a star any buy me an upgrade for Christmas. I’ve got so much more to give!
Congrats to my boys that all went through on the Dubmatic VS! Looking forward to the next one on the 10th of December. The Dub to dubstep night down at the rainbow was the best ting I’ve seen down there in a while. Channel One SoundSystem was boom! Big respec to Rob Smith, Uplifter and Jazzstepper. All round wicked school night! Nice to see everyone out too!
We had a good radio show the night before too. Disco Rub a Dub was on the menu!
Other important news on the fish front is that the female convict fish has recovered from white spot. A serious matter for all keepers of aquariums, thanks to all those who gave me and Al support through the illness. It was touch and go, but we saw the light at the end of the tunnel. Another proud moment was when Lonnie the loveable rough lobster shedding his first skin. He is looking very well and much lighter in color. Come to think of it I hope he isn’t bleaching and taking chickentablet to mek him batty big!
Went back to the fen the other week for my sister’s birthday, Happy 18th and all that jiazz! Managed to take some stunning pictures of the village land marks for all you city dwellers to feast upon. May I present the delightful village of Warboys historically famous for its witches or at least its conviction of…
The scholar George Kittredge called the Warboys trial
“…the most momentous witch-trial that had ever occurred in England,” partially because it had “… demonstrably produced a deep and lasting impression on the class that made laws.” He makes a case that the Warboys trial influenced the passage of the witchcraft act 1604.
Incest is rife too, but on a whole its a reasonable village, its got a certain quirkiness to it. We used tell people it was an extinct volcano because it was slightly higher than the surrounding villages. We also had a ghost bridge down in the fen area. That basically involved a small bridge that if you parked your car on (no hand brakes) you would for some unholy reason defy the laws of physics and roll up the incline… slowly! The theory was that a ghost push you along. Bull shit! we didn’t know shit bout physis, the ghost should have got a job with the AA. Also a very popular spot with doggers!
The Warboys retail park is quite exciting, I kid you not the best Lamb Samosa. Big up your bad self Mr Amar running ting for years. Thanks for selling us all the equipment for lungs, couldn’t have passed my GCSE’s without you!
If your passing through and need to fresh’en up fi da gal dem! Then don’t hesitate in visiting Warboys’s premier hair saloon ‘Giovanni’s’, The man of a million hair styles each one exactly the same. If hair styling is your ting then you should go to St Ives (15min drive) Hair dressers make up 90% of all shops in St Ives.
There are two pubs in Warboys neither are worth talking about, one has a nice thatched roof though and is very flammable. There is a big weir that people fish in, most the fish have piercings as a result. Good for carping I’m told I never caught one myself.
Another great store that you must check out is Steward’s Hardware no.1 in all domestic tools and random tat! They have put an extension on the roof to fit even more junk in!
So if you get lost on your way to visit Cambridge on a romantic weekend, then don’t fret! Stop off at Amar’s get your samosa and all the essentials (Big rizzla, extra safe condoms, rabies jab etc). Go for a romantic meal at the White Hart, score a bit of dog bar, visit the ghost bridge for a bit of paranormal dogging and then sleep in the car or see if there is any room in Steward’s shed.
Romeo Dun!
Check these two bad men skulking in the hood looking to pick up some sweat punnany and a bit of sest. They gave me the low down on what a gwan. Don’t be fooled by the one with a shinny head he tells me he runs this corner. ‘Yeah it looks safe now but come 3.30pm all hell brakes loose’ ‘I hear you Derick, its like Gaza or some shit…pump action, mac 10, bush master the whole ting!’
I did other things during the time I spent lovingly restoring the bike. One of the nights I made a delicious Pumpkin & Lamb Moroccan stew served with mint and za’tar cous cous. I used the insides of the Halloween pumpkin to make the stew. One of the taste sensations was the seeds. I lightly fried the seeds in olive oil with allspice, salt, pepper and honey, then roasted for about 10mins in the same oven as the Tagine.
I used a tip off ‘Come dine with me’. Some self-absorbed scouser (not a dig at scousers, I love you, jus not him!) used a peppermint tea bag in flavoring his cous cous. It does give a nice light taste to dish…
Basically boil a pot of peppermint tea ( 1tea bag to 500ml)
Put the cous cous in a container, with a nice knob of butter
Put the weak tea water in a pan and bring to boil
then pour on top of the cous cous and place a lid or plate on top of the container. Run a fork through it afer 5mins.
jus before serving season with za’tar or however you want
Also over this 2 week period I made a nice winter warmer for Christmas. I then proceeded to loose it and then find it a week later. Some might say a ‘Reggae Reggae Christmas liquor’, this drink contains the leaves and stalks of a certain hemp derivative. It is simply pushed into rum bottles and then left for a couple of months or however long you want!
During this period I was lucky enough to see Marva Whitney backed by Osaka Monaurail. Shit god dam they’re tight I’ll be honest I know bugger all bout Funk and Soul. Most of my knowledge comes from reggae covers. I’ll upload some of the pics in a week or so when I’m back a yard. Big respect to Bobbie for giving me her ticket and props to Maxwell for making me come. I had a trapped nerve in mi neck or some shit! Considering her age Marva she could really belt out a tune. Lord know say I like an old timer that can deliver a belter, trust, people laugh when I say the only thing I liked from the BBC’s coverage of Glastonbury is Shirley Bassey. Quite often when I see my reggae legends (especially singers) they don’t live up to the pedestal I’ve placed them upon.
Tweed once said to me, being a singer you have to take particular care with your voice as your get older. A deejay or to some degree a singjay relies on other aspect of their talent and can afford to get gruffer. The sweetness of their voice is not as important as timing, delivery and on stage presence. A punter pays to hear a singer as they were on the record. One example that springs to mind is Little Roy still good no question bout that, but when I saw him at Rototom I wanted to hear ‘prophecy’ (a tune on the taxi riddim on the Morwell label). What I got was a deep voice and synth horns (don’t get me started on them). All that said sometimes an older gruffer voice can sound more cultured, there is no rule to my taste jus contradictions!
I got through the first round of the qualifiers at ‘Dubmatic Vs’ it was pretty easy. Of course I was rep’in Jungle, completely shot up the place (people said), big respect Shogun for getting through too. Pace you’re going to have to bring your game face next time because I don’t care what people say that was a weak set. Reggae is my bread and butter but if I played against that set I’d murk you! That week was good but this thursday (26th nov) is going to be sick jus hope all my boys get through. Good luck Skele, Jinx, Gold, Damo and Feva. I’m coming back especially for it!
Last week me old breda Daddy Freddy graced the Hare and Hounds. ‘No rehearsals needed I’m a natural’ as he says. Turned up late having not had any rehearsal with the band we didn’t even know if he was going to turn up after no word for a week. Papa Fred managed to get there regardless of his domestic disputes. Check out this little biog I did a couple of years back.
Got back from Londoniniam last night and played a bit of footy with the boys. I was crap, perhaps because cycled in excess of 30miles over the weekend (I think). Took the Peugeot out for a spin in the big smoke. Not the most comfortable bike it must be said, but when did superfly have to be comfortable. It is fulfilling to see it running and see eyes twitching at its distinctive retro appeal.
Olbi Iyah’s 10 steps to restoring a Peugeot master piece.
What I did over the cold nights in the shed (be aware I know very little about bikes and what the parts are called) :
Cleaned and got rid of all rust on every component.
Painted white the quick releases, toe clips, gear arm ting, outer circle of crank.
lacquered the gear arm ting, outer circle of crank, pedals, crank arms, wheels and hubs. I used a lot of masking tape as not to get lacquer on the moving parts.
Bought a pair of inner-tubes and Vittoria tyres white edition. They came with some nice stickers too. I later stuck them on the frame and arm then lacquered over them so they ain’t coming off.
Then spayed the frame and touched up parts I couldn’t match with nail varnish (big up Jinx and Gold for holding it when I had to go in the girly shop and get that ting). The forks were particularly rusty and dis-colored. Lots of masking tape went into this process as not to paint over the branding etc.
Sprayed the frame lightly with lacquer 4 times on each side. This make the frame a lot less likely for me to chip and the light spray gives a sumptuous mat feel!
Oiled all of the moving components more than once.
Resembled the bike.
Calibrated the gears and brakes.
Bought a vintage San Marco Rolls saddle and a couple of lights that match the frame. Then took to the road to piss off pedestrians and drivers alike.
I would like to thank Bobbie for not dumping me over this period, Dr J Jizzle for your tools, Bike Pro (Kings Heath) On your Bike ( Digbeth) and Sprockets (Digbeth) for your advise and finally Yorkshire Tea (the way tea should be!) for giving me warmth and comfort on the cold nights!
If you’re in front or behind me on the road beware the brakes are 20 years old!
Tonto Irie – Life Story (long time I’ve wanted this)
