tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post6879875634120322444..comments2024-03-12T20:57:55.805-07:00Comments on Just A Song: The Heptones: Book of RulesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-20509893687540169532014-04-10T19:10:13.607-07:002014-04-10T19:10:13.607-07:00Brilliant tune to this day.Brilliant tune to this day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-37655041870745643282009-10-28T15:29:47.366-07:002009-10-28T15:29:47.366-07:00I really enjoyed enjoyed this post, and thanks Gre...I really enjoyed enjoyed this post, and thanks Greg for a very handy bit of info. <br /><br />Watcherman - the version here is a Harry J production, and there is a pretty decent dub on the b-side of the original 7" on Jaywax. There's also an organ cut called 'Book Master', also on Jaywax, by Reco-Boaco & the Stepping Stones that has a great bongo and guitar version on the b-side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-32199257564890981322009-06-20T20:43:28.874-07:002009-06-20T20:43:28.874-07:00Great stuff, Greg. Thanks for adding such a key el...Great stuff, Greg. Thanks for adding such a key element to the entry.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-37729895460174867272009-06-20T14:57:54.035-07:002009-06-20T14:57:54.035-07:00This is from a poem by R. Lee Sharpe in the late 1...This is from a poem by R. Lee Sharpe in the late 1940's.<br /><br />A Bag of Tools<br /><br />First two ines are the same, then this<br /><br />Each is given a list of rules, A shapeless mass: a bag of tools<br />And each must fasion, ere life is folwn, A stumbling block or a stepping stone.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075538818615855879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-45191700082249824552009-06-20T14:55:24.921-07:002009-06-20T14:55:24.921-07:00I read a poem today in the newspaper and I knew I ...I read a poem today in the newspaper and I knew I heard part of it in a song before. The lyrics are from the lae 1940's a poem by R. Lee Sharpe called "A Bag of Tools"<br /><br />Each is given a list of rules, A shapeless mass: a bag of tools.<br />And each must fasion, ere life is flown,<br />A stumbling block or a stepping stone.<br /><br />The first two lines are exact from the poem.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075538818615855879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-80750738380810314442009-05-28T04:54:57.054-07:002009-05-28T04:54:57.054-07:00Great track selection - a wonderful song! And in t...Great track selection - a wonderful song! And in the finest tradition of the best Reggae works, has a powerful beating social heart!<br /><br />I enjoyed the essay too. I think we'll be borrowing this one!stupid and contagioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271061721984721863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-27874871661512612932009-05-05T08:37:00.000-07:002009-05-05T08:37:00.000-07:00(after some research) + answering my own question ...(after some research) + answering my own question for the benefit of all <br /><br />There's a forgettable Coxsone version (not a real dub) on Dictionary of Dub, which is a compilation of various underworked Heptones flipsides. <br /><br />Book of Ruleing Dub (sic) manages to lose everything good about the original, therefore to be avoided at all costs. Coxsone may have worked with some fine artists but King Tubby he ain't.<br /><br />still and all:<br /><br />http://www.roots-archives.com/release/53<br /><br />You've been warned!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10411091272109373754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-76125198390447888422009-05-03T17:48:00.000-07:002009-05-03T17:48:00.000-07:00Thanks to both of you. Linda Ana, I have to go wit...Thanks to both of you. Linda Ana, I have to go with you on the last verse, which changes my interpretation slightly. <br /><br />Watcherman, I don't know about a dub version, but I'll check around.<br /><br />I first heard this song too many years ago on <I>This Is Reggae Music, Vol. 1</I>, a terrific anthology that never made it to CD. Boy, did my ears perk up when "Book of Rules" came on. It's one of the few songs that not only never gets old, it gets better every time I hear it.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-87657349971612118432009-05-03T14:48:00.000-07:002009-05-03T14:48:00.000-07:00GREAT post...incredible song...insightful analysis...GREAT post...incredible song...insightful analysis...<br /><br />Tiny thing -- in the last verse, pretty sure it's "the sun will be only missing for awhile".linda anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437936005724709523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-27716195526670487542009-05-03T11:40:00.000-07:002009-05-03T11:40:00.000-07:00Killer tune, great post.
Is there a version/dub o...Killer tune, great post.<br /><br />Is there a version/dub of this out there?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10411091272109373754noreply@blogger.com