13 July 2011

The Story Of Lovers Rock



The STORY OF LOVERS ROCK is a feature length documentary tells the story of an era and a music that defined a generation in the late 70s and 80s. Lovers Rock is romantic reggae that was uniquely British. It developed from a small UK scene to become a global brand through the likes of UB40 and Maxi Priest
Lovers Rock was particularly influential to a new generation of black British young women and men who identified with this music that reflected their experiences. Female artists like Louisa Marks, Janet Kay, Brown Sugar, Carroll Thompson led a 'girl power explosion in it's early phase. The music provided a coping mechanism against a backdrop of racial tension and riots across the UK as well as being a counterpoint to the male dominated 'roots' scene. The film combines live performances with some of the Kings and Queens of Lovers Rock with comedy sketches, interviews and archive material. Interviews include Denis Bovell, UB40, Levi Roots Linton Kwesi Johnson, Angie La Ma, Maxi Priest, Mykaell Riley, The comedy sketches are provided by the likes of Eddie Nestor, Robbie G, Wayne Rollins, Glenda Jaxson. Rudi Lickwood, John Simmit., Annette Fagon.



Full Documentary
Part 1
part 2
Part 3
Part 4

5 comments:

  1. This doesn't work, some of the parts are corrupt, can you upload it as a continuous file?

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  2. Hi Shozboz, can I please get a response from you to the above request? I'd love to see this film/documentary, only some of the mp4's parts are corrupt and will not open, so I cannot merge them into one file. Can you please upload it somewhere else as a single file?

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  3. Please leave a comment for me here and I will check back to see if this is possible. I have taken down my blogsite jahwebhipowa-reggaeclassics to perform some maintenance and make some updates. Thanks, JahWebHiPowa

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  4. DON'T BOTHER DOWNLOADING THE ABOVE - IT'S A FAKE!!!

    THANKS FOR TOTALLY IGNORING MY NUMEROUS COMMENTS AND EMAILS TO YOU SHOZBOZ, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BLOGSITE, YOU'LL NEED IT

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