Issue #2953 · Reggae, Salsa, and Basement Boom Bap · Aug 6 - Aug 12, 2026
Trenchtown Mix Up by The Gladiators

Trenchtown Mix Up

The Gladiators
1976 · Kingston, Jamaica
Reggae

Albert Griffiths' guitar work is understated but it's doing more than you notice on first listen — check the interplay on the title track, rhythm guitar and bass talking to each other the whole way through. This is roots reggae without the heavy dread theatrics, more about groove discipline than message. It got overshadowed by bigger Kingston names releasing around the same years. The vocal harmonies are the reason to come back to it.

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