Banging pre-Xmas On The Wire with a ska cover of Seven Nation Army, vintage @JebLoyNichols and classic Pigbag, and ending with the ever splendid @CravenFaults @TheLeafLabel otwradio.blogspot.com/2025/12/play...
Partial playlist for On The Wire 23rd June 2025
“This is I Roy On The Wire, it’s like burning fire”.
I have been much enjoying this. Version upon version riddim after riddim just the way we like it.
Get it while it’s hot! Bugs On The Wire back in stores in limited numbers for Record Store Day #RSD2025
Going back to Under Mi Sleng Teng, it was also played during the legendary show that featured The Fall live at Clitheroe Castle, June 1985. The records played in that show (by someone else back at Radio Lancs, following Steve’s detailed notes) were a mixed bag, prob to represent the range played.
Incidentally, I don’t see an appearance on the running order of Barrington Levy’s Under Mi Sensi, the inspiration, but OtW only started in Aug 84 so maybe it missed that boat. Although his “Here I Come”, also from 84, was played Feb 85.
I don’t see any other Sleng Teng version from around the time, but for sure the riddim would be heard again and again in later years as it occasionally got revived, and in 2015 the OtW blog site posted this otwradio.blogspot.com/2015/07/slen...
The last entry on the running order for the 10th Mar show vaguely hints at “Wayne Smith/Jammy/Hi-Times - Under Me Sleng Teng (dubs!)”
First appearance of Wayne Smith Under Mi Sleng Teng was on OTW 10th Feb 85. No label stated, probably Greensleeves.
Smith’s previous, Come Along, was played several times from the previous November.
DJ Old Rat @sjbotw.bsky.social riding the decks again! With Bhajan Bhoy @ajaysaggar.bsky.social at @actionrecords.bsky.social
Poster advertising live in store at Action Records Preston: Steve Barker and Bhajan Bhoy
Saturday! Bhajan Bhoy and On The Wire business! @sjbotw.bsky.social @ajaysaggar.bsky.social @actionrecords.bsky.social
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“Bugs On The Wire” album cover re-issue for RSD 2025
