On the Wire Reggae & Dub Specials

On the Wire is broadcast Saturdays 10 through till 12 midnight on BBC Radio Lancashire (103.9FM, 95.5FM, 104.5FM – not on DAB or MW) and also on the net via the BBC’s “Listen Again” service, accessible through the On the Wire website at www.otwradio.blogspot.co.uk Since the late eighties On the Wire has run an ongoing series of reggae and dub specials.

A page of links for previous vintage shows originally broadcast in the early nineties can now be found at: www.otwradio.blogspot.com/2006/07/on-wire-dub-specials.html

These include:

Spear On the Wire - including archive interview with Mr. Winston Rodney aka Burning Spear following his gig at Cleopatra's in Huddersfield in 1980 - Audio

Rockers On the Wire  - Broadcast On Radio Lancashire 24/6/90 2-5pm – an Augustus Pablo tribute - Audio

Scorcher On the Wire - Broadcast On BBC Radio Lancashire16/7/89 2-5pm broadcast in tribute to Mr. Clement "Coxsone" Dodd - Audio

Yabby You On the Wire  -Broadcast 26/8/90 – in tribute to Vivian Jackson - Audio

Scratch On the Wire mc'd by Mr. Lee Perry himself - Audio

Dentist On the Wire (aka Keith Hudson) - Audio

Moods On the Wire – A tribute to the work of Mr. Harry Mudie- Audio

Observer On the Wire - Audio


 The site's search facility will locate other specials from the following dates:

Rudies On the Wire Pt.1 23rd January 2010 - Audio

 Rudies On the Wire Pt.2 20th February 2010 - Audio

Wailing On the Wire: Wailing Souls Pt 1 4th July 2009 - Audio

Wailing On the Wire: Wailing Souls Pt 2 1st August 2009 - Audio

Bunny Wailer (Solomonic) Part 1 6th November 2010 - Audio

 Bunny Wailer (Solomonic) Part 2 4th December 2010 - Audio

The Genius of Lynford ‘Andy Capp’ Anderson - Dub Inventor 5th April 2008 - Audio

Love Forever On the Wire - Tribute to Carlton Manning & His Shoes Part 1 2nd July 2011 - Audio

 Love Forever On the Wire - Tribute to Carlton Manning & His Shoes Part 2 27th August 2011 - Audio

Desmond Dekker On the Wire: King Of Ska, King Of Rock Steady, King Of Reggae…19th June - 2010 - Audio

Rhythm Master On the Wire: Tribute to the Godson – Glenmore Brown Part 1 5th March 2011 - Audio

 Rhythm Master On the Wire: Tribute to the Godson – Glenmore Brown Part 2. 16th April 2011 - Audio

Tribute to Derrick Harriott: Chariots of Wire Race 1 15th March 2008 - Audio

Tribute to Derrick Harriott: Chariots of Wire Race 2 29th March 2008 - Audio

Clash On the Wire - Straight to the Head – I Roy vs. Prince Jazzbo 19th April 2008 - Audio

Jimmy Radway (Fe me Time) 17th May 2008 - Audio

Song Books On the Wire: Bob Andy’s Song Book – Part One 24th October 2009 - Audio

Song Books On the Wire: Bob Andy’s Song Book – Part Two 28th November 2009  - Audio

Roman Stewart (Special Selector Mick Sleeper) 3rd September 2011  - Audio

Mr Soul of Jamaica at Treasure Isle Pt.1 28th April 2012 - Audio

Mr Soul of Jamaica at Treasure Isle Pt.2 12th July 2012 - Audio

Impressions of Jamaica On the Wire Pt.1 (tribute to Curtis Mayfield… the Godfather of Reggae) 19th November 2011 - Audio

Impressions of Jamaica On the Wire Pt.2 17th December 2011 - Audio

Impressions of Jamaica Pt.3 21st January 2012 - Audio

 Impressions of Jamaica On the Wire Pt.4 18th February 2012 - Audio

 The original three “Dubs On the Wire” shows from the late eighties are still to be archived on to the site, also the tribute to the Mighty Two (Joe Gibbs and Errol Thompson), Harmony On the Wire (vocal group special), Song & Version (a 3 parter).

Forthcoming is a Randy's special with Clive Chin (from Beijing), a three part King Tubby's Special including guest selector picks, rare and classic tunes. Suggestions always welcome to steve.barker@bbc.co.uk – and queries and comments if you like! Very few of the above shows would have been possible without the invaluable contributions and friendship of the esteemed Harry Hawk in whose debt we shall forever remain.