TIME IS MEASURED FROM MIDNIGHT, NOT DAYLIGHT!
MIDNIGHT DREAD began as a reggae radio show with its first regular airing September 30th, 1979 on KTIM FM in San Rafael, California. It began broadcasting weekly on March 17th, 1980, just after Mikey Dread's legendary appearance on Midnight Dread that gave birth to many of the program's distinctive stingers. It ran continuously from 1979 to 1985 on KTIM and KQAK. It then continued on KUSF, KFOG & KPFA in the San Francisco area until the mid-90s.
link for the January - March 1984 KTIM & KQAK playlists
link for the April - June 1984 KQAK playlists
Midnight Dread Program #241 aired September 2nd, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
SKA & ROCK STEADY PARTY:
Jimmy Cliff "Reggae Movement" 12"
The Skatalites "Confucius"
The Pioneers "Money Day" 7"
Toots & The Maytals "Pee Pee Cluck Cluck"
Prince Buster "Texas Hold Up" 12"
Roland Alphonso "James Bond" 7"
Bad Manners "King Ska Fa"
Madness "Swan Lake"
The English Beat "Whine & Grine"
The English Beat "Dub Down Margaret" 7"
Lee Scratch Perry "Nice Time"
Prince Buster "Musical College" 7"
Prince Buster "Judge Dread" 7"
Bunny Wailer "The Toughest"
The Specials "A Message To Rudy"
Max Romeo "Wet Dream" 12"
Johnny Osbourne "Come Back Darling"
Ken Boothe "Train Is Coming Version" 7"
The Wailers "Rudie Part Two" 7"
Desmond Dekker "Rude Boy Train" (1980's remake)
(B)
The Selecter "James Bond (The Killer)"
Don Drummond "Ali Pang"
Vin Gordon "The Ska"
The Equators "Nightmare"
Leroy Sibbles "Rock Steady Party"
The Heptones "Party Time"
Dub Specialist "Party Dub"
The Paragons "On The Beach"
Sly & Robbie "Indiana Jones"
Treasure Dub "Toughest Version"
Dennis & Lizzy "Cry Tough (DJ)"
Alton Ellis "Cry Tough"
Slim Smith "Out Of Love"
David Lindley & El-Rayo X "Bye Bye Love"
Flo & Eddie "Rock With Me Baby"
The Melodians "Rock It With Me"
Matumbi "Bluebeat & Ska"
UB40 "Keep On Moving"
Lee Scratch Perry "Tiger Lion"
Yellowman "Movin' On"
Michigan & Smiley "Reggae Ska" 12"
Blue Riddim Band "Twistin' The Night Away"
David Lindley & El-Rayo X "Twist & Shout"
(C)
The Selecter "Too Much Pressure" 7"
King Perry "Doctor Dick" 7"
Madness "Tarzans Nuts"
The English Beat "Ranking Full Stop"
The Specials "You're Wondering Now"
Madness "One Step Beyond (Spanish Version)" 12"
Gil Scott-Heron "Re-Ron" 12"
Midnight Dread Program #240 aired August 26th, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
Lee Scratch Perry "Mr. Music"
Sue Chaloner "Missing Mister Marley" 12"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Coming In From The Cold"
Roger Steffens' Reports on Reggae Sunsplash '84 begin:
Burning Spear "Slavery Days" live
Memory Of Justice Band "Me & My Crew" 7"
Ini Kamoze "World Of Reggae"
Eek-A-Mouse "Ganja Smuggling" live at '82 Sunsplash
Roger Steffens' Reports on Reggae Sunsplash '84 end:
Aswad "Chasing For The Breeze"
Peter Tosh "Coming In Hot" live
COOL OUT with a MUSICAL SUMMER BREEZE Midnight Special:
Gregory Isaacs "Cool Down The Pace" 10"
(B)
Zap Pow "Be Cool" 7"
Zap Pow "Cooler Cool" 7"
Garland Jeffreys "Cool Down Boy"
Bunny Wailer "Cool Runnings" 12"
The Ethiopians "Cool It Amigo"
The Heptones "Cool Rasta Cool" 7"
which knocks the Sutro Tower transmitter off the air for over 45 seconds (just 4 seconds on cd)
The Heptones "Cool Rasta Version" 7"
Peter Ranking & General Lucky "Cool Youth"
Horace Andy "Cool & Deadly"
Echo MInott "Cool & Deadly"
Don Drummond & Skatalites "Cool Smoke"
Third World "Night Heat (Cold Sweat Dub)" 7"
Lee Perry "Cold Weather"
The Morwells "Cold Cold World"
The Morwells "The Morwell Strikes Again"
Black Uhuru "Chill Out In New York" 12"
Augustus Pablo "Frozen Dub"
Prince Fari, Singers & Players "Water The Garden"
Lee Perry "Throw Some Water In"
Tony Moses "Strawberry Canyon" live at Wolfgang's 7/25/84
Tony Moses "Midnight Ravers" live at Wolfgang's 7/25/84
(C)
Jimmy Cliff "Reggae Movement" & "Dub Movement" 12"
The Clash "The Cool Out" 12"
Whispering Lion "You Ain't Cool" 12"
Devo "Through Being Cool"
unplanned sudden dread reggae/rock overtime with Doug behind the scenes:
Bad Manners "That'll Do Nicely" rare 12" mix
uncredited artist "Solidarity" (Black Uhuru cover)
The Beatles "Drive My Car Dub" J.T. mix
Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier" (King Sporty mix)
Rhoda Dakar & Special AKA "The Boiler"
Psychedelic Furs "Here Come Cowboys"
Squeeze "Cool For Cats"
Alison Moyet "Love Resurrection"
Elvis Costello "The Only Flame In Town"
uncredited artist "Love Like A Glove"
Lene Lovich "New Toy"
Midnight Dread Program #239 aired August 19th, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
X RAY MUSIC Special:
Black Uhuru "Who's In The Tomb"
Pablo Moses "Dubbing Is A Must" 12"
J. Osbourne, J. Lara, & John Earl Jenny "Dub Street" 7"
Dub Specialist "Better Dub"
Dub Specialist "Peaceful Valley"
Junior Murvin & Upsetters "Dub No. 1"
Heptones & Upsetters "Sufferer's Dub" 7"
Leo Graham "Bad Lamp" 7"
The Wailers "Kaya Version" 7"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Concrete" 7"
Jimmy Cliff "Roots Radical" 12"
Dub Poets Dub "Illusion"
King Tubby "1st Generation King Tubby"
King Tubby "Scientist Sound Called Earthquake"
Scientist "Blood On His Lips"
Augustus Pablo "Arabian Rock"
(B)
Scientist & Sugar Minott "Scientist Loves Chalice"
Augustus Pablo "Lightning & Thunder"
Scientist "War & Crime"
Sugar Minott, Sly & Robbie "Rub & Dub" 12"
Bullwackie "Uptown I"
Bullwackie "Batta Rock"
Tad's All Stars "Live Dub"
Aswad "Dub Fire"
Blackbeard "Electrocharge"
LKJ & The Dub Band "Shocking Dub"
Dub Syndicate "Humorless Journalist Works To Rules"
Mad Professor "Java Gone Crazy"
Lee Scratch Perry "Mr. Music"
WALK THAT WALK, TALK THAT TALK Midnight Special:
Jah Screechie "Walk & Skank" 12"
The Cimarons "Walk Like A Man"
I-Tones "Walk On By" 12"
Bunny Wailer "Walk The Proud Land"
Yellowman "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" 12"
Eastwood & Saint "Talk About Run" 12"
Michael Palmer & Aswad "Me Nah Run" 10"
(C)
Aswad "Chasing For The Breeze" 12"
Aswad "Dub Chase" 12"
Black Uhuru "Solidarity" 12"
Peter Ranking & General Lucky "Walk & Talk" 12"
The Be At Alls "Auto Dub" J.T. mix
Musical Youth "She's Trouble" 12"
Midnight Dread Program #238 aired August 12th, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
Wild Bunch "Run-A-Round"
Frankie Paul "Strange Feeling"
Reggae Regulars "Tribute To The D.J."
The Skatalites "Eastern Rock"
Sister Carol "Murdee"
Linton Kwesi Johnson "Reggae Fi Radni"
Meditations "Lucifer"
Wailing Souls "Jah Give Us Life"
Viceroys "Voice Like Thunder"
King Sunny Ade with Stevie Wonder "Ase"
Silver Fox/Brother D "Ina Two Style/How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise" cassette
Peter Tosh "Johnny B. Goode" Live at L.A.'s Greek Theatre 1983
Black Uhuru "Party In Session" (US remix)
Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier" ('84 remix) segment
(B)
Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier" ('84 remix) complete
Sue Chaloner "Missin' Mr. Marley" 12"
Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier" (King Sporty mix)
BLACK UHURU Special:
Black Uhuru "Sinsemilla" 12"
Black Uhuru "Somebody's Watching You"
Black Uhuru "General Penitentiary"
interview with Puma Jones of Black Uhuru begins
Black Uhuru "Abortion"
Black Uhuru "What Is Life" 12"
Black Uhuru "Solidarity" (US mix)
Black Uhuru "Bull In The Pen" (US mix)
Black Uhuru "Black Uhuru Anthem" (US mix)
Black Uhuru "World Is Africa"
Black Uhuru "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" 12"
Black Uhuru "Mondays" segment
(C)
Black Uhuru "Mondays" complete
interview with Puma Jones of Black Uhuru concludes
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats "Oremi"
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats "Synchro System" 12"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Babylon System" (unreleased alternate version)
Midnight Dread Program #237 (special 3 1/2 hour edition) aired August 5th, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier" (King Sporty mix)
Black Uhuru "What Is Life" 12"
Prince Hammer "Warika Hill" 12"
Jah Screechy "Walk And Skank" 12"
Sister Carol "International Style" 12"
Paul Blake & The Bloodfire Posse "Rub A Dub Soldier" 12"
Marcia Griffiths "Children Of Israel" 12"
Papa Levi "Mi God Mi King" 12"
Dennis Brown "Armagideon" 12"
Peter Metro & Lady Anne "Bossanova" 12"
Moja Nya "Rise Up" 12"
Frankie Paul "Tushupeng" 12"
Sugar Minott "Rub A Dub Sound" 12"
Steel Pulse "Roller Skate" 12"
Bob Marley "Waiting In Vain" 12"
(B)
Sugar Minott "Good Thing Going" 12"
Sugar Minott "Wicked A Go Feel It" 12"
Sugar Minott "Slice Of The Cake"
REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1984 PREVIEW-
Wednesday Night Scheduled Line-up:
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus "Rasta Liveth"
The Skatalites "Eastern Rock"
Lloyd Parks "Slaving"
Derrick Morgan "Never Gonna Give Up A No Duppy" 7"
Ken Boothe "Welfare People" 12"
Delroy Wilson "Suspicion" 12"
Burning Spear "Lion" LIVE
Thursday Night Scheduled Line-up:
Oku Onuora "Reflections In Red" 7"
Ini Kamoze "General"
Yellowman "Jah Mek Us Fe A Purpose" & "Herbman Special" LIVE REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1982
Gregory Isaacs "Soon Forward" LIVE
Friday Night Scheduled Line-up:
Robert Ffrench "Gwan Go Do It" 7"
Josie Wales "Wha Dem A Go Do" 7"
Carlene Davis "Ism Scism" 7"
Tyrone Taylor "Free South Africa"
Jah Malla "Caution" 12"
Eek A Mouse "Ganja Smuggling" LIVE REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1982
Sugar Minott "Oh Mr. D.C." segment LIVE REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1983
(C)
Sugar Minott "Oh Mr. D.C." LIVE REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1983
Dennis Brown "So Jah Say" LIVE MONTREAUX 1979
Saturday Night Scheduled Line-up:
Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari "Sam's Intro"
King Sounds "Patches" 7"
Bob Andy "Feeling Soul"
Aswad "Not Gulity" LIVE
Papa Levi "Bonnie & Clyde" 12"
Freddie McGregor "Across The Border" LIVE AT WOLFGANG'S
Third World "96 Degrees In The Shade" LIVE REGGAE SUNPLASH 1981
plus Special AKA "The Boiler"
'Rock of the 80's' KQAK programming fills out rest of master with:
Blondie "The Tide Is High" (at wrong speed)
Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier" King Sporty mix
English Beat "I Confess"
Tears For Fears? "We All Need Another Resurrection"?
? "Flesh For Fantasy"?
Midnight Dread Program #236 aired July 29th, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
Moja Nya "Rise Up" & "Up Rise" 12"
Bunny Wailer "Rise And Shine" 12"
Judy Mowatt "Sisters Chant"
The Wild Bunch "Run-A-Round"
The Pioneers "Belly Gut"
Toots & The Maytals "Funky Kingston" 12"
The Skatalites "After The Rain"
Lee Perry "Rub & Squeeze" 7"
Peter Tosh "Bush Doctor" live L.A. Greek Theatre
Viceroys "Take Care Of The Youths"
Dennis Brown "Armageddon" 12"
THE BAY AREA REGGAE POSSE:
Lambs Bread "Culture" demo
Vision "Dub" & "Sedition" demo
Ras Kiddus Roots Connection "Tribulation"
(B)
Ras Kiddus Roots Connection "Tribulation Dub"
Vince Black & Culture & The Dub Deputy "Warning" live 7/7/83 Wolfgang's
Isawah "Rank & Skank" 12"
Black Star featuring Jah Big "Rock On Down" demo
Whispering Lion "Don't Blame Your Pain On Me" 12"
Mustapho Man "Laundromat Lady" demo
Children Of Jah "Vegetarian Roots" demo
HOTTER THAN JULY JAMMIN:
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Jammin' (remix)" 12"
Stevie Wonder "Masterblaster (Jammin') Dub" 12"
Lee Perry "Bed Jamming"
(C)
Papa Face "Jammin'" 10"
Bunny Wailer "Jammings"
Black Uhuru "Solidarity"
Paul Blake & The Bloodfire Posse "Rub-A-Dub Soldier" 12"
Chalice "I'm Trying"
Midnight Dread Program #235 (first four hour Quake show) aired July 22nd, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
Judy Mowatt "Down In The Valley"
Moja Nya "Up Rise"
King Sunny Ade "Ase"
Black Uhuru "Bull In The Pen"
Messenjah "Rastaman Dub"12"
Judy Mowatt "Only A Woman"
Judy Mowatt "Emergency Call"
Judy Mowatt "Traveling Woman" 7"
Judy Mowatt "Didn't I Do It"
Judy Mowatt "Black Woman"
Judy Mowatt "You're My People" & "Dub" 7"
Jaharmi "Don't Take Way The Music" 7"
Tony Moses interview
The Rastafarians "Occupation" segment
(B)
The Rastafarians "Occupation"
Tony Moses "Got To Make A Change" Live At Wolfgang's 1984
Moses Levi "Enemies Dub" 12" (as Tony seizes control:)
Peter Tosh "Johnny B. Goode" 10"
Hugh Mundell "Going Places"
Barry Brown "Things & Time (So Rough)" 10"
Wayne Jarrett "Sata Dread" 10"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Satisfy My Soul"
Freddie McGregor "Big Ship"
Leroy Sibbles "Give Me What Is Mine"
Gregory Isaacs "Top Ten"
uncredited dub into Thoroughbred "Boom Shaka Laka" 7"
Danny Dread I "Slap You With Music" 10"
Max Romeo "I Do Love My Music" 7"
Dennis Brown "Deceiving Girl" 12"
Moja Nya "Rise Up" 12"
RADIO SHOWDOWN Tony vs. Doug
fist to fist rub a dub-plate, Midnight Dread up first:
Silver Fox & Brother D "Silver Fox Ina Two Style /
How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise" cassette
Sugar Minott "In A Dance Hall Style" 10"
The Wailers with Lee Perry "Kaya Dub" 7"
(C)
Soul Power & Sound "Yard Music Style Dub" 7"
Soul Power & Sound "The Right Procedure" & "Dub" 7"
Barrington Levy "Just Like A Soldier" 12"
Principal "Don't Shoot Me Boss" 7"
Hugh Mundell "Hey Good Looking Version" 12"
Bob Marley "Buffalo Soldier (King Sporty Version)" 7"
Frankie Paul "If I Had A Wing" 7"
Mikey Dread "Roots & Culture" 10" dubplate
Dickie Ranking "Me Healthy" 7"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Run For Cover" 7"
Barrington Levy "Don't Give Up" 12"
Peter Tosh "Mark Of The Beast" 7"
Al Campbell "Jah Army" 12"
Winston Jarrett "Work Up Yourself"
Papa Philip Levi "Mi God Mi King" 12" (Tony's final shot)
Midnight Dread Program #234 aired July 15th, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
Gil Scott-Heron "Storm Music"
Jimmy Cliff "Give The People What They Want"
Black Uhuru "Anthem"
Reggae Regular "Jah Festival"
Jah Screechy "Walk & Skank"
Victor Uwaifo & The Titti Bittis "Destiny"
Dallol "Reggae Boogie" & "Kinky Dub" 7"
Sonny Okosun "Steady & Slow"
Johnny & Sipho "Inkunzi Ayi Hlabi Ngo Kusima"
Gregory Isaacs "Dieting"
Yabby You "Chant Down Babylon"
Al Campbell "Bad Boy" 12"
Wailing Souls "Jah Give Us Life" 12"
Don Carlos "Declaration Of Rights"
Eek A Mouse "Safari"
Eek A Mouse "Daily News, Star & Gleaner"
The Itals "In Deh"
Mighty Diamonds "Wicked A Fight"
Sugar Minott "Strictly Sensi"
(B)
Sister Carol "International Style"
Linton Kwesi Johnson "Reggae Fi Radni"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "I Shot The Sheriff"
The Meditations "Rasta Shall Conquer"
King Sunny Ade "365 Is My Number"
Joshua Sithole "Give Us A Chance"
Sonny Okosun "Wait"
Dallol "Children Of Africa" 7"
TRUE DEMOCRACY:
Blue Riddim "Nancy Reagan" 12"
Misty In Roots "Intro" LIVE COUNTER-EUROVISION 1979
Aswad "Not Satisfied"
Clint Eastwood & General Saint "Vote For We"
The Astronauts "International Slackness" 7"
Benjamin Zephania "No Politicians"
UB40 "Folitician" 12"
Midnight Dreaditorial on 'True Democracy' Part 1
Johnny Osbourne "Politician"
Midnight Dreaditorial on 'True Democracy' Part 2
Mighty Diamonds "Revolution"
(C)
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Revolution"
Jimmy Cliff "Piece Of The Pie"
Delroy Washington "Freedom Fighters"
Steel Pulse "Rally Round (True Democracy)"
Peter Tosh "Equal Rights"
Midnight Dread Program #233 aired July 8th, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
The Itals "Don't Wake The Lion" & "Version" 7"
Eek A Mouse "Safari"
The Gladiators "Rude Boy Ska"
Moja Nya "Rise Up" & "Dub Wise" 12"
Michigan & Smiley "You See Me"
Wailing Souls "War Deh Round John Shop" 12"
Junior Delahaye "Working For The Rent Man" 12"
Frankie Paul "Worries In The Dance" 12"
Frankie Paul "Kushempeng" 12"
Mikey Dread "Paradise" 12"
Marcia Griffiths "Children Of Israel" 12"
Papa Levi "Mi God Mi King" 12"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "One Love" 12"
Sister Carol "Down In The Ghetto" 12"
Steel Pulse "Rollerskate" 12"
(B)
Peter Metro & Lady Anne "Bossanova" 12"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Waiting In Vain" 12"
Sugar Minott "Rub A Dub" 12"
The Toyes "Smoke Two Joints" 12"
The Itals "Herbs Pirate"
The Itals "We Waan Justice"
The Itals "Jah Glory" 12"
The Itals "In A Dis Ya Time" 7"
TIME HARD, MUSIC HARDER:
The Itals "Brutal Out Deh"
George Dekker "Time Hard"
Toots & The Maytals "Time Tough"
Michael Smith "Long Time"
Pablo Gad "Hard Times"
Gregory Isaacs "Hard Time"
Al Campbell "Time So Hard" 7"
Kiddus I "Harder" 7"
Mutabaruka "Hard Time Love" 12"
Linton Kwesi Johnson "Time Come"
(C)
Oliver Smith "Signs Of The Times"
The Itals "Time Getting Harder"
The Meditations "Stranger In Love" 12"
Natural Beauty feauring Lucy Palmer "You Wanna Be Loved" 12"
Rita Marley "One Draw" 12"
Midnight Dread Program #232 aired July 1st, 1984 on KQAK:
(A)
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Waiting In Vain" 12"
Steel Pulse "Rollerskate" 12"
The Meditations "Carpenter Rebuild (Having Fun)"
Peter Metro & Lady Anne "Bossanova" 12"
Natural Ites "Gwan Go Do It" 12"
Don Carlos & Gold "Declaration Of Rights"
Linton Kwesi Johnson "Reggae Fi Radni"
Black Star featuring Jah Big "Rock On Down" unreleased
Blue Riddim "Satan" unreleased
The Meditations "A Wey Me Do? (Lucifer)"
interviews with Danny Clarke & Ansel Cridland of The Meditations
The Meditations "Rasta Shall Conquer"
The Meditations "Babylon Trap Them"
The Meditations "Book Of History"
(B)
Ansel Meditations "No Guarantee" 12"
Bob Marley & The Meditations "Rastaman Live Up" unreleased extended version
The Meditations "Standing On The Corner"
interview with The Meditations concludes
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Mr. Brown"
Peter Tosh & The Wailers "Brand New Second Hand" 7"
Bunny Wailer & The Wailers "Dreamland" 7"
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Punky Reggae Party" 12"
SKA & ROCK STEADY PARTY:
The Ethiopians "Train To Skaville"
Don Drummond "Heaven & Earth"
Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers "Dr. Ring Ding"
Madness "One Step Beyond"
Specials "Rude Boys Out Of Jail"
Undertones "Out To Sea"
Desmond Dekker "Pickney Gal"
(C)
The Paragons "Happy Go Lucky Girl"
Ken Boothe "You Keep Me Hanging On"
Dennis Alcapone "Dancing Version"
Duke Reid "Gemini Rock"
The Melodians "Rock It With Me"
Johnny Lover "Rockin' Episode"
Prince Buster "Musical College"
The Meditations "Fly Natty Dread"
link for the April - June 1984 KQAK playlists
link for the January - March 1984 KTIM & KQAK playlists