Scratch Radio : Guestbook

Thanks for the great tunes!  I just found Scratch recently while surfing on-line reggae radio.

man, just wanna say
‘bout the music ... we love you
 
Ites brother

Please don't change anything, you have the right sound ever.

Mitchbee
France, Gironde (the small spot on the map : Bordeaux in the south west France !)

Hallo my name is Sascha, i listen to your great musik for the third time today. it is so great shiny that it makes me dance several times and not just me!!!
Now i know that i truely love your station!!!
From now I tune in whenever i can.

Love and Peace

I just want to drop a line of humble thanks in return for all the fantastic music. Thank you ever so much for spreading GOOD peace/love vibrations on the internet. I'm doing my best to spread it in the air.

Good day! I really have to say that your station "Scratch" is one of the best I have ever heard, and I've listened to dozens of stations.

I found your station using "Radio Tower."Sometimes I have problems connecting, but usually it comes in loud and clear.

Your station brings back so many happy memories.  I worked in Jamaica in the 1970's and part of the '80's as a teacher in government schools. When I first went there I didn't know much about the different types of Jamaican music, but after being there for a long time and visiting for many years as a tourist it really started to grow on me. I'm at the point where I can't live without it and I'm looking for it all the time. I used to attend musical events in Jamaica, and even met some personalities in the music industry, mostly by accident.

I have a large collection of cassettes that I had made by record stores and from the radio from back in those days. I don't play them much anymore because there are so many other media, but I think they include some "musical treasures," some of them quite rare.

I'm originally from New York but now I call Virginia my home. I've also lived and worked in Florida, New Jersey, California, France and the Middle East where I am now. I came to work in this part of the world after I left Jamaica for the first time in 1982.

Keep up the great work with your station,and say Hello to Rita. Have a fantastic day and receive the blessings of The Most High!

Hope you had a merry xmas and a happy new year.  Thanks for the years worth of tunes.  Looking forward to another year.  Best of luck in 2010.

Greetings!
iam a regular listener of your radio station. i play it when i start working and love music i hear.
just want to ask u about one tune i heared the other day, is a christmas melody song, a instrumental one, heavy riddim joe gibbs style or similar.

GREETINGS FROM SPAIN!

Bless
Rougher

Since discovering Scratch radio, end '06, it still gives me (and some who use the pc too:) great joy, and I was since then thinking about showing gratitude. A lot of tunes touch the soul and still some unknown artist come along the winamp too. Lets hope it helps somewhat to keep Scratch radio in the air with your works on the ground.
Ites, DJ Azevedo
 
Ronald

Man,

I love your radio.  I found it in the Amarok (linux music player) in july and I can't listening other thing, only the scrach radio.
I live in Brazil (the map in your page mark 'Campinas' when i'm linstening) and I promoted the scrach radio in my blog (http://ummundoverde.wordpress.com), in my twitter (http://twitter.com/leocruz0) and to my friends.
Can you tell me something about the radio?
Again, congratulations.
Sorry about my terrible english, ok?

Léo

Just found you on a web search since my goto roots reggae favorite link appears to be down. What a happy coincidence to find - AMAZING selector. I'm goona to learn so much listening and reading your site - I couldn't be happier right now! Thanks for putting the truly great stuff out there. I'm in pacific beach, san diego ca - where are you?
Best,
Jessica

Thank you for your radio!  I listen to it everyday.  By the way I made a small donation.  Keep on with the good work.

Hi! I have been listening to your station for more than two years. Really nice..  I am from Greece but currently living in China near Beijing. The city is called Tianjin. Nowadays I turn the volume higher than usual because I live beside a noisy crowded street. So it is good to hear some cool relaxing music. So thanx for your station an for the excellent music (by the way this kind of music is called "lei gui" in Chinese and it means ghost music.. Don’t ask me why..)

thanks for this life saving wonderful radio station!!!!!

michelange quay

I am developing internet radio for iphone. I like your station a lot.

Our current version of application won't handle m3u,xml links. Do you have a direct url address to access mp3 live streaming? We would like to add your station to our application.

Several friends in Japan mentioned about your station. Thank you for sending cool vibe in the web!

Best regards,
Daisuke Sawa
Sawa Digital
www.sawadigital.com

real nice groove,can't believe only 23 listeners worldwide to this lovly station,could run it right through

move on so
 
all the best from Germany and Tobago
Matthias and Jema/in Munich at the time
www.jemas-guesthouse.de 
http://www.pflasterbau-gartengestaltung.de 

nice radio station, keep up jah works, blessed from ras mystic of Ital guidance sound system, middlesbrough, north yorkshire, north east england, uk. jah love

Hello my name is Denise Thompson and I was wondering if I speak with you about your website.

I attend Washington University in St. Louis MO.  The name of our class is Rebel Music: History and Influence of Jamaican Music. My instructor is Mr. David Rowntree. I wanted to ask you about your site and how you got started and why you like Reggae. Just a feel simple questions. Thanks for providing this outlet for all the fans of Reggae music.

Greetings from a Swiss fan.
I can’t live without Scratch radio.
Thank you so much for this  perfect riddim.
Respect.
Chris

hi dear unknown friend

I am a regular fan of your station in the beautyful island of saint lucia in the west indies
 
thank you.

I've been listening to your station lately.  Really enjoying..

Thanks for the music – loooooooooooooooooooooove it.

Keep it up.

i am from germany and i listen in your radio station scratch about 4-6 hours a day.
i will coninue to enjoy Scratch Radio as long as you play such great music ! !

Congratulations for durability !

I'm still listening your programs for more than 3 years now !

Stay tunes !

I am new to your station but I'm loving every minute!  I currently live in South Florida but am originally from London, England.  Listening to your station reminds me of the days when my parents use to have house parties.  My mother says it was a common thing back in the 60's in London because many immigrants from the West Indies (particularly Jamaica) did not have any other forms of entertainment.  I was a young child at the time, but I still remember the good times.  I have been an avid collector of reggae music from the Rocksteady to Roots Reggae era for about 20 yrs now.  However, it's getting harder to find certain songs or people who appreciate this type of music.  I happened across this website from a link on radiotime.com.  I have saved your webpage as a favorite on my computer and will definitely check in often.  Thank you keeping the memory alive.

I'm from Cambridge in England.  I was a school teacher in Christiana and Mandeville in 1977/78.  Scratch Radio takes me straight back to my evenings marking homework by the radio.  I love it.

Best wishes from

Mista T

I am a 35 yr old Skin from Montreal, Qc, Canada. I have been a skinhead for 20yrs. I Just wanted to say that this my no.1 favorites on my favorites list. Keep up the good work.
 
Chris Skin, Nova Scotia
Formerly of The Montreal Originals

my name is Vladimir Veljkovic and I live in Novi Sad, Serbia. Although I am a great fan of the 70's, I decided to open first site about 70's for former Yugoslavia listeners.
Pleasently surprised with your stations, especially Roots Reggae, I finally crossed my fingers and ask you is it possible to ad link and stream of this station.
My site is still on construction, hoping that will be finished by the end of June(yeah right). The name of the site will be 70'splus and in the beginning it will only about music. Adding link of your station I hope that you could find more visitors from ex-Yugoslavia.
Expecting your kind answer,

sincerely,
Vladimir
http://www.70splus.net

I am over the moon happy that I discovered your site.
Feeling privileged. Thank you.
Lovin the tunes and the vibes.
Reggae is the rythm of life!
Also who are you ? are you some kind of genius?
Much Respect!
All the best
Philip Carthy
Galway, Ireland.
PS I am hoping to see Max Romeo at the Life Festival in Galway first weekend of July

hola,
I absolutely love your radio station - I came across it on shoutcast and think it is by far one of the best online radio stations I've ever listened to (and I have a very broad musical taste, from punk, hip-hop, drum&bass and dance) - big respect! But is there any chance you can broadcast at a higher bitrate than 24kbps so that when I crank up the speakers to skank to some of the best Jamaican sounds I can truly appreciate the genius of the rocksteady rhythms?? :)

Keep on pumping out the amazing tunes! Yours gratefully, an Englishman in Madrid,

Thanks a lot for the music; you make our days at the office much better.
Thanks again - www.viccaverde.com

thank you! i have been listening for two days straight, i always wanted a ska/rocksteady/reggae station like this, and just found it. most others repeat the tracks after an hour of listening, not the case with you over these two days. also a lot of the time the others will throw something in there that completely throws the vibe off, again not the case.

great taste, great vibe, and great DJing. thanks a lot ill be your newest regular.

I would like to thank for the keep active this radio, i have been showing to my friends and everybody what listen says: Wow, that is incredible, very cool, well.....is that i think....Thanks a lot for playing many musics what are very difficult to find in other radios. The true roots reggae. Ahh, i want let a little part of the one music from a brazilian roots reggae band: Mato Seco - "The free walking of a man neither money can buy"

Sorry by my english, but i am trying!!!    PEACE....PEACE....PEACE!!!! JAH GUIDE!!

just wanna say thanks for all the great music youve been playing... it keeps me from going insane while on work...

Greetings from the blocks of New Belgrade!
Bless!

New listener here, Ramon is the name, born and raised in The Bronx, New York, background is Salvadorean. Large Jamaican community not too far from where I live over on White Plains Rd.

Discovered the station when I downloaded Realplayer 11 (Beta) went through about half the stations until I got to this one and believe me it's addictive.

One way to stop all the wars that are going on right now have them listen to Scratch, believe me they'll stop fighting. Thank you Jamaica and Scratch for the beautiful music!!!


Peace and love to all

So pleased to find your mix, you have the best sounds!

I grew up in Gloucester, U.K., born '57 so I heard all the latest Jamaican hits from my neighbours.  A house that held about 10 or 12 Jamaican tenants on a rotation.  I found Prince Buster vinyl at a swap meet in 1970 after my family emigrated to Canada.   I have been searching it out ever since.

My sister and I tell the story that we only found out we weren't Jamaican after we emigrated :-)

Studio One, King Tubby, Prince Jammy and all the royalty forever! Many thanks for the mix.

Much Respect!

I'm an old b**st**d (58!) but can remember the great 'blue-beat' times in London in the mid 60s.  I'm just so overwhelmed by your encyclopedia of music.  I found you via the winamp shoutcast pages , so right now i'm alternating between yourselves and the classical persian RadioDarvish site.

For a long time i've been trying to trace a great blue-beat from that era track called , I think , 'Oh what a life' by Sugar and Dandy (pretty much 'There was an old woman who lived in a shoe).  I got you on a lot of the time so if you can find it and play it, may God smile on you.  With the Greatest regards and Highest respect.

Just a quick note this evening from Orlando, FL ...

I am currently at work and enjoying listening to your internet broadcast of classic ska, rocksteady, rockers
and reggae ... all the music that grew up with and love!!!

Very best wishes ... and again, thanks for the good music!

Just thanks and greetings Chris Azevedo at Scratch Radio :))

for example today;
(12:07:56) Keith Hudson & Soul Syndicate - Nuh Skin Up Dub
then followed by Brentford All Stars, Jacob Miller & Inner Circle, Pioneers, Revolutionaries, Beltones, Melodians ...only to mention a few :-)
keep up those wicked selections ‘master-broadcaster’!

Ites, bless yu

It's been a few days since i found your radio and liked it so much.

I'd like to get in touch with you 'cause in italia reggae scene is only bashmen-dancehall.

Go on forward doing the best you can.

Bless

I am listening in Rhode Island in the UNited States and have just reciently found your site through Web Broadcasting in a reggae search. My husband is a Jamaican Rasta who can not stop listening to your play, give thanks for the irie vibes! One ?

Much love for the tunes.  Keeping tings warm and pleasant on a winter morning in MT.   Thanks and Praise.

I have listened to Scratch for four years now and I give thanks each time for your gift of this music.  Keep teaching.

A great collection of true vibes is reaching awa ears thanks for your works, unite us
Ites

Choose this station 'cos it's in BC and I'm really missing my folks on the North Shore. What a wonderful surprise to find thses sounds as I write-up the last stages of my thesis - inspiring stuff, indeed!

Your station is on at our house almost every day. Thanks for spreading this amazing music around the world.
Peace & Love,

Let the music You play flow through the world to cover every single soul, let nobody stay alone

peace
Ireland, ale jsem z Czech republic

Harmony & blessings. Love & light. Boom!
(to life)

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Three words: Wow.

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Hello. My name is Bradley. I do a Monday night poetry show on TalkRadioX.com (10:00-11:00p.m EST) I am trying to contact you. Could I have your permission to stream your station, for example, in between poems, etc... I can promise to promote your website every fifteen minutes during the show, and as well at the end of the show. It is not a reggae show, but it is nice to have music playing when I am speaking, and or intro, or in between poems and so as not to have dead air, etc.

Let me know.

You can google me. " Network_b "

I can also put your banner and link on all my websites where I advertise for the show. I don't really make any money doing the show, but I can barter.

Like I said, harmony & blessings, love & light
(and a biscuit)
Network_b in the United States

* give thanks and praises in the morning time, and in the mid-day too.

http://www.geocities.com/soho/9996

Thanks for the all of the Good Vibes.

greetings from the sunny island la gomera.  the best in radio i ever listen.   stay tuned.

love and peace,
http://www.tuyo-lagomera.com