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In the early 1970s the island of Jamaica, and in particular its reggae musicians, developed a love affair with small Japanese motor bikes. Honda bikes were eulogised in Big Youth’s ‘S90 Skank’ and Dillinger’s ‘CB200’, whilst their rival was lauded on Shorty The President’s ‘Yamaha Skank’, to name the most...
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Rastafarianism came to prominence in the late 1960s/1970s and had a huge influence on the musical culture in Jamaica. The sentiments of the songs reflected the struggles of life, as reggae music always did but now with an added spiritual/conscious element to the lyrics. By the mid-1970s most, if not...
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Tuff, uncompromising roots and steppers all the way from 1995 reissued on Reggae On Top.
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Now reissued, 'Screaming Target' is the debut-album by Jamaican deejay Big Youth. It was recorded and originally released in 1972 on the Gussie and Jaguar labels in Jamaica. The music on this release is simultaneously a benchmark for reggae in general and the DJ form in particular....
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2014 release. Originally released in 1980. "Hailing from the late seventies through 1980 originally, this has a state of the art Blackbeard mix from Dennis Bovell, production of the Well Pack Band from Winston Edwards and stands as a convincing album -- which goes some way to explain the advanced...
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2013 release. Originally released in 1974 on Fay Music Inc. Tracks: "Natty Dub", "Big Daddy Amin", "Jah Shakin Dub", "Soul Ful Dub", "Macka Bee", "Herbmann Style From The Ghetto", "Jah Macka Dub", "Well Charge", "Gun Court In Red", and "Lover Dub"....
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2022 repress. 2012 release, originally released in 1982. "Released the same year he was working with Black Uhuru and fellow dub producer Scientist, Prince Jammy's 1982 effort Destroys the Invaders borrows Scientist's love of space noises and quirky, themed albums -- in particular, Scientist Meets the Space Invaders. Plenty of...
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2022 repress. 2012 release, originally released in 1986. "Recorded & mixed at Prince Jammy's Studio. Performer: Steelie & Cleavie, Super Power All-Stars, Wayne Smith."...
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Recorded in Jamaica and mixed at Easy Street Studios in East London ca. 1982. A fascinating excursion through early '80s dub....
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Reissue of the drop-dead classic album from 1978, Alimantado with Horace Andy, Lee Perry, King Tubby, Gregory Isaacs, Jah Woosh, Jimmy Radwell and Jackie Edwards. Recorded in several sessions, at the Black Ark, Channel One, Randy's and King Tubby's studios, it was the first album put out by Greensleeves, now...
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The second installment of the genius sound man Lee Perry's productions with unreleased tunes and exclusive dub plates featuring Junior Murvin, Jimmy Riliey, Leo Graham, Candy Mackenzie, Jack Lord, the unforgettable's. Equally as strong as the first compilation, CD and album have different covers....
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Repress! A set of ten thrilling KING TUBBY deconstructions of DYNAMITES rhythms, taking straightforward reggae gems and turning them upside down....
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New double Vinyl LP on Pressure Sounds due for release 25 Jan 2019. White labels of the double vinyl LP set. 20 tracks spread over 2 vinyl lps Dubbing in the Front Yard & Conflict Dub. Comes in a plain whit paper bag with handwriting on the label. Bunny Lee...
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BACK IN PRINT! King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi was one the great sound systems in Jamaica. It also proved a fantastic outlet for the Dub Plate Specials cut at Tubby's studio, providing exclusive cuts to be played out and to intice the dance's audience. The tracks at the time were mainly...
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420 Chalice All-Stars, aka Son of Super Ape,' is all Jamaican sounds – over 79 minutes of dub, reggae, roots....
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The next official reissue is a Balearic Dub album from Ambient Warrior originally released in 1995 on the Lion Inc label. The album is rooted in Dub but has a much broader scope taking in various musical influences from across the globe. Founder Ronnie Lion explains the concept “The Ambient...
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The dub classic celebrating the four decades of 1977 to 2017 now officially re-issued as 40 th Anniversary Remaster-Edition in a picture sleeve!The Joe Gibbs "African Dub" records are considered to be among the first and best dub albums ever recorded. The series, recorded between 1972 and 1978 feature the...
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The enigmatic Manila-via-British Columbia ensemble SeekersInternational returns to Tokyo-based label Diskotopia for the follow up to 2016's Ragga Preservation Society. SeekersInternational Presents Ragga Preservation Society – Worldwide Sound comes after a prolific five-year creative journey exploring different sonic avenues across releases on Future Times, Ossia's No Corner, Bokeh Versions, Berceuse...
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Following the release of his debut EP ‘An Iceberg Cruising The Jamaican Coastline’, Froid Dub presents a companion EP of dub versions and bonus beats for DJs. Prime cuts like ‘Iguana’s Dub’ take the originals’ icy grooves into even deeper, head-nodding territory, while the isolated beats underline Froid Dub’s compositional...
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Cultural polymath - pop star, filmmaker, radio broadcaster, commentator, Grammy winner. Oh and DJ, too. Take your pick from the many coats worn by our selector, Don Letts aka The Rebel Dread. Born in Brixton, a child of the Windrush Generation, Letts’ slippery and unorthodox career is somewhat hard to...
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Without Count Ossie, it could be argued, there would be no ska, no reggae, no dancehall, no Jamaican popular music as we currently know it. A Rastafarian drummer born Oswald Williams in 1926, Count Ossie began performing Nyabinghi music in the 1950s. This rhythm and chant heavy religious meditation derived...
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Rawbone Reggae On Top dubs mixed by Barry Issac and Dougie Wardrop at Conscious Sounds.
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2021 repress; LP version. Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark Studio opened its doors in 1974, situated in his backyard at 5 Washington Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica. Using only basic equipment, a Teac 4-track recorder, a Soundcraft mixing desk, an Echoplex delay unit, and later adding a Phaser effects unit that he...
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A thundering 16 tracks produced by Lee Perry that takes us through the key period of his output at the Black Ark. Many of the tracks come from a single master tape. The remaining tracks are from dub plates. As re-issues go this is pretty remarkable. Maverick Productions...
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Upon release in 1971, 'Africa's Blood' was the first record Lee "Scratch" Perry released under his own name, although his band The Upsetters do appear on most of the tracks. There's an undeniable influence from American contemporary R&B, but still Perry's signature dub and reggae fusion shines through. Comes on...
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'Conquering Lion' stands as one of the few truly essential albums of the roots era. As devotional as anything by Burning Spear, as polemical as Bob Marley, and as militant as the Mighty Diamonds, the album also communicates a haunting spiritual quality that is uniquely its own. Amazingly, for such...
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Rids the World of the Curse of the Vampires (1981) not only ably displays Scientist's varied approach, but also clocks in as one of his best outings. Scientist keeps things lively with plenty of reverb and echo-treated percussion, ghostly piano parts, video game sound effects, and other wobbly interjections from...
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2020 repress; LP version. Scientist's name can be found all over any dub record collection; he was a protégé of King Tubby, and many would say that when dub fell on quieter times it was Scientist who breathed new life into it. His pared-down mixing style suited the dancehall reggae...
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With this 1982 album, Scientist delivers one of his most progressive mixes, deconstructing the originals down to their skeletal base and adding just the right amount of mixing board-generated Echoplex and reverb with his patented minimal sound. A landscape resplendent with steely piano, depth-charge drums, and futuristic dub effects;...
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First ever vinyl reissue of classic King Tubby dub set from 1983, revolving an allstar line-up on some premium heavyweight roots dub pressure. Arriving at the latter end of dub’s golden era, ‘Majestic Dub’ is exemplary of Tubby’s studio as instrument tekkers, with the regal one at the desk joined...
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"Debut solo album from the Black Slate singer originally released in 1979. Now released on 180 gram vinyl. Red Hot Dub, originally released in 1979 through West London's Burning Sounds label and credited to Elroy Bailey, is a superior dub-based collection that showcases subtle, masterful musicianship rather than electronic pyrotechnics...
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The man known as Augustus Pablo was a visionary, part of an intimate group of creative figures whose approach to reggae music and audio recording have forever changed the shape of popular music in Jamaica, and the echoes of his creative ingenuity have reached far beyond the island's shores. The...
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Never-heard work from the legendary Keith Hudson – material recorded with the Wailers Band at Tuff Gong studios shortly before his too-early death – finally seeing the light of day after all these years! This set features dub tracks from the sessions, with studio work from King Jammy – less...
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2021 repress. Reissue of Ital Dub, originally released in 1975. This is Augustus Pablo's first collaboration with King Tubby....
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"Dub versions used for I-Roy’s classic “Musical Shark Attack” LP. Contains a selection of both rare and classic Channel 1 rhythms. Artwork features beautiful recently published vintage photos by Norwegian photographer Syphilia Morgenstierne. Killer and rare late '70s dub LP, which is in fact the dub companion to I Roy's...
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Originally issued in 1976 for the Fay Music imprint, here's on of the King Tubby classics re-printed with the Greensleeves seal of quality.
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Keith Hudson’s Pick A Dub is a classic album by many standards; released in 1974, the session features performances from reggae legends Augustus Pablo, Big Youth and Carlton and Aston Barrett. The 1994 re-issue on the Blood & Fire label introduced a new generation to its" austere sonic qualities" and...
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Keith Hudson, the dub dentist, was a one-off innovator with impeccable, classical lineage: his first studio recording involved former Skatalites; his earliest releases provided solid-gold hits for Ken Boothe's "Old Fashioned Way" as far back as John Holt, Delroy Wilson, U-Roy and the rest. Like "Lloyd" Bullwackies Barnes, his collaborator...
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Reissue of 1978 dub classic....
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Few artists enjoy a legacy that involves a re-engineering of the very genre in which they work. Lee "Scratch" Perry is such an artist. As a pioneer of dub reggae Perry viewed the mixing console as musical instrument in its own right. The influence of his revolutionary approach has been...
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