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This new Studio collection on Soul Jazz Records delves deep into a melting pot world of reggae and funk and dub created at the music laboratory of 13 Brentford Road, Kingston in the 1970s - an intense collaboration of crack musicians, singers, DJs and engineers under the guidance of producer Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd Here you... -
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“one of the hardest dub albums ever released” Reggae The Rough Guide There's not a lot we can add to that brief description of this set which features the production talents of Jimmy Radway and the mixing skills of Errol Thompson Dub music simply doesn't get any better than this The set has been totally remastered,... -
A perfect showcase of the remarkable production skills of undisputed dub master Lee “Scratch” Perry, this is the final Upsetters LP to be recorded at The Black Ark studio before its closure! "There are rare instances of a sequel being better than the original, and while some might argue that Lee Perry’s muggy mid-’70s... -
Two Sevens Clash is the debut album by roots reggae band Culture, recorded with producer Joe Gibbs at his own Joe Gibbs Recording Studio in Kingston in 1976, and released on Gibbs' eponymous label in 1977 The album's title is a reference to the date of 7 July 1977 Singer Joseph Hill said Two Sevens Clash was based on a... -
LA based reggae drummer, Shakaman presents two solo productions featuring completely unorthodox drumming journeys losing all sense of time or realityhakaman on the drums, is all the credits you will find on this solo release of his, previously unreleased material he recorded deep in the unknown of his home studio A pure honesty is... -
Strut present the first ever official compilation bringing together the complete in-demand reggae / disco singles of Risco Connection between 1979 and... -
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Reissue, originally released in 1982 Officially the latest album released by the British super group, Lows & Highs is the triumphant epilogue to these fascinating adventure in rhythm Featuring vocals from Crucial Tony and Lizard Logan this is probably the most straight-ahead reggae album in their whole discography Producer... -
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Originally released in 1985, this is a compilation of classic Horace Andy, including covers of Tappa Zukie's "Better Collie" and Leroy Sibble's "My Guiding... -
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1970s Jamaica suffered an unprecedented stretch of political turmoil and violence, and as the country’s economy and morale collapsed, reggae and its offshoots exploded worldwide Boris Gardiner enjoyed great success leading bands, issuing albums that mixed reggae, ska, soul and funk, and collaborating with the likes of Lee... -
Horace Andy's Midnight Scorchers on On-U Sound "A companion album to the critically acclaimed Midnight Rocker, this is Adrian Sherwood’s ‘sound system’ take on the original sessions Featuring new tracks; radical dancehall re-works with MC interjections from Daddy Freddy and Lone Ranger; and stripped back instrumental... -
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Following on from 2020s acclaimed album Vodou Ale (and preceding the release of a new album in 2023), Chouk Bwa turn up the heat for this exhilarating trip into their bush of ghosts by introducing a new stripped down line- up to fire up the dance floor, based exclusively on the drums and rhythms of the Haitian kongo rite and deep... -
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The city of Bristol has undoubtedly a rich reggae heritage The criminally neglected Talisman finally benefits of a long overdue release, collecting their first efforts plus a series of extra tracks You'll get their first two singles released on Recreational Records -- Run Come Girl/Wicked Dem and Dole Age/Free Speech, both... -
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Arguably the greatest Jamaican record producer of all time, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was instrumental in transforming the island’s national sound throughout the Sixties and Seventies, with his unique approach to music making pushing the music beyond previously perceived boundaries To mark the first anniversary of his passing,... -
2022 repress Originally released in 1984 "Carlton Livingston (born 1962) is a Jamaican reggae vocalist, known for his 1984 hit '100 Weight of Collie Weed' He has recorded with producers including Coxone Dodd, Winston Riley, Sly& Robbie, Clive Jarrett, and King... -
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Original 1980 album now released on 180 gram green vinyl Includes full color insert with extensive sleeve notes Bass - Bagga, Val Douglas; Drums - Leroy 'Horsey' Wallace, Mikey Booth; Guitar - Diggles, George Miller, Lincoln Thompson; Horns - Headley Bennett, Bobby Ellis, Bubbler, Tommy McCook; Keyboards - Cecil Lloyd, Wire Lindo,... -
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Born in Kingston, Jamaica December 25th, 1957 Roy Anthony Johnson grew up in the notorious Trench Town ghetto where, inspired by local vocalists, Dennis Brown, Alton Ellis and John Holt, he made his debut recording Free Black Man for Bunny 'Striker' Lee which remained unreleased He went on to record with Jo Jo Hookim at Channel... -
A classic and highly influential dub set from 1989, regarded by some as the one of the album's that kick-started the UK dub scene revival along with the likes of Jah Shaka and Mad Professor Produced by Sound Iration (Nick Manasseh and Scruff) and originally released on Youth's Mr Modo label Eight pieces of bass-heavy dub cuts with... -
Originally released in 1982 "Wayne Jarrett seems to have drifted in and out of the reggae spotlight like a late-night ghost, tracking the timeless 'Satta Dread' with Bunny Lee in 1976, then vanishing until he turned up to record the album Chip In with producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes in Kingston in 1982; later in the year he showed up... -
A welcome reissue of this long-deleted classic digital dub album from the deadly dub duo -- The Bush Chemists Originally surfacing on the Dubhead label in 2001, Dub Fire Blazing was the follow-up to Light Up Your Chalice Ten slabs of throbbing heavy-weight bass pressure from The Bush Chemists crew Edition of... -
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Arguably the greatest Jamaican record producer of all time, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was instrumental in transforming the island’s national sound throughout the Sixties and Seventies, with his unique approach to music making pushing the music beyond previously perceived boundaries To mark the first anniversary of his passing,...
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2022 repress Originally released in 1982, reissue in 2007 "DJ Captain Sinbad is better known -- and even then, not that well known -- as producer Carl Dwyer, the man who helped dancehall vocalists like Little John and Peter Metro launch their careers As singing pirate Sinbad, his output is scant, adding up to two-and-a-half known... -
2022 repress Originally released in 1992 "There are those who argue that all reggae sounds the same, and that roots reggae, in particular, consists entirely of minor variations on a very small set of musical (and, Jah knows, lyrical) themes Reggae aficionados will agree, to a point (though they may point out that the same can be... -
A faultless selection of seriously sublime rock steady from Derrick Harriott A timeless classic where one of the pivotal pioneers of Jamaican music lays down sweet melodies, mellow grooves and wall to wall... -
Classic set of horns instrumentals from 1976, featuring sax players Herman Marquis and Tommy McCook, trumpet player Bobby Ellis and trombonist Vin ‘Don D Junior’ Gordon blowing hot across resilient rhythms built by bassie Lloyd Parks and drummer Sly Dunbar in their Gibbs guise as The Professionals with legendary engineer Errol... -
Very Rare Horace Andy album originally released on Keeling Beckford's label 12 Star in America 1980 featuring the killer tracks "Fruits Of Love" & the wicked roots version of Keith & Tex's "Tonight" both tracks extended dubs! DJ Errol Scorcher features on two uplifting tracks First Time repress from Studio 16 don't miss,... -
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aka "To Be A Lover" originally released in 1977 on Black Swan in the UK Lee Perry's wicked Black Ark production and George Faith's soulful vocals make a compelling mix Featuring seven soul covers & one original cut "Opportunity" deep roots grooves from The Black Ark players with The Meditations & Mighty Diamonds on backing... -
Crucial set feat Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Aston Barett, Winston Wright, Sly Morris, J Francisque and Skully "Zoot"... -
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Originally released in 1979 Personnel: Cedric Myton - lead vocal; Watty Burnett and Dedric Myton - background vocals; Fabian Cooke - drums; Tony Allen - bass; Roy Johnson and Little David - rhythm guitar; Lennox Gordon and Little David - lead guitar; Harold Butler and Owen Stewart - organ, piano; Congo, Jones, Ras Melineck, Br Joe... -
1979 Clocktower reissue of UK release of Prince Jazzbo's Natty Passing Thru (1976) with a different tracklist and sleeve "The full-on Black Ark sound from the Super Ape era Riddims include Max Romeo's 'One Step Forward'" Produced by Lee Perry, The Upsetters, and Brad Osborne Features Earl Smith (guitar), Mikey Boo (drums), Keith... -
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Originally released in 1983, 2017 reissue "Originally released in 1983 on his own Rockers imprint, Augustus Pablo's King David's Melody collects singles from the years 1975-1982 The liner notes do a good job of pointing out that most of the tracks are considered instrumentals instead of dubs, which only means Pablo's more... -
Adrian Sherwood’s On U Sound compilation series rolls out an 8th set of archival, new, and alternate cuts by the likes of Lee “Scratch” Perry, Horace Andy, Tackhead, LSK, African Head Charge, Hebden’s Hifi and more Perhaps best regarded as one for the label heads and longtime followers, it’s a set of sturdy frolics in... -
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Arguably under-celebrated lovers rock gem from 1989 Copies of the original 12″ have been changing hands for rather a lot online of late, hence this new edition The original version which opens the EP is everything you’d want from a lovers rock cut: warm, dreamy, soulful and synth-heavy with plenty of bass, nice horns and a... -
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No introduction needed here An early Reggae/Soul holy grail that has long been on the radar of many diggers and collectors Originally written by Barry white and released in 1974, “Midnight and You” was then covered by Reggae Maestro producer and multi instrumentalist Willie Lindo in Jamaica the year after Willie Lindo's... -
Originally released on Trojan Records in early-1969, Dancing Down Orange Street is today widely regarded as one of the finest and most sought after albums from the classic ‘boss reggae' era The LP showcases a dozen of the most popular late rock steady and early reggae productions of leading Jamaican producer, Sonia Pottinger and... -
Refined rock steady from the creator of the genre Guitarist and arranger, Lynn Taitt, interprets some of the greatest hits of the era including variations of many of the melodies he originated for a number of Jamaica’s foremost artists and... -
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Mowtown heavy hitter duo Freddie and Christine Perren's originally titled “Do It Baby” by the Miracles put through the production lens of Lee “Scratch” Perry, and the sweet goosebump inducing voice of Susan Cadogan, bound to upset Original version accompanied by an extension for the hungry dancefloor, and for the extra... -
"First time reissue of this killer mid '80s LP cut at Philip Smart's HC&F studio in NYC A solo album by Wiss from Israel Vibration made during a period when the group had parted ways, this one features nine vocals and one dub A balanced mix of hard rhythms and more mellow cuts, this is a proper album made as such, and a great... -
Dub as we know it begins here Prior to 1973, there existed in Jamaica instrumental takes of songs - B-sides that were labeled 'versions' - and vocal-less acetates produced as one-offs for sound systems to give their mic men something to toast over But there was nothing that fit the radical mixing board athleticism and psychedelic... -
'KING TUBBY'S CLASSICS: THE LOST MIDNIGHT ROCK DUBS, CHAPTER 1' - It's impossible to think about 'dub' without thinking about the late Osbourne Ruddock - the great King Tubby, the singular most creative human being of the great many who've plied their trade behind a mixing desk in the name of reggae since the early 1970s Dub may... -
'KING TUBBY'S CLASSICS: THE LOST MIDNIGHT ROCK DUBS, CHAPTER 2' - The early days of the man affectionately known to his peers as Tubbs are chronicled in some detail in the notes to this LP's predecessor and companion volume, not unreasonably titled 'King Tubby's Classics Chapter... -
'KING TUBBY'S CLASSICS: THE LOST MIDNIGHT ROCK DUBS, CHAPTER 3' - When dubwise music really started to come into its own in the early to mid '70s, it made overnight stars of backroom boys who had hitherto worked behind a mixing desk to serve those who were beginning to hoist reggae to an international stardom that it had long... -
Johnny Clarke stands tall as one of the great vocalists that ruled the Jamaican reggae scene from the mid 1970's to the early 1980's Dancehall period This re-issue of his 'Don't Stay Out Late' set shows his versatility to sing any song that was put in front of him and make it his own Under producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee's guidance,... -
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Mikey Dread is known as one of the most multi-faceted artists, comfortably taking in both the positions of producer and artist By the late Seventies he had started his own label, working with artists such as Edi Fitzroy, Sugar Minott and Earl Sixteen, as well as producing his own work On his own label he released World War III in... -
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Reissue of albert bailey and clifton howell aka earth and stone's album kool roots which came out initially in 1978 wicked mixture of roots and lovers but with the balance tipped to the culural...
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