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Out of stockSwaying & icy electronic dub compilation straight from DELODIO STUDIO SESSIONS Programmed and produced by FM Cut and compiled by Fa_Fane Repress of Froid Dub's "An Iceberg Cruising The Jamaican Coastline" has a confirmed docking...
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Jackie Mittoo is one of Jamaica’s musical giants, a towering figure in the development of reggae whose skills as a keyboardist and musical arranger led to indelible changes in the evolution of Jamaican popular music, helping it to reach international prominence An exceptionally-expressive player whose mastery of the organ was...
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Out of stock‘Dread In A Africa’ by reggae legend U-Roy was originally released in 1976 in miniscule numbers He is backed by Skin, Flesh & Bones, a band that featured Sly Dunbar on drums and Ansel Collins on keyboards The album was produced by Tony Robinson, who produced several U-Roy classics from the...
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Out of stockThe Dutch label Jamaican Art Records is going to release Larry & Alvin’s album Poor Man A Feel It The symbiosis of producer Alvin Ranglin and singers Larry Marshall and Alvin Leslie, backed by The Revolutionaries, led to a beautiful ten songs album in 1978 But as it happens sometimes the material was never issued, except of...
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Out of stockAnthony Johnson's 'Gunshot' is one of the all dancehall-era defining records The driving original rhythm, expertly constructed by ace deejay-turned-producer Jah Thomas with the Roots Radics at Channel One, formed a suitable platform for the strident wails of Anthony Johnson, a rising ghetto star that became one of the hottest...
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King Tubby and his apprentice Scientist produced some of the most seminal dub works of 70's Jamaican reggae 'In A Revival Dub' features the pair of studio masters tackling Jah Thomas' 'Midnight Rock' and other productions with a sack of killer reductions and abstractions for the dance Nkumah 'Jah' Thomas was one of the finest...
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Originally released in 1988 ‘Hot Rock’ was the final single from Pennsylvanian based roots reggae band House Of Assembly The band, comprising main songwriter Norman Bailey, Marc Campbell, Claver Campbell and Louis Putman, grew up in the Water House area of Kingston, Jamaica bonding over their shared love of Dub & Reggae...
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Out of stock"180 gram vinyl re-issue of the classic 1974 roots album Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus's deep debut is presented here in the incredible Sunspot style we have come to expect Now with a full color double sided insert with pictures and sleeve...
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2022 repress Reissue, originally released in 1981 "Originally issued on LP in 1981, this is a long-overlooked classic of late roots reggae featuring a very good singer backed by one of the best studio bands of all time -- the mighty Roots Radics -- and mixed by the young dubmaster Scientist at King Tubby's studio Like many of his...
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2022 repress Reissue, originally released in 1983 "Toaster Josey Wales (born Winston Sterling) came up during the early days of dancehall, honing his craft with DJ innovator U-Roy's Stur-Gav sound system Sharing the spotlight with other successful DJs during the first half of the '80s (the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Yellowman...
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2022 repress Reissue, originally released in 1984 "Josey Wales scored his first hit with producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes, and more followed, with most gathered up on his debut album, Outlaw Backed by the Roots Radics' superb versions of a stream of melody-strewn classics, and enhanced by Lawes' dubby, militant production, the DJ...
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Duppy Gun is evolving againagain DG 40 sees the next generation vocal crew outta the Duppy / Roolingz / Bokeh studio in Damhead JA fuse sci-fi stylee with Element - one of the brains behind Japanese renegade soundsystem outlet Riddim Chango Across 4 tracks and 3 version I Jahbar & Darkblood shout down murder once again and...
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Exquisite lovers rock reggae bomb produced by Los Angeles based reggae master drummer, Patrick Houchen aka Shakaman Lucid dream inducing lyrics over a cruising beat interlaced with gorgeous melodies will make you fall in love all over again Dub version on the back, bound to slowdown any sunset Take a trip, don’t come back...
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Soundclash or romance Bony Fly vs Androo have composed six tracks finely balanced between the care given to sound experimentation and the explosive ardor of the dancefloor "Love Affair EP" was born from this particular research, the fruit of a common passion for dub music, dancehall and its infinite variations Radical and popular,...
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Out of stockThe first time many listeners outside of Jamaica heard reggae legend Horace Andy was in 1991, on the song “One Love” from Massive Attack’s watershed album Blue Lines Over a slow drum pattern and an occasionally scratched-in piece of a brass riff from Isaac Hayes’s “Ike’s Mood,” Andy told the tale of an ideal romance,...
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Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie and The Rasta Family’s long lost reggae album ‘Man From Higher Heights’ (originally released in 1983), digitally remastered and with full original artwork This release follows on from the earlier release of Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari ‘Tales of...
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Out of stockIn 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 obvious...
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Out of stockRastafarianism 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 all the top-flight singers were...
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Federal Records is generally considered to be responsible for birthing Rocksteady in the 1960’s, but Jamaica’s first recording studio also had a nice little side-thing going for jazz records at the same time New Dub Store compilation Jamaica Jazz from Federal Records: Carib Roots, Jazz, Mento, Latin, Merengue & Rhumba...
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Emotional Rescue returns for a third series of Konduko lost classics After shining a light via the King Sporty and Noel Williams reissues, now looking at artists who released with the label, working closely with Williams to bring his unique sound to their performance First is Phillip & Lloyd – Phillip James and Lloyd...
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Out of stockMichael George Henry (aka Ras Michael and, for this lone release, Dadawah) was born in 1943 in Saint Mary Parish, in northeastern Jamaica Henry was raised in a Rastafari community when the religious movement was still in its infancy and marginalized within Jamaica It was there that he began performing Nyahbinghi, the Rastafarian...
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Radiation Roots present a reissue of Barry Brown's Stand Firm One of a handful of singers that straddled the divide between the late roots phase and the emerging dancehall style, Barry Brown was gifted with a distinctive high tenor that rendered his voice immediately recognizable, making a lasting impression whenever heard His...
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Out of stockA disc full of heavyweight King Earthquake dubplates, released via their own imprint -Oooph! Killer drop of soundsystem gear from Birmingham's soundsystem stalwarts, with Errol Arawak at the controls Chapter One, and it's full of super-charged, Earthquake style UK Dubwise, steppers rhythms From the dank, militant bell-charged...
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The first in a series of mini compilations exploring instrumental Dub versions of sought after and long out of print titles from the world of Reggae, Disco, Boogie and House Many of these versions still contain vocals, snippets here and there drenched in delay or reverb, a style you’ll recognise from many of the Jura Soundsystem...
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Out of stockHorace Andy is a legendary Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, known for hisdistinctive vocal style, hit songs such as ‘Skylarking’, and his acclaimed collaborations with Massive Attack ‘The King Tubby Tapes’ was first issued on Jet Star Records’ ‘Charm’ imprint The album contains selections from Horace...
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Since the co-starring of “Rass!” (MPS label) by jazz pianist Monty Alexander from Kingston, Jamaica, Ernest, the world’s best guitarist in Jamaica, has fascinated listeners all over the world with outstanding compatibility An album that welcomed Langlin again and played a major role in defining music that should be called...
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Out of stockBlastah blesses his debut firmware with a dreamily memorable set of six concise, lowkey burners that hover around reggaeton’s 100-110BPM brackets Over the years he’s developed an online penpal relationship with Brian Piñero aka DJ Python, naturally leading to this shared conception of romantic club music with a mutable bent...
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Out of stockTied to a significant new exhibition at Tate Britain, a killer collection surveying Black Soundsystem culture’s indelible influence on UK over successive generations from the ’70s to the ’00s Soul Jazz’s expert selector digits draw classic lines between roots reggae, lovers rock, jazz and their offspring - jungle,...
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Out of stock2014 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 popularity entire dub sets went on...
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Out of stock2013 release Reissue, originally released on Positive Sounds in 1980 Tracks: "Mr Walker", "Jah Ovah", "Cool Down", "Trench Town School", "Fret You A Fret", "Folly Ranking", "Love Song", "Live Right", "Mr Marshall", and "Time Is Getting Dread" "Over a decades-long career, Johnny Osbourne moved from soulful reggae to a massive...
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"1976 saw the explosion of punk rock and it's unlikely championing of reggae in the UK and beyond Through a 12-track LP compilation of essential recordings, Step Forward Youth takes a look at the reggae of the punk rock era in England and its resulting globalization in the late 1970s The set collects both hit Jamaican reggae...
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Out of stock2022 repress 2012 release, originally released in 1980 "Truth and Rights is rightfully considered Johnny Osbourne's masterpiece, a stellar album of resurrected Studio One rhythms wed to the singer's heartfelt new cultural lyrics The album was a hit, but Osbourne was already off to work with other producers, starting with the...
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2022 repress 2007 release, originally released in 1980 "While there are much more important releases in Barrington Levy' s massive discography, Robin Hood is an entertaining and satisfying effort best remembered for its killer title track Recorded right after his breakthrough effort, Englishman, and with the same amazing cast --...
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2022 repress 2012 release, originally released in 1980 "Buying reggae records is much the same process as buying jazz records Even for those who are unfamiliar with the actual player whose name graces the cover, chances are his name is largely irrelevant Just look at the year on the label 1975-1978 Primo Backed by the Roots Radics...
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2022 repress 2012 release, originally released in 1981 "Formed in 1974, Black Uhuru had been recording singles exclusively when the trio joined forces with the highly regarded reggae producer Prince Jammy for their debut album, Black Sounds of Freedom (originally released in a different mix and titled Love Crisis) Although not...
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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 laser...
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2022 repress 2012 release, originally released in 1981 "The meeting of studio genius and rodent, overseen by a man in a lab coat, a monarch, and a missionary, Wa-Do-Dem insured the DJ was no one-hit wonder Eek A Mouse had hooked up with producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes in late 1980 on a pair of singles which barely served notice of...
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2022 repress 2013 release, originally release in 1983 "The Firehouse Rock album would go down in history as the Wailing Souls' masterpiece, Inchpinchers was its follow-up, and of equally high caliber Both sets were produced by Junjo Lawes and backed by the Roots Radics, a brilliant amalgamation of roots sensibilities and sound...
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Out of stock2022 repress 2012 release, originally released in 1983 "John Holt, both as a member of the Paragons and as a solo artist, had established himself as the master of pop with a multitude of love, love lost, and other typically pop-themed hit singles However, with Police in Helicopter, the singer reinvented himself as a more...