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Deejay Jah Thomas was one of the creative figures making a dramatic impact on the Kingston sound system scene of the late 1970s and early 80s, the rhythms he laid at Channel One studio with the Roots Radics helping to steer reggae towards the emerging dancehall style. Voicing and mixing...
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Second vinyl volume of specially selected tracks from Soothsayers' celebrated project with New York-born, São Paulo-based producer-engineer-bassist, Victor Rice. Soothsayers Meets Victor Rice & Friends Volume 2 features 10 instrumental recordings, lovingly assembled between London, São Paulo and Lisbon.
Five uplifitng instrumentals plus their sumptuous dubs all mixed by Victor Rice
The...
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The original King of Reggae, Desmond Dekker introduced the sound of Jamaica to the world at large through a series of international hits, with his music gracing the UK pop charts on no less than seven occasions between 1967 and 1975.
This incredible run of hits included "007," "It Mek," "Pickney...
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Following the success of the 2021 reissue of Ambient Warrior’s cult classic Dub Journey's (1995), Isle of Jura is pleased to present their previously unreleased second album, II. The album was recorded from 1995 to 1999 and is born from the same oceanside fusion of instrumental dub, reggae, bossa nova...
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"1978's Slum in Dub album re-issued on 180 gram red vinyl in its original cover. Coupled with the succinct Revolutionaries band and Isaacs quality songwriting, the deconstructed cuts, weave and flow like any good quality dub album should. with some of the track names giving more than a hint of...
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Desmond Dekker recorded some of his best-known songs together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard). Their debut album 007 (Shanty Town) includes their single of the same name, which made him Jamaican music's first 'outernational' superstar, reaching #14 on the UK charts....
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333 reissues a serious all-timer of an LP from the peak of reggae/dancehall's mid-to-late 1980s digital era, in the form of Horace Ferguson's Sensi Addict - recorded for Prince Jazzbo's Ujama label and originally released back in 1987.
Produced & arranged by the late great Jazzbo (and issued here under license...
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DINTE sub-label 333 returns, following the reissue of Devon Russell's Darker Than Blue LP late last year, with this first-time reissue of a veritable reggae-dancehall holy grail - Robert Ffrench's 1985 LP 'Wondering'.
Pioneering artist and producer (and cousin of the late, great Pat Kelly) Robert Ffrench was born in central...
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Uber rare roots dub album from The Morwells, originally issued in the mid 70s on their own label, mixed to it's bare bones at King Tubby's with great effect..check "Morwell's Star" & "John Bull" KILLER!! Limited repress with original front cover featuring the very young but assured...
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Much sought after Brimstone's only album originally released in 1981 on a Belguim label Lark, U.K. roots at it's finest, from the mostly overlooked band of the time. Produced by Brent Clarke who started Atra records in the U.K.
Jah See And...
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Soul Jazz Records’ 200% Dynamite! set the benchmark for reggae meets funk compilations that has never been bettered. Out of print for over 15 years this new 2023 edition with new tracks and is being released in a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured vinyl pressing + download code...
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A blistering collection of non-stop Ska classic tunes from Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s legendary Studio One Records, Jamaica's foundation label of reggae music. Featuring classic cuts from the originators of Ska alongside a heavy dose of superb rarities from the might vaults of 13 Brentford Road - pure fire!
Studio One...
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Reissue on LP of the only album by this Jamaican reggae duo active between 1977 and 1979, mostly known for the number one hit ‘Uptown Top Ranking’. Originally released in 1978....
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The first British reggae sub-genre to achieve ‘outernational’ success and influence the music of Jamaica, lovers rock was a dominating force in the UK scene, from the mid-Seventies through to the close of the Eighties. Developed largely as a counterpoint to the more militant style of roots reggae, the romantically-themed...
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Lyrics, boom bap and bad news: "The Shift" is Stand High Patrol's third album and confirms its attachment to 90s hiphop.
The Shift by Stand High Patrol...
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Reissue, originally released in 1973. Reissued for the very first time on a limited vinyl edition, here's the fifth work of the godfather of ska, Laurel Aitken. Originally released on Count Shelly Records, Moria Sofia was completely written, arranged, produced, and sung by Aitken himself. The album is a skillful...
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First long player release on Jah Fingers esteemed reissue label is the Mighty Threes previously obscure roots classic Africa Shall Stretch For(th) Her Hands featuring the killer roots tracks Rasta Business and Sata that Fingers recently pressed as a 12". These tracks were previously reissued by the now defunct French...
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A mixtape pulling together extracts from soundsystem tapes out of Manchester's storied street soul scene of the late 1980s to mid-1990s. Featuring DIY cassette recordings of sounds such as Broadway, Stereo Dan & Soul Control playing live at dances and blues parties in south & central Manchester from...
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1984 mandatory re-issue for british dub-roots combo.
Co-produced by On U Sound and Cherry Red, the album shows the masterful production of wizard Adrian Sherwood and a series of sublime vocal performances by stalwarts Bim Sherman, Mikey Dread and Prince Far I.
The sublime line-up is completed by master musicians Crucial Tony,...
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Classic 1980 release from Gregory Isaacs with Sly & Robbie at the production/rhythm helm, six killer discomix songs with "Soon Forward, Motherless Children, Going Down Town plus a wicked cover of Marley's "Slave Driver" CD has extra bonus track "I'm Going Home" Nice & clean repress both...
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UK dub pioneers Alpha & Omega represent the foundation of soundsystem culture and bass music migration from Jamaica, via the UK, to the world. Formed in the 1980s and with over 30 studio albums to their name. Finally, for the first time in three decades Steppas Records has launched the...
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Super deep new afro-jazz roots reggae album from Nat Birchall, this time working with top analog producer Al Breadwinner with stunning effect. Recorded at The Bakery Studios in Manchester, also sitting in on the recording session was Jamaican Trombone Legend "Vin Gordon". For fans of Count Ossie, Light Of Saba,...
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Anticipated follow-up to Nat Birchall meets Al Breadwinner's stunning 'Sounds Almighty'! Another KILLER deep, roots rock reggae instrumental album, again featuring the legendary Vin gordon aka Don D Junior on trombone and David Fulwood on trumpet!
Upright Living - Nat Birchall meets...
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"Most of these tracks are taken from Studio One’s superb long out-of-print series of dub albums released between 1974 and 1980 such as Zodiac Sounds, Ital Sounds and System, Roots Dub, Dub Store Special, Juks Incorporation and others. Many of these classic dub albums were originally released only in Jamaica...
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Attention, we are here "undercover", there are no well-known covers. Some of the tracks selected are rare, others unknown or forgotten - but all are excellent and blended in an impeccable mix, in line with previous the Harlem Shuffle compilations... All Killer, No Filler! Reggay undercover is an exciting musical...
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In September 1982, together with Trevor Davis, Paketo recorded and produced Praise Him, under the Child of God label. Recorded in just one day at Harry J Studio, the album mixes together roots reggae with a splash of lovers rock, singing of peace, love and unity, of enjoyment and upliftment,...
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Returning to what the label does best, bringing to light music that might be otherwise overlooked, Emotional Rescue again examines the melting pot of West London music scene of the 1970s and 80s and the music of Dambala.
Following the 7” reissue of the cult song Lorraine (ERC122) from their only...
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Studio One Freedom Sounds is the new collection from Soul Jazz/Studio One focussing on the intense period in the second half of the 1960s when Studio One’s vast and unbeatable output of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae made it literally one of the hottest musical empires in the world.
During...
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Divine dub house evergreens by Moritz von Oswald & Mark Ernestus’ deeply adored ‘90s project .
Round Two of Main Street’s short but golden run followed the more explicitly Chicago-indebted Round One with a finer balance of Berlin/Chicago energies in 1995.
Again, ‘80s session vocalist Andy Caine lends an immaculate blue eyed...
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The second Rhythm & Sound release, featuring a 1979 Azul & Bullwackie production on the A side, and a 1998 Mark & Moritz special on the flip.
Rhythm & Sound was the project that Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald turned to after their series of recordings as Basic Channel came...
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For anyone who knows these records already - you won't need much of a sermon from us about their greatness. If you don't know them - you're in for a treat.
Rhythm & Sound was the project that Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald turned to after their series of recordings...
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A dub masterclass in session with Rhythm & Sound’s unfathomably deep 2001 treks into the aether...
As Rhythm & Sound, Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus naturally pursued the entropic decay of Maurizio and Basic Channel’s momentous club energy to a logically downbeat sound that still bristles with their previous projects’...
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Arguably the most gifted Jamaican performer of his generation, Ken Boothe is today widely regarded as a living legend, having recorded innumerable ska, rocksteady and reggae classics over a period spanning some 60 years. After making his recording debut in 1962, Ken enjoyed a hugely successful career in Jamaica before...
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After fronting popular Jamaican vocal trio the Paragons on a succession of best-selling rocksteady singles during the late sixties, John Holt went on to become one of Jamaica's most popular solo performers, scoring a series of reggae hits for many of the island's leading record producers.
His international breakthrough came in...
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry was a pioneer of dub music and worked together with artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Clash and The Beastie Boys. At the age of 84, he passed away in 2021, but will be remembered as a true icon.
This legendary album of Lee Perry's...
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This album is dedicated to the memory of both Ariane 'Ari Up' Forster and Lincoln Valentine 'Style' Scott with whom the project started. 'Dub No Frontiers' is inspired by and features women vocalists we knew from the UK or had met while travelling around the world. Many of...
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Soul Jazz Records’ new journey into the mighty vaults of Clement Dodd’s Studio One steps once more into the fertile musical environment of Jamaican music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, from the sweet harmony vocals of seminal 1960s Rocksteady right up to the nascent birth of Reggae and...
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Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for 40 years. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne,...
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The Jamaican reggae group The Revolutionaries were set up in 1975 as the house band of the Channel One Studios. With Sly Dunbar on drums and Bertram “Ranchie” McLean on bass, The Revolutionaries created the new “rockers” reggae style that would change the whole Jamaican sound. Recorded at the Channel...
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Reissue, originally released in 1976. Former Customs clerk Roy Reid thrilled the Jamaican music scene as a toaster, his effortless rhymes establishing a reputation on the Supreme Ruler of Sound in his native Spanish Town and later on various Kingston sets, including King Tubby's. Following a successful phase in London,...
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Brand new album featuring non-stop killer Studio One cuts from The Skatalites, Heptones, Lone Ranger, Horace Andy and loads more.
Album comes in jewel case with slipcase style CD, limited edition gatefold heavyweight double vinyl and EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD from here.
This is the first new Studio One/Soul Jazz release in over...
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Studio One's music in the 1970s took the label to new heights. The new style of Disco Mix brought many areas of Reggae together Roots, Lovers, Disco and Dub all came together in extended form, re-versioning classic hits, experimenting with new studio technology, over-dubbing, syn-drums and more producing what...
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Soul Jazz Records’ new Studio One DJ Party is the latest instalment from the mighty Studio One Records catalogue, a wicked new collection of the finest DJs and toasters ever to inhabit the world of reggae – seminal Jamaican artists including Prince Jazzbo, Dillinger, Dennis Alcapone, Michigan & Smiley, Lone...
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Soul Jazz Records’ long out of print classic ‘Studio One Funk’ collection re-released in three new one-off limited-edition coloured pressing 18th anniversary format editions!
Firstly, a heavyweight special limited edition one-pressing only red 2xLP vinyl + download.
Secondly, there is also a new special limited-edition one-off pressing edition red-pressed CD enclosed in...
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Rhythm Shower is the 1973 studio album by The Upsetters, but also features tracks by Dillinger and Sir Lord Comic. Many of the rhythms on the album are known as those done by Lee “Scratch” Perry. Originally released in a very limited Jamaican pressing with no sleeve, it became better...
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Launching new DINTE sub-label 333 (focusing on reissues of rare and foundational digi, roots & soul) with a first-time vinyl reissue for the late veteran reggae artist Devon Russell's Darker Than Blue LP - limited to just 333 copies.
Put together as a tribute to the great Curtis Mayfield, the LP...
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This set of Al Brown dub mixes by Paolo ‘DubFiles’ Baldini was a project that Pressure Sounds had been itching to tackle for some time. They finally got around to starting on the mixes during the lockdown period, when everyone had a little more time and headspace!!
Al Brown is a...
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Limited double purple colored vinyl LP pressing. Includes photo cards and digital download. Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation's seminal 1975 album Tales of Mozambique in an expanded edition, fully remastered and with the inclusion of two bonus rare single-only tracks, full sleevenotes,...
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