Reggae
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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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Michael 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...
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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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Here's a superb compilation of tracks from the Jamaican saxophonist who was a founding member of The Skatalites. Originally issued in 2011, this collection co-features Sly Dunbar on drums and Robbie Shakespeare on bass....
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Blastah 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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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 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...
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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 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...
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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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Second installment from Pressure Sounds of deep roots & dub rarities from the archives of Yabby You. Killer unreleased dub plate mixes with vocalist's Tony Tuff, Wayne Wade, Samuel Patterson and the man himself Vivian Jackson. With excellent sleeve notes from Pete Holdsworth giving us an personal insight into the...
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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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Jamaican reggae duo Dave and Ansel Collins recorded and released their reggae debut album Double Barrel in 1971. The single “Double Barrel” topped the UK and Jamaican charts and the follow-up “Monkey Spanner” also enjoyed international success. “Double Barrel” was sampled by hip hop artist Special Ed and two of...
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The story of the Jamaican reggae harmony group The Silvertones started in 1964, when the band was founded after Delroy Denton joined the duo of Gilmore Grand and Keith Coley. They recorded their debut album Silver Bullets in 1973 with the legendary Lee Perry. It was the first album from...
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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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The set of Barry Brown songs that make up 'Praises' were mixed by Paolo Baldini during the 2020 lockdown at his Alambic studio in Italy. The original production was done in Jamaica by Bunny Lee and Pressure Sounds are proud to say they have kept as much of the original...
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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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Funk, Jazz, Latin, Reggae, Reggae/Dub, Soul, Soul & Funk, World
The first instalment in our new ‘Mr Bongo Record Club’ compilation series – a selection of favourites, recent discoveries and sought after obscurities, which form the basis of our DJ sets and our radio show of the same name. Including cuts by Claudia, Cortex, Dave Pike Set, Fruko,...
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Funk, Jazz, Latin, Reggae, Reggae/Dub, Soul, Soul & Funk, World
This instalment follows on from our acclaimed ‘Volume One’ – Lauren Laverne’s ‘Compilation Of The Week’, supported by the likes of Disclosure, Horsemeat Disco, Hunee and Laurent Garnier. ‘Volume Two’ picks up where the last one left off — with a touch more soul and disco — records we’ve been...
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Funk, Jazz, Latin, Reggae, Reggae/Dub, Soul, Soul & Funk, World
Volume Three in the Mr Bongo Record club series. Another showcase of recent vinyl finds and favourites from our DJ sets and radio shows. This is an extra special one however, as it lands in 2019, the year that we celebrate 30 years since it all began way...
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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 Jamaican reggae group The Wailing Souls was formed in 1965. They released their debut album Wild Suspense through Island Records in 1979, after their singles releases through Channel One became popular. Wild Suspense became a roots reggae stemple, renowned for its staggering musicianship. The album contains a mix of...
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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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Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters' classic Return of Django. Lee Perry had already been making name in the Jamaican music scene for about a decade before Return To Django hit the UK charts in 1969. Soon after, Trojan released a hugely popular collection of Perry's biggest instrumentals. This album...
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Roots Vibration present a reissue of Vivian Jones's debut album Bank Robbery, released in 1983 and backed by Undivided Roots. Heavy slow sparse rhythms (in a Roots Radics style) and floating keyboards. Superb roots by this inspired UK singer, including the well-known tunes "Flash It And Gwan" and "Third World...
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4th album recorded in London, originally released in 1994. This 180g LP uses the high-resolution audio remastered by ZAK. Fishmans’ 30th anniversary! This is the 4th album, which is a masterpiece of Fishmans along with “Neo Yankee’s Holiday”. After releasing two maxi-singles in a row, the Fishmans rapidly gained strength...
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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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Radiation Roots present a reissue of Laurel Aitken's The Fantastic Laurel Aitken, originally released in 1972. Remastered and expanded edition of this hyper-rare early '70s release from the "Godfather Of Ska". By 1970, Laurel Aitken was well and truly established as the "Father of British Reggae", having dominated the country's...
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Stix Records, a sub-label of Favorite Recordings, proudly presents Disco Reggae Vol. 4, following three precedent acclaimed editions. Imagine the biggest classics from Roy Ayers, Chemise, Lyn Christopher, Gerswhin, A Taste Of Honey, Keni Burke, Patrice Rushen or Kraftwerk reworked and re-arranged as Reggae & Dub killer tunes. Dream no...
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Shockout debut from Dembow dream team DJ Python, Kelman Duran & Florentino aka Sangre Nueva, with a killer EP released between DJ Python’s Worldwide Unlimited and Florentino’s Club Romantico imprints, funneling hybrids of reggaeton into deep house x R&G with cinematic influences = unmissable heat for dancers/DJs on the 90-100bpm...
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"Often called reggae's 'Dark Prince,' Keith Hudson was one of the genre's most innovative left-of-center producers and vocalists, often mentioned in the same breath as Lee Scratch Perry. Hudson's fourth album, Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood, was released in 1974 to critical reception in London, paving the...
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The Wailers’ “Catch A Fire (Original Jamaican Version)”, the world’s first analog LP with a zippo lighter jacket, will be reissued! This is the original Jamaican version of their 1973 major-label debut, “Catch A Fire”. This album features the dynamic Jamaican sound without the guitar and organ overdubs of the...
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Prince Far I aka the Voice Of Thunder got his start in the burgeoning Jamaican music industry as a sound system DJ (for Sir Mike The Musical Dragon), workingsecurity at Joe Gibbs’ stuido and in a similar roll at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One. As fate would have it, King Stitt,...
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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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The tracks span the 'Golden Era' of Reggae from the mid-70's through the early-80's. Includes tracks from Junior Murvin, Culture, Black Uhuru, Barrington Levy, Eek-A-Mouse, and the list goes on! Anyone familiar with these songs will realise what an outstanding collection this is. And if you are unfamiliar with these...
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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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Re-issue of the album from 1979 in its original cover as a heavy weight 180gram edition, re-mastered and with extensive liner notes!Produced, composed and arranged by Pablo Gad, recorded with the backing band Zion Steppers from the UK, the artwork was created by Wayne Massop. A release in the re-launch...
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