Reggae & Dancehall Vinyl 1903 Items

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (4Bit Productions)

Release: 2023 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This is the only work by Unique, a unit consisting of Karen Dixon and Dinette Casanova. The pure vocals are worthy of the royal road of lovers' rock. On the back is another masterpiece by the Sadonians, who are well-known for the UK lovers' classic "Goodbye My Love". Dennis Bovell is on board as engineer.

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Ulrich Troyer

Moments

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Bass Revelation / Kultural Grooves)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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The Viennese audio-architect with South Tyrolian roots delivers two exciting new tracks, co- produced by Osman Murat Ertel (Baba Zula) from Istanbul.
Ulrich Troyer's Moments transforms classical & acoustic guitar recordings through tape machine treatment, guitar effect pedals, analog & digital effects into a shimmering soundscape. The combination of textures and effects generates excitement and invites to listen repeatedly, surprising each time with new details.
Fractured tones, beautifully rooted and held together by the tune underneath.
Credits:
Guitars, Tapemachine & Electronics: Ulrich Troyer Recorded & Mixed by Ulrich Troyer @ 4Bit Bungalow, Vienna Written by Ulrich Troyer Produced by Osman Murat Ertel & Ulrich Troyer Mastering & Lacquer Cut by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin Cover Art © Eva Kelety & Ulrich Troyer
Period of creation: 2021-2022
Premiered at Meakusma, September 2022, Eupen (be)
Kindly supported by the City of Vienna (ma7 - Kultur), Federal Ministry - Republic of Austria (Arts, Culture, Civil Service & Sport) & Ske-fonds

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Uk Principal

Who Are You

8,99 €* 9,99 € -10%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Soulove)

U-Roy

Try To Be Good

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Ariwa)

U Roy

True Born African

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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U Roy

Dread In A Africa

LP | 2023 (Jamaican Art)

27,99 €*

Ain't That Loving You / Ain't That Loving You

Release: 2023

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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sealed gatefold

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U Roy, Alton Ellis

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Duke / Buyreggae)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Pioneer / Reggae Fever)

Tyrone Taylor

Move Up Black Man

8,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tyrone Davis / Dave Barker

If This World Were Mine / Funky Reggae

7" | 2023 | JP | Original (Duke Reid Classics)

19,94 €* 20,99 € -5%

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Tuff Scout)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Killer early reggae vocal tune and an funky instrumental Reggae cut. TIP! A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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Two Heads

Push Away

8,39 €* 11,99 € -30%

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Macadam Mambo)

Tutu Ta

Lonely Eyes

19,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Penny)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Here is another mystery from the universe comming straight out from London! Popping up from nowhere, don’t expect any infos about the person behind, it’s a very well kept secret… actually Tutu Ta reached us by telepathy to propose this sensationnal album for Macadam Mambo. A concentrate of punkish dubby tunes combining ruffness, deepness, darkness, light, humour and serious vocals on very heavy beats and supa loud basslines. It’s raw but so gracefull in the meantime, 12 tracks, 47 min of pure bliss that won’t leave you on your knees, grab it fast it’s high demands style of music 

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Tropicantesimo

Session 1 Ltd. Edition

16,99 €*

Iii Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Tropicantesimo is a music ritual extended over time and a celebration of sound and dance. It all started 10 years ago at the Fanfulla club in Rome. Nothing more than a party that over the years has transformed into a collective listening experience out of time and space. Meanwhile the collective animated by DJ Hugo Sanchez, Lola Kola, Rocco Bartucci, Gabor and Egeeno moved to a new club called Pescheria, and opened up to spontaneous live jams and collaborations with musicians and DJs from various backgrounds. Rhythms are incessant while the BPM is slow and hypnotic. Voices flow between songs, messages and pure sound, while music is an organism which produces energy. The fruit of all this lives through extensive production work based on recordings collected over the years. "Tropicantesimo Session 1" is the first of a series of three EPs presented as anticipations of the Tropicantesimo Gitania album release. This first EP contains three songs recorded and mixed at Pescheria, laboratory and home of Tropicantesimo. "Don’t Bla Bla Bla" is an anathema and an explicit manifesto about the need for uncompromised sounds and joy in life. When the music kick in, the usual blah blah blah becomes disturbance, as Lola Kola and Egeeno clearly sing. This is a spontaneous live session, an usual practice that generates the Tropicantesimo sound flow. "Samba e Amore" is a cover of a Chico Buarque and Ennio Morricone's song, written in the late 1960s during Buarque exile in Rome. Here the song has been processed by the Tropicantesimo sound machine with Gabor and Lola Kola claiming for freedom and self-determination in life. "Samba and Love" belongs to the Tropicalist music classic repertoire, a great inspiration for the Tropicantesimo sound and vision. "Luna Jamming" is the result of another kind of experiment. Here the DJ culture is hybridized with the improvised live performance, a meeting that can generate unpredictable encounters. Lola Kola and Egeeno bring Loredana Bertè and Bob Marley together for an unprecedented classic Reggae duet on a contemporary techno dub beat. Needless to add that such a combination of elements generates new visions and reaffirms important values such as sharing and getting together.

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Tropa Magica

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Green Cookie)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Triston Palmer / Irie Ites

Never Get Weary / Riddem

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Irie Ites)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Patate)

Trinity

Trinity & Friends

21,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ghostown)

Trilion

Second

23,79 €* 27,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Trikoma)

Trikoma Banda

Itotzen

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | EU | Original (La Panchita)

Tribase

Wicked Man EP

7" | 2011 | EU | Original (Pork Pie)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tribase is a heavyweight Dub trio from Valencia with the Jamaican Kung Fu Ras as lead singer. This EP produced by La Panchita Records is the first business card for this band will already confirmed for some big festival in this summer as the International Dub Gathering

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Trettmann & Ranking Smo

Gute Alte Zeit

Release: 2011 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 (Food Clothes & Shelter)

Traxin

Why / Version

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Police Oppression / Gates Of The West

Transilvanians

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Transilvanians

Amar A Mares A Bruxa

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2x12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Mysticisms)

Trance Vision Steppers

Dubplate #8: Timeless

31,49 €* 34,99 € -10%

Toyan With Tipper Lee And Johnny Slaughte

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Mysticism's Dubplate series has got a couple of great drops lined up at the moment and this is one of them - a boule pack from German digidub pioneers TVS aka Trance Vision Steppers. This was a project that never made it out of the studio but still cooked up some brilliant sounds, which in the case of this collection come from their earlier period between 1995 - 1999, all of which land on vinyl for the first time here. Fans of Adrian Sherwood, Dennis Bovell and Mad Professor will be head over heels of these dub delights - they are deep and atmospheric, with lush ambient pads, downtempo vocals and stoner synths next to more twisted rhythms.

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Murder

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

22,99 €*

LP | 2012 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Producer – Jah Thomas Toyan aka Ranking Toyan (born Byron Letts, died 1991) was a Jamaican reggae deejay active since the mid-1970s and best known for his early 1980s recordings. Toyan began his career in 1974, deejaying on Kingston's sound systems, such as Socialist Roots and Romantic HiFi. He recorded his debut single, "Disco Pants" in the late 1970s for producer Don Mais. He went on to work extensively with Joseph Hoo Kim and Jah Thomas, resulting in a string of hits including "Girls Nowadays", "Kill No Man", "John Tom", and "Talk of the Town", as well as combination hits with The Mighty Diamonds ("Pretty Woman"), Badoo ("Rocking the 5000"), and Freddie McGregor ("Roots Man Skanking"). In 1981 he joined Henry "Junjo" Lawes' Volcano Sound system, and toured Canada. With Lawes, he recorded the album How the West Was Won, and went on to produce his own work and that of others such as Billy Boyo and Anthony Johnson. He toured the United Kingdom with the Jah Prophecy band and performed in Jamaica alongside Dennis Brown.

Toyan was murdered in Jamaica in 1991.

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Toyan

How The West Was Won

LP | 2016 | UK | Original (VP)

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Der lang vergriffene Longplayer als Vinyl-Wiederveröffentlichung im Original Cover von 1981! Ein Klassiker im DeeJay Genre - Toyan liefert hier sein bestes Album ab mit exzellentem Toasting über Riddims wie "Gunman", "Ice Cream Love", "Jacqueline", "Another One Bites The Dust". Die LP wurde im Channel One Studio mit den Roots Radics aufgenommen und bei King Tubby's von Scientist abgemischt!

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Total Reggae

Trench Town Rock

Good Reggae Music / Sweet Killer

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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11 Bob Marley cover songs by Dennis Brown, Delroy Wilson, Cocoa Tea, Marcis Grifiths & Tony Rebel, etc.

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Torch / Ginjah

7" | 2013 | EU | Original (Silly Walks)

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tanoshiikotodake (Only The Fun Stuff)

Toragon

12" | 2023 | JP | Original (Bitter Herb)

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Dubmission)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A self-released 12" by Toragon, recorded by Asuka Ando and other musicians active in live reggae bands in Japan. 70's roots style with clever backing playing and simple lyrics, similar to the popular killer roots BIG H & Carib Rocks "10 Nen Bun (for 10 years)", a typical Tokyo reggae urban style.

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Tor.Ma In Dub

Terra / Terra Dub

Top Shotta Band / Screechy Dan

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tor.Ma in Dub’s bass-quaking Terra and it’s fierce flipside Terra Dub drop on 7” this May 5th.

Terra’s pulsating bassline is complemented by sparse tribal percussion and disembodied vocals, creating a grounded and meditative vibe.

Terra Dub is straighter and heavier, with a punchy bass and a relentless steppers rhythm, guaranteed to lively up the dancefloor.

Both tracks are taken from the Solve et Coagula album, which focused on alchemy and transformation, with the elements presented in pairs. Downbeat dubs morph into uptempo steppers, all crafted with the unique blend of roots and psychedelia that are the hallmarks of the Mexico-based producer’s style.

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Share My Love / Cool And Deadly

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator Music)

8,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recoup Colored Vinyl Edition

Toots & The Maytals

LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Toots & The Maytals

Live

Please Forgive Me / International

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The legendary reggae artist Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert, together with his band The Maytals, toured Europe in 1980. During those days they had one of reggae and ska's finest live shows and Toots stepped out as the showman. This great performance at The Hammersmith Palais in London, with songs like 'Funky Kingston', '54-46, That's My Number', 'Pressure Drop' really capture their live energy. The album is available in the 'SELECTED REGGAE CLASSICS' series. Toots passed away in Jamaica in 2020, but his legacy lives on with this incredible Live album.

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Tony Curtis / Many More

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Don One)

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Hotta Riddims)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7 inch vinyl with two lovely songs

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Tonto Addi / Hotta Henne

Operation Eradication

8,99 €* 9,99 € -10%

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | Original (115)

Tommy115

Aitakute I Love You

29,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tommy Ranks / Kasi & Tippa Irie

Mr Williamz / Soon As I Get Home

7" | 2012 | UK | Original (Necessary Mayhem)

8,99 €*

Tommy Mccook & The Supersonics / Lloyd Williams

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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On the third and final part in the series of updates of The Pass The Kouchie riddim, Kasi teams up with the great Tippa Irie for a version of the Faith Evans classic, backed with a drum & bass style mix with Mr Williamz vocalling ‘Tommy Ranks’.

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Ska Flea / I Wish I Had Someone

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Duke Reid Classics)

12,59 €* 20,99 € -40%

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cool Ska Inst. Cover Of Spanish Flea backed with a funky vocal cut.

A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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Bond Street Shuffle

7" | 2023 | JP | Reissue (Duke Reid Classics)

Tommy Mccook, Lloyd Williams

Release: 2023 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Side A : 1968 Recording. Never Released. Wicked Winston Wright Playing Organ Rock Steady Instrumental. Side B : 1968 Released. Great Rock Steady Vocal By Bobby Davis Lead Singer. A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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Wonderful World / Mad Mad Mad

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Duke / Buyreggae)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Denshi Lenzi / Denshi Dub

Tokyo Riddim Band

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Time Capsule)

16,99 €*

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Time Capsule)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dubbed out new version of a Japanese reggae classic from 1982 by UK-based Tokyo Riddim Band. Recorded and mixed by the legendary Prince Fatty in South London, it's a fusion of past and present, East and West. Three generations of female musicians from Japan come together, blending reggae drums, funky bass, and the smooth City Pop guitar, all magically dubbed-out live on stage. Tokyo Riddim Band is a culture clash phenomenon unlike anything else.

Championed by Gilles Peterson, and featured on NTS, Pitchfork and Bandcamp Daily, the group was born out of Time Capsule’s wildly popular compilation “Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985”. In just a matter of months they have sold out headline shows across London and supported Kyoto Jazz Massive at Jazz Cafe, conjuring a raucous, dubby dancefloor that brings the classic Japanese reggae sound of the ‘70s and ‘80s to life for a new generation.

Led by the inimitable pianist and composer Izumi ‘Mimi’ Kobayashi who featured on the original compilation, Tokyo Riddim Band are set to release a series of 7” singles in the coming months with more live shows planned throughout the summer 2024.

The first single, 'Denshi Lenzi', reinvents the Natural Mystic riddim of the original Japanese production, infusing it with dubbed-out vocals, sirens, and electrifying e-tom sounds, delivering an authentic reggae/dub experience with a distinct UK flair.

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Tokyo Riddim Band

Canoe Boy

16,99 €*

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Evidence Music)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The highly anticipated second single from Tokyo Riddim Band featuring the masterful touch of Prince Fatty’s dripping dubwise! London based Tokyo Riddim Band is a unique fusion of cultures, bringing together the vibrant energy of three generations of Japanese female musicians with the eclectic sounds of London. Their dynamic performances blend reggae drums, funky bass lines, and the smooth City Pop guitar, all magically dubbed-out live on stage. This is not just music; it's a cultural phenomenon, offering a fresh and exciting take on the reggae scene.

Following the success of their debut single, "Denshi Lenzi," Tokyo Riddim Band returns with "Canoe Boy," a seductive and hypnotic Japanese new wave reggae track. Originally penned by Japanese punk rock pioneer Panta (of Zuno Keisatsu) in 1980 for New Music singer Tomoko Kuwae’s third album, this gem never saw a single release - until now.

Dubby and funky Tokyo Riddim Band’s rendition features one and only Prince Fatty’s deep & wild dubwise with siren machines, longer solos and groovy outro.

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Tiwony

Frequency

31,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tito Pontet / Roberto Sanchez

La Fera

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Newentun)

7,19 €* 11,99 € -40%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Red Robin)

Tippa Lee & Naram

Reggae A Mi Girl

13,59 €* 15,99 € -15%

Dancehall Style / Call My Phone

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Veteran Jamaican deejay Tippa Lee returns to the fold with a playful twist on the classic love song, professing his adoration for sweet reggae music and all its provided him.

As per usual, the enigmatic Naram is on riddim duties with a retro-futuristic piece of rub-a-dub mixing live Simmons drums, acoustic piano and a menagerie of colourful synths.

Paired with a stripped back dub version, mixed to tape, and mastered for full effect by New Zealand’s Downbeat Mastering, this is another essential 45 from the Red Robin camp.

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Tippa Irie / Stush

7" | 2012 | UK | Original (Necessary Mayhem)

7,99 €*

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Dubquake)

Tippa Irie & O.B.F

I'm An African

15,99 €*

Mr. Foundation / Hole In Your Soul Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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New life for a tune that hold a special place in the discography of one of the greatest rub-a-dub and fast-chat specialists in the history of the UK sound system movement, here comes a fresh version of Tippa Irie's powerful “I’m An African” ! First making an appearance as the highlight of O.B.Fs album “signz” in 2020, this fresh reworked version of “I’m An African” features on Tippa’s brand-new album of the same name. To celebrate this, the track was pressed onto 7” vinyl alongside its dub version “African Dub” ! Rufffff

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Timo Oh / Dudley & Peter

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Studio One)

37,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

Timbo Stewart

Message To The World

Timbo Stewart / Food Clothes & Shelter

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Oscure 80's Jamaican roots by Oswald 'Timbo' Stewart.

Talented singer who used to sing alongside Larry Marshall back in the 70's.

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Message To The World / Dub

7" | 2022 (Coffee Walk)

17,99 €*

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Mangécratie

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Cours D'histoire

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Braquage De Pouvoir

33,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2024 | Original (Chapter Two)

Acoustic

32,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | Original (Cleopatra)

Third World

Under The Magic Sun

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2011 | US | Original (VP)

Third World

Patriots

29,99 €*

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Get Down Cause Ain't Funky

Theo Blyhout

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Common Ground International)

17,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (YB-Music)

The Wolfgang

Anthology Part 1

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Nun.Ki.Rec.)

The Wilbur's

Whiskers Of Dub Volume 2

17,49 €* 24,99 € -30%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Wilbur's Meets Rankin' Alpha

Message To The World

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Nun.Ki.Rec.)

9,09 €* 13,99 € -35%

LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Jamwax)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Knifeplay’s sophomore full-length, and first ever studio album Animal Drowning is a sprawling landscape of shoegaze and lofty slowcore. The album finds the band in a blend of folk instruments, walls of distortion, orchestral strings and delicate vocals, all carefully organized by Philadelphia engineer/producer Jeff Zeigler, known for his work with Nothing, Kurt Vile, and more. Though their sonic palette is vast, Knifeplay craft a cohesive aesthetic to carry frontman Tj Strohmer’s thematically heavy songwriting, which touches on loss of all kinds against the backdrop of a nihilistic world. These songs cry out with urgency no matter their ever-varied tempo and dynamic, each painting a unique vignette of tragedy. Yet the band’s dense, meticulously composed instrumentation exudes beauty, creating a lightness to balance the subject matter. With Animal Drowning, Knifeplay goes deeper into the sonic experimentation and brutally honest lyricism so beloved on their early bedroom recordings, creating an enrapturing experience that deftly builds on previous work.

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The Wailers

The Best Of The Wailers

33,99 €*

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Impact)

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Whereas before all jamaican recordings were made for 7-inch single releases, this recording session was held to release the longplay album “The Best Of The Wailers“, the very first album by The Wailers, and the very first album in reggae at all.
Recorded before their involvement with Lee Perry but not released until 1971 this is The Wailers at their soulful best. The songs are simple yet powerful. There are great harmonies between Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, and unlike their later releases with Island records the sound isn't embellished. Each and every song is memorable, they are all classics.

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The Wailers

Bus Dem Shut

14,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Poor Man's Friend)

The Viceroys & Yakka

Maga Down / Maga Dub

9,79 €* 13,99 € -30%

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Thompson Sound)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This heavy roots reggae cut comes courtesy of The Viceroys, legendary harmony group from the stables of the world renowned studio 1. First recording for the venerable Mr Dodd in 1967 The Viceroys were instrumental in moving the sound from rocksteady to reggae with early hits like “Ya Ho” and “Love & Unity” .

The A side of this weighty 45 is a revisited vocal from the early days of the group, a haunting, smokey rendition of Maga Down. Drawing musical influence from Ethiopian and Cuban music as well as its obvious early reggae basis this record sounds fresh whilst simultaneously transporting you back to the golden era with its warm nostalgic themes.

The flip side is an ethereal dub mix from the Bristol based Yakka, an almost psychedelic journey into the mixing board bringing out the best of the vintage sound pellet.

This is the third release from Bristol label Poor Man's Friend Records, produced in the Poor Man's Friend studio and voiced in Jamaica only 300 copies of this smoked out ode to the golden era are available for purchase.

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The Viceroys

Brethren And Sistren

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Versatiles / Val Bennet

Spread Your Bed / Hound Dog Special

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Deltone / Reggae Fever)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Versatiles / Milton Boothe

Worries A Yard / Yield Not To Temptation

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Deltone / Reggae Fever)

Lu-Lu Bell / Long Long Time

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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These tracks are nice and original 1968 roots recordings from the Deltone archive.

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The Versatiles

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

LP | 2011 | EU | Original (Pork Pie)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Versatiles were an exciting Jamaican reggae group, formed in 1967 by Junior Byles, also a firefighter at that time, Ben 'Louis' Davis and Dudley Earl.
Lee "Scratch" Perry, then working as chief engineer at Joe Gibbs' studio, was scouting for talent for Gibbs' new Amalgamated label, and spotted the group while they were auditioning for the 1967 Festival Song Contest with "The Time Has Come".
Perry signed the group to the label, but left Gibbs soon after. Three superb titles ("Just Can't Win," "The Time Has Come" and "Trust The Book" were recorded under the supervision of Lee Perry.
When Scratch left, Gibbs employed another up-and-coming engineer/producer by the name of Winston Holness, aka Niney the Observer, to take control of his sessions. Niney produced a few Versatiles songs for Gibbs' Amalgamated label (titles such as "Push It In" and "Lu Lu Belle") which were riddled with sexually suggestive lyrics, tame though they are by today's standard.
The Versatiles stayed with Gibbs for two years, before moving to work with Perry, and then to Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label. They also recorded for other producers such as Laurel Aitken.
The group split up in 1970, when Byles left the group for a successful solo career. Byles still working as a firefighter, continued to record for Perry up to the mid ‘70s…
During their short career, The Versatiles recorded about 30 tracks for a variety of Jamaican & British record labels. Most of these songs are top uptempo early Reggae tracks with Rocskteady vocals; to spice things up, quite a few are on the risqué side such as the hit PUSH IT IN. Never a dull moment with the Versatiles.

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The Valkyrians

Punkrocksteady

22,99 €*

Release: 2011 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | Original (Badasonic)

The Utopians

Look Around You

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Badasonic)

The Utopians

How The World Turns

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (El Paso)

The Upshitters

Bad Place For The Weak

21,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

The Upsetters

Strong Drink / Dub

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Upsetters, Junior Byles, I-Roy

Got The Tip

7" | 2023 | Original (Skank & Groove)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Uprising Maytone / Bill Hutchinson All Stars

Unchangeable Love / King Street Special

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

9,79 €* 13,99 € -30%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Easy Snapping Random Colored Vinyl Edition

The Uppertones

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Hooked On A Feeling Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Italian Jamaican boogie, calypso & ska trio return with a brand new album. Ten tracks including wonderful versions of "got MY Mojo WORKING","L-O-V-E', "buona Sera", "that's Amore", "down IN Mexico" plus the title track. Back in print on random color heavyweight vinyl.

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The Untouchables

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Jump Up)

28,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Gaz's Rockin')

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Legendary 80's Los Angeles 80's Ska/mod band release their first new single in 35+ years - a collectible picture disc 45 designed by Chema Skandal. A wonderful summery ska take on the Blue Swede / B.J. Thomas oldies hit with a dubbed out version on the flip. Limited edition 750 copies.

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The Trojans

Top Hits

21,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Toasters Men In Underwear - Live At Mad Butcher

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The US ska-heroes captured live in a German studio, during a couple of days off from their 2023 European tour. 'Men In Underwear' contains impromptu live versions of 11 popular Toasters tunes!

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One More Bullet

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One More Bullet is the ninth studio album from the ska band The Toasters. Released in 2007, the album was the first Toasters release on Stomp Records. It was their second album not to be released on Moon Ska Records (excluding early records); as that label became defunct in 2000.

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Dub 56

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vinyl reissue of third wave ska classic from 1994, originally released on Moon Ska NYC. At the time of release, the ska scene was on the verge of breaking into the mainstream. Excitement electrified the air. No album captured the sheer exuberance of this time like Dub 56. From the opening note to the closing refrain 14 tracks later, the listener is drawn into a party that just doesn't want to end - the band play like they're standing in front of an ecstatic hometown crowd. Highlights include "Mona" with it's irrepressible melody and swing, Skatalite Lester Sterling on "Dancin'" and "Marlboro Man," "Midnight Hour" shows just how much fun you can have with a soul classic, and of course title track with the toasing skills of Coolie Ranx. Essential Third Wave Ska album.

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Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down

7" | 2010 | UK | Original (Puzzle)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down is the seventh studio album by The Toasters. It has a much more mature sound than their previous albums and wasn't as solely focused on one genre (2-Tone) as their other albums before it had been. The album's cover includes the supposed-Latin motto, "Illegitimis non carborundum", which is supposed to mean "one must not be ground down by the bastards", although it is largely faux-Latin, with "carborundum" (intended to look like a Latin gerundive) actually referring to silicon carbide, a type of abrasive.

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The Tennors

So Very Hard To Believe

Release: 2010 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Tennors & Eric Monthy Morris

Shameface / Little Bit Of This

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Tennors / Reggae Fever)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | UK (Cry No More)

The Springtones

High On Your Love / Dub

Release: 2023 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Work In Progress Versions Black Friday Record Store Day Edition 2022

The Specials

10" | 2022 | UK | Original (Chrysalis)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Chrysalis)

The Specials

The Singles

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ghost Town 40th Anniversary Half Speed Master Edition

The Specials

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Chrysalis)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

The Slickers

Run Fattie / Hoola Bulla

LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Bomber Music)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Slickers were an exciting Jamaican Rocksteady and Reggae group in the late 1960s and 1970s. Although their legendary song JOHNNY TOO BAD was included in the Jimmy Cliff movie THE HARDER THEY COME, their story is mostly unknown and full of hearsays and contradictions.
Here is our "version" of the story:
Firstly, it is often assumed that The Slickers were just an alias for The Pioneers but it seems now clear that they were in fact two distinct formations.
In fact, the group was formed by Derrick Crooks (of The Pioneers) and Winston Bailey (not to misunderstand with Winston "Shadow" Bailey a Calypso singer) around 1965. It seems that Derrick was the only constant member and the line-up was constantly changing and overlapping with both The Reggae Boys and The Pioneers.
Other known members were Derrick's brother Sydney Crooks, Roy Beckford (not to misunderstand with U-Roy), George Dekker and Abraham Green (later known as Ras Abraham) who joined at the time "Johnny Too Bad" was recorded in 1970. Abraham is said to have been the lead vocal on "Johnny Too Bad". Besides being featured on the soundtrack for the 1972 Jimmy Cliff film, the song was covered by the British reggae group UB40 and countless more.
The Slickers have recorded about 40 singles during the 60's and the '70s. It seems they disbanded after recording their second album BREAKTHROUGH in 1979...
Although nothing is written in stone about The Slickers, one sure fact is that they were a brilliant Rocksteady and Reggay band… Many of their singles were outstanding such as NANA, YOU CAN'T WIN, MAN BEWARE, JOHNNY TOO BAD and of course the two hot shots on this single: RUN FATTIE and HOOLA BULLA!

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The Skints

Part & Parcel

28,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Liquidator)

Walk With Me

19,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Ska Train & Dance

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jamaica's ska originators celebrate their 60th anniversary with two new songs on a limited edition 45! Both tracks are midtempo ska groovers, with cool lyrics and hot horns. Beautiful old skool label art designed by Chema Skandal, big hole black vinyl DJ friendly press of 1000 copies. (

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pressure Sounds)

Ska-Boo-Da-Be

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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a Sino/Japanese twist.

In the early 1960s Justin Yap and his brother Ivan [aka ‘Jahu’] ran the Top Deck sound system from their family’s ice cream parlour and restaurant in Barbican, Kingston. The local success of the sound system encouraged them to venture into the recording business, and by 1962 Justin had recorded singers Larry Marshall, Ephraim ‘Joe’ Henry and Ferdie Nelson. The fledgling label enjoyed a modest local Jamaican hit in 1963, with trumpeter Baba Brooks and the Trenton Spence Orchestra's “Distant Drums” issued on Top Deck Records as the b-side to Larry Marshall’s hit “Too Young To Love”. As a fan of exotica composer Martin Denny, Justin had heard “Jungle Drums” on Denny’s 1959 LP “Afro-Desia”. His liking for Martin Denny would prove fruitful later, when Justin recorded the Skatalites in a mammoth all-night session in 1964 at Clement Dodd’s Studio One on Brentford Road.

By 1963-1964, hundreds of ska tracks were being recorded by Clement Dodd, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid, Vincent Edwards, Vincent Chin, Leslie Kong and Prince Buster and others. Justin had linked up with Allen ‘Bim Bim’ Scott, a friend of Clement ‘Coxson’ Dodd, owner of the Studio One label who had already recorded the musicians who became the Skatalites.

Justin and Ivan organised a session in November 1964 at Studio One; it lasted 18 hours. The length of the session allowed for alternate takes to be recorded, but the highlights of the sessions were the five original compositions by Don Drummond – “Marcus Junior”, “The Reburial”, “Confucious”, “Chinatown” and “Smiling”. The first two are in tribute to the Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey; “The Reburial” refers to the occasion of his interment in Jamaica in 1964, his remains having been brought from the cemetery in Kensal Green London, where he was originally buried in 1940, and reburied in King George VI Memorial Park Kingston [later renamed National Heroes Park].

Along with these originals were some well-chosen cover versions. Two came from the Duke Ellington songbook: “Ska-Ra-Van” is of course Ellington and his trombonist Juan Tizol’s classic composition “Caravan”, while “Surftide Seven” is Ellington’s “In A Mellotone”. The LP title track “Ska-Boo-Da-Ba” is a version of Bill Doggett’s 1958 “King” US 45 “Boo-Da-Ba”. “Ringo” had also appeared on Arthur Lyman’s “Taboo” LP [1958] as “Ringo Oiwake”. Originally it was sung by Hibari Misora – a very famous vocal song in Japan, recorded in 1952, the melody composed by Masao Yoneyama. Yet another tune copped from Lyman’s “Taboo” LP is “China Clipper”, composed by the pianist / arranger / orchestrator Paul Conrad.

The last track on this fine LP is “Lawless Street”, a feature for Roland Alphonso. Unlike the other Skatalites, Roland wasn’t a graduate of the celebrated Alpha School, like many of Jamaica’s top musicians from Bertie King to Yellowman. Alphonso was a graduate of Boys Town School in Denham Town. “Lawless Street” was another tune that was recorded twice at the session – the second version features vocal ‘peps’ and exhortations by DJ King Sporty.

By late 1966, Justin emigrated to the USA, settling permanently in New York. There he took up US citizenship and was called up to serve in the US Army in Vietnam, In the early 1970s he worked in computers and eventually drove a New York cab. In his all too brief involvement in the competitive Jamaican music business he certainly left his mark as a producer. He produced some of the best ska ever made, and the LP reissued here is perhaps the most coherent LP in that genre, deriving as it does from a single session.

The celebrated record producer at Randy’s Studio, Clive Chin:

“It wasn’t the fact that they [the musicians] really love Justin; it was the fact that Justin used to pay them the right money and make them comfortable. Make sure them have them smoke, them food, them drink, and after them finish they got paid.” Unlike many other producers, Justin actually attended the sessions.

It stands as his defining legacy in Jamaican music history.

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Essential Artist Collection-The Skatalites

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Trojan)

34,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Skatalites / Dub Specialist

Man In The Street / Banana Walk

7" | 2015 | UK | Reissue (Soul Jazz)

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Kingston Sounds)

Release: 2015 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Skatalites’ massive dancefloor ska Anthem + some serious dub on the flip

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The Skatalite

Play Ska

17,99 €*

Change Up Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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If one band could be cited for the emergence of Ska music, that band would be the Skatalites.

Formed around June 1965 and built around the many musicians that had honed their craft at the Alpha Boys School in Kingston, Jamaica. The early line up consisted of Don Drummond (Trombone), Roland Alphonso (Tenor Saxophone), Tommy McCook (Tenor Saxophone), Johnny ’Dizzy’ Moore (Trumpet), Lester Sterling (Alto Saxophone), Jerome ’Jah Jerry’ Hines (Guitar), Jackie Mittoo (Piano), Llyod Brevett (Bass) and Llyod Knibbs (Drums).

Named originally The Satellites after the big news of the day, the Soviet space satellite. They became The Skatalites when band member Tommy McCook introduced a play on the characteristic ‘Ska’ sound, made by the guitar when following the’ after beat’ of the music.The group had already cut its musical teeth by playing under various guises around the Jamaican island in numerous ‘hotel bands’. When the big Sound System operators Sir Coxsane Dodd, Duke Reid and King Edwards needed new material to play out with and their usual source of the material, American R & B records were drying up. They turned to this pool of musicians to back up their main singers of the day. Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis and Lord Creator to name but a few. Also to cut the many instrumental tracks they needed usually under the tutor ledge of Don Drummond, official band leader and main musical director. Their knowledge of the old mento tunes and an understanding of Jazz and R&B music somehow blended to make this musical sound that was to dominate the island from the early 60’s up until around 1966 when the sound would slow down to what we now know as Rocksteady.

The time span of the Skatalites career considering their output of litually 100’s of sides of music, was a relatively short one of just over two years. We have delved into the vaults of Wirl Records and have selected some tunes that show the dexterity of the band and what great sounds this group of musicians were capable of producing and the high quality they maintained. They recorded before they were named as a collective The Skatalites, when personal and financial problems became an issue the band split into two halves. Jackie Mittoo and Roland Alfonso going on to form The Soul Brothers band for Coxsone Dodd. Tommy McCook moving over to work with Duke Reid as musical director. Sadly Don Drummond suffering for years from depression would see his career cut short ending in Belle Vue hospital in 1969.

But while together they cut some of the finest Ska Sounds to be found on record. We hope you enjoy this set as much as we have in putting it together. So stand Up, Listen Hard and do the Ska......

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The Skalars

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jump Up)

21,59 €* 26,99 € -20%

Cry Little Girl Cry / What Have I Done

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time on vinyl for 1999 ska reggae classic originally released on Moon NYC. St Louis' darlings blended soul, neo-traditonal ska & rock steady into a wonderful mix that truly shows on this sophomore album. Inc fan faves "hold ME Tight" and "strikeout Summer". Heavyweight green vinyl.

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The Silvertones

7" | 2023 | JP | Reissue (Duke Reid Classics)