Reggae & Dancehall Vinyl 1990 Items

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nowhere Like Here: Love Songs From The Caribbean & Diaspora

2LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Emotional Rescue)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Emotional Rescue is delighted to debut a first. Rather than a straight reissue of an (obscure) classic or a collection of music by an artist or label, here presented is a compilation of various artists centered around a sound and movement reggae-tinged music and how it influenced and spread from the Caribbean and diaspora.

Drawn from the off kilter digging of archivist, DJ and collector Bruno (perfectliv.es), Nowhere Like Here is not a follow up, but a sideways accompaniment, to his recent and already cult like 'Perfect Motion' collection of left field pop and new wave, recently self-released with Flo Dill (nts).

This is a special release to celebrate the label's 10th year and beyond, offering a treasure trove of lo-fi and often pop inspired reggae cuts, mixing heartfelt Lovers Rocks style paeans and quirky private press oddities, all guaranteed to 'make-a-move and tap', these are, in the main ridiculously rare or impossible to find alternative bombs, that are just as sound system rocking and massive bass line quaking showcases of the enduring legacy of this Jamaican music phenomenon. As with much of the early 80s period, the music community was in the throes of a Do-It-Yourself cultural renaissance as small labels, where crazy limited, one off White Labels Onlys came and went. Songs like Avalanche 's 'Your Love is Such a Good Thing 'or Warp Speed's 'Take It To The Night' were part of the claiming the means of production in to their own hands, pressing up the records and self-distributing. This raw, naive exuberance can be heard in the songs themselves. This is not reggae or Lovers as known, but something more expressive. Musical, simply produced, but with intelligible and uplifting optimism that is just superlatively catchy.

While Paul Thompson's 'Can I Take You Home' and Ras Ibuna's 'Black Beauty' are more straight-ahead Lover's style cuts, there is the parallel dance pop private pressing vibrations of the two Keith Robinson songs and Majority's 'Caroline' included all part of a thread; a joining the dots that Nowhere Like Here is at its most basic, a warmth the whole album exudes.

This is not a Lovers Rock Hits of some, but a left-of-center versioning, spread across Double Pack and cut loud for DJ play, fitting the ethos of Emotional Rescue by presenting something most will not have heard before and all the better for it.

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Pay It All Back Volume 8 Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Get It Right: Afro Dub Funk & Punk Of Recreational Records '81-'82

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Emotional Rescue)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Akuphone)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Emotional Rescue returns to what it does best by unearthing musical gems of the British post punk scene with a double pack compilation of Bristol's short lived Recreational Records. Teaming up with Bristol Archive Records, 10 songs are remastered, reissued and cut loud for DJs and collectors. What is most striking is, although created in the space of just two years, with a disparate collection of artists, musicians and producers coming together, the music holds a considerable cohesive sound. Set up in 1981 by Bristol based shop, Revolver Records, Recreational was formed as an independent label with its own distribution, as part of the co-operative, Cartel. The label was a natural progression from the shop's punk's DIY aesthetic, acting as a hang out and inspiration for local artists from Mark Stewart to later staff member, Daddy G. 'Get It Right' starts with a one-off project in Scream + Dance, who similarly, alongside local bands Glaxo Babies, Maximum Joy and Rip Rig & Panic, explored post-punk with funk and jazz all underpinned with heavy tribal and dub influenced rhythms. 'In Rhythm', with its infectious groove, acts as a call to arms for the compilation, coming in two parts, the latter dropping away to explore the links with dub. Next is possibly the label's biggest band in Talisman, going on to be active up to today, their release 'Run Come Girl / Wicked Dem' are both featured in long 12" mixes that explore the classic 'discomix' of vocal and dub in longform. Animal Magic lead with the pack's title, 'Get It Right' a short-driven punk funk burst that captures the label's sound to perfection. However, much of the compilation is given over to the more experimental side of the bands, with a high percentage the B sides where they headed to the mixing desk for echo chambered dub inspired versions. X-Certs' 'Untogether; Electric Guitars' 'Don't Wake The Baby' and Animal Magic's 'Trash The Blad' are culled from the flips of various 7" singles and all are a fusion of percussive rhythms, studio trickery and dub inspired techniques, played out against the "Do it Yourself" aesthetic of the time. To complete is London based, soukous, kwela and afrobeat inspired collective, Ivory Coasters' 'Mungaka Makossa' and two rhythmic curveballs by Scream + Dance in 'Giocometti Wicked Mix)' and their riotous (and short) closer, 'In Pink & Black'. "Get it right this time, get it right!".

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The Rootsman

Essentials 1996-1998

Conquering Lion Expanded Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Akuphone is pleased to present the first compilation dedicated to musician John Bolloten, aka The Rootsman. As a precocious punk, he formed his first band, State Oppression, in his teens. Yet he is best known for his dub music, a genre that gave him international recognition. Largely influenced by the rhythms of North Africa and the Middle East, he built his musical identity around samples from these regional repertoires. His encounter with Bryn Jones — better known as Muslimgauze — further defined his artistic path.

This selection offers an overview of his work from 1996 to 1998, a prolific period when Into The Light, 52 Days To Timbuktu, Union Of Souls (with Celtarabia) and Distant Voices (with Pachakuti) were released. A visionary production that predicted today’s growing international predilection for the musical heritage of the MENA regions.

The compilation is enriched with an explanatory preface by Mabrouk Hosni Ibn Aleya and illustrated with rare archival photos— all of which are contained in a superb jacket designed by the artist Ghiya Haydar.

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Yabby You & The Prophets

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell

Burn

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Atlantic Curve/Schubert Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pat Kalla & Le Super Mojo

Hymne A La Vie

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Pura Vida Sounds)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

When Jah Shall Come

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Rootfire Cooperative)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bunny Lee recorded a massive volume of remarkably consistent music in the 70s. This compilation brings together rare and unreleased cuts that put the listener bang in the middle of a typical recording session, complete with false starts and studio banter.

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Steel Pulse

Mass Manipulation

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Easy Star)

Unified Highway

Headlines

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Baco)

Marcus Gad

Rhythm Of Serenity

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2019 | EU (Boogie Brown)

Clinton Fearon

Mi Deh Ya

Release: 2019 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rainford Black Vinyl Edition

Lee Perry

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos

Rockstone Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

LP+12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos’ sophomore effort Rockstone is more than just a love letter to the roots of Jamaican music. It’s an actual love letter. Tom McDowall aka Jr. Thomas explains, “I could write a musical love letter to all things I loved: my wife, my family, my friends, my band mates. I could write a song to tell me to Chin Up when times got tough. I could give gratitude to the Jamaican artists that paved the way for the beautiful music we now call reggae. I could write a song about what it’s like to lose someone important to you. Or write a song to invigorate me spiritually. Music is healing and that’s the best therapy there is for me.”
Rockstone isn’t just another throwback record to an era gone by. It’s a record that takes risks within the genre, but more importantly it’s a genuinely honest record.
“I called the album Rockstone because true love cannot be defeated. It lives forever. We write tributes on our tombstones because they live on beyond our lives as a remembrance of something special and important to us.”
Recommend for fans of: The Frightnrs, Toots & The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff

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The Maytones

Only Your Picture

Prince Istari Meets Erik Satie

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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Inna Heavy Dub Encounter

LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Sozialistischer Plattenbau)

The Tumbling Psychic Joy Of Now

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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The earliest musical memories of young Prince Istari are of his mother beautifying the home with her piano playing. She would repeatedly play the tranquil pieces of Erik Satie. Skipping school and sitting in the sun, young Prince would listen to these catchy, calm compositions. In the first week of 2024, the older Prince Istari rediscovered himself and found a box containing his mother's old sheet music. He transferred them to his computer and began spinning dub versions from them. It became a tapestry. As his mother used to say: "To weave a net, one must first spin." The form of the pieces dictated the direction each would take. The heavy dub transforms here into a light weightiness until it dissolves into a pure piano piece accompanied by a synthesizer. However, the last piece is much older, from the time when Prince was still known as Istari Lasterfahrer. The ending includes a distorted recording of Huberta, Prince's mother, playing a Gnossienne by Satie. At the end, she turns the sheet music, and the record can be turned back to the beginning. In the essence of its material, this record rejects the Loudness War. The originality of the compositions guided the dub within their tracks, thereby imparting to each a form descriptive of its essence.

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Holy Tongue / Shackleton

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (AD93)

Tour Of Japan Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now, a ritualistic and expanding collaborative album between Holy Tongue and Shackleton.Holy Tongue is Al Wooton, Valentina Magaletti and Susumu Mukai and they have collaborated with Shackleton to create free-form, high energy, spiritual dub-dance music.

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Minyo Crusaders

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Mais Um)

I Like It (Lovers Reggae Mix) / I Like It

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Gilles Peterson: "Fascinating… love this. Thoroughly recommended" The Observer: "The focus is on great grooves and fine playing. A band to seek out." The Guardian: "Delightfully quirky album of folk songs reimagined from Afrobeat to reggae" The Times: "Minyo Crusaders sound like nothing else lurking on your Spotify playlist" (press FOR Previous Album)
Minyo Crusaders return with theiir highly anticipated sophomore album Tour OF Japan following on from their debut that has sold 4k on vinyl since release and their runaway single smash 'Cumbia Del Monte Fuji' that has almost hit 5million streams on Spotify.
Since the release of their debut in 2019 the band have toured Europe four times playing major European festivals such as Roskilde, Best Kept Secret, Green Man Festival, Womad, Fusion, Les Escales, Lowlands and many, many more, succesfully road-testing the songs from this album.
On this new album which has been mixed by Mario from Frente Cumbiero, Minyo have finessed their winning formula of adapting ancient Japanese folk somgs to global rhythms with influences this time from Ethiopia, boogaloo, salsa, West Africa and jazz. Says band-leader Katsumi: "The concept of this album is the sea with various expressions".
04.09 Single Release Kaigara Bushi 25.09 Single Release Soran-Bushi 18.10 Album Release w/ Kiso-Bushi as focus track

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Mariko Ide

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Jet Set)

You Gotta Be (Slow Night Mix) / Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Lovers Reggae Mix)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mariko Ide, whose emotional and transparent voice has captivated the world, sings a Lovers & Bossa cover of DeBarge's signature song, cut as a single from the Cafe Music compilation album!

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Mayu

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Jet Set)

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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SSW Mayu, a multi-talented singer who has appeared in musicals and TV dramas, covers the classic songs of yesteryear as a single cut from a compilation album by Cafe Music!

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Sulla Rotta Dei Venti

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Brixton Records)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Brixton)

Drop Collective

Inside

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Sticko & The Rude Pressure

Soul Rebel / Steppin Razor

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Panja)

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Lovedub Limited)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nagoya's long-established reggae record specialty store "lion Music Den" launches a new label "panja Records"! The first release is a miraculous collaboration between THE Rude Pressure, Nagoya's proud Ska/rock Steady band, and Sticko, who plays in Mighty Crown and Fire Ball!

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Prince Fatty

Artikal Intelligence

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Prince Istari Meets Erik Satie

Inna Heavy Dub Encounter

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Sozialistischer Plattenbau)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (On The Corner)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Champagne Dub

Rainbow

At Studio One - Reggae Mash Ups Yellow Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Champagne Dub is a collective of selected artists who come together to practice psychedelic dub rituals. Lysergic weather front top-loaded via betamax"s hippocampus trapdoor melding Catto"s studio into a rainbow of textures, formless places, and emotional sonics awash with resonant poy-rhythms. Champagne Dub is a mission in space-dub whose "crew" took a few too many wrong turns. "We are here to bring raw metamorphic rock-rituals that escaped our minds."

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Jay-Z

LP | 2010 | US

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mouthwatering)

Release: 2010 / US

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Jay-Z's 'Black Album' acapellas mashed up with classic Studio One riddims striaght out of 70s Kingston.

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Lee Scratch Perry

Daydreamflix

27,89 €* 30,99 € -10%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Baco)

Anthony B

King In My Castle

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Satingarona Record Store Day 2024 Edition

The Bongo Hop

LP | 2024 | WW | Reissue (Underdog)

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Before Zero)

Release: 2024 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissue of the cult album by THE Bongo HOP for the 20th anniversary of the Underdog Records label.

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Earl 16

Rightful Ruler

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rightful Ruler returns the legendary Jamaican vocalist Earl 16 to the center stage of international roots reggae music. This four song showcase style ep demonstrates that matching an A-class veteran singer/ songwriter with the sounds of the Zion I Kings (zik) production team serves to revitalize the musical forces long associated with the classic reggae tradition- roots, reality, and culture!
Earl 16's career now spans five decades and is marked by hits and highlights throughout. HIs Jamaican recordings from the cornerstone studios (Studio One, Black Ark, Channel One) are still sought after gems from the golden age. But, unlike many of his peers, Earl 16 successfully adopted the changing sounds and styles of reggae in the U.K.(where he resides) and collaborated with top producers like Mad Professor and Nick Mannaseh. He has remained current into the new millennium with "Release The Pressure", a notable vocal to LeftField's breakthrough drum & bass hit.
The all star lineup of musicians on Rightful Ruler is anchored by drums provided by ace producer and multi-instrumentalist Roberto Sanchez (A-Lone Productions). Keyboards by Pau "Nattykeyz" Dangla Valls and trumpet by Patrick "Aba Ariginal" Tenyue complement the rhythmic foundations set by ZIK core players David "jah David" Goldfine (bass) and Laurent "Tippy I" Alfred (rhythm guitar, piano, organ). Sheldon Bernard's flute and Errol "Blacksteel" Nicholson's background vocals are heard on the title track and lead guitars by David Prout and Andrew "Moon" Bain appear on "Find A Way", a feature with the dynamic toasting of Mr. Williamz. All dub mixes are done by JAH David with cover art by Ato K.D. Roberts .

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Jackpot Of Hits

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Before Zero)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Jackpot Of Hits compilation features the best of the mid-to-late Sixties reggae sounds. It kicks off with The Pioneers “Jackpot” and is followed up by three other tracks of this popular Jamaican vocal trio. Also included on the 12-track set are The Mellotones “Feel Good”, Lynn Taitt & The Jets “El Casino Royale”, Stranger Cole “What Momma No Want She Get”, Hugh Malcolm “Good Time Rock” and Cool Sticky “Train To Soulville” amongst others. Jackpot Of Hits is available as a limited edition on orange coloured vinyl.

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Akae Beka & Zion High

Mek A Menshun

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jahtari)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Akae Beka's inimitable style of rich, deep, multi-layered songwriting, uncompromising devotion to RasTafari and soulful healing melodies developed over decades performing with St. Croix based band Midnite and countless recordings. At the point of his untimely passing in 2019, he had released over 70LP's. He is without a doubt one of the most prolific reggae artists ever known.

The stellar production trinity that is Zion I Kings have been involved collectively and individually in creating some of the most highly regarded contributions to the vast Akae Beka catalogue. The timeless songs of 'Mek A Menshun' amply reward the listener who can penetrate into the mystical musical realms of Rastafari. Longtime fans of Midnite and Akae Beka will note that Vaughn Benjamin's singing on 'Mek a Menshun' reached new heights of melodic delivery and emotional intensity. Coupled with his always poetic and insightful lyrics, these 10 original songs rank among his best recordings to date. The title track 'Mek A Menshun' includes vocals by Protoje Grammy (R)-nominated artist.

Mek A Menshun features the stellar musicianship of the ZIK distinguished in typical fashion by the rock-solid drumming of Lloyd "Junior" Richards. On this album, his playing is complemented by Aston Barrett Jr. ("By Day", "Only Now") and Kirk Bennett ( "Kagm Mystory", "Mek A Menshun"). The signature stylings of the other core ZIK musicians are augmented by horns (Andrew "Drew Keys" Stoch -trombone, Donald "Jahbless" Toney -saxophone), flute- Sheldon "Attiba" Bernard, kette- Andrew "Bassie" Campbell, and the guitar of Chet Samuel. ZIK guitarist Andrew "Moon" Bain contributes a string arrangement on "Only Now". Throughout the album, Laurent "Tippy I" Alfred's spot-on organ shuffle bubbles the rhythm forward. Many of the 'Mek A Menshun' tracks were among the last recordings done by the veteran engineer Gary Woung.

Originally released digitally and on CD, this LP is now being released for the first time on as a 12" vinyl LP courtesy of Before Zero Records.

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Cosmic Threat

Cosmic Threads

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Six Black Hole jazz dubs by Cosmic Threat, coming together in one truely epic album straight from the astral echo chamber. Jammed over various sessions in an empty Leipzig club during lockdown, Kiki Hitomi, disrupt and bass clarinet black belt Volker Hemken (from Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) are keeping the track structures in constant warp mode, psychically locking in with the machines and freely exploring all the sonic territory inbetween Sun Ra and Prince Jammy.

This highly hypnotic spiritual sequel to Kiki Hitomi’s 'Karma No Kusari' (2016) comes on red vinyl and with hand-painted artwork by Ellen G.

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Tiken Jah Fakoly

Mangécratie

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Underdog)

Flox

Square

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Flox is square. Square, precise, direct.

He goes straight to the point, and doesn’t waist his time with useless considerations. “I have no time to shit around”, he says. So, his seventh album is called Square. Square represents a major turning point in the career of the pioneer of nu reggae. An extraordinary architect of studio production and multi-instrumentalist who records, mixes and produces but also, for several years, performs on stage with his musicians. After recording Square, he started touring alone, equipped with a machine he designed and built with Midi controllers to launch original samples and loops - an autarky assumed from one end of the process to the other. “You have to master all the tools to deliver what you want”, he has been saying for years...

Yet, this Square is wide open: old school rhythms or techno-like approaches, vintage dub or futuristic take offs, thick sound basses and melodies, scraped to the bone...

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Old School Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cuttings Colored Vinyl Edition

Flying Vipers

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jump Up)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut vinyl album from Boston's top roots dub reggae band, whose sound is truly of another time and place. Deeply in debt to the original Jamaican engineers of the 70s who turned mixing consoles into the lead instrument, the Vipers drop steady drum & bass rhythms w/ post punk attitude.

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Loving Paupers

Lines Red Vinyl Edition

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Deaf Test)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut album from DC roots reggae / lovers rock band mixed by VICTOR RICE. Formed by current and former members of THE PIETASTERS, feat lush vocals of KELLY DI FLIPPO. Think THE BEATLES meets DENNIS BROWN, a must for fans of THE FRIGHTNRS, HOLLIE COOK or THE SKINTS. Songs of heartbreak...

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Ploy

Rayhana EP

Micah Shemaiah & Zion I Kings

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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'Rayhana' EP is a departure from the cerebral, industrial deep dive of his debut album 'Unlit Signals', and now draws from wider influences, twisting Baile funk, broken beat and hi-tech bass music into floor-focussed, sinewy new shapes. Guaranteed to cause jubilant carnage wherever heard, the heavy artillery of title track 'Rayhana' is a vocal led, rumbling rhythmic monster with chest-pummelling low end, neck-snapping metallic claps and razor-sharp hats. Almost a deeper dub of its predecessor, 'Dark Lavis' is an instrumental tension builder, where mangled eastern elements whip up a head spinning vortex that's carried by behemoth bass and stuttering, swung beats, which take you deep inside the ride. Based around the UK broken sound, with a touch of dancehall, on '5G Bats' Smith slow things down but ups the energy, with double-time breaks, stroboscopic samples, machine gun like flickers and all manner of stretched, wavey tones. 'Rayhana' follows tastemaker favourites by Ploy on esteemed imprints Timedance, Hemlock, Hessle Audio and L.I.E.S., plus remixes of his music by Beatrice Dillon and Peder Mannerfelt. Ploy has graced Best Track Of The Year lists in The Guardian, Crack, FACT, Mixmag, Dummy and DJ. He did a week-long residency on Rinse FM, helmed multiple NTS shows and recorded mixes for Dekmantel. Boiler Room and FACT. A regular at discerning UK and European clubs, he has also appeared at Dimensions festival, Dekmantel Selectors, and has toured East Asia and the US multiple times. Last year Ploy released the impeccable album 'Unlit Signals' which was released via L.I.E.S. with no PR, and therefore only caught the attention of a few astute journalists. This future classic deserved to be huge, but slipped largely under the radar. On launching Deaf Test, Smith comments, "it's a vehicle for my personal output now. I have more club-focussed music on the way, and I'll be exploring meaningful collaborations too. The name is due to me being deaf in one ear from an early age".PRINTED SLEEVE WITH INN...

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Still

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Zion High)

Desmond Dekker & The Specials

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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For more than a decade, Jamaica's Micah Shemaiah has been crafting his musical message with a keen and steady focus on Rastafari redemption and African unification. His writing style embraces and combines several genres of music delivering unique sounds that will appeal to any ear. Coming from the original home of the sound, Kingston City, and growing up in the Rastafarian house of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, this Singer/Songwriter has certainly put down a solid foundation in the Reggae Industry and has carved a place in the hearts of reggae lovers all over the world.
This new 12' vinyl LP offers 8 vocals and 2 dubs. Produced by Zion I Kings and underpinned with their trademark style of hardcore roots reggae, showcasing a broad spectrum of Micahs vocal talents. Releasing courtesy of Before Zero Records.

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King Of Kings

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Before Zero)

Akae Beka & Zion I Kings

Polarities

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Before Zero)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released on CD and digital on the 21st May 2021, this eagerly anticipated LP from I Grade Records immediately soared to the number one position in the iTunes reggae charts. The LP is now being released on 12" vinyl and cassette tape courtesy of Before Zero Records.
Polarities is the 13th and final full album of new material from Vaughn Benjamin and I Grade Records, the culmination of a 20 year working relationship that began with 2001's Nemozian Rasta album, which was Midnite's 4th album released to date at that time.
Polarities was produced jointly by the Zion I Kings production team, with Tippy I of I Grade at the production helm, alongside Vaughn Benjamin himself.
The album also includes two notable guest features: Tiken Jah Fakoly of Ivory Coast on "Everything Bless" and Chronixx of Jamaica on "Black Carbon", which were both released in 2020 as the first singles off of Polarities.

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Akae Beka & Zion High

Livicated

Best Of: The Lee Perry Years

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Akae Beka's inimitable style, developed over decades performing with St. Croix based band Midnite and countless recordings (including 2014 iTunes reggae album of the year Beauty FOR Ashes and Ride Tru). At the point of his untimely passing in 2019, he had released over 70LP's. He is without a doubt one of the most prolific reggae artists ever known and his quanity is always matched with quality, with his albums consistently featuring in the top 10 on the billboard charts reggae LPs.

This release makes no exception. 5 years on from the original 2016 CD and Digital release which charted at number 6 in the reggae billboard charts, this timeless masterpiece is being re-released on 12" Vinyl and Cassette tape, courtesy of Before Zero Records. Produced by ZIK bassist, JAH David, Livicated was Akae Beka's debut release on the Zion High Productions (zhp) label. The album features solid original riddims composed and arranged by the ZIK family with musical contributions from Aston Barrett Jr. (drums), JAH Bless (horns), Chet Samuel (guitar), and Yami Bolo (melodica). Particularly striking on Livicated are the strident, Burning Spear-like horn arrangements and the variety and range of Drew Keys' keyboard voices.

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Bob Marley

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Boomtown United

Tuffer Than I

Ska Pig Returns Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut album from St. Louis's premier ska collective, a powerful 8 piece delivering horn driven harmony-laced 2-Tone style songs. As featured on the Check One-2 and Drink THE SKA collections. For fans of THE Specials, THE Crombies, THE Hotknives, Buster Shuffle or THE Skapones.

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Mark Foggo's Skasters

LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Jump Up)

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

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dutch ska madman from the 80s returns! Ten tracks in signature witty manic paced 2-tone style, a true return to form from his classic albums of the early to mid 80s. A household name across Europe's ska scene, a must for fans of Madness, Specials, Arthur KAY, MR Review. Yellow repress.

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Toots & The Maytals

Live

Pinchers /Super Beagle & Major Cat

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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Bad Boy Style / Now She's Gone

12" | 2020 | UK | Original (Fresh Breed)

26,99 €* 29,99 € -10%

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tribute To 2 Tone Blue Vinyl Edition

Check One-2

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jump Up)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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NEW This Week Specialized charity album featuring 16 top bands covering the best 2-tone ska from Madness, THE Specials, Bodysnatchers, Selecter, Beat, BAD Manners & more. Inc BIM Skala BIM, Rude BOY George, Boss Riot, THE Fuss, Crombies, Prizefighters, THE Crombies, Scotch Bonnets & more.

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Toots & The Maytals

Reggae Got Soul

Special Edition Part 1 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Jamaican musical group Toots & the Maytals can be considered as one of the best known and most important ska and rocksteady groups of all time. Their tenth album, Reggae Got Soul, has so much energy in it, created by soulful sounds and the warmth of Toots’ voice. The album peaked at 157 in the Billboard 200, but deserves so much more attention than that. The wonderful horn section and the top rate line-up constructed this wonderful album, which is one of those albums that you can push the repeat button and just let it rip three or four times in a row. It’s definitely one of the best records from their impressive career.

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Fat Freddys Drop

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (The Drop)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The 45rpm vinyl edition is produced with a different track order across four sides and promises to deliver super fat loud audio.

Part 1 of a double album, ‘Special Edition Part 1’, comprises of six tracks of which ‘Raleigh Twenty’, ‘Trickle Down’ and ‘Six-Eight Instrumental’ were written and recorded undercover at the band’s Wellington studio, BAYS, while the other tracks; ‘Special Edition, ‘Kamo Kamo’, and ‘OneFourteen’, have all been developed and evolved from the band’s celebrated live jam sessions, whilst on the road in front of audiences worldwide.

Supremely crafted at Freddy’s own BAYS studio in hometown Wellington, the deep musical and rich vocal layers reflect Freddy’s inspiration from the black music lexicon and is a response to the crowd energy at their world dominating live shows.

‘Special Edition Part 1’ is the first release of a long envisaged double album project with separate chapters. The next journey, Part 2 will be released in 2020 after stringent road-testing with audiences over 35 shows across New Zealand, UK and Europe celebrating the release of the Part 1. These upcoming live performances will allow the band to fully explore new song-writing technology and give rise to a slamming Part 2.

The new album follows on from 2015’s ‘BAYS’ LP, which saw support from Financial Times, Resident Advisor, Dummy, the DJ Mag and Clash-acclaimed ‘Blackbird,’ second album ‘Dr Boondigga and the Big BW’ - which gained rave reviews by The Guardian and BBC Music - and the band’s record breaking debut album ‘Based on a True Story’, which went nine times platinum and remained in New Zealand’s top 40 charts for over two years after its release in 2005.

The album cover artwork is by Wellington artist Otis Chamberlain, a continuing evolution from his creation for the ist first single ‘Trickle Down’, a work that's morphed from digital cover art to the band’s massive summer tour backdrop and the recently released late-night buttery steppers ‘Kamo Kamo’.

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Red Soul Community

Holidays In The Cit

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Spain's top act returns with a new punky 3rd wave meets 2-Tone ska sound for fans of THE INTERRUPTERS, TIM TIMEBOMB (RANCID). Lead by captivating vocals of ISA GARCIA over a driving ska beat that is very reminiscent of 90's American ska, following albums on GROVER and LIQUIDATOR.

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Scotch Bonnets

Come On Over

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (MIG)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Punky reggae rockers from Baltimore, fearlessly lead by singer-guitarist LADY HATCHET. An infectious sound that blends classic Jamaican grooves with 2-Tone spirit, produced/mixed by DAVE HILLYARD & AGENT JAY of THE SLACKERS. Includes a funky reggae cover of LORDE's "ROYALS".

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Black Uhuru

Live At Rockpalast

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Creation Rebel / New Age Steppers

Threat To Creation

LP | 2014 | US | Original (Anthology)

The Secret Dub Life Of The Flying Lizards

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Received an 8.0 rating from Pitchfork. This 1981 collaboration between two acts on Adrian Sherwood's nascent On-U Sound label captures, like few other records of the day, the dubbed-out pressure of living in Thatcherite London, pounded flat by class warfare and left to fend for oneself. Threat To Creation channels the raw earth blues through pounding rhythms and left-field sonic anachronisms, and reclaims dub reggae as a music defined by the struggle. Sherwood's touch created invisible links between dub and punk rock, fostered through guest appearances by Ari Up (The Slits) and Keith Levene (Public Image Ltd.), Anthology is pleased to present the first-ever U.S. edition of this crucial work.

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The Flying Lizards

LP | 2010 | EU | Original (Staubgold)

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Self Titled Second Album Blue Vinyl Edtion

The Operators

Mass Hysteria Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Indianapolis female fronted ska act release their second album on beautiful powder blue vinyl. Features current and past members of Harley POE, Cirlce City Deacons, who deliver a mix of new-traditional ska with the energy of punk, full of diverse tempos, rhythms, and a tight horn section.

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Backyard Superheroes

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fikir Amlak & Crucial Rob

Black Sun

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Akashic)

Give Me A Blue Beat White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fikir Amlak and Akashic Records met Crucial Rob during the "Serious Time" remix challenge in 2020. Out of over 200 entrants, Rob's mixes rose to the top and he won the contest.

The bredrin continued working together - reasoning, recording and performing live shows. Their next release was "Middle Pillar" which came out as a Green King Cuts 7" polyvinyl.

That release did very well and we decided to build a full album focused on the theme of Alchemy. Eventually this turned into a 15-track album with the first 10 tracks being pressed to an LP!

The Bandcamp / Digital album has 5 extra tracks that are not on the vinyl LP, including Dreadstone and Truth Seeker with dubs, plus a beautiful acoustic version of Black Sun.

While all of the parties have released plenty of music, this is the first LP for Akashic Records, Fikir Amlak and Crucial Rob. The Black Sun LP ships for June 28th release date, pre-orders get two tracks right away - Black Sun and Black Dub!

The artwork on this album comes from Ras Amlak. Before Zero Records helped with the layout and engineering support.

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The Reseters

Loving Paupers & Victor Rice

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut full length album from South Korea's boss early reggae band, who are stylistically funky reggae ala Toots & THE Maytals fueled by the energy of British 2-tone. For fans of THE Aggrolites, Boss Capone, THE Slackers and THE Upsessions. Ten tracks on white vinyl.

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Ladders Dub

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up / Easy Star)

Blaze Of Fire Expanded Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jump UP partners with Easy Star to release limited edition vinyl for the dub version of Loving PAUPER's latest "ladders" by the one and only Victor Rice. Random colored vinyl, hand numbered stickered sleeve limited to 200 copies. Darlings of BBC presenters DON Letts and David Rodigan.

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D'Jenks

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut vinyl release from Indonesia's punky reggae band, an expanded edition of their latest full length - now 14 tracks strong. A must for fans of THE Clash, THE Aggrolites, THE Skints - aggressive guitar, high-octane tempos and a chant vocal style. Pressed on red vinyl limited to 400.

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Operazione Sole - Italian Pop Reggae, Dub & Summer Love Affairs

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Maledetta Discoteca)

kings sagen king Limited Golden Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Operation Sole like the summer, hopefully, imminent; “Operazione Sole” like the 1967 song by Peppino Di Capri, considered, perhaps wrongly, the first ska in Italy, but certainly the first to talk about Jamaica and upbeat rhythms. The record you have in your hand is intended to be a testimony to how much the sounds born in Kingston between the '60s and '70s had a significant influence on local pop. With the first explosion of reggae in England between 1968 and 1970, as well as with the rise of Bob Marley to a worldwide cult phenomenon, parallel to the all-English phenomenon of Two Tone and the ska revival, Italy, always attracted by the new trends not only English, he certainly couldn't stay on the sidelines. Therefore these innovative and unknown upbeat sounds, derived from the blues of the 1950s and mixed with a Caribbean sauce, have also taken hold in the Bel Paese. It began as early as 1959 with the song “Nessuno” by Mina, considered to all intents and purposes a Jamaican shuffle, to arrive in a few years at blue-beat (I4 di Lucca, Claudio Casavecchi) and ska (Margherita, Peppino Di Capri , Silvano Silvi, Renzo and Virginia) and be exposed to the first reggae (for example Jo Fedeli and his Italian version of “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker). Thus, we quickly reach the end of the decade of the economic boom and the culture, styles, references change: everything becomes more busy (on a cultural, artistic and political level). After a stalemate phase that lasted more than five years, Bob Marley's reggae (considered a sort of new Messiah) conquers the planet, including Italy: the producers and artists, even at a high level, for a few years do not remain at all indifferent to this novelty and decide to introduce the "upbeat", primarily reggae, into the various pop repertoires: well-known names such as Loredana Bertè, Mario Lavezzi, Rino Gaetano, Ivano Fossati, Ilona Staller, Adriano Celentano, Edoardo Bennato throw themselves headlong into new sonic adventures, in a pioneering way, but often with excellent results. The "Operazione Sole" collection wants to take the credit, instead, of proposing and discovering lesser-known artists (with the exception of Gino Santercole, former associate and relative of Il Molleggiato), often real meteors in the Italian musical panorama, who have tried to achieve (or achieve again) success by adapting the pop that was so popular in those years to the new black sounds prevailing in the West. We are in the early 80s and we range from the most classic reggae, to Italo-disco contaminated by dub up to the true Neapolitan style which, on more than one occasion, in its being endemically "black" and full of groove, has wrung out the watch out for agreements made in Kingston and London. “Operation Sun”: a pleasant philological work, but surrounded by an equally pleasant aura of disengagement.

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haiyti

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Hayati)

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Group Mind)

Oracle Sounds

Oracle Sounds Volume 2

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Attik)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The second ultra limited installment of Richard Norris' journeys into the outer reaches of dub has landed.

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Kubix

Guitar Chant

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Enters The Game Marbled Vinyl Edition

Simma

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Superchip)

All Day White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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After numerous releases on his Dub Junction label and two lead singles on the subsidiary Superchip label, Simma presents his debut LP: Simma Enters THE Game. Featuring guests Natty Campbell, Danny T, Tenor Youthman, Dandelion, Who Knew, Indra MC & Nina Girassóis.

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The Pietasters

12" | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up)

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Before Zero)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time on vinyl for this 2007 classic from Washington DC ska reggae soul legends. Includes fan favorites "don't Wanna Know", "keep ON Lyin'", "late Night Call", "change MY Ways" and their TOM Petty cover of "listen TO HER Heart". White vinyl limited to 300 copies.

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Akae Beka

Living Testament

Zero Grace Sea Glass Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vaughn Benjamin, the voice of Midnite and Akae Beka, was one of the best and most prolific reggae vocalists of the modern era. He was a scholar, poet, teacher, and solver of mysteries. A voracious reader, he was incredibly creative - constantly writing poems and songs. Those close to him advise that he had a photographic memory, which helps explain the broad field of topics he discussed with precise detail in his work. He released over 70 albums in a 20-year period.

Living Testament is the final album Vaughn Benjamin recorded before he transitioned in November of 2019. In late October of 2019, he travelled to Grass Valley, California, recording this 11-track album at Ras Biblical’s studio, Trinity Farm, over a period of 2 days. The producers gathered 11 masterful musicians on these tracks, including Manuel “Go A Chant” Guerra, Denfield “Ras Pulse” Potter, Walker Pillow, Scott Lynwood Davis, Befekadu Assefa and Tuff Lion. Together, these musicians weaved together a powerful family of songs that that tell a timeless and truly unique story, a masterpiece of roots reggae.

Living Testament includes the single ‘Who Will Go For Us’ which was released on January 6th 2024 with a video filmed on location in Ethiopia. In the coming weeks, we’ll be speaking with Go A Chant and Biblical, who were present for the creation of this album. We’ll learn about these recording sessions and what happened behind the scenes.

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Liam Bailey

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Big Crown)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baraonda)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Big Crown Records is proud to present Zero Grace, Liam Bailey's sophomore album on the label. Following the success of 2020's Ekundayo album, the tried and true chemistry of Bailey and producer Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) is on full display again as they take the sound they established and push it further. On Zero Grace they lean more into the bleeding heart singer-songwriter side of Liam. The result, much like Bailey himself, is impulsively honest without reserve. Born and raised in Nottingham, England, the son of an English mother and 2nd generation Jamaican English father, Liam will admit his early childhood was fairly chaotic and filled with "all the cliche racism that happens when people started mixing up in the '80s in England." Liam got his early influences from his mom's record collection. Bob Marley and Dillinger, Stevie Wonder and The Supremes, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix would eventually shape the singer/songwriter we know today. Fast-forward to 2005, Liam is in London performing at every open mic and acoustic night he could, hustling with hopes of landing a record deal. It was through this time that Liam first teamed up with Michels, musician/producer luminary, and the co-founder of Brooklyn's own Big Crown Records. Liam flew out to New York and those first sessions together produced the now classic tunes "When Will They Learn" and "I'm Gonna Miss You" which still gets spins at Reggae spots around the globe and were co-signed by heavy hitters like David Rodigan & Don Letts. That first trip to NYC brought a lot of industry attention to Liam, including being noticed by a just-famous Amy Winehouse who heard one of Liam's apartment-made, lo- recordings, and liked what she heard. Regardless of the audio quality, Liam's particular sound shone through - all guitar, warm-rough and genuine soul. Eventually Liam signed to Polydor and wound up bumping against the typical major label industry obstacles. They already had an idea of the Liam they wanted to make, promote, and push With the typical large advance enticement, Liam did his best to trust that path. "Maybe I can make it work,' that's what you're thinking," Liam remembers, "but, you quickly find out that you can't." Zero Grace is full of freedom and love, in fact, working with Leon Michels and Big Crown Records has encouraged Liam to be himself. On album opener "Holding On '' Bailey speaks to his observations & fears when looking out at the world in front of him and also to the dedication it has taken to get on the other side of his personal trials & tribulations. "Dance With Me" is an instantly infectious two-stepper that nods to those incredible soul records that were coming out of Jamaica during the early Reggae days. Bailey steps into the dance with hopes of finding a new love and pulls us all out on the dance oor with him. "Disorder Starts At Home" is another close to the chest tune that addresses the difficulties he struggles with from his early chaotic childhood and his progress in getting past them. "Mercy Tree" is a powerhouse of Reggae Rebel Music. Bailey addresses the racial tensions that plague humanity and encourages everyone to step up and do their part to help foster equality. What starts out as a declaration of injustice turns into a call for action and an inspiration for hope.

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The Kolors

I Want

26,59 €* 27,99 € -5%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Fasle Idols)

Lee Scratch Perry

King Perry

26,59 €* 27,99 € -5%

LP | 2018 | JP | Reissue (EM)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Conceived, written and recorded during the Covid pandemic, "King Perry" was produced by Daniel Boyle, and features guest performances from Greentea Peng, Shaun Ryder, Tricky, Marta, Rose Waite and Fifi Rong. Two tracks were also co-produced with Tricky, who releases Perry"s last recorded performances on his False Idols label. Record producer, composer, singer, and pioneer of the dub music genre Lee Scratch Perry passed away in August 2021. His influence over popular music since the 1970s is hugely significant, with artists including Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Clash, Beastie Boys, Max Romeo, Junior Murvin and The Orb all enriched by Perry"s legendary touch, innovative studio techniques and production style.

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7fo

Ryu No Nukegara

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Danakil Meets Ondubground

Release: 2018 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Long-awaited repress of the masterpiece, available on LP and CD!! 7FO is characterized by its natural ethnic treatment of ambient/new age synth electronics with a dub/reggae feel. This sense of style is the reason why 7FO's music has crossed the boundaries of new age electronic music, new roots revival, bass music, La Monte Young, and Equiknoxx fans. "Subtle, playful. Softly spoken yet speaks volumes. This is powerful stuff! The absence of music like this is what made me start producing…" - Jackson Bailey (Tapes/Rezette)

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Danakil / Ondubground

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deliverance Mad Professor Dub Showcase

Luciano

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ariwa Sounds)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Red Gold Green & Blue

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Madness

Full House

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

Patrick Andy / Yabby You

Living In Mount Zion

It Ain't Easy Living In The Ghetto

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The seed for this album comes from a tape compiled but never released by Vivian “Yabby You” Jackson, labelled “The Best Of Patrick Andy”. On the tape were three unreleased tunes, one unreleased dub, and stereo mixes of several singles which had only been heard in mono before. So “Living In Mount Zion” is in full stereo on the tape, as opposed to mono on the released 7”, with Yabby’s characteristic production trick of switching the panning of the horns and rhythm tracks back and forth from left to right, as also heard on several of his albums. “You Don’t Want Me” is also different to the 7” cut, presented in stereo and with extra horns overdubbed. The three unreleased songs are all well worthy of inclusion in this compilation, showing Patrick Andy’s spiritual side over some heavy rhythms. Together they form a fitting tribute to a fine singer and a legendary producer.

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Jimmy London

LP | 2022 | EU (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / EU

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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Unite Colored Vinyl Edition

Little John

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Burning Sounds)

Very Best Of - Storybook Revisited

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Born John McMorris in Kingston, Jamaica in 1970 his nickname originally described this young man to a tee but, as time passed, his stature in the reggae music business continued to grow, Little John became more akin to his Sherwood Forest namesake. Little John first burst on to the Jamaican music scene in 1979 as a precocious nine year old on an un-credited combination with Captain Sinbad on ‘51 Storm’ for Sugar Minott’s Black Roots label . His ‘Unite’ album is a reminder of the continuing relevance of the dancehall style. Rough, raw and rugged they represent the real authentic sound of young Jamaica from nearly forty years ago when the youths “forgot their troubles and danced”.

Recorded At Channel One, Kingston, Jamaica Produced By Anthony Dehaney Mixed By Scientist Backing Band The Roots Radics Recorded 1984

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Barry Biggs

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Prince Lincoln & Royal Rasses

Ride With The Rasses Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Biga*Ranx

Eh Yo

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Clinton Fearon

Breaking News

LP | 2022 | EU (Baco)

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Zed2dizee Music)

Jah Jah Time Riddim

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Walking The Proud Land Orange Vinyl Edition

Bob Marley

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Pearl Hunters)

Ina Roots & Truths Showcase

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recorded live at the Record Plant Sausalito CA, October 1973. 180gr

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Israel Movements

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Don One)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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80's roots reggae band from Birmingham. The album is reissue with previously unreleased dub version taken from the original master tapes.

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Ambilique

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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On vinyl for the first time. First release in 2001 by Don One. 12 Beautiful Love songs by Ambilique of which most was recorded in the late nineteen ninety. All tracks on various Studio One Rhythms .

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Lovers Rock (The Soulful Sound Of Romantic Reggae)

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Societe Etrange

Chance

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chance, is the second album of Société Étrange, composed of 6 love songs without words, with equivocal rhythms, glaucous turquoise bass and melodies affectionately tinged with melancholy. The album was recorded in July 2020 in Vaulx-en-Velin from a collection of materials and collective drift. Composed in studio, it is by the live that is shaped their pieces, several years to test them together so that these three musicians let us glimpse a possible civilization. Not fantasies that cannot be apprehended, but a future that we can hope to desire. Their hypnotic compositions, drunk with dub, iron harmonics and polymetric measures, play a music that is a bit shady, one of those that provoke the space for the dance to happen, without anesthesia. Société Étrange was formed in 2012 by Antoine Bellini (Electronics) and Romain Hervault (Bass), joined in 2015 by Jonathan Grandcollot (Percussions) after the release of their first album "Au revoir"

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Sampled Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub Of Dubs Colored Vinyl Edition

Jah Thomas

LP | 2021 | Reissue (Burning Sounds)

The Dubmaster: The Essential Anthology

Release: 2021 / Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub album by Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas from Kingston, Jamaica. Released on RED vinyl. Reggae deejay and record producer who first came to prominence in the 1970s, later setting up his own Midnight Rock and Nura labels.

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Dennis Bovell

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)