Reggae & Dancehall 2185 Items

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hugh Mundell & Augustus Pablo

Africa Must Be Free By 1983 Record Store Day 2023 Africa Shaped Picture Disc Edition

12" | 2023 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

The Kingston Sessions 1978 - 1985

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Record Store Day 2023 exclusive release on Africa shaped vinyl, limited to 1200 copies wordwide.

The reggae classic issued for RSD 2023 on an Africa shaped picture disc.

Before his tragic death at the age of 21, Hugh Mundell was a rising star in Jamaica’s burgeoning reggae scene. In 1976, the Kingston native released the single “Africa Must Be Free By 1983”, produced by dub legend Augustus Pablo. The song would eventually become the title track on Mundell’s classic debut album, released through Pablo’s iconic label Rockers.

Now, Nature Sounds is partnering with Augustus Pablo’s family for a limited-edition Africa-shaped vinyl picture disc highlighting this indelible track. Written by Hugh Mundell and recorded when the famed singer was just 14 years old, “Africa Must Be Free By 1983” is an uplifting anthem steeped in the Pan-African ideals Mundell championed during his brief but memorable career. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rockers, this historic single is receiving a dazzling new deluxe vinyl pressing, complete with two rare Augustus Pablo dub mixes on the B-Side.

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Norris Reid

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Count Ossie / The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Double album compilation of Norris Reid's recordings from 1978 to 1985 in Kingston. All Remastered & licensed from Norris himself.

Norris Reid has performed and recorded with the greatest Jamaican artists. This compilation pays tribute to one of the key figures of Reggae's golden age.

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Tales Of Mozambique Purple Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Following on from the recent super-deluxe box set edition of The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari"s "Grounation" Soul Jazz Records are releasing a new edition of the group"s celebrated "Tales of Mozambique". This new limited edition is released as a one-off pressing purple vinyl double album and a one-off purple CD. Sleeve design also comes as a new purple version. Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation"s seminal 1975 album Tales of Mozambique in an expanded double album/single CD, fully remastered and with the inclusion of two bonus rare single-only tracks, full sleevenotes, exclusive photographs and interview. Count Ossie is the central character in the development of Rastafarian roots music, nowadays an almost mythical and iconic figure. His importance in bringing Rastafarian music to a populist audience is matched only by Bob Marley"s promotion of the faith internationally in the 1970s.

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Irie Ites: Cream Of The Crop 2022

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Diggers Factory / Irie Ites)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A Legend Reggae Classics Translucent Yellow Vinyl Edition

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2LP | 2011 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Warner)

Popcaan

Fixtape

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Popcaan first unveiled his latest project titled Fixtape via Unruly / OVO Sound last year.

Fixtape includes a star-studded lineup, such as the Nineteen85-produced track “twist & Turn” featuring Drake and Partynextdoor. Additional guest appearances include French Montana, Preme, Masicka, Stylo G, Dane Ray, Frahcess One, Tommy Lee, and Jada Kingdom. Fixtape continues Popcaan's historic narrative as one of the most prominent global superstars in the reggae space today. It is also the follow-up to his Vanquish mixtape, which was released after it was announced that he had signed to OVO Sound.

The 19-track body of work is powered by Popcaan’s potent energy, lyrics, and unique amalgam of genres from hip-hop to dancehall and pop. Fixtape is further proof that his cultural appeal spans from the streets to the club.

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Rocksteady Got Soul

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Peculiar Electric Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records' new Studio One release Rocksteady Got Soul is a collection of uplifting and superb rocksteady and soulful reggae from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Studio One is the number one label in the history of reggae and he album features - as ever with Studio One - an impeccable and unbeatable line-up of reggae superstars, all soaring at the height of their creative powers. Alton Ellis, John Holt, The Heptones, Jackie Mittoo, The Ethiopians, Lee Perry and more. The album is a mix of classic tunes and rhythms alongside super-rarities that were released in a dazzlingly complex web of Studio One labels and issues, deftly navigated with new sleevenotes from author and Studio One authority Rob Chapman. But enough with the chatter, just spin the platter - these tunes rule the town, hands down! This Soul Jazz/Studio One album is released as deluxe gatefold double-vinyl + house inners + download code. Also as jewel case CD housed in card slipcase. Both formats come with full sleeve notes/discography and exclusive photography.

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The Slackers

LP+7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Pirates Press)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Tuff Gong)

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Natty Dread

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In Concert: The Best Of Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff

LP | 2024 | Original (Warner)

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Evidence Music)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cancelled. Originally released in 1976, Jimmy Cliff's "In Concert" was recorded at shows in Massachusetts and New York, and overseen by former Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham. Accompanied by legendary Jamaican musicians like guitarist Ernest Ranglin, Cliff is at his best reinventing some of his greatest hits in these live recordings. This 1LP 10-track best-of on exclusive 140g transparent red vinyl includes reimaginings of "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Vietnam," "Many Rivers To Cross," "Fountain Of Life," a cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World," and more! 140G transparent red vinyl

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Big Red

Blood & Victory

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Original Soul Reggae Classics

LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Trojan)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Irie Ites)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

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Linval Thompson

Ganja Man

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Dubquake)

O.B.F X Iration Steppas

Revelation Time

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Two major players of the international dub scene unite on stage! O.B.F x Iration Steppas is the electrifying live show that brings together Iration Steppas, vanguard of dub and pillar of the UK sound system scene and O.B.F, the most warrior and prolific sound to come out of France. Mentor and disciple link up to deliver a performance that pushes dub music to new levels!

The live show accompanies the release of 'Revelation Time', Iration Steppas & O.B.F’s joint album that’s due to drop April 2024 on Dubquake Records; a project that has been in the pipeline for near a decade building up to a huge hype amongst dub-heads. An album that questions the human condition & future of mother earth, a trip into raw dub music led by the two most innovative sounds.

Uncompromising undiluted dub, designed to be heard & felt with the same level of madness with which it was crafted in the studio. And that's exactly the plan: bring the analogue console, effect racks and dub sirens to the center of the stage, live mix the tracks off of 'Revelation Time', pass the mic through the echo unit and shell down the place in low frequencies. A unique live dub show offered by Mark Iration & Rico O.B.F at the controls, Dennis Rootical on bass and vocals by Mark!

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Let's Do Rock Steadythe Soul Of Jamaica

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Lo Sage E Lo Fol)

Erau Dub Sound

Skanking-Khayyam

Mellow & Colly - Expanded Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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By drawing on the poetic pearls of Omar Khayyām's rubaiyats (quatrains), Erau dub sound takes us on the wings of a soaring dub that shines with a thousand lights. Mixing programmed beats, saturated or delicate keyboards, deep bass and oriental samples, he revisits, in his own way, the fascinating world of Nichapour's troubadour. The raw sound of the melodica rubs shoulders with the zarb and oud loops, giving another breath of fresh air to the dub. A richness which is given both in the form and the subject, creating a protean work combining musical, literary, choreographic, socio-cultural and even political dimensions.The captivating voice of Jo Corbeau makes the French translation of these quatrains roll in a controlled ebb and flow where the swell of past centuries roars. The Occitan poet Roland Pécout adds his translations and those of the legendary Max Rouquette who, in his time, proposed versions of the rubaiyats in his language of the Languedoc scrublands.

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Dub Syndicate

LP+CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Echo Beach)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dancing Shoes Record Store Day 2024 Red Green Vinyl Edition

Mikey Dread

10" | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Uptown Top Ranking-Reggae Chartbusters

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records presents

Studio One Down Beat Special Expanded Edition

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lee Scratch Perry X Bob Riddim

Destiny

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Delicious Vinyl Island)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Evidence Music)

Little Lion Sound

Kingston Journey

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (All Nations)

Simon Nyabinghi

Days Of Dub

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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After more than 15 years producing singles and dubplates, Days OF DUB is Simon Nyabinghi's first full lenght album. It offers 12 original dub tracks produced and mixed at All Nations studio, and includes Featurings with innovative artists:Youthie, Kulture D, Iman Onedub. The album particularly explores the sounds of synthesizers and drum machines typical of the 80s while remaining in the pure tradition of dub, mixed with lots of echo and reverbs. Built on the same format as the greatest dub albums, it takes us progressively an alternative rhythmic and atmospheric journey such as experienced in a sound system session. From the initial percussion-based phases through the powerful meditative stages until the biggest "stepper" hits. Faithful to the codes of the genre and reinforced by true originality of composition, it is destined both to purists and to younger fans.

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Xterminator)

Fatis Tapes In The Oven

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Big Dub - Glen Brown Meets King Tubby Lost Tapes

Glen Brown & King Tubby

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Drum & Bass)

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Curb)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Glen Brown, also known as "The Rhythm Master". He was the first producer to credit King Tubby as an artist. This album is a collection of unreleased dubs left by Glen Brown and his ally King Tubby during the heyday of roots rock. This is an outtake of the version that appeared on the B-side of singles by artists such as Sylford Walker and Big Youth, released on labels such as Pantomine, South East, and Dwyer. We hope you will enjoy the deep world that the genius producer, who started his career as a jazz singer, has created with King Tubby, Family Man, and the others!!

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Natalie Grant

Seasons

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

Augustus Pablo

Roots, Rockers & Dub

2LP | 2023 | AU | Original (The Drop)

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Visionary artist Augustus Pablo is among the most important figures in reggae history. Widely credited with popularizing the use of the melodica in reggae, Pablo was a talented musician and an innovative producer who became an early dub pioneer. Now regarded as classics, his memorable 1970s recordings were part of the remarkable creative surge that vaulted the Jamaican music scene to international prominence. Much of this material was released by Rockers, an independent record label founded by Pablo and named after his popular Kingston sound system. Now, Nature Sounds is proud to present Roots, Rockers, & Dub, a new Augustus Pablo vinyl collection celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rockers. Featuring classic dubs along with rare and out-of-print tracks, the album captures Pabloís immense contribution to roots reggae by highlighting a wealth of material spanning his entire career, all released on Rockers. Fully remastered and released in partnership with the Pablo family, Roots, Rockers, & Dub is a fitting tribute to an artist whose music still reverberates heavily more than two decades after his passing.

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Fat Freddys Drop

Blackbird Returns

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 2023 / AU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Flying high for the tenth anniversary of "Blackbird" album, we"re pleased to announce the brand new Blackbird Returns remix album descending on the breeze. Friends from around the world, Nightmares on Wax, Jazzanova, Kings, Syrup D, Christoph El Truento & Lucky Lane, DJ Philippa, Feiertag, Marcus Worgull, The Kcbs, Yarni feat. Liv East, Dub Pistols vs Freestylers and Kid Fonque have remixed their favourite Blackbird tracks.

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Studio One 007 - Licensed To Ska!

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

New Dubby Conquerors Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records are releasing this new CD/2xLP expanded version of Studio One 007 - Licenced to Ska: James Bond and other Film Soundtracks and TV Themes, originally only ever available as a long deleted 7" RSD box set.This new edition is fully remastered and expanded to a massive 18 super rare and killer cuts from the Studio One empire.Featuring the Skatalites, Lee Perry, Jackie Mittoo, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Roland Alphonso and The Soul Brothers, rare and classic tracks from Jamaica"s no.1 record label, Studio One.

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Seeed

12" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Madness

Can't Touch Us Now

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Evidence Music)

Tiwony

Frequency

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Irie Ites)

Chezidek

Never Stop

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Return Of The Raggamuffin

Skarra Mucci

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

31,34 €* 32,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dancehall Caballeros Red Vinyl Edition

Seeed

12" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

31,34 €* 32,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

Soom T

The Arch

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

Manudigital

Digital Kingston Session

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

Red Astaire

Nuggets Instrumentals

2LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (X-Ray)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Beat smith RED ASTAIRE (AKA FREDDIE CRUGER) returns with some crucial instrumental cuts from the 3 volumes of the "NUGGETS FOR THE NEEDY" series. The NUGGETS INSTRUMENTALS DLP features 'FOLLOW ME","MOVE YO ASS","COME DOWN " & more sounds of Lo Fi Hip Hop, Downtempo & Latin in full color jacket!

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Biga Ranx

1988

Nuggets For The Needy Volume 3

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Biga Ranx is a major artist of the international Dub Scene, he has been acclaimed by the biggest Jamaican MC's over the years for his unique flow and style. From the age of 14, Biga has been working on his lyrics and his compositions. After 5 albums and 1000 gigs over the world, Biga Ranx his still evolving his style by mixing Dub with Electronic, Lo-Fi and Hip Hop sounds.

1988 is his 4th album and the most successful one, it sold 80 000 units around the world and tens millions of streams.

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Red Astaire

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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RED Astaire (aka Freddie Cruger) drops the 12 more dope tracks influenced by classic reggae, hip hop, R&B, downtempo and dub vibes. Includes several hard to find/out of print gems including "ghetto Hell", "mambo EL Kingston" and a previously unreleased version of his classic "follow ME". Full pic sleeve. Don't miss!

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Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

Massive Attack V. Mad Professor

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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As both a popular live act and in-demand studio musicians, Vis-A-Vis released 13 albums between 1975 and 1982, of which Obi Agye Me Dofo remains the most sought after. Led by vocalist Isaac “Superstar” Yeboah and featuring Sammy Cropper on guitar, Slim Manu on bass and Gybson “Shaolin Kung-Fu” Papra on drums, Vis-A-Vis helped propel K. Frimpong to fame as one of Ghana’s most popular stars of the 1970s. On some of Frimpong’s albums, they also overlapped as part of his other recording band, the Cubano Fiestas.

As We Are Busy Bodies begins its roll out the Vis-A-Vis catalogue, it will also simultaneously release another essential album by the group, 1976s Odo Gu Ahorow. Original copies of both LPs are scarce and in great demand, with Obi Agye Me Dofo briefly issued as an LP in the US in 1980, and again in 2011 by Continental Records. Along with the Frimpong albums, they remain some of the most sought after West African records from the golden age. These reissues have been handled with the utmost respect — every detail has been given strict attention and care, with albums being remastered by Senior Mastering Engineer, Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel.

About the album:

"The Vis-A-Vis have had many good things to their credit, none more so than the collection of nostalgic items that make up this album “Odo Gu Ahoroo”. It has been able to achieve its well-deserved place in the Ghanaian musical best-seller parade. Now by the titles and programming this entirely new album benefits from Ofobros latest recording experience, bringing many plus-factors of listening pleasure.

With brilliant musicianship, the Vis-A-Vis as a group leads in the field of danceably rhythmic arrangements which do not obscure the enchanting melodies, such as “Abofra Ketewa”. Highlighting the softly soothing, yet richly textured blend of the organ and Slim’s bass work are solos by Sammy ‘red” Cropper on lead guitar, and other instruments as well.

The groups’ thirteen years’ experience in the field of dance music has made their melody reign supreme, and I hope these all are songs that will become a cherished part of our musical past in the future, and an enduring part of our musical period then. This recording the Vis-A-Vis with a new lustre that promises to glow through many mood-matching moments in the future.

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Massive Attack V. Mad Professor Part II (Mezzanine Remix Tapes '98)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (UMC)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Ariwa)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Pink vinyl Limited edition. Still sealed with hype sticker.

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Sandra Cross

Country Life

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A Caribbean Taste Of Technology

The Mad Professor

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Ariwa)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Sly & Robbie Vs. Roots Radics

The Final Battle

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Serious Reggae)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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DJ Spooky Presents Phantom Dancehall

Phantom Dancehall

LP | 2018 | US | Original (VP)

Nadia Mcanuff & The Ligerians

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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Shelter From The Storm

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baco)

Clinton Fearon

Survival Vibration

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | Original (Night Dreamer)

Scientist

Direct-To-Dub

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Earache)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Visionary engineer, producer and dub experimentalist, Scientist returns to his roots to mix new album direct-to-disc for latest Night Dreamer session. With over 60,000 recordings to his name, Scientist (born Hopeton Overton Brown) is one of the most influential figures in dub. From Studio One to King Tubby"s, Channel One to Tuff Gong, he worked at Kingston"s premier studios, pioneering recording techniques and elevating the dub mix into an rt form in his own right. Known as the "Dub Chemist" for both his technical expertise and forwardthinking ideas, Scientist"s Night Dreamer session brings together musicians from across the London reggae scene, including The Instigators" rhythm section Mafia (bass) and Fluxy (drums), Creation Rebel guitarist Tony Ruffcut, vocalist Donovan Kingjay, Jah Shaka keyboardist Greg Assing and saxophonist Finn Peters.

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Skindred

Smile

LP | 2024 | Original (Native Rebel Ltd)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Ankanum

Song Of The Motherland

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ja To Bk: Dancehall From Park Heights 1987-1988

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Digikiller)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All killer no filler 10 track compilation of peak late 80s digital tunes from Park Heights' most productive period. Pure fire produced between Jamaica and New York City. Featuring two previously unreleased tunes and the rest reissued for the first time.

Ten great tracks from Park Height's productive late '80s period, where Mr. Francis produced a lot of great early digital reggae both in Jamaica and right here in NYC. We've selected eight great never before reissued tracks from the catalog, plus two previously unreleased gems. As always, housed in a fresh jacket with the vibes of the time.

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Jah Children Invasion Volume 6

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Wackies)

Youth Meets Radical Dance Faction

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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New compilation and long overdue next entry in the long running 'Jah Children Invasion' compilation series! This volume focuses on Wackies' foray into digital reggae, with a killer selection of tracks from the late '80s and early '90s. There are three previously unreleased tunes alongside seven others culled from prior rare and long out of print releases. In DKR style this comes in a 2 sided hand silkscreened jacket.

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Welcome To The Edge Neon Pink Vinyl

LP | 2023 | Original (Cadiz Music/Youth Sounds)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Revolutionary Dream Reissue

Pablo Moses

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Baco)

Groundation

The Next Generation Live

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Journey Gold Marble Vinyl Edition

Black Symbol

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Reggae Archive)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pressure Sounds)

The Skatalites

Ska-Boo-Da-Be

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Enchante)

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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Ben L'Oncle Soul

Red Mango

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ti Amo Come Un Pazzo Black Vinyl Edition

Mina

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pdu Music & Production Sa)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Muslimgauze Vs The Rootsman

The Return To The City Of DJinn

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Via Parigi)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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The second part of the famous collaboration between two UK based electronic pioneers: John Bolloten aka The Rootsman and Bryn Jones aka Muslimgauze. For this album the original The Rootsman material from his albums “Into The Light” and “52 Days to Timbuktu” was remixed and deconstructed by Muslimgauze. As always with Bryn Jones, all material is inspired by Arab culture. We hear distorted dub rhythms, sawn-off loops, traditional music, male and female voices and then distorted rhythms again. Closing your eyes, you can find yourself in the middle of an eastern city, walk along its noisy streets, admire the ancient architecture. This noise can tell amazing stories!

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Johnny Osbourne

Right Right Time

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Forward Up Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Barry Isaacs

LP | 2023 | EU | Original

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Studio One)

Larry Marshall

Lonely Room

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Return Of The Raggamuffin

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Beautiful Song from the Studio One Archives (First Release 1969

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Skarra Mucci

2LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Undisputed)

30,39 €* 31,99 € -5%

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dickes B Red Vinyl Edition

Seeed

12" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

30,39 €* 31,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Drum & Bass)

Reggae Funkyfied

30,39 €* 31,99 € -5%

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Lantern)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Reggae Funkyfied" is a new series compiling soulful, funky and disco style reggae from Mid 70's to Late 80's! The new series includes reggae covers of classic songs by Barry White, Ohio Players, McFadden & Whitehead, The Temptations, etc., familiar to soul and rare groove fans, and the rare lovers' rock "Lot Of Love - Sheila Hylton" and other sexy crossover reggae 12-tracks that will heat up the floor. These are not just easy covers that are simply backed by soul, but excellent arrangements that showcase the abilities of the producers and musicians of the time, and crossover tastes that successfully incorporate the trends of the time, such as funk and new wave.

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Alpha & Omega

Ancient A&O

Zenzile / Irie Ites / Trinity

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Official RSD UK Release. RSD 2023 indie exclusive. with sticker. A fine selection of unpublished tracks from the pioneering British roots dub duo.

"Ancient A&O is a selection of unreleased tracks and dubs we like from our old DAT tapes all created during our early years between 1989 and 1993. It includes Here For A Reason, a rare unreleased track featuring Nishka. We're very pleased the great Lantern Rec are releasing the vinyl and we hope you like it, many thanks... A&O

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Can't Blame The Youth

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Silence)

Hedningarna

Tra

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2011 | UK | Reissue (On-U Sound)

African Head Charge

Voodoo Of The Godsent

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Legalize It Limited Transparent Green & Solid Yellow Mixed / Clear Yellow & Black Mixed Vinyl Edition

Peter Tosh

2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited Edition.

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Take Us Home: Boston Roots Reggae (1979-1988)

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (Cultures Of Soul)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Errol Brown & The Revolutionaries

Dub Expression

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Dub Store)

LP | 2017 | US | Original (Destroy All Concepts)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub like it used to be from the High Note and Gay Feet labels.
A selection of rocking rhythms from The Revolutionaries masterminded by Jamaica's finest female record producer, Mrs Sonia Pottinger, and mixed by Duke Reid's nephew, Errol Brown, chief engineer at the legendary Treasure Isle studio.

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Dub Gabriel ADSR Dub

ADSR Dub

Count Ossie & The Rasta Family

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2017 marks the return of Dub Gabriel with his fifth full-length solo album entitled ADSR Dub. After his critically acclaimed 2013 album, Raggabass Resistance, Gabriel locked himself away in the studio and went into complete isolation in what Gabriel refers to as “one of the most prolific times of his 20 year career”. Mixing his love for classic dub productions with vintage analog tape echoes, spring reverbs and tubes, with his love of krautrock and his collection of Moog, Arp and Korg analog synthesizers, to give us one of the most original albums to come out in recent time. Featuring guest performances by Addis Pablo, son of the legendary Augustus Pablo. Ranking Joe, who rose to prominence in the 1970s on such legendary labels as Studio 1, as well as his collaborations with King Tubby, and The Spaceape, (R.I.P.), who became the voice of UK Dubstep through his groundbreaking work with BURAL, KODE 9 and THE BUG. Recorded in San Francisco at d/a/c laboratory for research & development, mastered by the legendary Kevin Metcalfe, at Sound Masters in the UK and cover art by acclaimed French illustrator, Olivier Bonhomme.

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Man From Higher Heights

LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

LP | 2016 | FR | Original (Greensleeves)

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie & The Rasta Family’s long lost reggae album ‘Man From Higher Heights’ (originally released in 1983), digitally remastered and with full original artwork.
This release follows on from the earlier release of Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari ‘Tales of Mozambique’ (1975), also by Soul Jazz Records.
Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, somewhere between the last Mystic Revelation album and the 1983 official release of ‘Man From Higher Heights’, it remains unclear whether this album is a mixture of original recordings overlayed with additional players, or Ossie’s post-Mystic Revelation players remaining true to the spirit of Count Ossie (who had died in a car crash in 1976). Either way, it is a fascinating and successful blend of heavyweight Rastafarian roots rhythms and drumming alongside deep jazz improvisation and tripped out psychedelic fuzz guitar.
Count Ossie is the central character in the development of Rastafarian roots music, an almost mythical and iconic figure. His importance in bringing Rastafarian music to a populist audience is matched only by Bob Marley’s promotion of the faith internationally in the 1970s.
Count Ossie’s drummers made the first ever song to integrate Rastafarian traditional music into popular music - The Folkes Brothers’ song ‘Oh Carolina’, recorded for producer Prince Buster in 1959. In 1966 his drummers greeted the arrival of Haile Selassie at Kingston airport.
His Rastafarian compound in the hills of Wareika, Kingston, hosted jam sessions between his drummers and Jamaica’s finest musicians, Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Johnny Moore and others.
Count Ossie and the Group’s Man From Higher Heights remains one of the most elusive of his highly progressive Rastafarian inspired recordings, the final release in Count Ossie’s career.

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Alborosie

Freedom & Fyah

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (The Drop)

Release: 2016 / FR – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The new album! One of reggae's emerging masters of Reggae / Dancehall & Dubwise production, Alborosie has honed his craft through the creaton of six studio albums (five for Greensleeves). Along the way, he has become the biggest selling European roots reggae artist. His latest album, "Freedom & Fyah" demonstrates his production skill and depth of feel with strong contemporary and authentic reggae jams. All tracks are produced by Alborosie, with most of the songs mixed by the high renown James "Bonzai" Caruso. Featured guests include Ky-Mani Marley on the ballad and first single/video "Life To Me" and Protoje, who have been just voted as best international artist by the Riddim magazine readers, on the track "Strolling" and reggae legends, the Roots Radics band with Flabba Holt on the track "Everything" feat. Pupa Avril. Stand out tracks include "Poser" (which has chalked up already over 1 million YouTube views) and "Rocky Road" which is up to 500K views.

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Fat Freddys Drop

Bays Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2011 | US | Original (VP)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Introducing Bays a 9 track boil up heralding a fresh chapter in Freddys fantastic voyages. Bays opens with slow burn funk of ‘Wairunga Blues’ journeying through a hybrid of reggae, hi-tek soul and jazz with techno rhythms underpinning Freddy’s signature horns and Joe Dukie’s smooth & introspective vocals, 'Slings And Arrows', '10 Feet Tall', 'Wheels', 'Razor', 'Makkan', 'Fish In The Sea', 'Cortina Motors' and arriving finally on the crooked blues jam of ‘Novak’.
BAYS is named after our Wellington studio homebase, where the album was predominately written and recorded around beats, food, darts and a winter of content.

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Third World

Patriots

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | Original (Earache)

Skindred

Smile

7" | 2024 | Original (115)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Still sealed. Dark Green vinyl Limited edition.

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Tommy115

Aitakute I Love You

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brown Sugar- I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks: Brown Sugar And The Birth Of Loves Rock 1977-80

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Wah Wah)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Soul Jazz Records are releasing this first ever collection of the pioneering British reggae Lovers Rock group Brown Sugar including rare singles, dubs and extended mixes. The album comes with extensive sleevenotes and interviews with Dennis Bovell, Pauline Catlin, John Kpiaye and Winston Edwards (Studio 16).
Brown Sugar were formed by three young teenage girls – Pauline Catlin, Caron Wheeler and Carol Simms in South London in 1976. In the short period of time 1976-1980, the group – working with Dennis Bovell on the mixing desk and John Kpiaye (‘Brownie T) in the studio – recorded barely a handful of singles on the new Lovers Rock label, a number of which went to the top of the UK reggae charts. But success stopped there, and with no album release and no industry support the group broke up in the early 1980s.
Following their split Caron Wheeler became the lead vocalist for the hugely successful group Soul II Soul, Carol Simms launched a solo career as Kofi (re-making a number of Brown Sugar songs with producer Mad Professor) and Pauline Catlin returned to education.
Despite their relatively low-key mainstream public exposure Brown Sugar (and the label on which their first records appeared) announced to the world a new genre of reggae music, Lovers Rock, which spoke for the first time with the sensibility of a new segment of British society; that of first generation-born Black British female youth.
And while Lovers Rock became synonymous with sweet love songs, Brown Sugar’s music in fact expressed far more; a righteous pride and consciousness in being Black and British, a political stance more often associated with UK roots groups like Black Slate, Aswad, Misty in Roots and other British reggae acts in the late 1970s. Brown Sugar were in fact their own genre of ‘conscious lovers rock’ – an expression of ideological black cultural pride.
Brown Sugar’s handful of three-minute love songs (often plus extended dubs) somehow manage to encapsulate all the complexities of identity, sexual politics and youthful righteousness of Afro-Caribbean youth living in Britain in the 1970s. Songs such as ‘I’m in Love with A Dreadlocks’, ‘Our Reggae Music’, ‘Black Pride’ and ‘Dreaming of Zion’ spoke with a straightforward righteousness and consciousness that few roots groups could hope to match. The fact that they were all teenagers is even more striking.
In the mid-70s British reggae came into being as first generation Black Britain was able to find a voice able to express the issues of growing up British with Caribbean roots. This came about in two different ways – the British roots music of (essentially male) groups such as Aswad, Steel Pulse and Black Slate – and Lovers Rock, the expression of a black essentially (but not totally) female consciousness – Brown Sugar, Louisa Mark, 15-16-17, Marie Pierre, Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson, Jean Adebambo and others. And significantly, while British roots music was a variant on a Jamaican style, Lovers Rock was uniquely British – the first authentic British reggae sound.
Dennis Bovell comments, “For Lovers Rock we needed a pulpit, a way of saying ‘this is the style’. Sound systems were already saying ‘this is lovers,’ brandishing it in the dance. Our intention was to create a style of music that my generation could identify with – one that had a beat, and you could dance to with your partner in a sound system setting.”
Dennis Bovell’s mixes for the group gave a further dimension to Brown Sugar records – a sound system mentality, adding sound effects and dub elements. ‘I’m in Love with A Dreadlocks’ was the debut release for both Brown Sugar and the Lovers Rock label, a fitting calling card for both. The record was a hit on many sound systems across the UK, reaching the top of the reggae charts.
John Kpiaye: “They never put out an album. And all these records were seven-inch singles; when 12-inches turned up it just killed the seven-inch.”
Although the career of Brown Sugar was short-lived, their legacy and influence remains significant and now, 40 years on from these first records, all of the members are still involved in music. Pauline Catlin has recently re-launched her career under a new moniker, Shezekiel; Carol Simms, aka Kofi, remains a successful solo artist, one of the queens of Lovers Rock; Caron Wheeler, after leaving Soul II Soul at the end of the 1980s, embarked on a solo career, before re-joining the soul super-group which she continues to front to this day.
This new collection brings together all the groups essential recordings for the first ever time.

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Resonators

Imaginary People

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

God Is Good Feat. Lizzard

Little Roy

LP | 2024 | UK (Love Injection)

Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Scientist / Cruical Bunny

Dub Duel

LP | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Hawkeye)

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Hawkeye)

Desi Roots

Doing It Right

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Booze & Glory / Vespa & The Londonians

The Reggae Sessions Vol. 1

37" | 2018 | EU | Original (Contra)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Scoops)

Vibronics

Woman On A Mission 2

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Association "Les Guetteurs")

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vibronics teams up with an army of top female Reggae & Dub artists to collaborate on the new album “Woman On A Mission 2” .. to celebrate the rise of women in the Reggae & Sound System Dub scene Vibronics invited Carroll Thompson, Sandra Cross, Marina P, Sisters in Dub, Sista Habesha, Empress Shema, Koko Vega, Vanya O & SoulSteppa into the Dub Cupboard Studio to create this epic double album of Vo-cals & Dubs for 2024. The album features fine vocal tracks & heavyweight instrumental Sound System style dub style tracks.

Vibronics is one of the most established names in UK Dub/Reggae music achieving millions of views on YouTube, millions of Spotify streams and many tens of thousands of vinyl record sales. Collaborators include Michael prophet, Macka B, Iration Steppas, Soom T, Aba-Shanti and more.

Meet some of the amazing artists involved in this album:

Carroll Thompson is the official ‘Queen Of Lovers Rock” - the biggest name in UK Reggae here showing her amazing versatility by singing a roots-reggae anthem for the Sound System generation

Sandra Cross is the award winning UK Reggae legend famous for her work with Mad Professor on the Ariwa Label

Marina P from Italy via Paris teams up with Vibronics following her success with Glasgow bass heavy beat legends Mungos HiFi.

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Les Guetteurs

Roi

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rezin Tooth Green Vinyl Edtion

Rezin Tooth

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Wax Thematique)

Ska Au Go Go Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One can imagine these words echoing in the wizard's mind of teacher and keys and synth man Nathan Spicer just before conceiving this, his "never meant to be released" masterpiece dub experiment. He, along with the lions share of the members of his Seattle-based funk/afrobeat group, Polyrhythmics, render a profound dub album as majestic and dynamic as if the members each had simultaneously recieved this missive from on high. Was it King Plachacha himself that dubbed these funk squires as true knights of the coming Pleiades/Earth 4th dimensional consciousness ascension portal event? The music seems to indicate so. As soundsystem technicians/prophets who came before such as Tubby, Perry, Scientist, and Pablo, Rezin Tooth and engineer/bass player Jason Gray succeed in manifesting a sonic blueprint of this possible fourth dimensional realm where peace and enlightenment flow freely as the true currency of the universe. Fellow Funk parishoners in this holy temple of dub are Ben Bloom (strings), Grant Schroff (drums and symbols), Lalo Bello (percussion) Art Brown (reeds) Elijah Clark (horns). Yes, praise the lord, Spicer et al did heed the call and indeed dubbed themselves. And you are now holding in your hand the Chronicle of their efforts. Rezin Tooth lays their new album of contemplative dub upon dub's mighty altar as an expression of their reverence to this beguiling and communal Jamaican art form. With this offering, they take communion with dub's sacrament from the basements and sound systems of planet earth and tape-echo it back out to the Pleiades. -Lucky Brown

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Neville Staple

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Cleopatra)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Time Capsule)

Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985