Reggae & Dancehall 1541 Items

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bob Marley is considered one of the pioneers of reggae. The Jamaican singer and songwriter formed Bob Marley & The Wailers in the sixties, with worldwide success following in the 70’s. By 1973, Marley was a superstar. Reggae's most transcendent and iconic figure, Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve this international level of superstardom. This live studio recording is the peak of his career and features hits like ‘Get Up Stand Up’ and ‘Lively Up Yourself’.

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Alpheus

Unify

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Clocks Of Men / Clocks Of Dub

Sons Of Manji

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Dhoko)

7,99 €* 9,99 € -20%

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Dhoko)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Last in a serie of 7 x 7 inch started in 2018, "Clocks Of Men" closes the chapter.

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Dhoko

Parables Of Dhoko

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Digikiller)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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(...) Each of the songs you will listen to was taken from studio original tapes, presented as full lenght, or extended cuts — alternative versions from the previous 45rpm records released along the yeras on confidential Dhoko label. All recordings and mixes were executed with all possible care with the aim of conducting love through space and time to reach you (...)" Backsleeve notes.

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Errol Dunkley

Want No More

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2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Scoops)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Killer mid '80s 'live digital' tune made at Aquarius Studio, released for the first time ever. A rarity to get Dunkley on this type of rhythm, this one was great to unearth.

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Vibronics

Woman On A Mission 2

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Zero Grace Sea Glass Vinyl Edition

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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Liam Bailey

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Big Crown)

26,99 €*

No Equal Rights In Babylon

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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Joe Axumite

7" | 2013 | EU | Original (Digikiller)

11,99 €* 14,99 € -20%

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Messengers)

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Part of a new series of reissues produced by the great Lloyd "Bullwackie" Barnes!'No equal..' awesome tune backed by an incredible dub featuring what sounds like infinite echo.

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Message

Hotter The Battle

10,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (A-Lone)

Zambeze

This Is The Night

10,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jah Children Invasion Volume 6

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Wackies)

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7" | 2024 | US | Original (Digikiller)

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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Angela Hoytt

I Love You Dready

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12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dub Junction)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Killer female roots vocal on the tuff lick of the 'Java' rhythm that we released other cuts on (see above links). This tune was originally released on 12" on Park Heights' Son of a Gun label, under the name 'Park Heights Angel' aka Angel Hoytt. This is the first release on 45, and the A-side vocal cut is an alternate previously unreleased mix.

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Danny T & Tradesman

Meditation Life

13,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Serious Time Transparent Vinyl Edition

O.B.F X Iration Steppas

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dubquake)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sunken Rock)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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No time to rest at Dubquake Records HQ! Freshly recovered from the release of O.B.F's brand new 'mixxtape', the Dubquake team kick off 2024 with an explosive double drop; putting all their energy into one of dub’s most exciting project: Iration Steppas and O.B.F's joint album 'Revelation Time' due to release on April 5th.

The label unleashes 'Warrior' & 'Serious Time', the first two singles built by Mark Iration, Dennis Rootical & Rico O.B.F. Putting the massive to work while they prepare for the double LP and live show to kick-off.

Both tracks are taken from the album, mixed octopus-style, dubplate-style and pressed onto transparent vinyl in screen-printed sleeves. Exclusively available on Bandcamp and in record shops. Strictly sound system material!!

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Soffplaneten

Samlar Damm

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Black Rose)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Soffplaneten is a Swedish band mixing genres like prog rock, funk, downtempo and kraut. Opening track 'Nile Beach Dub' is a dub downtempo groove followed up by a more wistful slo-funk 'Kom till mitt tält' with Swedish vocals with more kraut feel and spacy synths taking over on 'Höga mamma moln'. Samlar Damm is their second full length album and their first release on Sunken Rock.

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Prince Jamo

The Badlands / Dubwise

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Black Rose)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deep and heavy Roots in a 70s Revival style. Self produced, written and performed by the great Prince Jamo out of UK! Shaka style

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Prince Jamo

Back Off / Dubwise

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Just-Is)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deep and heavy Roots in a 70s Revival style. Self produced, written and performed by the great Prince Jamo out of UK! Shaka style

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Lutan Fyah

Dance A Gwan / Version

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Ethiopians / Soul Brothers

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Heavyweight Soundsystem selection in a Digital Reggae style. The quality Jamaican singer Lutan Fyah & UK based producers link up for a cool & deadly combination.

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Freeman / Shanty Town

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

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

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Beautiful Song from the Studio One Archives (First Release 1966)

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Larry Marshall

Lonely Room

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Dirty Affaire Limited Edition

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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The Cabrians

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

12,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All Day White Vinyl Edition

The Pietasters

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

26,99 €*

Condition Transmission Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

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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Coolidge

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up)

21,59 €* 26,99 € -20%

From Mexico Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut album from Indiana ska band formed by the members of 90's legends Johnny Socko. Anthemic rock infused ska & reggae that harkens back to the heyday of the American third wave, with catchy lyrics and big horns. Limited edition clear blue vinyl limited to 250 copies.

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Out Of Control Army

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jump Up)

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (333)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Thirteen track "best of" collection from Mexico's top 2-tone / traditional act, featuring guest spots from Neville Staple of THE Specials, Mimi Maura, Kingston Rudieska, Oreskaband and King Hammond. Full of big band uptempo scorchers reminiscent of Tokyo SKA Paradise Orchesta. Hot!

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Stanford Shirley

The System

14,99 €*

Junior Dell & The D-Lites

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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333 reissues a massive sought-after and obscure Jazzbo-produced 45 from Stanford Shirley. The System was recorded at Harry J's studio and released in 1987 on the late Linval Carter's Ujama label. Though one of the lesser known cuts from Jazzbo's late 80s production stable, it is surely up there with one of the best. Killer archetypal digi business.

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Twenty Flight Ska

7" | 2021 | UK | Reissue (Original Gravity)

Release: 2021 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Akae Beka

Living Testament

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Girl Who Cried Over You White 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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Susan Cadogan

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Jump Up)

8,99 €* 9,99 € -10%

Uluru 013 Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lovers rock legend returns with two brand new vintage style tunes produced by MITCH "KING KONG" GIRO. "GIRL WHO CRIED" is a rootsy midtempo rocksteady jam with true lovers flava, the flip "I DON'T WANT ANYBODY BUT YOU" is a fantastic ska groover.

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DJ Maars

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Uluru)

13,99 €*

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

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Raise your lighter in the air, Uluru is back with another Reggae Hip-Hop 7”. All the way from Australia we welcome back fellow producer Dj Maars with two new instant classic.

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Champagne Dub

Rainbow

27,99 €*

Social Dub Feat. Dego Ranking & Ed Hodge

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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Drumterror

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Sub Merchants)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Under De Kitchen [Sasha Steppa Remix]

Nucleus Roots

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dub Junction)

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A Caribbean Taste Of Technology

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released on the seminal self-titled Nucleus Roots album at the turn of the millennium, Under De Kitchen is finally getting a well-deserved vinyl pressing with new dubs and remixes!

Vocals come courtesy of Manchester's Des Nia Lashimba, accompanied by Moses, Dub Dadda and Maria.

Bristol's Sasha Steppa steps up on remix duties with her debut production, elevating the track even further with her trademark high-energy peak-time stepper style.

Normandy via Glasgow dubber Stalawa strips everything back for his futuristic interpretation, channeling plenty of Rhythm & Sound inspiration.

As usual, Dub Junction isn't doing things by halves, with three separate records being pressed to house all six mixes, all with their own unique two-colour marbled effect.

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The Mad Professor

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Ariwa)

30,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub Shakedown / Deh Yah With It

Danny Red & Ranking Joe

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Imperial Sound Army)

13,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Fasle Idols)

Lee Scratch Perry

King Perry

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Ns Kroo Session Dubplates

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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AndrooNs Kroo

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Poly Dance Theatre)

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Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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This is it. Poly dance theatre 006 arrives. Fresh arrival. For the 6th Poly Dance Theatre release, androo has decided to release exclusive dubplates from NS Kroo sound system (androo & baba). Yes. 2 tracks from the smoky, always intense and sometimes very special sessions of the NS Kroo sound system over the last 10 years. Exxxperienceee. Wave Dub style is a blend of synth wave, dub stepper and club elements. A side: Fast Dub, tribute to Kitachi, (Iration steppas). Indeed, NS Kroo didn't wait for the recent re-issues to play Kitachi tracks, and has been inspired by this vibe from the outset. Club meets Dub! Fast Dub is trance, it's raw, it's sporty, it's for the legs, it's good support (aducteurs), it's for nimble feet, it's a book whose last sentence ends on the first, it's repetition, it's different style, it's dance, it's wild, it's club rhythm, it's baba operator, it's androo selector, it's sound system vibes, it's NS Kroo in 2019, it's a discreet, slightly punkish non-chalance, it's distortion, it's "we don't give a fuck about codes", it's that and lots of other things... B side: Wave Dub Style Is Back. It's all in the title. This track is probably from 2014? Wave dub... A mix of new wave/synth pop and dub, with a club mix feel. Again, trance music, the kind you play when the night never ends to end, an epic end-of-session odyssey. Soft and strange synth with strong 808 rhythm. 2 mixes. 1st mix: pop synth experience. 2nd mix: raw trance club mix. Wave Dub Style Is Back was remastered by androo in 2023 with the support of poly dance theatre compagnie.

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2x12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Above Board Projects)

Optimo 25 (Part 2)

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Optimo (Espacio) started life as a weekly club night. It was born at The Sub Club in Glasgow on a wet, windy, wintry November Sunday night in 1997. Run by JD Twitch and partner in crime Jonnie Wilkes. Optimo was a reaction against what felt like an increasingly conservative musical soundtrack in clubs here at that time. Clubland felt as if it had become very bland and a bit too serious; it was the era of the dawn of the Superstar DJ. Clubs often felt like bastions of male energy. It seemed dance music and culture was going somewhere far, far away from where it was meant to be. The notion of fun had got lost.

It was no longer the world they had devoted ten years of their lives to already, and lots of their friends felt the same. When the opportunity came up to do a Sunday night at The Sub Club it felt like the perfect opportunity to rip it all up and start again. So they did. There was nothing in the city (or possibly anywhere) like it. As the club believed wholeheartedly in what they were doing, there was no pressure from The Sub Club to fill the club. So, they embraced the freedom. Groups of people who had never been in the same room at the same time before came together. A community of kindred spirits started to emerge.

Word spread, slowly. Lots of people checked it out. Many loved it, some hated it. The core of the Optimo idea was to embrace music they loved that might work on the dancefloor from whatever era or genre they thought felt right. It might not seem very radical now but at that time it was revolutionary.

After about a year and a half, the club went from having 100 people attending most nights to suddenly one week having 500 people turn up. It was very weird. It was as if a collective light bulb went off in people’s heads in Glasgow. From that week on, until the very last weekly Sunday night at the Sub Club, in 2010, over a decade later, it was packed.

There were 550 Sunday Optimo nights. A LOT of music was played. So, what was the music? People often find it hard to pin down exactly what Optimo is. This has been a positive but also a negative as we live in a world where people want easily defined “brand identities”. The simplest definition of the music played is “music for dancing”, which of course is a very broad definition. Even better than trying to define it in words, we have these 2 volumes of music that give a hint of what that might be.

This is not a “Best of Optimo” or a “Greatest Hits of Optimo” compilation. For people who come to, or used to come to the nights there are of course “Greatest Hits”. But, over such a long timespan they are “hits” belonging to a certain moment in time and space. Someone who came to Optimo in 1997 would have a completely different notion of the big tracks at the club to someone coming in 2003, or 2010, or today. This compilation is just a snap shot missing several genres that might make up the DNA of Optimo. There is though a broad sweep through lots of music Optimo loves, that they believe is amazing. Music that they know will rock a dancefloor, that they have played between 1997 and 2023. Of course Optimo nights were not all about rocking the dancefloor. The first hour was always a time for them to play music they loved that often was far removed from the dance. Side 1, Volume 1 of this compilation is the kind of music one might hear at the very start of an Optimo night.

Optimo have always loved a good slogan. The most long lived, and fitting Optimo slogan is "We Love Your Ears", which is in essence what it is all about to them.

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2x12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Above Board Projects)

Optimo 25 (Part 1)

35,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (17 North Parade)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fred Locks

Black Star Liner

25,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dixie Peach & The Disciples

Divide And Conquer

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Partial)

LP | 2018 | Original (Hfb-)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fresh heavyweight speaker-distressing business from The Disciples with a vocal track from the legendary Dixie Peach (Jah Tubbys, Fashion labels and many more).

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The Nutty Boys

Got Your Dancing Shoes

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2019 | Original (One Camp / Soulfire Artists)

Elijah Salomon

Herz Vomene Loi EP

Release: 2019 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Jamwax)

Wade Dyce

Money Mare

Extra Stylez Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wade "Jimmy" Dyce was an original member of Cultural Roots. He was a vocalist and played a key role in shaping the sound of the group. Cultural Roots emerged as a four-part harmony group for producer Donovan Germain in the late 1970s, releasing « Revolutionary Sounds » and « Mr Bossman » which counts among ‘Jah Shaka's favourite tunes’. Then they released « Hell A Go Pop », one of the Greensleeves label’s lesser-known classics. In the early 80's, Wade Dyce produced alone three songs at Chris Stanley's famous Music Mountain studio. Wade Dayce surrounds himself with the best musicians of the time, namely the Revolutionaries, but does not remember the exact formation apart from Sly Dunbar on drums and Bongo Herman on percussion. « Humble », « Money Mare » and « Hide & Seek » are three forgotten songs that can be described as killer roots from the middle of the 80s and which you can (re)discover again through this reissue on the original Moving On label. For this release, Jamwax worked with Parade Studio for this original and unique Disco 45 cover graphic creation. Today, Wade, now sixty-seven years old, is living in Salem, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 2010 as a mental-health specialist. Long live to the Cultural Roots !

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Kill Emil

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original

47,99 €*

Tribute To Lee 'Scratch' Perry

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Extra Stylez is Kill Emil's comeback album after four years, a 16-track fusion of Reggae Hip-Hop and Hip-Hop vibes.
Featuring 13 international MCs, the album's global groove is classic yet fresh. Dive into Kill Emil's signature style, seamlessly blending timeless beats with modern energy.

Extra Stylez is a celebration of diverse sounds, showcasing the extra style that defines Kill Emil's musical journey.

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Vin Gordon

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Top Ranking Sound)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Legend: 30th Anniversary Edition

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2LP | 2014 | US | Original (Island)

45,99 €*

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Kids Of Yesterday)

All Stars Jamaican Blues

Work Harder, Not Smarter Blue Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One of the earliest and rarest compilation of Jamaican ska jazz, released in 1961 on the iconic Blue Beat Record. Featuring Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Cecil Lloyd, Alton Ellis, Derrick Harriott, Rico Rodriguez, The Charmers, The Jiving Juniors and more.

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The Carmines

LP | 2024 | EU (I Buy)

20,99 €*

Under De Kitchen [Stalawa Remix] Two Colour Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Carmines are back with their 3rd full length album "Work Harder Not Smarter"! The band may have matured over the last decade, but the sound is the same and the melodies are here to stay! Staying true to their roots, they pump out 10 new songs, recorded and mixed all analog by Pete Mattern at Horsetown Recording Company, that really capture the sound and spirit of early ‘90s Lookout! Records! Limited to 200 copies on blue-ish/green-ish vinyl

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Nucleus Roots

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dub Junction)

Under De Kitchen Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nucleus Roots

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dub Junction)

13,49 €* 17,99 € -25%

Danakil Meets Ondubground Pt.2

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released on the seminal self-titled Nucleus Roots album at the turn of the millennium, Under De Kitchen is finally getting a well-deserved vinyl pressing with new dubs and remixes!

Vocals come courtesy of Manchester's Des Nia Lashimba, accompanied by Moses, Dub Dadda and Maria

Bristol's Sasha Steppa steps up on remix duties with her debut production, elevating the track even further with her trademark high-energy peak-time stepper style

Normandy via Glasgow dubber Stalawa strips everything back for his futuristic interpretation, channeling plenty of Rhythm & Sound inspiration

As usual, Dub Junction isn't doing things by halves, with three separate records being pressed to house all six mixes, all with their own unique two-colour marbled effect.

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Danakil/Ondubground

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Baco)

30,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I Just Can't Stop It Magenta Vinyl Edition

The Beat

LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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1 LP reissue of The Beat's debut album, including the hits "Mirror in the Bathroom" and "Tears of a Clown" in Magenta vinyl. Breakout of original album. This Syeor release is Side A/B from the English Beat 2LP Expanded RSD format

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Xterminator)

Fatis Tapes In The Oven

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pork Pie)

Yellow Umbrella

The Yellow Album

22,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Stuggle Continues ...

Link 80

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Asian Man)

Martin Proux & Danubian Dub

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Sophomore LP from Oakland, CA Ska Punk band Link 80. Vinyl has been out of print for over 15 years.

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To All The Youths

7" | 2024 | EU | Original

11,39 €* 11,99 € -5%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Kid Loco Meets Soul Sugar

Kraft "Dub" Werk

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Echo Beach)

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Sound Of Thunder)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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When dub and dope beats entered into an open relationship in the mid-nineties and created a casual hybrid with trip hop, Jean-Yves Prieur aka Kid Loco was one of the first French people to be there. With singles like "She"s My Lover" and "Love Me Sweet" and the album A Grand Love Story, the producer proved himself to be a loverman indeed, with a knack for bedroom moods, charming little melodies and a comforting balance between minimalism and lush arrangements . As a keyboard all-rounder, Guillaume Méténier aka Soul Sugar has been featured on numerous Kid Loco productions for more than twenty years. From the synthesizer to the clavinet, from the Fender Rhodes to the Leslie organ, the "Funky Frenchman" is no stranger to any keyboard instrument. The Hamburg label Echo Beach, which has already issued dub commissions for a number of pop and new wave classics, thought it was time to change that. Dub masters such as Rob Smith, Noiseshaper, Dubmatix, Paolo Baldini and many others remixed for the label. Songs by Martha & The Muffins, The Police, David Bowie, Grace Jones and Robert Palmer, among others.In order to honor the music of Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter and their respective fellow Kraftwerkers with a dub set, they turned to Kid Loco, who has now established himself as a musical all-rounder, and who immediately invited his long-time accomplice Soul Sugar brought on board. The calculation really worked out.

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Kushart

Foundation

9,89 €* 10,99 € -10%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Promised Land / Promised Dub

Shades Of Black

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Africa Mae Do Leao)

9,59 €* 11,99 € -20%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Africa Mae Do Leao)

Shades Of Black

Conspiracy / Dub

8,39 €* 11,99 € -30%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Delroy Williams

Keep Loving / Version

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fishers Of Man / Walls Of Jericho

Creole

12" | 2022 | US | Original (Digikiller)

Don't Believe Him / The Village

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Missed out on first pressing - waiting on repress

The definition of deep roots, here are a pair of almost never before heard tracks from the mythical Creole.

The A-side "Fishers of Man" is an extended mix, while the B-side "Walls of Jericho" is a vocal cut followed by a synth added version retrieved from dubplate. The vocal cuts are the band's personal rough mixes, which thankfully survived to now be heard. These tracks were meant for an LP that never materialized

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Gregory Isaacs

7" | 2015 | UK | Reissue (Jamaican)

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

Daba Makourejah & Ganja Tree

Release: 2015 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Two killer Gregory vocal tracks back to back produced by the hitmaker from Jamaica Bunny’Striker’Lee

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Bamba / Rootsman Corner 2023 Repress

12" | 2012 | UK | Reissue (Amoul Bayi)

Release: 2012 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2016 | JP | Original (Duke Reid Classics)

Roland Alphonso

Istanbul

20,99 €*

Release: 2016 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Both recorded in 1961 at the RJR Studio. The a side is a monsterous early 'Shuffle' Ska Inst. The B side is a previously Unreleased Mid Tempo Early Ska Vocal.

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

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Capitol Session '73

CD | 2021 (Universal)

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra

Bob Marley With The Chineke! Orchestra

CD | 2022 (Universal)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra

Bob Marley With The Chineke! Orchestra Limited Dlx.

2CD | 2022 (Universal)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

The British Core Lovers

48,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dennis Bovell is a producer, musician, and engineer who is an indispensable part of the history of British reggae. In 2008, P Vine compiled a collection of Dennis' master recordings under the title "Rebirth of British Reggae" and released it on vinyl for the first time. Marie Pierre's version of the Young Rascals' classic "Groovin'," which has been covered by numerous musicians including Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, was released as a 7-inch single on P-vine in 2021 and sold out immediately. This is a supreme compilation album with plenty of sound sources that reggae fans will not be able to resist.

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Makkum)

This Is Frafra Power

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Red Wig)

This Is Kologo Power

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (X-Ray Production)

Skarra Mucci

Greater Than Great

LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (X-Ray Production)

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released in 2014, "Greater Than Great" is the 5th album by Jamaican singer Skarra Mucci, the first for Undisputed Records, bringing together the cream of Reggae Digital productions from Bizzarri Records, DreadSquad, Irie Ites Records, Weedy G Soundforce, Deebuzz Musik, Hard2Def, Soulove / Delamix, D&H Records, Kskamp and Rawkaz Clan which the toaster comes to ride brilliantly. Greater than great, it's just legend! The album "Greater Than Great" offers eclectic versions navigating between Dancehall, Digital, Reggae and Raggamuffin. Skarra Mucci proves once again that he is one of the rare singers capable of putting his voice on all styles of Reggae with a capital "R" and transforming them into instant classics, like "My Sound », his biggest hit found on this album.

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Skarra Mucci

Dancehall President

Skarra Mucci & The One Love Family

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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On the occasion of the new 2023 edition of his album "Dancehall President" released in 2016 on Undisputed Records, Skarra Mucci unveils an alternative cover for the vinyl version.

Nicknamed "King Skarra" or "The Dancehall President", Skarra Mucci is undoubtedly one of the most versatile and interesting singers on the current Reggae scene. With an inexhaustible flow and judicious crossovers between reggae/dancehall, hip-hop and soul, Skarra Mucci transcends riddims and eras with mad class. Between Shaggy and Damian Marley, he reconciles tradition and modernity, old-fashioned raggamuffin and current productions.

"Dancehall President" is no exception in this area with reggae, dancehall, hip hop, dubstep influences and featurings such as Beenie Man, Willy William, Yaniss Odua, Horace Andy and Mandinka.

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Skarra Mucci

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (X-Ray Production)

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Red Wig)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released in 2018 on Undisputed Records, "The One Love Family" is Skarra Mucci's 7th studio album. For this featuring album where one or more guests appear on each track, the artist invited a cast of choice with guests from various backgrounds such as the heavyweights of French Reggae from Dub Inc or the Jamaican stars of yesterday and today such as Ken Boothe, King Kong or Chezidek… This album is a hymn to sharing in which we find the many facets of the Dancehall President.

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Lahcen Akil

Tizi Inzit

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Red Wig)

Ayuune Sule

Putoo Katare Yire

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tommy Mccook & The Supersonics / Lloyd Williams

Ska Flea / I Wish I Had Someone

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

14,69 €* 20,99 € -30%

Duke Reid / The Baba Brooks Band

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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Burial / Jow Snow Cone

7" | 2021 | JP | Original (Duke Reid Classics)

20,99 €*

2LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Urban)

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The A side is an unreleased Uptempo Ska Vocal cut with a fire instrumental on the flip.

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

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Gentleman

Diversity

45,99 €*

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Senghe Gold Colored Vinyl Edtion

Almamegretta

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (The Saifam Group)

34,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mouthwatering)

Lee Scratch Perry

Daydreamflix

27,89 €* 30,99 € -10%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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So Beliebt Und So Bescheiden

Oxo 86

LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Sunny Bastards)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Sunny Bastards)

Oxo 86

Fröhlich Sein Und Singen

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Ensancha El Alma)

Androcell

Imbue

34,99 €*

LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Asian Man)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissue, in vinyl format only, of the last Androcell album released in 2014.

300 copies pressed in double 180 grams black vinyl, remastered for this special release.

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MU330

Ultra Panic

Descending Babylon / Dancehall Graveyard Feat. Razaman & Bazza / Baptiste Yellow Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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MU330’s Ultra Panic has been out of print for years. This pressing is 1,000 on half/half random color and includes a 2 sided insert and new label art.

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Sekkleman

10" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Moonshine)

14,99 €*

Ska Au Go Go Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2023 repress -

The next Moonshine release comes courtesy of Australian-based Erin McKimm aka Sekkleman. It's been over three years since his last full release and we are very excited to show you what he's been up to.

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Neville Staple

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Cleopatra)

29,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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At Studio One - Reggae Mash Ups Yellow Vinyl Edtion

Jay-Z

LP | 2010 | US

27,99 €*

CD | 2022 | UK | Original (Tamoki Wambesi Dove)

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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Prince Hammer

Freedom

Eek-Ology: Reggae Anthology

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rhythms recorded in Jamaican. Overdubs recorded at Glass Studios, Wirral, England

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Eek-A-Mouse

LP | 2013 | UK | Reissue (17 North Parade)

22,99 €*

LP | 2018 | JP | Reissue (EM)

Release: 2013 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The first and foremost exponent of the ‘singjay’ style, Eek A Mouse, has carried all before him over the past thirty years busily blurring the distinctions between roots, dancehall and crossover reggae. Eek-ology collects up a number of rare and in-demand non-album sides including the early self produced ‘Ripton Hylton’ recordings along with the Joe Gibbs sessions where he first unveiled his brand new Eek-A-Mouse style. Mouse’s long and successful partnership with producer Junjo Lawes is represented by the non-album ‘For Hire And Removal’ and tracks like ‘Rude Boys A Foreign’ recorded for Gussie Clarke and ‘Taller Than King Kong’ for King Jammy still ram the dance today!

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7fo

Ryu No Nukegara

26,59 €* 27,99 € -5%

Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da

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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Madness

2LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

31,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nowhere Like Here: Love Songs From The Caribbean & Diaspora

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

27,99 €*

Utan Rymddrakt Pa Uranus Gary The Tall Remix

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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Staalfagel

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Emotional Rescue)

14,99 €*

7" | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Jamaican)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Emotional Rescue dives back in the world of post punk experiments and early synthesised electronics to present another of the labels iconoclastic 7" 'collectors specials', with a look at Stockholm's Staalfagel. Born in 1977, Erik Fritjofsson and Petter Brundell merged and formed Staalfagel out of the suburbs of Jakobsberg. Like so many at the time, the duo was tired of Prog, Jazz and Symphonic Rock and formulated something new and against at the same moment; a time where drummers were jettisoned in place of drum machines and the inspirations of artists like Creedence Clearwater Revival, Devo and Pere Ubu were thrown in the mix to fervent results. With Micke Kjell soon joining on bass, they toured Sweden constantly, the manic machine beat, beating guitars and strange synth sounds defeated the throng and led to a considerable following. Recorded live to tape with no overdubs or mixing, the faithful CR 78 drum machine, the results radiate energy. Release just 4 records in 2 years (1980 - 1982), Utan Rymddrakt Pa Uranus appeared as their last ever release. Jettisoning the punky-funk vocals of previous releases, the single is a pure electronic groove. Funk bass and guitar atop, its short form simplicity is perfection distilled in 2 parts of less than 3 minutes, conjoined like some reggae dream, with 'Uranus II' acting the dub 'version' counterpoint. Discovered and shared by long-time friend, DJ and collector, Gary The Tall steps out from behind the decks and microphone of his long running NTS show to present an exemplary "Reversion". Teaming up with master producer and label affiliate, Timothy J Fairplay on engineering duties, they keep the originals' straightforward charm, deceptively editing, looping and reversing with aplomb, for a killer flip side.

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Tapper Zukie

Pick Up The Rockers

12,99 €*

LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Greensleeves)

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tappa’s Classic ‘pick UP THE Rockers’ CUT AT Channel ONE BY THE Revolutionaries,

Along Side It’s King Tubby DUB CUT.

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Alborosie

Freedom & Fyah

25,99 €*