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2LP | 2021 | FR | Reissue ([PIAS])

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A classic set from 1989, regarded as one of the dub albums that helped kick-start the UK dub revival along the likes of Sound Iration / Manasseh, Mad Prfoessor, Jah Shaka and Alpha and Omega.

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Zenzile

Living In Monochrome

Zenzile / Irie Ites / Trinity

Release: 2021 / FR – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Cover close to NM

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Can't Blame The Youth

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Baco)

29,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

Zabandis

Teachings

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Yard Act Vs. Mad Professor

The Overdub

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Universal)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Jah Over I / United Africa Dub

Yabby You & The Prophets

7" | 2022 | UK (Pressure Sounds)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Factory Benelux)

Release: 2022 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Conscious lyrics on this lesser known Yabby track. Never before pressed on 45 and comes with the correct version on the flipside. Comes in a printed Yabby bag. Tommy McCook on flute Sly and Robbie on rhythmic duties.

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X-O-Dus

English Black Boys

Woodrow Noble / Prince Hammer

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Manchester reggae band X-O-Dus are best known for their single English Black Boys, produced by Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell and released on Factory Records (Fac 11) in February 1980. This remastered compilation collects together 7 of their best tracks and is limited to 500 copies on 180 gsm vinyl (plus digital copy). Talent-spotted by Joy Division manager Rob Gretton, X-O-Dus performed at live events such as Zoo Meets Factory Halfway (August 1979) and Factory By Moonlight (April 1980). In time-honoured Factory fashion Fac 11 was released almost a year late, being the only reggae record to appear in a sleeve designed by Peter Saville. Digitally remastered by Peter Beckmann in 2021, this 7 track vinyl edition includes both sides of the Factory single as well as 5 album demos recorded in 1980. For optimum sound quality the album is pressed on 180 gsm vinyl. The vinyl inner bag contains sleeve notes by former manager Martin Dunlop, along with archive images including previously unseen shots from the Moonlight Club show on 4 April 1980 by Peter Anderson.

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Reggae A The Best

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Kingston Connexion)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 (Food Clothes & Shelter)

Womankind

Monkey Money / Version

9,89 €* 10,99 € -10%

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Those Days / Ras Anthem Dubwise

Winston Reedy

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Horus)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Stop Point)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Brand new production recorded at The Arch studio in Tottenham by the Horus All Stars. Track laid live down to tape.. legendary UK reggae singer Winston Reedy gels in perfectly with a beautiful vocal. Heavyweight dub on the flip"

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Winston Edwards

Mandela 'My Journey'

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Partial)

Willie Williams

Saints

Willi Williams / Dub Defender / Russ Disciples / Dougie Conscious

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Solid production from the Riz crew aka Nick Manasseh and Gil Cang (Tuff Scout) featuring the legendary Willie ‘Armagideon Time’ Williams from 1995.

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Warning / Still Waters

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Bababoom Hi-Fi)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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West Molites

I See A Sign / Version

7" | 2022 (Big Dread)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (LASH00)

Weird Weather

Succulents

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Weeding Dub Meets Coptic Sound Meets Wise Rockers

Dub Is The Teacher, Part 2, Part 3 / Natural Born Dubber, Part 2, Part 3

12" | 2021 (L'acouphene)

12,74 €* 16,99 € -25%

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Tube Dub Sound)

Webcam Hi-Fi

Feeding My Faith

17,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wayne Mcarthur / Disciples

Revelation 2000 / Rev 2020 Dub

7" | 2021 (Hiya-Tones)

11,99 €*

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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On The Corner (Picture Sleeve)

Wayne Marshall

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Ghetto Youths International)

10,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

30,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (A-Lone Productions)

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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Virginia Rivera

Roots For The Soul

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tribute To Bunny 'Striker' Lee

Vin Gordon

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

11,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vin Gordon, The 18th Parallel & Yasus Afari

Cosmic Drop / Healing Chant

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Fruits)

10,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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As reggae lovers for decades, one of our biggest dreams was to collaborate with the creative genius behind the legendary sound of the Black Ark studio, one of the dub originators, the man responsible for shaping the sound of Bob Marley and the Wailers amongst many other greats, the mighty Upsetter, the unspeakable Lee “Scratch” Perry! That happy day has finally arrived in 2019 when Lee, who lived in Switzerland for a longtime, recorded his voice on The 18th Parallel’s ‘Cosmic Drop Riddim’.

The details around ‘Words From The Upsetter’ recording are not that common. In summer 2017, we at Fruits Records had the privilege to tour European festivals with Lee “Scratch” Perry as members of the Najavibes backing band. This is how we got to know the legend and start the production process. The first seed was sown. Nevertheless, the riddim track of the song was laid down in Kingston in 2014, as our crew of musicians – not known yet as The 18th Parallel – was recording our first release ever, A Little Walk album with the legendary Sino-Jamaican singer I Kong. The unused riddim slept in the hard drive for five years until we found the right artist to ride it. The Upsetter had that mystic vibes we were looking for, it was a perfect fit.

Then we spiced it up with a few more overdubs – analog string synthesizer, cosmic guitars, subtle sounds of musique concrète. Finally Roberto Sánchez brilliantly recreated the type of sound that the Black Ark was famous for: full of Mutron Bi-Phase, tape delay and spring reverb hits as testifies the dub version ‘Spring Thunderstorm’.

The production of this song has been a long and heavy process, but we're now able to present this brand new recording to the world. Sadly, Lee’s not physically here anymore to witness this release, but his musical legacy is so immeasurable that his memory will live forever in every music enthusiasts’ heart around the world. And this record is now a part of this legacy. We’ll be forever thankful for this opportunity and would like to give a special thanks to his family and friends (big up Dr. T!) who helped us and gave us assistance during the creative process. This record is dedicated to the loving memory of Lee “Scratch” Perry.

The ‘Cosmic Drop Riddim’ wouldn’t be fully completed without two extra unexpected cuts. The first one is an amazing instrumental song featuring Perry’s longtime friend and Jamaican number one trombonist Vin Gordon where trombone meets bass clarinet and bass flute to create a deep, foggy, mystical atmosphere. This will take you to a night journey to East Africa. The second cut highlights the art of dub poetry through the beautiful poem by Yasus Afari, ‘Healing Chant’.

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Xterminator Records: The Legacy - Chapter 1

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Global Beats)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

We Sing Gregory

19,99 €* 24,99 € -20%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jamwax Records proudly presents We Sing Gregory. On this album, jamaican producer Bravo used the best roots and culture band, the undomitable Roots Radics, featuring Flabba Holt on bass, Style Scott on drums and Keith Sterling on keyboards, and hired legends Robbie Lynn on keyboards, Cat Coore and Chinna Smith on guitar, Stick on percussion, Dean Fraser on horns, thus ensuring a heavy and flawless riddim foundation and superb arrangements. The Roots Radics were Gregory Isaacs band in the early 80's, playing on the Night Nurse and Out Deh! albums, touring around the world with the cool ruler. Gregory Isaacs' songwriting is magnificient and the subjects are always treated with humbleness and consideration for others.

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Vinylart - Reggae Picture Disc Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

United Dreadlocks Vol 2

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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CD | 2021 | US | Reissue (Studio One)

This Is Jamaica Ska

19,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Sampled Reggae

25,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rocksteady - Take Place At The Heart Of

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Music Lovers collection bring you a cool selection of Rockesteady anthems, get ready to party!

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Rise Jamaica:Jamaican Independence Special

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pay It All Back Volume 8 Blue Vinyl Edition

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

27,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Pay It All Back Vol. 8

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Blue Opaque Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Old School Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nowhere Like Here: Love Songs From The Caribbean & Diaspora

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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

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

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

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Tape | 2021 | EU | Original (Chrome)

Now Thing 2

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dancehall knowledge Felix Hall presents a momentous 20 year follow-up to Mo Wax’s pivotal, highly influential 2001 instrumental showcase ‘Now Thing’ a blueprint of sorts for the likes of Equiknoxx almost two decades later. This new set - almost two years in the making - reunites original comp players Lil Toby, Will Bankhead and Oliver Payne (on compiling and artwork duties) and features 16 prime Jamaican bullets for Felix Hall’s shockout label, Chrome. Resetting the timeline to 1997-2020, ‘Now Thing 2’ expands on the crucial first set - which was a gateway to the world of dancehall for many heads - with deadly cuts from the scene’s leading producers; spanning Dave Kelly to Steely & Clevie, from NYC’s Bobby Konders to Ward 21, and including killer side-spins on ‘90s rave and R&B. bTwo decades since the first set, it’s astute to say that dancehall has exerted a huge degree of influence over dance and club music of all stripes over the interim. Much like how roots reggae and dub influenced disco and post-punk in the ’70s; Dancehall, with its origins in the digidub of Jammy’s ‘Sleng Teng’ riddim, has irrevocably informed jungle, rap, garage, and even pop and techno for the past generation, and ‘Now Thing 2’ is the strongest primer you’ll likely come across.. It’s a proper sound-system thing, deeply rooted in the competitive, inventive nature of Jamaican music, which would, according to ‘Bass Culture’ writer Lloyd Bradley’s liner notes “constantly reinvent itself as a way of staying ahead of the sound system on the next corner.” With access to new technology, producers persistently pushed their paradigm along the axes of function and distinction, with each asserting their individuality in a syncretic style and its permutations of tresillo drum patterns, all at the service of bringing bodies to the dance and keeping them there.

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Midnight Rock's Secret Tapes

LP | 2021 (Roots)

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Midnight Rock's Secret Tapes

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Midnight Rock's Secret Tapes

LP | 2021 | EU (Radiation Reissue)

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deejay-turned-produced Jah Thomas’ Midnight Rock helped shift roots reggae to dancehall in the late 1970s and Thomas continued producing in the new millennium, sometimes revamping Roots Radics tracks from Channel One, and alternately cutting fresh work at King Jammy’s, Black Scorpio, and Mixing Lab. Secret Tapes has stellar guests like roots messenger Luciano, dancehall don Super Cat, supreme crooner Courtney Melody, Jah Thomas himself, and a collab between Pinchers and Josie Wales; Tony Curtis, Ghost and Mitch are courtesy of a Buju Banton co-production. Special request to all dancehall fans!

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Lucha Amada III - A Luta Continua

4LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Jump Up)

45,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

Kensei & Sensei Riddim

38,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jamaicat Volume 2 Jamaican Sounds From Catalonia

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

26,34 €* 30,99 € -15%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Zed2dizee Music)

Jah Jah Time Riddim

22,09 €* 25,99 € -15%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Jackpot Of Hits

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Instrumental Dubs #1 2024 Repress

12" | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Isle Of Jura)

25,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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The first in a series of mini compilations exploring instrumental Dub versions of sought after and long out of print titles from the world of Reggae, Disco, Boogie and House. Many of these versions still contain vocals, snippets here and there drenched in delay or reverb, a style you’ll recognise from many of the Jura Soundsystem edits on the label. The late Glen Adams & Finesse open proceedings with their Island Disco cover of Marvin Gaye’s classic, followed on the A2 by a super rare UK Boogie/Brit Funk mix of Tippa Irie’s ‘Panic Panic’ (shouts to Tippa for personally helping to push through the license) and the A side closes with the 80’s leaning ‘Yes I Do’ from Belgium’s Special Occasion. The first half of the B side comes from Carol Williams with the Special Club Dub mix of ‘Can’t Get Away’, originally a one sided promo only 10” from 1983 complete with spoken word intro from Carol thanking New York’s Metro DJs for their support of the song. The LP closes with a Jura Soundsystem Dubby Edit of La Palace De Beaute’s ‘Sin’ pulling back on the vocal and going heavy on the delay.

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Hot Sauce Volume 3 Rocksteady, Boss Reggae And Early Reggae 1965-1975

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here is the much anticipated volume 3 of the HOT Sauce compilation LPs dedicated to the Trojan related UK labels between 1965 and 1975. HOT Sauce Volume 3 features outstanding original Rocksteady, Boss Reggae and early Reggae (“Reggay”) tracks including rare songs, overlooked gems, hidden treasures and a couple of hits. The record labels showcased on this third volume are Amalgamated, Duke, Gayfeet, Grape, Harry J, Rio, Randy’s, Treasure Isle, Upsetter and Trojan. The tracks here have been selected according to their musical interest firstly, their rarity, and their complementarity. These tracks are all outstanding tracks, “killer tracks”, there is no “filler” whatsoever. Particular attention has been paid to the way the songs are sequenced (or “mixed”) so that the album builds up nicely and gradually, generally starting with the Rocksteady songs on the A side and the 70s songs on the B side. HOT Sauce is a musical journey across early Jamaican Reggae - highlighting its diverse musical genres and outstanding artists – as it was once published by the U.K. record labels during this golden decade… Since the early 70s “Tighten Up” series, no compilations have really explored these labels in depth on vinyl.

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Greensleeves)

Greensleeves Reggae Gold

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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10" | 2022 | EU | Original (Ashanti Selah Music)

Gift Of Life Riddim

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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10" | 2022 | EU | Original (Ashanti Selah)

Gift Of Life Riddim

7,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

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

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

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

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

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

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Franco Nero Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (17 North Parade)

14,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Room In The Sky)

Dinner Time EP

14,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Demoitis Vol.1

13,74 €* 24,99 € -45%

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Record Store Day 2021 Release.
Limitation: 1000 copies.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Record is close to near mint.

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (VP)

Dancehall Anthems

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Producer Jeremy Harding has delivered an update on dancehall reggae classics with vocals by some of Jamaica's most exciting artists these days including Naomi Cowan, Kabaka Pyramid, Blvk H3ro, Runkus, Bugle and Royal Blu, alongside veterans like Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Wayne Marshall and Agent Sasco. Now available as LP-vinyl - ten songs that will move the massive in full lenght, all with a deep respect to the originators including Michigan & Smiley, Tenor Saw, Half Pint, Garenett Sik, Ken Boothe, Yellowman and Tiger, on original riddims like "Real Rock", " Shank I Sheck", "Death In The Arena", "Answer", "Mad Mad" and more!

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CD | 2022 | UK | Original (Kingston Sounds)

Born To Love You

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jamaican love songs always came across as heartfelt poetry whether they conveyed a broken heart, unrequited love or even the message ‘it’s all over don’t bother to come back’ anecdotes. But whatever the mood the singers of these songs were so good and versatile that putting such subject matter over in a few verses was always so moving and believable. Jamaican love songs were a constant in the ever evolving sounds and journey’s that reggae music took us on, from ska to rocksteady to the early reggae sounds of the late 1960’s early 1970’s. We have complied a great selection of songs that all deal with that timeless subject matter. Max Romeo’s heartfelt ‘Sometimes’ opens our set in fine style, known more for his roots singing this song proves what a great singer he is. The Melodians a great Jamaican vocal group are featured here with ‘Best Girl’. The Sensations provide us with our title track ‘Born To Love You ‘and the theme for this compilation a great rocksteady tune with fantastic harmonies. Alton Ellis gives us the soulful ‘Room Full Of Tears’. Ken Boothe provides us with his rendition of Dennis Brown’s ‘Money In My Pocket’ the ode that money cannot buy you everything. Cornell Campbell sings one of his most overlooked classic songs with his prideful `She Wears My Ring’. The great singer of love songs himself Mr John Holt tells us that we should all `Reconsider’, before giving up on love and a great lost singer Monty Morris gives us two great examples of how to find love in `Do It My Way’ and `Magic Moments’. A great selection delivered as only Jamaica can do with style and feeling…….

Hope you enjoy the set …greetings from Jamaica… love songs for all…

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Blackbeard Calling : Hulk's Reggae Archives Volume One

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Patate)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Black Solidarity Presents Dance Inna Delamere Avenue

CD | 2022 | UK | Original (Black Solidarity)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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During the eighties dancehall era, a number of record producers claimed to be the real authentic sound of downtown Kingston but Ossie Thomas’ Black Solidarity label, operating out of Delamere Avenue in the heart of the ghetto, was the real deal.

“Black Solidarity was a youth club in the Kingston 13 ghetto in a road named Crescent Road and it was a Rasta come up with the name Black Solidarity. But through the political violence a get high man start to spread rumours saying Black Solidarity a go gets guns to go kill off people and it’s a revolutionary Cuban thing we’re there ‘pon! A lot of people used to go away to Cuba and we called them brigadista. So, through it was in a PNP area man start spreading rumours saying the PNP a go plan to send the whole of Black Solidarity to Cuba and them all turn brigadista!

So, the rumours kinda mashed up the club! But we held on to the name and said, ‘we’ll give you a record label named Black Solidarity’. So, after that I talked to the Rasta who coined the words and he said, ‘I have to rate you’ and me say ‘why?’ and the man say, ‘Black Solidarity is a struggle and you realise that’ and me say ‘Yeah… me realise’. So, we take it up serious and deal with it and make it work! You know what I mean?” Ossie Thomas

There was no safe uptown haven to retreat to after work had finished but, after growing up in the deprived Kingston neighbourhoods of Denham Town and Jones Town, Ossie Thomas had nothing to be afraid of.

“This was the start of the seventies when the political rivalry got heated between the JLP and the PNP and the shots start fire… you know. Mum got scared and said she’s going to get a safer place for us to live so she moved up into the hills of St. Andrew… then six months after she died! Can you imagine that? She’d gone to the safest place and died there. From that me just go right back to Kingston… I said to myself ‘don’t be scared… if you’re gonna die you’re gonna die’. From that me not scared of Kingston… me just say to myself ‘my mother scared of Kingston and run and left Kingston’ but through me just live there all of my life on any street downtown me just feel comfortable.” Ossie Thomas

This album provides an insightful glimpse into life in these unforgiving Kingston neighbourhoods describing not only the poverty and desperation but also how, at times, styles, fashions and the cathartic joys of music and the dancehall could transform this harsh, unforgiving environment into one of joyous celebration.

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All You Need Is Love The Beatles Reggae Songs

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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As Beatlemania approached its peak, Jamaican music was undergoing a transition that started with ska, and then morphed into rocksteady, before assuming its ultimate form as reggae. Inevitably these cultures collided, with artists such as the Paragons and Marcia Griffiths establishing a tradition of creating dynamic reggae covers of the Beatles’ hits that continues to this day. This album extends this lineage, as some of the best reggae Reggae artists set out on a series of version excursions that include some of the Fab Four’s best loved bitter-sweet cuts.

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5 Hands Gang Blue Vinyl Edition

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Elm Imprint)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The People Need To Be Free / Version

Uwe Banton

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Ancient Mountain)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Rupa Rupa)

Uru Mangas

Freedom Fighters

9,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Upsetters & Lee Perry

Build The Ark

41,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Penny)

Tropicantesimo

Session 1 Ltd. Edition

Iii Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

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

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

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Tropa Magica

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Green Cookie)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Patate)

Trinity

Trinity & Friends

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 (Food Clothes & Shelter)

Traxin

Why / Version

9,99 €*

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Toyan With Tipper Lee And Johnny Slaughte

Murder

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

LP | 2012 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Toyan was murdered in Jamaica in 1991.

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Toyan

How The West Was Won

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

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Toots & The Maytals

Live

Tommy Ranks / Kasi & Tippa Irie

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Mr Williamz / Soon As I Get Home

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

8,99 €*

Tommy Mccook & The Supersonics / Lloyd Williams

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Ska Flea / I Wish I Had Someone

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

Dancehall Style / Call My Phone

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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Tippa Irie / Stush

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

7,99 €*

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Dubquake)

Tippa Irie & O.B.F

I'm An African

Mr. Foundation / Hole In Your Soul Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Timo Oh / Dudley & Peter

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

37,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Timbo Stewart

Message To The World

Timbo Stewart / Food Clothes & Shelter

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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Message To The World / Dub

7" | 2022 (Coffee Walk)

17,99 €*

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Mangécratie

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Cours D'histoire

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Braquage De Pouvoir

33,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Get Down Cause Ain't Funky

Theo Blyhout

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

17,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

The Wolfgang

Anthology Part 1

18,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (El Paso)

The Upshitters

Bad Place For The Weak

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hooked On A Feeling Picture Disc Edition

The Untouchables

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

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

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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The Trojans

Top Hits

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Work In Progress Versions Black Friday Record Store Day Edition 2022

The Specials

10" | 2022 | UK | Original (Chrysalis)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ghost Town 40th Anniversary Half Speed Master Edition

The Specials

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Chrysalis)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

The Slickers

Run Fattie / Hoola Bulla

LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Bomber Music)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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The Skints

Part & Parcel

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Akuphone)

The Rootsman

Essentials 1996-1998

27,99 €*

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Partial)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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

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The Rootsman

African Style

Calabash Rock / Calabash Dub

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A UK Dub outing from 1996 from The Rootsman, originally appearing on his debut album on Third Eye Music - `In Dub We Trust’. A mid-paced steppers piece with more than enough weight to cause distress at any sound system gathering. This is the first time `African Style’ has been unleashed as a single.

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The Rockers Disciples

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

8,99 €* 9,99 € -10%

7" | 2012 | EU | Original (Destiny)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released in 2012 as the opening song of the CD album " Far Eye " featuring Daba Makourejah, Calabash Rock have remained unknown for most rockers reggae aficionados. And that was a shame. The Rockers Disciples and Dig This Way Records decided then to strengthen their collaboration by releasing this wonderful instrumental piece of music, deeply influenced by Aswad’s « Warrior Charge '' and Rico Rodriguez’s vibrant music. A 7 ‘’ record, including a vertiginous dub version on the flip. Enjoy the Calabash style!

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The Offenders

Sounds From Underground

7,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (4weed)

The Natural Dub Cluster

Biosfear

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Rakete Tontraeger)

The Monotrones

New Adventures EP

The Mighty Randells / Sky High All Stars

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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It's time to enter The Monotrones spaceship again! Their second 12“ EP "New Adventures“ sees the Dresden-based dub-collective team up with new space cadets.The new expedition follows a simple mission: one riddim —> four artists. Ltd pressing!

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Brimstone & Fire / Earthquake & Lightning

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (JA-Man)

11,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Kingstonians / The Crystalites

Sufferer / Sufferer

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