Reggae & Dancehall 909 Items

Al Cisneros of Om and Sleep

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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4LPs and 4CDs

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Sinai Dub Box

7x7" | 2022 | US | Original (Drag City)

73,99 €*

LP | 2022 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7x7”box set containing three unreleased tracks plus remastered songs originally released on Sinai, ZamZam and Drag City labels.

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GBL Sound System

Ghibli Reggae Plus

47,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

GBL Sound System

Ghibli Reggae 2

47,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2015 | NL | Reissue (Tuff Gong)

Babylon By Bus

47,99 €*

Release: 2015 / NL – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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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 | 2015 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Jimmy Riley

Live It To Know It

44,99 €*

Release: 2015 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Best Of The Early Singles Volume 2 Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Let Them Eat Vinyl)

44,99 €*

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The best of the early singles by Bob Marley and the Wailers Volume 2. The partnership of Bob Marley and the Wailers in its short life would create what many consider to be some of the greatest reggae ever recorded.

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2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Island)

Babylon By Bus

42,99 €*

Release: 2015 / 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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Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

Maternity Beat Ltd Clear Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ministry Of Echology, Kaseta & Genn Bo

Dubartis

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Dubartis)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dubartis compilation is a double LP of previously digitally released tunes. First LP is dedicated to Lithuanian dub reggae band Ministry of Echology remixed by local artists and producers. Deep spaced-out dub and cinematic electronics. Second LP - boom bap and experimental beats collection from Kaseta and Genn Bo. All about sampling, looping, slicing, cutting, blending old dusty records.

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The Capitol Session '73 Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Mercury)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Kensei & Sensei Riddim

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Easy Skanking In Boston '78

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Island)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Al & Freddy / The New Establis

I Was Born A Freeman / Freeman Pt. 2 Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Minstrels / Jackie Mittoo

Yours Until Tomorrow / Tropic Island Silver Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mr. Foundation / Hole In Your Soul Blue Vinyl Edition

Timo Oh / Dudley & Peter

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Joy Roberts & The Extremes / Ern

I Am Swept / Sweeping Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2022 | EU (X-Ray Production)

Soom T

Good

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Kaya

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Soul Revivers

On The Grove

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Mercury Classics)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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On The Grove’ is an ambitious and passionate collaboration project, it features musicians spanning seven decades, including Jamaican legends: Ernest Ranglin, Ken Boothe, Earl 16 and Devon Russell; alongside contemporary artists, including jazz trumpeter Ms. Maurice (known for her work with Afro—Jazz Ensemble Kokoroko and Nubya Garcia), and vocalist Alexia Coley.

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Ólafur Arnalds

Some Kind Of Peace

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Life Between Islands

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Burnin

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Fashion)

Delroy Wilson

It's A Shame

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Loop Orange Vinyl Edition

24 Grana

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (La Canzonetta)

35,99 €* 47,99 € -25%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Survival

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rastaman Vibration

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Live

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Yabby You Sound Dubs & Versions

Yabby You & The Prophets

2LP | 2022 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In the early 1970s the island of Jamaica, and in particular its reggae musicians, developed a love affair with small Japanese motor bikes. Honda bikes were eulogised in Big Youth’s ‘s90 Skank’ and Dillinger’s ‘cb200’, whilst their rival was lauded on Shorty The President’s ‘Yamaha Skank’, to name the most obvious examples. The plot of the film ‘Rockers’ revolved around how transformative a motorbike could be, providing a livelihood whilst projecting an image of success in the ghetto. Vivian ‘Yabby You’ Jackson had been fiercely independent as a singer and producer, and the success of his early self-pressed productions, mostly on the Prophets or Vivian Jackson labels, had given him a sense of hard earned autonomy. A motorbike was one of the fruits of his labours, acquired as a way of zipping around the capital’s roads to deliver records and organise recording sessions. His wife Jean could often be see hanging on to the back. Twelve years after his death, she remembers various exploits on the pot-holed roads of Kingston. Jean Vencella Williams: ‘His first motorbike was a Honda 50 and then a 100, a Yamaha. I remember the Yamaha, it was a dark blue colour, it must have been from the mid 70s til the early 80s. I used to ride around on the back and we ride all over, like we go to the country cos his mother lived in Clarendon. And he had a little carrier thing for boxes of records, so we go to Mandeville in Manchester, sometimes to Spanish Town fe sell records. Most of the time he sell them to the shops, like Randys, and the people them buy it from there. He had pressing plants like Byron Lee and later Tuff Gong, so when the records pressed we find out the time when we get back the records, which usually was at least a couple of days or about a week. And later when we living in Clarendon we come into Kingston to pick them up at the pressing plant. And when he book the studio he might book two or three days and we come in and usually stay til late.

‘He used to carry the records from the different pressing plants on the bike, but because of the rain and weather you know it not so good for the records, and also the sun beating down. Then Wayne Wade had an accident on the Yamaha, and he was hurt quite bad, and he had to go to the hospital for quite a while. Well Yabby didn’t ride it after that, cos it was getting dangerous with so many cars coming in. So he gave up the Yamaha and bought a Toyota Carina, and that car was very good to him. Then the Carina become a little shaky, so he got a Toyota Corolla which he drove until his death.’

This album presents a sample of the best of those ‘Dubs and Versions’ that Yabby was ferrying around town, whether rarities, B-sides or tracks culled from albums that showcase the breadth of Yabby’s productions between 1975 and 1982.

This release comes with sleevenotes original artwork.

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Alpha Blondy

Eternity

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Candomble)

LSW

Mir Tut Alles Weh

Harvest Moon Feat. Marter

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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We’ve patiently waited after LSW’s 2019 debut “Life Style West” and it was more than worth it. The Düsseldorf group is blessing us with their sophomore work “Mir Tut Alles Weh” — Everything Hurts. But why does it feel so good?

This 11-track double LP is guaranteed to be a hit in your local Stammkneipe. Packed with forward-thinking nostalgia, poetic impressions of western decadence, LSW are certifying that punk remains posh in the Federal Republik of Germany. In an undeniably candombléan set up, Leonard Horres, Sebastian Welicki, Gregor Darman and Aki Vierboom continue their weird world building with a more mature sound. A holistic, detailed production that leaves you finding new elements at every listen.

Broken only by occasional melodic whispers, Horres introduces us to his city with ecstatic reiterations of his deepest, most deconstructed and sarcastically self-depreciating narratives. Dampened, forward-moving, industrial rhythms, orchestrated upon with live instrumentation and spherical synths pull us back and forth between dirty streets and the light clouds above. All with that chique nonchalance we cannot withstand.

Is this the new Deutsche Welle? Or eclectic Angstwave at its finest? Whatever,

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Reggae Disco Rockers

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Flower)

Senghe Gold Colored Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reggae Disco Rockers cover Neil Young's classic "Harvest Moon" with Marter on guest vocals. The coupling features a remix by Slowly! Reggae Disco Rockers, who had an exceptionally big hit last summer with their cover of F. Knuckles' "The Whistle Song", have now collaborated with male vocalist Marter. The band has now collaborated with male vocalist Marter, who is a member of Jazzy Sport and expresses his unique world view as a singer and songwriter, on a cover of 'Harvest Moon', one of Neil Young's best-known songs. As on the previous album The Whistle Song, Emerson Kitamura plays keyboards on this album, giving it an organic atmosphere. The coupling track is a remix by the ever-popular Slowly, with a ground-crawling bassline, and both the organic original version and the cool remix are perfect, again in full jacket!

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Almamegretta

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

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Strut)

Risco Connection

Risco Version

Bob Marley & The Wailers & Chineke! Orchestra

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Drummer "Drummie" Joe Isaacs had already created history as the house drummer at Studio 1 in Jamaica on countless pre-reggae classics before moving to Canada in 1968 and is credited with slowing down the fast pace of ska during the rocksteady era. With Risco Connection, Isaacs released a series of choice reggae / disco covers, from 'Ain't No Stopping Us Now' and 'Good Times' to 'I'm Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)' and 'It's My House' as limited 12" singles on his own Black Rose imprint. "Arriving in Canada, we were one of the first set of musicians out of Jamaica coming here," explains Isaacs. "With Risco Connection, we wanted to try something new, songs that would have a crossover between disco and the rocksteady feeling and the right lyrics. We had trouble getting them well distributed widely at the time but people still picked up on the sound." 'Risco Version' brings together all of the vocal versions, dubs and extra tracks from the singles. Both formats feature an interview with Joe Isaacs and liner notes by journalist Angus Taylor. Audio is restored by Sean P and fully remastered and cut loud and proud by The Carvery.

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Bob Marley With The Chineke! Orchestra

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Island)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Late Night Tales / Version Excursion Black Vinyl Edition

Don Letts

2LP | 2021 | Original (Late Night Tales)

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Ohm Resistance)

Scorn

The Only Place

Al & Freddy / The New Establis

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Combining the signature soundscapes of Scorn with tartareous textures, the newest album “The Only Place” reaches a psychedelic groove, based on what Harris calls “Pushing an original idea further” with his own shades of light and dark and celestial electricity of what SCORN is. These 10 new tracks add elements unheard in Scorn since Evanescense and Gyral - ethereal ambiences and floating, near-melodic-but-not-quite moments, a signature of Harris’ abilities to generate feelings in a lost world of his own creation. credits Mixed by MJ Harris in the Lad’s Old Room B14 Vocals on Distortion by Kool Keith, recorded at Studio G Brooklyn Vocals Engineered by Tony Maimone, Assisted by Ross Colombo Bass Guitar on Distortion by Submerged, recorded at Blue Site I Saaremaa Mastered by Daniele Antezza for Dadub Mastering Studio Artwork and Layout by Machine™

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I Was Born A Freeman / Freeman Pt. 2 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Braquage De Pouvoir

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Groundation

One Rock

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Catch A Fire

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (On-U Sound)

The Mothmen

Pay Attention!

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Last Spa On Earth Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Divino Nino

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

LP+7" | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Hfmn Crew)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Why you'll love it...
The multi-national, Chicago-based band Divino Niño make their return to music with their first album in three years, Last Spa on Earth. The album marks a new era for their music, where the band explores sounds across reggaeton, electropop and trap.

While on tour with Crumb, Divino Niño's Pierce Codina shared about their newfound perspective that helped mold the album, ‘’When you're in front of big audiences, you see what works and what hits people rhythmically. We started pushing the tempo live, having more energy and getting into a more dancey arena. Seeing people dance shifted our mindset – we became a little bit bored with playing mid-tempo indie songs.''

Limited to 600 copies, the VMP exclusive edition of Divino Niño's Last Spa on Earth is pressed on 1LP Hellfire Swirl vinyl at Gotta Groove Records. The record will arrive in a gatefold direct-to-board, foil stamped and hand numbered jacket along with a download code, and includes 22.75''x33'' foldout newsprint poster designed by band member Camilo Medina. The album is mastered by Chris Gehringer of Sterling Sound.

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Buster Shuffle

Go Steady

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Soul Revivers

Grove Dub

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Acid Jazz are delighted to present: Soul Revivers – Grove Dub!

Soul Revivers continue onwards from their earlier 2022 release ‘On The Grove’ with the hotly anticipated dub version ‘Grove Dub’

An ambitious, collaborative project, producers David Hill and Nick Manasseh bring together reggae legends, including Ken Boothe and Ernest Ranglin, with the hottest UK musical talent, in what has become the standout reggae project of the year. The Dub version continues in the same vein – another installment in the rich history of West London reggae and dub.

Soul Revivers ‘On The Grove’ has already featured prominently on JazzFM, BBC Radio 1 Xtra, BBC 6 Music, as well as print reviews in Uncut, Mojo, and The Wire, among others.

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Tiken Jah Fakoly

Cours D'histoire

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rise Jamaica:Jamaican Independence Special

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Never Born Again Picture Disc Edition

Mephiskapheles

Keep On Pushing Lp 20 Years Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition one side music one side digital-print picture disc from legendary NYC ska punk pioneers. Six tracks, four from their latest EP plus two bonus demo versions of songs. One time press of 500, housed in a black stickered sleeve.

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The Black Seeds

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (The Black Seeds)

Always Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Twenty years on, The Black Seeds mark the 2 decade anniversary of their debut album ‘Keep On Pushing’ as a first ever vinyl release. In 1998, The Black Seeds formed their roots in Wellington - a creative, 90s rock based community that was embraced by the sounds of the likes of Shihad, Fur Patrol and Weta.

2001 marked the beginning of the Welly Roots sound and the release of The Black Seeds – ‘Keep On Pushing’ – reaching platinum sales in New Zealand and shaping the funk, soul, Afrobeat and other eclectic elements over their dub/reggae foundation.

Keep On Pushing’s bold themes of love, optimism and solidarity has resonated with fans across the world, shaping them as the creative, vibrant 8 piece band they are today.

"This album marked a change culturally as well as in sound, a south pacific take on soul, where we were proud of our multicultural heritage and our accents. It was a move away from DJ’s to a big band sound. It was the beginning of The Black Seeds as a party band, we wanted to create a funky feel good sound that embraced everyone who experienced it."

- Barnaby Weir, Lead singer and founding member

This special anniversary vinyl edition will feature mixes of all ten tracks from the original album.

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The Frightnrs

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Before Dan Klein's unfortunate passing, The Frightnrs agreed to keep a promise he asked of them - continue making music together. Part of that promise has been made manifest here... Daptone Records is proud to present ALWAYS - the raw, soulful new long player from The Frightnrs.

The road to Always began with a period of intense songwriting back when The Frightnrs and producer Victor Axelrod (Ticklah) were working on the group's debut, rocksteady masterpiece, Nothing More to Say. In addition to the scorchers heard therein, Axelrod and The Frightnrs agreed many of the recordings were too sweet to tamper with in order to fit the rocksteady mold. Some were created at their headquarters in Queens with Dan on the mic, some were elaborations on older ideas, others were brand new creations made at the finish line.

Thanks to the vocal stems they had captured in this golden period, Dan Klein's other-worldly voice lived on, giving The Frightnrs all the raw material they needed for an entire album's worth of new, original music. So with that, The Frightnrs and Axelrod returned to the studio and painstakingly conceptualized, tracked, re-tracked and mixed them into a complete album with their beloved friend singing lead. The fruits of this arduous process lay bare the undying love and respect between musical brothers.

The last song written for this album, "Why Does it Feel Like a Curse", married two song concepts with one of Dan's original vocal performances - creating a beautiful, flawless composition that not only serves as a highlight reel of their editing skills and songwriting prowess, but also as a kind of metaphor for The Frightnrs jour ney. The per fect ending f or ALWAYS.

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Natty Dread

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Jet Set)

Ghetto Priest

Smile / Nature Boy

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Melodies From The House Of Levi

Addis Pablo

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Global Beats)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Disco Reggae Rockers Yellow Vinyl Edition

Midnight Scorchers Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Disco Reggae Rockers features wicked reggae disco versions of funk, soul and disco classics! This new album follows on from Soul Jazz Records" earlier highly successful "Hustle: Disco Reggae" and features reggae covers of classic songs by Earth, Wind and Fire, Michael Jackson, The Isley Brothers, Candi Staton, Curtis Mayfield and more as performed by Derrick Harriott, Devon Russell, Hortense Ellis, Glen Adams, Dave Barker and others.

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Horace Andy

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

The Eskargot Miles

Rise Again

Green & Copper Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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After a nine year wait, The Eskargot Miles pick up straight where they left off on their 2021 album Rise Again. Expect to be transported to fairer shores, as the nine member Japanese ska band add their Japanese spin on a classic reggae sound. With recent P-vine releases from Little Tempo, Natsu Summer and Asuka Ando, The Eskargot Miles find themselves as part of a thriving scene, and P-vine is excited to bring the album to vinyl format with this limited edition pressing.

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Flying Vipers

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Ruffwood)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First two cassette tape releases now on heavyweight metallic copper vinyl limited to 250 copies. A loving tribute to dank 70s dub reggae, deeply in debt to the original Jamaican engineers who turned their mixing consoles into the lead instrument a la LEE Perry and King Tubby.

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Stick Figure

Smoke Stack

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Stick Figure's third full-length album, ''Smoke Stack.'' Written, recorded and self-produced by Scott Woodruff, this album truly showcases the musical growth of Stick Figure.

- ''Smoke Stack'' possesses all the elements that we have fallen for in previous albums, but this time around Stick Figure has amplified the sound to give us 14 new smoking tracks to keep our mind in motion and the positive energy flowing.

- One of the top five selling and streaming reggae artists in America.

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

Rocksteady Got Soul

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Baco)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Pablo Moses

In The Future Reissue

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Biga Ranx

1988

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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Red Astaire

Nuggets Instrumentals

Nuggets For The Needy Volume 3

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Red Astaire

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Warner)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Popcaan

Fixtape

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

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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

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Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

Pablo Moses & The Handcart

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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Live

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Soom T

The Arch

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pablo Moses

A Song Remastered

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Africa Unite)

Africa Unite

Non È Fortuna

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Omar Perry

Life

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7

Plague Doctor

LP | 2022 | US | Original (ORG Music)

LP | 2022 | EU (Jamestown Revival)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7 are back with their first LP since their 2018 album, The Giver. The new album, "Plague Doctor," blends the Rocksteady 7's signature sound, which combines elements of American jazz and Jamaican influences, with classic Brazilian rhythms and themes. The Rocksteady 7 features some of the best players in the current ska and reggae scene, including members of NYC ska staples The Slackers and percussionist Larry McDonald (Toots & The Maytals, Gil Scott-Heron. Lee "Scratch" Perry).

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Jamestown Revival

Young Man

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Digital Kingston Session Volume 2

Manudigital

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Danakil Meets Ondubground Pt.2

Danakil/Ondubground

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Baco)

Groundation

The Next Generation Live

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Fat Freddys Drop

Lock-In

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fat Freddy's Drop present the ‘lock-in’ album, a sonic moment in time as the band jam conscious songs of freedom and hope for a generation. The studio session was captured at the iconic Michael Fowler Centre in the band’s hometown of Wellington, New Zealand during the pandemic lockdown. Devoid of audience, it’s a reflection of the surreal times that’s halted tour life 2020. The band re-located their Bays studio to the MFC and set up in a circle on the MFC stage for the recording, providing a unique space to jam slow burn classics such as ‘Soldier’, ‘Hope’ and ‘This Room’ as well as test drive ‘Avengers’ a brand new track in the making. The other tracks recorded are 'Special Edition', ‘Six-Eight', ‘OneFourteen’ and 'Trickle Down’ from ‘Special Edition Part 1’ the band’s most recent album. The crisp multi-track production was recorded by Western Audio, monster mix back at Bays studio by DJ Fitchie, Freddys beat master and producer. Mastering at Calyx studio in Berlin. The ‘lock-in’ session melds Freddys fastidious studio chops and love of freewheeling jams with a tautness that comes from 21 years in the business and a reputation as one of the finest live draws in the world.

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Play On Mr.Music - Lee Perry Black Ark Days

LP | 2020 | JP | Reissue (Drum & Bass)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (The Drop)

Release: 2020 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"play ON MR. Music”, one of the legendary songs from the recording scene of the documentary film ‘roots Rock Reggae’, which fascinated reggae fans all over the world, is finally available on record! This is a compilation of recordings from the Black Ark Studios during the heyday of the maverick Lee Perry.

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Fat Freddys Drop

Wairunga

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wairunga finds the Freddy juggernaut digging deep to debut five songs and revisit two classics captured in an outdoor performance sans audience but with wild weather elements playing an important creative role in producing this unique live album.

Recorded in Wairunga, high above Waimarama Beach in New Zealand, it is place etched into the DNA of Fat Freddy’s Drop who’ve roamed here for over 20 years; to party, relax between tours, make a song Wairunga Blues in its honour and even to get married. Farmed by the Parker family for a century, Wairunga is an oasis of green pasture and native tree filled valleys that fall away to the ocean below.

In inimitable Freddy's fashion the new tunes run a gamut of genre busting styles. Coffee Black is layered with cosmic hot buttered soul and cinematic wigged out psyche-blues while Shady continues Freddy's Afro-Acid adventures with Fitchie’s beat-making tapping into a South African township brand of techno Freddys experienced on tour. Bush Telegraph is a reggae classic featuring MC Slave aka Mark Williams on the mic with freshly minted yum char spiced rhymes of hope. The other new tracks Leave Your Window Open and Dig Deep are loose rhythmic experiments that the band have been working on for a long time. Versions were developed, rehearsed, but then set aside – dismissed, demonised - only to be revived with new energy in some future moment of creative cohesion. The results are loose-limbed; broken and bruised beats smashing into subterranean bass and twisted up melodies. Bones and Wairunga Blues are the two classics from Freddy's vast back catalogue. Off the Blackbird album, Bones has aged beautifully - like a fine wine - the song’s component parts matured and melded together in harmony and balance. DJ Fitchie rates this 2021 vintage superior to the 2013 original. Wairunga Blues has been a work-in-progress since it was released on Bays in 2015. Kuki dials up some appropriately off-kilter keys to match the wonky-funk laid down by Fitchie’s bass line and the horns. It’s a mighty comeback – and a fitting tribute to this magical place.

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Fat Freddys Drop

Bays Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Idol)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Dub Inc.

Futur

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub Inc, one of the most famous French reggae bands, is back with a new studio album!For ten years, the musicians and singers have been sharing on stage their inimitable sense of melody, sincere lyrics and human ethics. They managed to get fans all over the world (from the US to North Africa, Germany, Portugal etc) and collaborate with the most prestigious international artists (Tiken Jah Fakoly, David Hinds, Tarrus Riley...)With their unique mix of reggae, dancehall, kabylian and world music, the band, led by singers Bouchkour et Komlan, delivers his universal message around the planet, advocating for diversity and spreading their explosive energy!

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Studio One Women 2

United States Of The Broken Hearted

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records follows up one its most popular Studio One releases with a brand new selection of rare and classic releases by women in reggae. Featuring legendary artists such as Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley and Hortense Ellis (with a guest appearance by her brother Alton), alongside a host of rarities from lesser known names such as Nina Soul, Nana Mclean, Denise Darlington, Myrna Hague and also Doreen Schaeffer, a vocalist who was a founding member of The Skatalites. There are notable covers (from Tyrone Davis' soul classic Can I Change My Mind to the Band's 60s psychedelic classic Turn Turn Turn in a rub-a-dub style!). Doreen Schaeffer reversions Alton Ellis's seminal I'm Still in Love with You, Nina Soul reversions the slack rocksteady anthem Barb Wire. A number of these tracks are almost impossible to find and many have never been issued ever since their initial release. The music on the album is of course 100% killer and features backing from all of the seminal groups at 13 Brentford Road including The Skatalites, Sound Dimension, Soul Brothers and the Brentford All Stars, and ranges from ska, rocksteady, roots, lovers and more from the 60s, 70s and 80s. All produced by Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd at Studio One Records, the number one sound in reggae music.

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Jeb Loy Nichols

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Original Chicago Reggae 1978-1996 Yellow Vinyl Edtion

Skanking Lizard

Gregory Isaacs & Max Romeo

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chicago's first reggae band gets it's first proper anthology of rare and unreleased recordings. Twelve tracks of rock infused reggae ska that was light years ahead. Inc "jesse James" and "heart Full OF Soul" singles + "IT Happened", "strange Cargo", "tonight" & more. Yellow wax w/poster.

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Showcase Volume 1

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Global Beats)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lollypop Lorry

Goes Dub

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Russian ska reggae act's all dub outing, an inspired opus with beautiful solos, guitars, brass & percussion. Nine reinterpretations of standards by Miles Davis, Dizzy Dillespie, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Henry Mancini and more, superb mix by Victor Rice. Heavyweight black vinyl.

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The Bakesys

Sentences I'd Like

Live With Love Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut vinyl outing from British ska/reggae act who formed in the early 90s, a infectious concept album that lyrically references 60's political events using samples and looped drums/horns. A 90's style electronica/ska hybrid that's unique in today's scene. White wax, pic sleeve, limited pressing of 300.

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Roger Rivas

Zenzile / Irie Ites / Trinity

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Keyboard wizard from reggae kings THE Aggrolites, Long Beach DUB ALL Stars, and Jason MRAZ's recent ska/reggae album releases his third solo album on Jump UP. Ten tracks of instrumental Jamaican grooves that swing and sway, includes 5 dubs on the B-Side. Beautiful retro sleeve and blue vinyl.

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Can't Blame The Youth

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rezin Tooth Green Vinyl Edtion

Rezin Tooth

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Wax Thematique)

Ska Au Go Go Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Neville Staple

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Cleopatra)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Freedom Fables Green Vinyl Edition

Nubiyan Twist

2LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nubiyan Twist return with their brand new album "Freedom Fables" on Strut on 5th February, the follow-up to the acclaimed "Jungle Run" from Spring 2019. Woven around soul searching, cautionary tales and parables for modern life, the new album is the most accomplished yet by the Leeds / London collective, effortlessly fusing different soul, jazz and global styles with great musicianship and lyrics. "Freedom Fables reflects on the power of narratives. Each vocalist on this record explores their own memoirs, a freedom of expression underpinning our belief that music is the ultimate narrative for unity," explains Tom Excell. "The record references a lot of music that we all loved during our formative years; you can hear touches of broken beat, blunted hip hop, highlife, Latin, jazz and UK soul running through the tracks." The album is also packed full with illustrious guest appearances: regular collaborator Cherise features on the brilliant "Tittle Tattle", calling out gossip through acerbic nursery rhyming, the loping "Flow" dealing with the ebb and flow of anxiety and the epic Brazilian jazz workout, "Keeper"; UK jazz saxman Soweto Kinch brings a burning alto solo and rhymes to the determined "Buckle Up" alongside the band"s own vocalist Nick Richards as the track aims to "find the door to peace" among life"s challenges. "Soweto is a trailblazer of the UK scene both as an alto player and as a rapper with a unique flow and important lyricism," reflects Tom Excell. "It was really important for us to invite him to contribute to the album." Richards continues the "dust yourself off and find hope" theme on the rousing "Wipe Away Tears"; Ghanaian great Pat Thomas voices a gorgeous Accra meets London highlife jam; massive new vocal talent Ria Moran (a contemporary from the band"s time at Leeds College Of Music) steps up on the sensual "Morning Light" tackling delicate complexities of the heart and long time friend of the band, KOG, brings his trademark full strength Afro dancefloor energy.

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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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Studio One Music Lab

Sweet Night Dew / Love In Oputer Space

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This new Studio collection on Soul Jazz Records delves deep into a melting pot world of reggae and funk and dub created at the music laboratory of 13 Brentford Road, Kingston in the 1970s - an intense collaboration of crack musicians, singers, DJs and engineers under the guidance of producer Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd. Here you will find some of the deepest and rawest cuts to emanate out the Studio One factory - truly hypnotic rhythms, powerful funk guitar and bass, soaring horns and more interspersed with occasional vocals and toasting as musicians reach for the highest heights and deepest roots of reggae music.

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Ossy Little Noise Weaver

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Right Place)