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12" | 2017 | EU | Original (Scorcher Hi Fi)

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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Zion Step

Zion Step EP

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2018 | FR | Original (Yotanka)

Zenzile, Jay Ree

Meets Jayree

18,99 €*

Release: 2018 / FR – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Zed I Feat. Christine Miller

My Creator

7" | 2010 | NL | Original (Warrior Salute)

4,99 €*

Release: 2010 / NL – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

Zara McFarlane with Dennis Bovell

East Of The River Nile

12" | 2019 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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First Light (Mad's Lovers Smooth Mix)

Yoshiko Goshima

7" | 2019 | JP | Reissue (PolyStar)

33,99 €*

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Cultures Of Soul)

Release: 2019 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Repress of Mad Professor's 90s Japanese Mono Lovers remix masterpiece 7" S.S.W. Yoshiko Gotoh is also known as the vocalist of Denki Groove's 'Niji'. This is the first 7" release from '19, coupling the classic "First Light" with a superb dub mix of "Nameless Pierce", and is now being repressed in a limited edition of 300 copies Yoshiko Goshima was described as "a genius female singer with a five-octave voice" in the 1990s and early 2000s. She is a talented artist who is popular for her soulful singing that combines sweetness and toughness, and her 1999 hit single 'Open Up', which was used in a TV commercial, is also memorable. This 7" couples two rare remixes by the reggae dub scene's Mad Professor. The A-side features the 'Mad's Lovers Smooth Mix ver.' from the 'First Light Remixes' 12" single, which was released as a promo-only single in '97 and is now hard to find. A light dub number with dreamy synths and a stretched high-tone voice that feels great, the B-side is the "Mad's Summer Swim Mix" of "No Name Earrings" from the CD single "Swingin' the Swing", also released in '97. " from the CD single 'Swingin' the Swing', also released in '97. It is a moving song with powerful yet melancholy and delicate vocals and a chorus work that builds to euphoria towards the latter half of the song

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Yoruba Singers

Fighting For Survival

19,19 €* 23,99 € -20%

LP | 2011 | US | Original (VP)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Having remained continuously active since 1971, the
Yoruba Singers are the longest-running musical group
in Guyana. Emerging from a music scene mostly
dominated by slick, commercial entertainment, the
Yoruba Singers brought a new dimension to Guyana
popular music, cooking up a potent stew of afrocentric
vibes, steeped in a committed invocation of the
country’s African heritage.
The Yoruba Singers released several recordings
during their imperial period in the nineteen seventies
and eighties, but what is broadly regarded as the
group’s magnum opus is the 1981 album Fighting for
Survival. The album sums up the group’s first decade
of operation, serving up a heavy mix of calypso, jazzy
funk, reggae and afrobeat. Initially released on the
short-lived Interculture label and later reissued on a
Guyana-only compact disk, the album has long been
more talked about than actually heard. But thanks
to Cultures of Soul a new edition is now available
in wide release, and with it comes the opportunity
to experience some of the deepest grooves the
Caribbean has to offer!"

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Yellowman

Duppy Or Gunman

36,99 €*

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Yasuyuki Horigome & The New Shoes

Aliens

12" | 2017 | JP | Reissue (Urban Discos)

Yard Act Vs. Mad Professor

Release: 2017 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released in 2017, the much-talked-about Yasuyuki Horigome & THE NEW Shoes "Aliens (Lovers Version) (12")" will be re-released by Urban Discos in limited quantities! The flip side features a dub version of the song, as on the first pressing. It was re-cut from the original master and retains the 12" 45rpm spec.

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The Overdub

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Universal)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Yabby You & The Prophets / Tommy Mccook / King Tubby

King Pharaoh's Plague / Plague Of Horn / King Pharaoh Dub

10" | 2022 | UK (Pressure Sounds)

22,99 €*

The Yabby You Sound Dubs & Versions

Release: 2022 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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3 cuts of the classic rhythm from Yabby You. ‘King Pharoah’s plague is coming down on the land’, righteous soulful rendition of old testament doctrine. Yabby always delivered his lyrics with authenticity and passion. This 3 track EP comes with the Tommy McCook cut and a thumping Tubbys dub. One of Yabby's most essential rhythms. Comes in a Pressure Sounds house disco bag. Rocking time is here!

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Yabby You & The Prophets

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

34,99 €*

Jah Over I / United Africa Dub

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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Yabby You & The Prophets

7" | 2022 | UK (Pressure Sounds)

13,99 €*

Jah Vengence Dub Plate Mix / Version

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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Yabby You

7" | 2017 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

X. A. Cute /Ethnique Punch

Release: 2017 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deep spaced out cut of the classic Jah Vengeance from Yabby and the Prophets. A side lifted from the Deeper roots 2 set. The version from the Beware dub set.

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Fasih / Sligo

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (N/A)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Winston Wilbert / The Sparkers

All I Have Is Love / Dig It Up

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Spade / Reggae Fever)

Winston Shan &The Hippy Boys /Winston Sinclair&The Hippy Boys

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Check out this nice Roots material by Winston Wilbert!
The Sparkers are featured on the B-side.

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Tell Me Tell Me / Chastise Them

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Spade / Reggae Fever)

12" | 2019 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Check out this classic Roots material by Winston Shan & The Hippy Boys and Winston Sinclair & The Hippy Boys from around 1969!

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Willie Williams

Armageddon Time

21,99 €*

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Willie Williams' roots rock reggae classic Armagideon Time – the rare 12" extended Discomix version split into two sublime heavyweight slices and cut super-loud on a 12" single.

Produced by Studio One supremo Coxsone Dodd this is a huge Reggae anthem on the classic 'Real Rock' rhythm, famously covered by The Clash and sampled by KRS One, The Fugees and many more.

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West Molites

I See A Sign / Version

7" | 2022 (Big Dread)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2010 | EU | Original (Tube Dub Sound)

Webcam Hi-Fi

Livity Is My Temple

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wayne Smith / Prince Jammy

Life Is A Moment In Space / Unreleased Dub

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Golden Gems)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mr Bossman: Sleng Teng Records from 1983 to 1986)

Wayne Smith

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Evidence)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First issue of Sleng Teng label material released by Evidence Music. “Mr Bossman” by Wayne Smith was recorded from 1983 to 1986.

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Wayne Paul

Guns Them Down / Dub

7" | 2010 (Indiginous)

7,99 €*

Release: 2010

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2017 | DE | Original (Jahtari)

WaqWaq Kingdom

Shinsekai

Vivian Jackson & The Prophets

Release: 2017 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Cover is close to NM. Price tag.

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Judgement On The Land / Repatriation Rock

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Yabby You)

Tribute To Bunny 'Striker' Lee

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Powerful, inspiring roots reissue of one of Yabby You’s finest songs. From the moment this tune was released in the 1970s, it became a sound system classic, sought after by both collectors and DJs. This plea for repatriation glows with a mystic vibe accentuated by stunning harmonies, driving flute and horn arrangements. Repatriation Rock flips the A-side on its head, with a mesmerising dub.

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Vin Gordon

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

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)

Red, Gold & Green / Terror 10

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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Vibronics

10" | 2018 | EU | Original (Mania Dub)

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Moonshine)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Music Mania and Indica Dubs is proud to present the fourth release in their Mania Dub series.

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Vibronics

Let Love Be Your Guide

9,99 €*

A Chapter A Day Feat Earl Sixteen

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Moonshine welcomes Vibronics & Saralène in the Moonshine Recordings family. Their long awaited track 'Let Love Be Your Guide' will finally see the daylight in October.

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Vibronics

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Scoops)

9,99 €*

V. Vinstrick / The Vibrators

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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3 legendary Jamaican artists, all born 60 years ago in Kingston, Jamaica show us that in the 21st century they are all still at the top of their game. Michael Prophet, Earl 16 & Rod Taylor. UK Dub master Vibronics brings the heavy riddims and the singing legends bring their vocal prowess. The results, a magical collection of 3 Limited Edition 7” vinyl singles presented in beautiful vintage colour collector’s sleeves. These singles will be released together in November, look out for videos, live shows and the full promo works as Scoops Records & Vibronics deliver this killer collaboration series.

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Love Is Not Your Game / Depending On You

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (JJ / Reggae Fever)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Check out this classic Roots material by V. Vinstrick and The Vibrators from around 1968!

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (4Weed)

Zion Kingdom

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Digi Killaz)

Yaad N Abraad Riddim

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dre Island, 5 Star, Iba Mahr, Aza Lineage, Earth and The Fullness, Monkey Marc jumping on the Yaad n Abraad Riddim. Six times dope.

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

What Am I To Do?

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Orange vinyl!

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Wanted Reggae

Release: 2017 / 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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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Makkum)

This Is Frafra Power

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Legendary Studio One Records - Original Classic Recordings 1963-80

2LP | 2011 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This album here is a lightning roller coaster musical journey through the music of Studio One, the most important record company in the history of Jamaican reggae music. Ska and Rock Steady feature from the greatest names in reggae: The Skatalites, The Maytals, Marcia Griffiths and The Heptones alongside vocal and roots styles from Horace Andy, Willie Williams and Wailing Souls; DJ and dancehall styles from Michigan and Smiley, Prince Jazzbo and Lone Ranger; plus some wicked instrumental and dub. It's all here! 100% essential foundation style.

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

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

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Synthesize The Soul (Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica From The Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988)

2LP | 2017 | US | Original (Ostinato)

114,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Vinyl with light scuffs and hairlines, close to VG+. Cover with slightly bumped corners. With booklet.

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Studio One Rocksteady Volume 2 - Rocksteady, Soul And Early Reggae At Studio One

CD | 2017 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records’ new journey into the mighty vaults of Clement Dodd’s Studio One steps once more into the fertile
musical environment of Jamaican music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, from the sweet harmony vocals of
seminal 1960s Rocksteady right up to the nascent birth of Reggae and Roots music at the start of the 1970s.
Sleevenotes to this album are by Steve Barrow, author of ‘Rough Guide to Reggae’ as well as Soul Jazz Records’ own
‘Reggae Soundsystem Cover Art’ books.
While Ska at the start of the 1960s had taken American Rhythm and Blues as its main influence, Rocksteady focused
on the emergence of American Soul music – with Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, John Holt &
The Paragons, Carlton & The Shoes showing a particular fascination with the close harmonies of Curtis Mayfield and
The Impressions and other US Soul acts. Here The Heptones even feature with a cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be
Released’.
The influence of Soul music on Jamaican Rocksteady and Reggae is almost palpable, so much so that one wonders
how much more successful singers like Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis, Slim Smith and John Holt would have been had
they been born in Chicago, Detroit or Memphis.
Artists such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson and Owen Gray defined the era – a slowed down beat as Jamaican political
and social heat slowly increased when the 1960s progressed into the start of the 1970s – and the music evolved
further from Rocksteady into Roots Reggae.

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Studio One Freedom Sounds - Studio One In The 60s

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

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Freedom Sounds is the new collection from Soul Jazz/ Studio One focussing on the intense period in the second half of the 1960s when Studio One’s vast and unbeatable output of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae made it literally one of the hottest musical empires in the world.
During this highly successful period, Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd released hundreds and hundreds of superlative singles seemingly on an almost daily basis, in the process making huge stars out of Jamaican singers such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, The Wailers, Slim Smith, Jackie Opel and many more.
Powered by the finest in-house musicians working in Jamaica, whether it was The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo’s Soul Brothers, The Sounds Dimension or The Soul Vendors, Studio One functioned as hit factory on the scale of Motown in the USA, shaping and defining reggae music for decades to come.
Singlehandedly Studio One’s founder Clement Dodd was able to create the most successful vertically-integrated record company that Jamaica had ever known with pressing plant, printers, studio, shops, and sound systems all running at once, with over 50 employees and hundreds of artists working with Studio One during this time.
Studio One Freedom Sounds tells the story of Studio One in the 1960s with a stunning set of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae killer tunes as well as informative sleevenotes and track-by-track info by Noel Hawks. The album is released as heavyweight double vinyl (+ free download code), deluxe CD and digital album.

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Studio One Black Man's Pride Volume 2

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

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This is the second installment of deep roots Rastafarian reggae at Studio One and features classic music from some of the most important figures in reggae music – Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Jackie Mittoo, The Gladiators – alongside a host of rarities and little-known recordings, such as a truly rare Mystic Revelation of Rastafari seven-inch single, Willie William’s first ever recording ‘Calling’ and Horace Andy’s righteous (and equally rare) masterpiece ‘Illiteracy.’
Black Man’s Pride 2 extends the legacy of Studio One’s ground-breaking path in roots reggae which began at the end of the 1960s and continued throughout the 1970s. The album tells the story of how the rise of Studio One Records and the Rastafari movement were interconnected, through the adoption of the Rastafari faith by key reggae artists – everyone from the Skatalites and Wailers in the 1960s, major singers such as Alton Ellis and Horace Andy at the end of the decade, through to major roots artists such as The Gladiators in the 1970s – and how Clement Dodd consistently recorded this heavyweight roots music throughout Studio One’s history.
The sleeve-notes to this album also discuss the links between Rastafari and Studio One in time and place, noting how both the religion and Clement Dodd’s musical empire had their roots in the intense period of pre-independence Jamaica in Kingston, expanded in the 1960s following the visit of Haile Selassie in 1966, and how roots music then came to dominate reggae music in the early 1970s. Also discussed is how the outsider stance of both reggae music and the Rastafari movement relate back many hundreds of years to the original rebel stance of the Maroons, escaped slaves who set up self-sufficient enclaves in the hills of the Jamaican countryside.

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (VP)

Strictly The Best 60

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ten selected tracks have been compiled for the LP-vinyl edition with Singers on side one and the Deejays on side two, including Tessanne Chin's "Breakfast In Bed" and Noah Powa's "No Stress" feat. Shams The Producer as exclusives. The cover art is by Japanese illustrator Murasaki.

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

Step Forward Youth

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Step Forward Youth" takes a serious look at the reggae of the punk rock era in England and its resulting global impact. Here are 12 selected tracks especially for LP-Vinyl including the obscure roots reggae heat such as the Barry Ford Band's "Rebel" plus Prince Far I's "Heavy Manners", Culture's "Two Sevens Clash" and furthermore great tunes by Dr. Alimantado (as well pictured on the album's cover) alongside Jah Stitch, Lee Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo, Keith Hudson, Michael Rose, Junior Murvin, Tappa Zukie and the dub version to Johnny Clarke's "None Shall Escape The Judgement.

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Spirit Of Reggae

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Sounds & Pressure: Mod-Reggae

2CD | 2010 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

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Some A Holla Some A Bawl Sounds From Kingston Town Jamaica

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Kingston Sounds)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Orange Street, Kingston, Jamaica the epicentre of the Reggae world.

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2CD | 2010 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Ska-Ing West!

18,99 €*

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Generic

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Sampled Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rocksteady - The Roots Of Reggae

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Moll-Selekta)

23,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brand New 2017 Recut - finally available on Vinyl for the First time. 2LP+Mp3 in full Original Coverart. The legendary movie soundstrack based out of Kingston, Jamaica in April 2008, telling the story of the original vocalists and musicians involved. The sixteenth release on the Moll-Selekta label shares its title with a wonderful film, a heartwarming homage to the golden age of rocksteady. It documents the recordings being made for this very album at the Tuff Gong studios, Kingston, Jamaica in April 2008, telling the story of the original vocalists and musicians involved. Excerpts from an all star reunion concert staged in Kingston and older archive material complete the picture. Never before in the history of Jamaica, which already occupies a unique place on the world map of song, its sound embraced by western popular music, has such an illustrious collection of singers and players been assembled. The album showcases 15 rocksteady classics in sparkling, deeply inspired new versions, recorded in the studio which also played host to album sessions of a certain Bob Marley. Under the musical direction of Ernest Ranglin, a guitarist of considerable renown not only on the reggae circuit, but also on the jazz scene, mixed by legendary engineer Errol Brown - in Duke Reid’s employ at the Treasure Isle studio in the sixties - and freshly arranged by Lynn Taitt.

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Rocksteady - Take Place At The Heart Of

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

21,99 €*

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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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Reggae Vibrations

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reggae Versions Classics Hits Turned Into Reggae Music

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Reggae Style

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Red Red Wine

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Red Gold Green & Blue

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Ariwa)

Queens Of Ariwa Part 1

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Phase One Collectors Edition

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Phase One)

Release: 2018 / 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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2LP | 2019 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

Pay It All Back Vol. 7

39,99 €*

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Original Soul Reggae Classics

LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Trojan)

31,99 €*

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Old School Reggae

26,99 €*

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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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (No Wahala Sounds)

No Wahala In The Dance!

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A collection of contemporary reggae, dub and electronica, which marks a broadening of musical horizons for the label beyond reissues of lost African guitar dance music. The LP covers a range of Jamaican inspired sounds, including roots reggae, dancehall, dub and jungle, which may act as a taster for potential future releases.

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Magnetic Buzz Riddim Black Vinyl Edition

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Fruits)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lovers Rock (The Soulful Sound Of Romantic Reggae)

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jumping With Mr Lee: Reggae Classics From The Vault Of Bunny "Striker" Lee

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Kingston Sounds)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The period of 1967 – 1968 when Rocksteady was in full flow, would also be a turning point for Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee, when he became a producer in his own right. Many of the great tunes during this eventful year came out of his stable and initially saw the light of day on his own imprint label ‘Lee’s’. This album has been assembled from some of those fine tunes and tells the story of reggae in what was a stellar time for both reggae and Mr Bunny Lee.

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Jump To The Bar / Rum & Buckfast Riddim

12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Swing Ting)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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SWINGTING017 is a bouncy JA-to-UK bashment banger that features a hefty combination of producers and vocalists from both the Equiknoxx & Swing Ting camps. The tune finds each artist at their most playful, riding the sparkly, jiggy riddim impeccably.

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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

26,99 €*

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)

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

22,99 €*

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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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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LP | 2019 | DE | Original (Tomawok)

Ganja City Riddim

19,99 €*

Release: 2019 / DE – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Franco Nero Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Trojan)

Do The Moonwalk

19,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Stix)

Disco Reggae Volume 3

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Following 2 acclaimed first editions, Stix Records presents the 3rd volume of its Disco Reggae compilation series.

Like previous one, the 9 tracks comp is made both from productions of the home labels now sold-out as vinyl, and from brand new exclusive music by the like of Taggy Matcher, Mato or newcomer Rosemary Martins, taking over classics titles from Donna Summer, Stephen Encinas, Roberta Flack, Herbie Hancock, Steve Parks, or Inner City.

The perfect soundtrack to extend the summer!!

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Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture 2017 Edition

3LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

36,99 €*

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A definitive guide to Dancehall Reggae! Over 30 killer tracks from Yellowman, Eek a Mouse, Gregory Isaacs, Tenor Saw and loads 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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BMN Ska & Rock Steady: Always Together 1964-1968

LP | 2018 | JP | Original (Dub Store)

30,99 €*

Release: 2018 / JP – 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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Black Solidarity Presents Dance Inna Delamere Avenue

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Black Solidarity)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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During the 80’s 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 get 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 though 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!

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All You Need Is Love The Beatles Reggae Songs

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)