Roots & Culture Vinyl LP 1068 Items

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Baay Faal Dub Ft.Shanti Yalah

Lone Ark Riddim Force

LP (A-Lone Productions)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nuggets For The Needy Volume 3

Red Astaire

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

30,99 €*

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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Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Midnight Rock's Secret Tapes

LP | 2021 (Roots)

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Disciples

Infinite Density Of Dub

LP | 2021 (Partial)

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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King Alpha Meets Conscious Sounds Ft. Dan Man, Cyrenius Black, Amelia Harmony & Sandeeno

Old School Meets New School Ina Remix Fashion

LP | 2021 (Conscious Sounds)

18,99 €*

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mad Professor & Jah Shaka

New Decade Of Dub

LP | 2021 (Ariwa)

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 (A-Lone Productions)

Tacumah

Fear Culture Showcase

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Gold Connection

LP (Dubstore)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Ruffwood)

Stick Figure

Smoke Stack

32,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Relapse)

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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Myrkur

Mausoleum

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Dave Collins & Ansel

Double Barrel

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Les Mamans Du Congo / Rrobin

Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Jarring Effects)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Heavenly Sweetness)

Mulatu Astatke

Ethio Jazz

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ajabu!)

Mazaher

Zar

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1983 | US | Reissue (Demon)

King Tubby

Majestic Dub

25,99 €*

Release: 1983 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Collin "Bulby" York Presents

Heartcrafted

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Vp / Vpal / Bulby York Music)

17,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ban Ban)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All new and exclusive recordings by finest artists from Jamaica! - The latest project from reknown producer & engineer Bulby York features eight special combination tunes from Busy Signal & Cecile "Stay Home Tonight", Jimmy Cliff, Capleton & Bounty Killer's "Humanitarian", Malica & Beenie Man's "Wiggle Wiggle", Deanna & Rygin King's "Going Blind", Beres Hammond & Agent Sasco with "Teenie Weenie Love", plus fabulous cover versions of Tracy Chapman's "All That You Have Is Your Soul" by Etana & Lutan Fyah, and Lord Creator's world hit for Ub40 "Kingston Town" by Kumar & Chino. All this and more alongside solo cuts by Anthony Red Rose, Charly Black, Sanchez and the Dean Frazer version of the Duke Ellington classic "Sentimental Mood". A must have for vinyl fans and contemporary reggae music lovers - heartcrafted for real!

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Mr Leu & The Nyabinghers

Born To Reggae

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1982 | EU | Original (Orbitone)

Belinda & Tony

You've Got To Try

14,99 €*

Release: 1982 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Toyan With Tipper Lee And Johnny Slaughte

Murder

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Toyan was murdered in Jamaica in 1991.

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Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Forgotten Dubs 2005-2014 Feat. Errol Arawak

King Earthquake

LP | 2020 | Original (King Earthquake)

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Take It Easy Agency)

Black Roots

Nothing In The Larder

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chaka Demus & Pliers With Friends

Murder She Wrote / Bam Bam

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wagram)

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Discover the history of the Bam Bam Riddim written by reggae masters Sly & Robbie, among the greatest producers of the genre ! From the instrumental track ë Santa Barbara û to the cult version of Chaka Demus & Friends ë Murder She Wrote û, and including the fantastic versions of Brent Dowe or from Anthony Red Rose.

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Toots & The Maytals

Live

LP | UK | Reissue (Treasure Isle)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Phyllis Dillon

Rocksteady

Release: UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Best Of: The Lee Perry Years

Bob Marley

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell

Burn

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Atlantic Curve/Schubert Music)

27,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Before Zero)

Akae Beka & Zion High

Livicated

Rude Boy Ska Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Akae Beka's inimitable style, developed over decades performing with St. Croix based band Midnite and countless recordings (including 2014 iTunes reggae album of the year Beauty FOR Ashes and Ride Tru). At the point of his untimely passing in 2019, he had released over 70LP's. He is without a doubt one of the most prolific reggae artists ever known and his quanity is always matched with quality, with his albums consistently featuring in the top 10 on the billboard charts reggae LPs.

This release makes no exception. 5 years on from the original 2016 CD and Digital release which charted at number 6 in the reggae billboard charts, this timeless masterpiece is being re-released on 12" Vinyl and Cassette tape, courtesy of Before Zero Records. Produced by ZIK bassist, JAH David, Livicated was Akae Beka's debut release on the Zion High Productions (zhp) label. The album features solid original riddims composed and arranged by the ZIK family with musical contributions from Aston Barrett Jr. (drums), JAH Bless (horns), Chet Samuel (guitar), and Yami Bolo (melodica). Particularly striking on Livicated are the strident, Burning Spear-like horn arrangements and the variety and range of Drew Keys' keyboard voices.

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Desmond Dekker

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Master Of Ceremony ''Dub''

Sly & Robbie

LP | 2006 | EU (Radiation Roots)

14,99 €*

Release: 2006 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Master rhythm duo Sly and Robbie first met on the Jamaican club scene of the early 1970s, when both were playing clubs on Kingston’s Red Hills Road. Thye began working together at Channel One studio when Sly was drummer and arranger of The Revolutionaries and Robbie the bassists mainstay of Bunny Lee’s Aggrovators and soon became the most in-demand drum and bass team on the island. This obscure dub album, originally released on the Imperial label in Canada, was produced by Lee in the late 1970s, and has the Rhythm Twins trying their hands at updating classic rhythms such as “The Liquidator,” “Death In The Arena,” “It’s Raining,” “Love Me Forever” and “My Conversation,” as well as killer cuts of Johnnie Clarke’s “Roots Natty Congo,” Gregory Isaacs’ “Storm” and an odd “Legalize It” rendition, plus some wacky between-song interjections. A must for all dub devotees.

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Midnight Rock's Secret Tapes

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vinylart - Reggae Picture Disc Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Commoner)

John Smith

Fray

17,59 €* 21,99 € -20%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Cornell Campbell

Sweet Baby

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Warner)

Popcaan

Fixtape

31,99 €*

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Greensleeves)

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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The Heptones

Good Life

LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (Burning Sounds)

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Good Life" was originally released in 1979 as Greensleeves longplayer number 6 and presents the renown vocal harmony group after Leroy Sibbles had left the group and Naggo Morris had officially joined the trio. The 10-track longplayer was remastered by Kevin Metcalfe, recorded at Channel One studio with producer Joseph Hoo Kim and the musicians of The Revolutionaries. The artwork was designed by Bloomfield/Travis and photographs were taken by David Hendley.

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Freddie McGregor

Love At First Sight

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lone Ranger

Barnabas In Collins Wood

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Kingston Connexion)

Prince Hammer

Roots Me Roots

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Strickly Ranking : The Blackbeard Years 1977-80

Horace Andy

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records presents

Rocksteady Got Soul

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

31,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Freestyle)

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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Bunny Scott

To Love Somebody

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Freestyle Records are proud to present the first ever reissue of this rare Black Ark-era Lee "Scratch" Perry production on LP & CD w/ bonus tracks. Both formats feature liner notes from author of the acclaimed People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae, David Katz.

The late Bunny Rugs was best known as the frontman for legendary reggae band Third World, but prior to that he completed an apprenticeship at Lee Perry's Black Ark resulting in this solo LP, originally released in 1975 and credited to Bunny Scott.

The album captures the laid-back sessions of the early Black Ark, with a few surprising innovations lurking amongst the soul covers and love ballads. Highlights include the sought after Blaxploitation-influenced funk track 'Kinky Fly' featuring members of The Chi-Lites' backing band, passing through Perry's infamous studio whilst in Jamaica for a series of shows - their horn section and Chinna Smith's wah-wah guitar give the track its outstanding difference as synth overdubs add to the moody feeling, underpinned by the ghostly click tracks of the Conn Rhythm Unit - one of Perry's first times experimenting with drum machines.

Breakup track 'Second Avenue' shows how suited Rugs' powerful, deep tenor was suited to a soul framework, the Chi-Lites' horns again making a striking difference. The Bee Gees' evergreen 'To Love Somebody' takes James Carr's soulful rendition as its reference and 'Big May' re-works the 'Return Of Django'/'Sick And Tired' rhythm, with a new drum part. while the broken-hearted 'What's The Use' was cut at the request of Sonia Pottinger, who ultimately failed to release it.

Somehow the sublime rendition of William DeVaughans' 'Be Thankful', recorded during the same session, was left off the LP - but appears here as a bonus track on the CD along with I Never Had It So Good & Hip Harry + it's version track.

Looking back on the sessions documented on this LP, Rugs said that Perry's creativity taught him that music could be limitless. As he explained, 'It was so simple that it became complex. The approach he has to music and to recording, I think the music nowadays lack that kind of intuition. He's somebody that would use pliers and a screwdriver to create percussion; he wouldn't hesitate to experiment. He was a little...not crazy, but somebody with that kind of thinking must be somewhere else, in another zone sometimes.'

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

We Sing Gregory

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop Volume 3

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Death Is Not The End)

The Best Of Gregory Isaacs Volume 2

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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A third and final volume of Jamaican doo wop & R&B records taken from the late 50s and early 60s.

These records represent a period in which sound-systems were beginning to dominate the island, with Duke Reid and Sir Coxsone Dodd stepping up their rivalry by beginning to make and release their own records rather than rely on US imports for use in their dances. Many of these records are definitely more-or-less imitations of the American records, as the uniquely Jamaican ska sound was yet to take hold - however many of the future stars of ska, rocksteady and reggae were beginning to cut their teeth in the industry on these records, incl. Alton Ellis, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Harriott and more, and provide a unique view into the fledgling independent record industry culture in Jamaica that would prove to be unbelievably prolific and unparalleled for an island of it's size.

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Gregory Isaacs

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Trinity

Trinity & Friends

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Blackbeard Calling : Hulk's Reggae Archives Volume One

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Winston Jarrett & Righteous Flames

Jonestown

LP | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Omnivore)

25,99 €*

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

30,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Greensleeves)

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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Wailing Souls

Back A Yard

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

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The veteran roots reggae harmony vocal group returns with a brandnew longplayer entitled "Back A Yard" (patois for back in Jamaica). The set features the two longstanding band members, Winston "Pipe" Matthews and Lloyd "Bread" McDonald, in the studio with producer & singer Alborosie, whose deep study of Jamaican music was heavily influenced by the Wailing Souls and their heyday at Channel One studio in the early 1980s. The production features all-star musicians including keyboardist Tyrone Downie, formerly of The Wailers, and bass player Errol "Flabba" Holt, of the historic Roots Radics band. The first single preceding the album is a re-make of "Shark Attack" one of the bands hit from 1992, featuring a deejay verse by Alborosie. Another combination tune for the album is "No Money No Love" with the Wailing Souls alongside the prolific singer/songwriter Hempress Sativa, born as Kerida Johnson, the daughter of legendary drummer and Alpha Boys School member Albert Malawi.

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Virginia Rivera

Roots For The Soul

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (4weed)

The Natural Dub Cluster

Biosfear

16,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tenastelin Meets Roots Hitek

Green Places

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Roots Hitek)

18,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Clive Matthews

Jah Live

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Alpheus

From Creation

17,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Baco)

Sugar Minott

Leave Out A Babylon

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Baco)

African Brothers

Mysterious Nature

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chalart58, Matah, Belén Natali, High Paw, Sis I-Leen, Sista Awa

Woman Soldier

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (La Panchita)

14,39 €* 17,99 € -20%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Clive "Azul" Hunt Presents

Bad Bad Bad

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (17 North Parade)

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Silence)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A collector’s dream with classic non-album roots anthems from The Abyssinians, darker than blue soul reggae from Junior Murvin, reggae rare groove from the In Crowd and the revolutionary sounds of Pablo Moses, I Roy and Bonnie Gayle, “Bad, Bad, Bad“ gathers together a killer selection of Clive Hunt’s most sought after 7-inch singles from the golden age of reggae 1973 to 1976. Musicians include: Clive Hunt, Earl Lindo, Geoffrey Chung, Mikey Chung, Michael Richards, Robbie Lyn, Val Douglas, Fish Clarke, Karl Pitterson!

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Hedningarna

Tra

29,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Toots & The Maytals

Knock Out!

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Newentun Resistance)

Juanaman Sai Sai

Showcase

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (MONLY ROOTS)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Juanaman Saï Saï’s first vinyl will feature 5 reggae tracks produced by JuaNaMaN Saï Saï at Panchita Studios Barcelona, in true sound system style. This vinyl will also feature 5 dub versions made by Chalart58 plus a bonus dub from the We Good theme.

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Larry Marshall

I Admire You

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Gg's)

Gregory Isaacs

Best Of Volume 1

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soulful Space Limited Edition

Transilvanians

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Fat Freddys Drop

Lock-In

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (VP)

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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Clive "Azul" Hunt

Blue Lizzard

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Soledad)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Blue Lizzard" is the first reggae instrumental album of its kind to come out of Jamaica since the heyday of Channel One and Joe Gibbs' studios in the late 1970s and Rico Rodriguez's influential "Man From Wareika". Packaged in a vintage style with additional printed inner sleeves with all musician credts and liner notes by Carter Van Pelt on the backside of the sleeve.

The album features original compositions and several classic adaptations, all arranged by Clive "Azul" Hunt, aka Lizzard, the veteran producer of The Abyssinians, Bullwackies, Beres Hammond, Jah9, Richie Spice, the acclaimed "We Remember Dennis Brown" tribute album and many more. The multi-generational roster of musicians contributing to the sessions included Dean Fraser, the late Bobby Ellis and Nambo Robinson, Robbie Lyn, Bubbler Waul, Wayne Armond, Squidley Cole, Kirk Bennett, and Clive Hunt, among others.

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Bantu

Everybody Get Agenda

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Dubshot)

Dre Island

Now I Rise

14,39 €* 17,99 € -20%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Shaky Norman)

Shaky Norman

Night After Night Red Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Shaky Norman is a French musician who discovered the melodica through the music of Augustus Pablo.His influences range from classical to Jamaican music as well as punk, Celtic music, French traditional music and jazz. He has collaborated with Mad Professor in 1990 playing melodica on the album Psychedelic Dub.
His new eponymous album features eight original creations. It is set up as a 32 minutes musical journey taking you through different atmospheres kept together as a whole. The collaboration with prestigious Jamaican musicians like the late Ronald Nambo Robinson on trombone, who played with Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear, Sly & Robbie and so many others, and Glen Da Costa, the saxophonist of Bob Marley & the Wailers and Zap Pow, add an authentic depth to this album.

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Ike Yard

12" | 1981 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

Drum Sound: More Gems From The Channel One Dub Room 1974 To 1980

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2020.

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The Revolutionaries

2LP | 2007 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2007 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2008 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Joe Higgs

Life Of Contradiction

Release: 2008 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hot Sauce Volume 1 - Rocksteady, Boss Reggae, Early Dub & Early Reggae 1965-1975

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

33,99 €*

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This is the first volume of the HOT Sauce compilation LPs dedicated to the Trojan related UK labels between 1965 and 1975. The initial plan is for at least 3 albums of 14 titles. HOT Sauce Volume 1 features Rocksteady, Boss Reggae, early Dub & early Reggae outstanding original Jamaican tracks including rare songs, overlooked gems, hidden treasures and some hits. The record labels showcased on the first volume are Attack, Amalgamated, Black Swan, Blue Cat, Downtown, Doctor Bird, Duke, Grape, High Note, Randy’s 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 are no “fillers” 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 the early Reggae UK labels and across different Jamaican musical genres & talents and the way they interact together. Since the early 70s “Tighten Up” series, no compilation have really explored these labels in depth on vinyl…

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Flying Vipers

Cuttings

20,24 €* 26,99 € -25%

LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Trojan / BMG)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut vinyl album from Boston's top roots dub reggae band, whose sound is truly of another time and place. Deeply in debt to the original Jamaican engineers of the 70s who turned mixing consoles into the lead instrument, the Vipers drop steady drum & bass rhythms w/ post punk attitude.

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Dennis Brown

Just Dennis

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Evergreen)

Denise Sherwood

This Road

24,29 €* 26,99 € -10%

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This Road' is the debut LP by one-to-watch Denise Sherwood, which features writing, production and instrumental contributions from Adrian Sherwood (On U Sound), Lee "Scratch" Perry, Mala (Digital Mystikz, Deep Medi Music), Mark Stewart (The Pop Group, Mark Stewart & The Maffia), Skip McDonald (Tackhead, African Head Charge, Little Axe) and Doug Wimbish (Living Colour, Tackhead). In addition to this extended family who came together to help her talent flourish, the album also features drums by the late Style Scott, who the singer lovingly recalls as my "my beautiful uncle." Portraying dark themes and damaged characters through an empathetic filter of bittersweet optimism, 'This Road' is a work of contrasts, which musically matches the mixed emotions felt in life. Bass pressure, contemporary club beats, nourishing roots music, sumptuous instrumentation and accessible, pop-schooled melodicism are woven together by her soothing but heavy-hearted voice, which is perfectly matured and full of depth. Saturated in vibes and an ingrained cognitive understanding of recording, 'This Road' is in part the product of childhood/teenage osmosis spent imbibing the sounds at her father Adrian Sherwood's On-U Studios. The impressionable youth gained an unparalleled education in music and also human nature, living in a house/studio where Lee Perry, Neneh Cherry, Jah Wobble, Big Youth, Little Annie, Style Scott, Tackhead, Bim Sherman and countless more made tracks. Like an epic coming-of-age movie focussing on Denise's part in the ongoing On-U chronicles - charting her changing roles as daughter, musician, mother, lover and more - it's little wonder 'This Road' is both contemporary and timeless, spanning time like a family tree.

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Bob Marley In Jazz

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Jet)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Find the most beautiful pieces of the Reggae legend "Bob Marley" reinterpreted by the Jazz scene. A selection of the most beautiful covers from "I Shot The Sheriff" to "Sun Is Shining" or "Jammin'" and "Jammin'". "Buffalo Soldier" with Pink Turtle, The Holmes Brothers, Sly & Robbie, Kim Waters...

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Sea Lions

Free The People